Birmingham Region Future (WIP) by Archie
created at 2023-11-20T02:32:02.783Z
updated at 2025-06-13T15:43:17.239Z
Map of current and future extensions/proposals for Birmingham and the surrounding areas.
As far as the trams go I've stuck to the current expansion plans but also extended from Brierley Hill to Stourbridge Town (T5) via Stourbridge Jct. (taking over the shuttle) and added a brand new line using mostly old rail rights of way. This line (T6) travels from Longbridge to Dudley where it interlines with T4 & T5 then passes beneath the original tram line (T1 & T2) at Wednesbury the onto Walsall and Sutton Coldfield. T6 would use TramTrain style units, allowing higher speeds due to its mostly dedicated right of way.
I've not opted for full metro as I believe the city would be better suited to a high capacity and high frequency Crossrail style tunnel. This would take the cross city line (and any future extensions) into a dedicated tunnel under the city calling at numerous stations spreading capacity across the network. The tunnel would also relieve overcrowding at New Street and better connect passengers to their destinations across the city. I have extended the line up to new stations at Alrewas, Barton-under-Needwood, & calling finally at Burton-on-Trent. This would require the electrification of the line between Lichfield Trent Valley and Burton. Some services would terminate at LTV, keeping up capacity in the core.
Map type: local | Total track length: 603 miles | Center coordinate: 52.47, -1.9339 | * T1: (Light rail/interurban, 32 stations) Selly Oak Station, University South, Smithfield, Meridian Street, New Canal Street, Albert Street, Cathedral, St. Chads, St Pauls, Jewellery Quarter, Soho Benson Road, Winson Green, Handsworth Booth Street, The Hawthorns, Kenrick Park, Trinity Way, West Bromwich Central, Lodge Road, Dartmouth Street, Dudley Street Guns Village, Black Lake, Hill Top, Wednesbury Great Western Street, Wednesbury Parkway, Bradley Lane, Loxdale, Bilston Central, The Crescent, Priestfield, The Royal, Piper's Row, Wolverhampton Station
* T3: (Light rail/interurban, 38 stations) Birmingham International, Elmdon Trading Estate, Starley Way, Birmingham Business Park, Carisbrooke Avenue, Chelmsley Wood Shopping Centre, Kingshurst, Cooks' Lane, Lea Hall, Meadway, Station Road, Richmond Road, Heartlands Hospital, South & City College, Bordesley Green, St Andrews, Adderley Street, High Street Deritend, Meridian Street, New Canal Street, Albert Street, Corporation Street, Grand Central, Town Hall, Library, Brindleyplace, Five Ways, Edgbaston Village, Clarendon road, Gillott Road, Bearwood Interchange, Warley Woods, Ridgacre, Quinton Center, Quinton Cemetery, The Leasows, Halesowen, Halesowen Athletics Club
* M1: (Commuter/suburban rail, 35 stations) Burton-upon-Trent, Barton-under-Needwood, Alrewas, Lichfield Trent Valley, Lichfield City, Birmingham Road, Shenstone, Blake Street, Butlers Lane, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Wylde Green, Chester Road, Erdington, Gravelly Hill, Aston, Duddeston, Curzon Street, Cathedral, Symphony Hall, Five Ways, University, Selly Oak, Bournville, Kings Norton, Northfield, Longbridge, Barnt Green, Alvechurch, Redditch, Studley, Coughton, Alcester, Bidford-on-Avon, Evesham (GWR)
* NEC People Mover: (Tram, 4 stations) Birmingham Interchange, NEC, International station, Airport
* M2: (Commuter/suburban rail, 35 stations) Rugeley Trent Valley, Rugeley Town, Hednesford, Cannock, Landywood, Bloxwich North, Bloxwich, Walsall, Pleck, Bescot Stadium, Tame Bridge Parkway, Hamstead, Perry Barr, Witton, Aston, Duddeston, Curzon Street, Cathedral, Symphony Hall, Five Ways, University, Selly Oak, Bournville, Kings Norton, Northfield, Longbridge, Barnt Green, Bromsgrove, Droitwich Spa Station, Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link, Great Malvern, Colwall, Ledbury, Hereford
* T2: (Light rail/interurban, 41 stations) Brierly Hill, Merry Hill Shopping Centre, Waterfront Merry Hill, Pedmore Road, Cinder Bank, Flood Street, Dudley Bus Station, Dudley Castle, Tipton Road, Birmingham New Road, Sedgley Road, Dudley Port Station, Horseley Road, Great Bridge, Hill Top, Black Lake, Dudley Street Guns Village, Dartmouth Street, Lodge Road, West Bromwich Central, Trinity Way, Kenrick Park, The Hawthorns, Handsworth Booth Street, Winson Green, Soho Benson Road, Jewellery Quarter, St Pauls, St. Chads, Cathedral, Corporation Street, Grand Central, Town Hall, Library, Brindleyplace, Five Ways, Edgbaston Village, Clarendon road, Gillott Road, Woodbourne Road, Harbourne
