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Birmingham Airport to Birmingham

2 ways to get from Birmingham Airport to Birmingham

Birmingham AirportBirmingham Airport terminal, via the Air-Rail Link cable-hauled people mover to Birmingham International stationBirminghamBirmingham New Street

Regional train: 0h 09 published
Distance: 25.8 km by road
Operators: Avanti West Coast · London Northwestern Railway

Regional train 0h 09
Transfer ~0h 25 est. drive

Birmingham AirportBirmingham

Regional train0h 09
Birmingham Airport terminal, via the Air-Rail Link cable-hauled people mover to Birmingham International stationBirmingham New Street
Transfer~0h 25 est.
terminal kerbsideany address

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Regional train0h 09

Birmingham AirportBirmingham Airport terminal, via the Air-Rail Link cable-hauled people mover to Birmingham International stationBirminghamBirmingham New Street

indirect at the terminal level (a short people-mover transfer to Birmingham International) then a direct, no-change rail leg into the city centre on either operator

Avanti West Coast, London Northwestern Railway

Visit Avanti West Coast Visit London Northwestern Railway

Transfer~0h 25 est. drive

Birmingham Airportterminal kerbsideBirminghamany address

door to door

Private road transfer — availability and price depend on the provider; this is not an offer

Before you land

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Where to go
The airport terminal itself has no railway platform - the Air-Rail Link, a Doppelmayr cable-hauled 'Cable Liner' people mover opened in 2003 (replacing an earlier maglev system), covers the short elevated hop to Birmingham International station on the West Coast Main Line.
en.wikipedia.org · checked 2026-09-10
Easy to get wrong
Fast intercity trains cover Birmingham International to New Street in as little as 9 minutes, but ordinary stopping commuter services on the same route can take 11-18 minutes - the headline 9-minute figure is the fastest case, not a guaranteed one, and both Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern Railway run 2 trains per hour each on this leg.
en.wikipedia.org · checked 2026-09-10