The main Birmingham station is Birmingham New Street, where there are several
trains each connecting Birmingham to London, the Midlands and the north.
Alternatively, there are trains connecting London Marylebone
to Birmingham Moor Street
(which is 5 minutes walk from Birmingham New Street).
For timetables and ticket reservations, please visit the
National Rail Enquiries website.
From Birmingham New Street one needs to take another train to come to the University of Birmingham.
Most of the trains that stop at Birmingham University are the West Midland trains to Redditch or Bromsgrove (they often depart from
platform 12B at the Birmingham New Street Station).
The Watson building is within 10 minutes walk of the station. See the
Campus map
for more details.
The Birmingham Coach station is located in the city centre. There is regular service to central London. The coach station is 15 minutes walk from Birmingham New Street.
Numbers 61 and 63 travel from the city centre to the Edgbaston campus.