* T4: (Light rail/interurban, 25 stations) Wolverhampton St. George's, The Royal, Priestfield, The Crescent, Bilston Central, Loxdale, Bradley Lane, Wednesbury Parkway, Wednesbury Great Western Street, Great Bridge, Horseley Road, Dudley Port Station, Sedgley Road, Birmingham New Road, Tipton Road, Dudley Castle, Dudley Bus Station, Flood Street, Cinder Bank, Pedmore Road, Harts Hill, Brockmoor, Brettell Lane, Vicarage Road, Stourbridge Jct
* Stourbridge People Mover: (Tram, 2 stations) Stourbridge Jct, Stourbridge Town
* T5: (Light rail/interurban, 43 stations) The Fort, Castle Vale, Walmley, Sutton Town, Sutton Park, Streetly, Aldridge, Walsall, Pleck, Woden Road, Wednesbury Town, Great Bridge, Horseley Road, Dudley Port Station, Sedgley Road, Birmingham New Road, Tipton Road, Dudley Castle, Dudley Bus Station, Flood Street, Baptist End, Warrens Hall Reserve, Gawne Lane, Garratt's Lane, Old Hill Station, Coombswood, Halesowen, Halesowen Athletics Club, Hunnington, Boleyn Road, Rubery Lane, New Development?, Longbridge Station, Northfield, Kings Norton, Pineapple Road, Kings Heath, Moseley Village, Balsall Heath, Bordesley, St. Andrews, Mill Road, The Fort
* M4: (Commuter/suburban rail, 31 stations) Worcestershire Parkway, Worcester Shrub Hill, Droitwich Spa Station, Hartlebury, Kidderminster, Blakedown, Hagley, Stourbridge Jct, Lye, Cradley Heath, Old Hill, Rowley Regis, Langley Green, Smethwick Galton Bridge, The Hawthorns, Jewellery Quarter, Cathedral, Moor street, Bordesley, Small Heath, Tyseley, Acocks Green, Olton, Solihull, Widney Manor, Dorridge, Lapworth, Hatton, Warwick Parkway, Warwick, Leamington Spa
* M3: (Commuter/suburban rail, 30 stations) Rugby, Coventry, Canley, Tile Hill, Berkswell, Hampton-in-Arden, Birmingham International, Marston Green, Lea Hall, Stechford, Adderley Park, Curzon Street, Cathedral, Symphony Hall, Port Loop, Smethwick Rolfe Street, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Sandwell and Dudley, Dudley Port, Tipton, Coseley, Wolverhampton, Bilbrook, Codsall, Albrighton, Cosford, Shifnal, Telford Central, Oakengates, Wellington
* M4: (Commuter/suburban rail, 32 stations) Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway, Wilmcote, Bearley, Claverdon, Lapworth, Dorridge, Widney Manor, Solihull, Olton, Acocks Green, Tyseley, Small Heath, Bordesley, Moor street, Cathedral, Jewellery Quarter, The Hawthorns, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Langley Green, Rowley Regis, Old Hill, Cradley Heath, Lye, Stourbridge Jct, Hagley, Blakedown, Kidderminster, Hartlebury, Droitwich Spa Station, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcestershire Parkway
* M5: (Commuter/suburban rail, 13 stations) Lichfield Trent Valley, Lichfield City, Darwin Park, Hammerwich, Brownhills, Pelsall, Rushall, Walsall, Pleck, Darlaston, Willenhall, Portobello, Wolverhampton
* WCML: (Medium/long distance rail, 7 stations) Stafford, Rugeley Trent Valley, Lichfield Trent Valley, Tamworth, Atherstone, Nuneaton, Rugby
* HS2: (High speed rail, 1 stations) Birmingham Interchange
* HS2: (High speed rail, 2 stations) Birmingham Interchange, Curzon Street (HSR)
* WCML Birmingham: (Medium/long distance rail, 8 stations) Rugby, Coventry, Birmingham International, New Street, Dudley Port, Wolverhampton, Penkridge, Stafford
* XC Mainline: (Medium/long distance rail, 9 stations) Cheltenham Parkway (HSR), Cheltenham Spa, Worcestershire Parkway, University, New Street, Wilnecote, Tamworth, Burton-upon-Trent, Derby
* Chiltern Mainline: (Medium/long distance rail, 5 stations) Banbury, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Solihull, Moor Street
* XC East: (Medium/long distance rail, 5 stations) Moor Street, The Fort, Water Orton, Colehill Parkway, Nuneaton
* XC West: (Medium/long distance rail, 7 stations) Moor Street, Barnt Green, Worcestershire Parkway, Ashchurch for Tewkesbury, Cheltenham Spa, Cheltenham Parkway (HSR), Gloucester
* Leamington Spa-Nuneaton: (Commuter/suburban rail, 7 stations) Nuneaton, Bermuda Park, Bedworth, Coventry Arena, Coventry, Kenilworth, Leamington Spa
* Shakespeare Line: (Commuter/suburban rail, 19 stations) Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway, Wilmcote, Wootton Wawen, Henley-in-Arden, Danzey, Wood End, The Lakes, Earlswood, Wythall, Whitlocks End, Shirley, Yardley Wood, Hall Green, Spring Road, Tyseley, Small Heath, Bordesley, Moor Street
* HS2: (High speed rail, 0 stations)
* Shrewsbury-Birmingham INTL: (Medium/long distance rail, 7 stations) Birmingham International, New Street, Dudley Port, Wolverhampton, Telford Central, Wellington, Shrewsbury
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