Birmingham New Street Darlington Train

Birmingham New Street railway station, managed by Network Rail, is one of three main railway station serving Birmingham city centre. The other two being Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill. The station splays an important role in CrossCountry's national rail network and for Virgin Trains services from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh on the West Coast Main Line.

The station has a staffed ticket office but passengers are also able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the ticket machines located in the station. Passengers should note that the ticket office is not open on Sundays.

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.

Four escalators currently provide access to the Pallasades Shopping Centre, and there are lifts down to most platforms from the new paid concourse. There are escalators from the concourse down to the 'B' end of each platform (except platform 12). All 12 main platforms, except platform 4c, are through platforms.

Passenger services calling at the station are operated by CrossCountry, Virgin Trains, Arriva Trains Wales and London Midland.

There is a short stay car park at the station for 40 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

Located in County Durham, Darlington railway station offers passengers services to destinations including London Kings Cross, York, Newcastle Central, Edinburgh Waverley, Glasgow Central, Birmingham New Street, Oxford, Reading, Bristol Temple Meads and Liverpool Lime Street.

Darlington railway station, operated by East Coast, is located on the East Coast Main Line which connects London, Peterborough, Doncaster, Wakefield, Leeds, Darlington, Newcastle and Edinburgh. The station is roughly 230 miles to the north of London King's Cross railway station. Passenger services calling at the station are operated by East Coast along with Grand Central, CrossCountry, First TransPennine Express and Northern Rail.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, First Class Lounge, pay phones, public wifi, cafe, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities. Parking is available at the station for 382 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

The station's platforms are organised in the following way. Platform 1 is the main platform for southbound services to York, London, Reading, Southampton, Birmingham, Plymouth, Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool Lime Street. Platforms 2 and 3 are for services operated by Northern Rail that terminate at Darlington from Saltburn and Middlesbrough. Platform 4 is mainly used for services to Bishop Aukland.