Birmingham International railway station
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Birmingham International railway station is located in the borough of Solihull, just east of the city of Birmingham in England.
The station is on the West Coast Main Line and serves both Birmingham International Airport and the National Exhibition Centre. The railway station lies next to the M42 motorway. The 'International' in its name refers to the airport, not to an international railway service. The station opened in 1975 and has regular train services to many parts of the country.
Virgin Trains provide services to London that originate from Birmingham or Wolverhampton. There is also a daily service each way from Manchester. Virgin Trains also provide services on the cross country line to Bournemouth, Reading, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow. Local services to Coventry and Birmingham are provided by Central Trains.
A maglev service ran from the airport terminal to the railway station from 1984 until 1995. The train "flew" at an altitude of 15 mm over a track 600 m in length. It operated for nearly 11 years, but was scrapped because spare parts for the system were no longer available. It was replaced by a bus. A pair of cable cars running on railway tracks now use the old maglev route to transport passengers from the train station to the airport terminal.
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