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Basingstoke Train Station

Basingstoke railway station, operated by South West Trains, serves the town of Basingstoke in Hampshire, England. It is situated on the South Western Main Line which connects London Waterloo with Weymouth, on the south coast. The station has a staffed ticket office but passengers should note that it is not open late into the evening. Passengers are able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the ticket machines located in the station.

The station has two entrances with the main entrance providing passengers with access to The Malls shopping centre which also has a taxi rank, a bus stop and some car parking spaces. There is also a bridge spanning Church Way which connects the railway station with the bus station.

Passengers facilities at the station include an ATM, toilets, baby changing facilities, pay phones and a cafe.

The station has 5 platforms which between them offer passengers services towards London Waterloo, Southampton, Poole, Portsmouth, Exeter, Bristol Temple Meads and Birmingham. These services are provided by South West Trains, CrossCountry and First Great Western.

Parking is available at the station for approximately 230 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

Birmingham New Street Train Station

Located in Birmingham city centre, Birmingham New Street railway station offers passengers services to destinations including London Euston, Coventry, Bristol Temple Meads, Plymouth, Penzance, Nottingham, Derby, Reading, Oxford, Southampton Central, Bournemouth, Northampton, Liverpool Lime Street, Crewe, Birmingham International and Holyhead.

The station, in the West Midlands region of England, is operated by Network Rail with passenger services being operated by CrossCountry, Virgin Trains, Arriva Trains Wales and London Midland.

Passenger facilities at the station include ATM's, a First Class Lounge, pay phones, public wifi, food outlets, shops (including Boots, Costa Coffee and W H Smith), toilets and baby changing facilities. There is a short stay car park at the station for 40 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

The station is one of three main line railway stations serving the centre of Birmingham: the other two are Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill. Birmingham Moor Street railway station is a short walk from Birmingham New Street and the route to take is well signposted and takes passengers under the Bullring shopping centre.

The station is the eighth busiest railway station in the UK and the busiest outside London, with 32 million passenger entries and exits between April 2012 and March 2013. It is also the busiest interchange station outside London, with over 5.1 million passengers changing trains at the station annually.