Burton-on-Trent Birmingham New Street Train

Burton-on-Trent railway station, operated by East Midlands Trains, serves the town of Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, England. The station lies on the CrossCountry route connecting Birmingham with Derby. The station has a staffed ticket office although passengers should note that it is not open in the late evening. Passengers are able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the automatic ticket machines located in the station.

Passengers should note that facilities at the station are scarce. Only public toilets are available - with no baby changing facilities.

Access to the station is from the bridge on Borough Road where passengers will find a small car park and taxi rank. The station has two platforms with Platform 1 serving trains towards Derby, Nottingham, London and the North. Platform 2 serves trains towards Tamworth, Birmingham and the South. Services calling at the station are operated by CrossCountry. Unusually, East Midlands Trains do not operate any services from the station despite operating the station.

Only a single building now stands at platform level and this building incorporates a waiting room, toilets and a despatcher's office. Timetable information is available from destination boards and real-time customer information screens with automated train announcements.

Parking is available at the station for 110 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

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.