Birmingham Snow Hill Station
Birmingham Snow Hill is a railway station and tram stop in the centre of Birmingham, England, on the site of an earlier, much larger station built by the former Great Western Railway (GWR). Until recently it was the second most important railway station in the city, after Birmingham New Street station; but, after its renovation and changes to services, Birmingham Moor Street (in terms of passenger usage and facilities) is now Birmingham's second main central station.
Snow Hill is the terminus of the Chiltern Main Line to London Marylebone as well as a number of local services from across the West Midlands, it is also the terminus of the Midland Metro light rail line from Wolverhampton (via Wednesbury and West Bromwich), pending the line's extension.
The present Snow Hill station has three platforms for National Rail trains. When it was originally reopened in 1987 it had four, but one was later converted for use by Midland Metro trams. The planned extension of the Midland Metro through Birmingham city centre includes a dedicated embankment for trams alongside the station, and this will allow the fourth platform to be returned to main-line use.
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