It is full steam ahead for the building of three new Birmingham rail stations following a £15 million funding boost from the Department for Transport.
The funding is an important step in getting passenger services resumed on the Camp Hill Line calling at Moseley, Kings Heath and Hazelwell Stations.
Transport for the West Midlands (TfWM) and the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE), working with rail industry partners including Network Rail and West Midlands Trains, are leading the development of the new stations.
The Camp Hill line stations closed during 1941.
These new stations will provide regular train services into Birmingham New Street, with quick journey times.
The stations represent a significant investment in the local area and will offer better transport choice into central Birmingham, as well as easing congestion along the A435 Alcester Road and surrounding routes.
It is hoped that construction work would start in 2020, with a view to getting the three stations open in time for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
What did the officials say?
Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands, said:
“Thanks to the Government’s contribution we can now get on with planning and building the Camp Hill Line stations.
“This will see passenger services calling at Moseley, Kings Heath and Hazelwell for the first time in 80 years.
“It will provide residents with easier and faster connections to get to the places they need to go and will offer people a real alternative to the car – helping to ease congestion and improving the air we breathe.”
Cllr Waseem Zaffar, Birmingham City Council cabinet member for transport and environment, said:
“This is great news for the people of south Birmingham who have long campaigned to get these stations reopened.
“This, along with the huge investment in trams, buses and cycling is going to transform the way we travel as we move to more sustainable forms of transport.”
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Great news. Next, a station at Bromford Bridge please. This will help to regenerate one of the region’s poorest areas and also provide Jaguar and HS2 maintenance workers with a station.
Be good to see more new railway stations to reopen in the Birmingham and West Midlands region. As more railway stations are to be built or rebuilt and reopened since the beeching axe in the 1960s which closed many railway lines and stations in the UK.