Future
There are long-standing proposals for improvements to the line including the re-opening of a short spur south of Longbridge to Rubery and Frankley and the re-introduction of local trains on the Camp Hill Line (effectively a loop between Birmingham New Street and King's Norton).
Bromsgrove station will be added as a southern terminus when electrification is extended there from Barnt Green.
There are plans for the introduction of a passing loop at Alvechurch to allow three trains per hour to Redditch. The line is single track between Barnt Green and Redditch and so it is impossible to have more than two trains per hour. If services are delayed trains may miss out stations between Birmingham New Street and Longbridge to make up time, or the service may be curtailed at Barnt Green to prevent a knock-on effect to other services.
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