Birmingham Coach Station (formerly Digbeth Coach Station) is a major coach interchange in Digbeth, Birmingham, England offering services to destinations throughout Great Britain and also to Belfast and Dublin. National Express, the largest scheduled coach service provider in Europe, has its national headquarters on the site. The refurbishment was estimated to have cost £15 million.
It was officially reopened on 18 December 2009 by England national football manager Fabio Capello.
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