Birmingham airport by train

[consty]

Anyone ever been to above?
I have to fly out due to a family emergency tomorrow. There is a train (change at new st). Flight is at terminal 1. I have no idea of how easy/difficult it is via train for terminal 1. Anyone know?

 

[Nottingham Fox]

Anyone ever been to above?
I have to fly out due to a family emergency tomorrow. There is a train (change at new st). Flight is at terminal 1. I have no idea of how easy/difficult it is via train for terminal 1. Anyone know?

Very easy!

Get a train to Birmingham New Street, and then get a train from New Street to Birmingham International. There will be a train, on average every 5-6 mins. The journey time is approx 10 mins.

Once at Birmingham International, it's very well signposted and you get the sky-rail link (free of charge) straight in to the airport.

 

[Nottingham Fox]

And just so you know what you're looking out for, this is what the Sky-Link rail looks like

 

[SJN-Fox]

And just so you know what you're looking out for, this is what the Sky-Link rail looks like

Actually Notts, I think they may have moved on a bit from there. :icon_bigg

 

[consty]

Very easy!

Get a train to Birmingham New Street, and then get a train from New Street to Birmingham International. There will be a train, on average every 5-6 mins. The journey time is approx 10 mins.

Once at Birmingham International, it's very well signposted and you get the sky-rail link (free of charge) straight in to the airport.

Thank you!! Does this ease/speed apply to terminal 1 as well? Presumably so.
How long does this sky rail thingy link take? Didn't know about that.
My proposed journey is
Leic - B'ham 10.49-11.43
B'ham-B'ham Int 12.04-12.13
From what you are saying I need to get this sky rail at 12.13 - are they very frequent adn very quick (otherwise I may get a prior train). My flight is at 14.10, check in 12.10

 

[Cate Fox]

Thank you!! Does this ease/speed apply to terminal 1 as well? Presumably so.
How long does this sky rail thingy link take? Didn't know about that.
My proposed journey is
Leic - B'ham 10.49-11.43
B'ham-B'ham Int 12.04-12.13
From what you are saying I need to get this sky rail at 12.13 - are they very frequent adn very quick (otherwise I may get a prior train). My flight is at 14.10, check in 12.10

can you not check in online?

 

[bocadillo]

Thank you!! Does this ease/speed apply to terminal 1 as well? Presumably so.
How long does this sky rail thingy link take? Didn't know about that.
My proposed journey is
Leic - B'ham 10.49-11.43
B'ham-B'ham Int 12.04-12.13
From what you are saying I need to get this sky rail at 12.13 - are they very frequent adn very quick (otherwise I may get a prior train). My flight is at 14.10, check in 12.10

Sky-rail is said to leave the station for the terminal every two minutes with a 2-minute journey time. I am presuming that your check-in *opens* at 12:10. You should have plenty of time.

In addition to the train that you have been given, there are also trains from New Street at 11:50 and 11:53 to International - they arrive at 11:59 and 12:05 respectively. You may be abe to catchone of these and shave a few more minutes off your journey. I will try to find out what platforms the various trains use at New Street and let you know later.

In any case, you have plenty of time - don't worry.

 

[Jeff]

You might find it's quicker to get the train to Coleshill Parkway and get the bus to the airport from there.

 

[drummindefender]

Skyrail leaves frequently and its dead easy to find your way round the airport once you get there. Plus some trains that go to Birmingham international take ****ing ages (well 20 minutes) when theres no need to as they stop at loads of local stations so try and avoid them.

 

[bocadillo]

Your train from Leicester usually arrives at New Street, platform 9

Then from New Street:

The 11:50 is a Virgin train for London Euston and normally leaves from platform 2.

The 11:53 is a London Midland train for London Euston and normally leaves from platform 3A

The 12:04 is a Cross Country train for Bournemouth and normally leaves from platform 1A.


As platforms 2 and 3 are opposite sides of the same platform, if you run for the 11:50 and just miss it, you will have no problem catching the 11:53.


All three trains normally arrive at International at platform 4.


HTH

 

[Jeff]

My proposed journey is
Leic - B'ham 10.49-11.43
B'ham-B'ham Int 12.04-12.13

Get the same train from Leicester, but get off at Coleshill Parkway - arrives at 11:25
There are buses every 15 minutes from Coleshill Parkway to the airport.
The 11:38 bus gets to the airport at 11:56.

Should be quicker and less hassle than having to change trains at New St, and it'll take you straight to terminal 1.

 

[drummindefender]

but if you buy a ticket direct to birmingham international it will be quciker then arsing about with a bus ticket?

 

[Jeff]

but if you buy a ticket direct to birmingham international it will be quciker then arsing about with a bus ticket?

Do you really think paying a bus driver when you get on a bus is more hassle than having to change trains at New St and getting to the airport 10 minutes later?

I think it may also be possible to buy a train ticket with the bus included, not sure about that though.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Get a coach to London at 4.10am. Get a bus to Oxford, then the coach to Birmingham, then train from New Street. Piece of piss.

 

[consty]

Thanks for all the helpful advice. I'm back in UK from my brief visit to Cyprus. The trip and train journey turned out fine. Blue M - thanks for the amusing 'diversion'. I gave it serious consideration but in the end decided to fly to Cyprus via Canada and Australia, so I thought that was enough for diversions.

I was pretty reasurred by NF's emails saying the process was easy. I did take the train I mentioned in my thread to New St with the intention of taking the one I also stated to B'ham Int. Once I was there at New St very helpful staff member told me about the quicker connection from New st - the train going to Euston. He also reasurred me, as NF did, that sky rail was exceptionally quick and regular. One of the replies above pointed the Euston train but I was already off to Leicester station by then so I didn't see that message at the time.

Thanks for all the advice. Looking back, I think this was better than getting off and hopping onto a bus. But that would have been a useful fall back if train had been late and connections missed.

Ta everyone.