New £56m Universit y station, Birmingham, shaping up
REDEVELOPMENT of one of the West Midlands’ busiest railway stations, University, on the busy Cross-City line, is moving towards completion later this year.
The £56m project to vastly improve passenger facilities at the station – first opened in May 1978 – is being driven by expansion at both the University of Birmingham and the nearby University Hospital Birmingham as part of regenerating the surrounding area. Situated just 2½ miles from New Street station, it is the seventh busiest station in the West Midlands.