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4 unusual facts about Birmingham Snow Hill Station


Gobowen railway station

Gobowen railway station is a railway station on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line of the former Great Western Railway's London (Paddington) to Birkenhead via Birmingham (Snow Hill) line, serving the small town of Gobowen in Shropshire, England.

Snow Hill railway station

For Snow Hill station in Birmingham, see Birmingham Snow Hill station.

Soho and Winson Green railway station

Soho & Winson Green was an intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London (Paddington) to Birkenhead via Birmingham (Snow Hill) line, serving the Soho and Winson Green areas.

St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham

The cathedral is in a green public space near Birmingham Snow Hill station and is located on what is now called St Chad's Queensway after the cathedral, at the junction with Snow Hill Queensway and Old Snow Hill (becomes Constitution Hill), part of the Birmingham Inner Ring Road constructed in 1970s.


Chiltern Railways

Chiltern Railways operates services on the Chiltern Main Line from London Marylebone to Aylesbury, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham Snow Hill with some peak-hour services to Kidderminster.

Half-hourly London Marylebone – Birmingham Moor Street via High Wycombe fast and semi-fast service, extended to Birmingham Snow Hill hourly

Shrewley, Warwickshire

It has the Grand Union Canal, which passes through a tunnel and cutting which is a SSSI, London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill railway and M40 motorway all running parallel and in close proximity at the south-western end of Shrewley Common.

Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station

London Midland local services run as part of the cross-city Snow Hill Lines - using Class 172 units; running every 10 minutes during the daytime, and every 30 minutes on Sundays & evenings to Stourbridge Junction and Birmingham Snow Hill and Moor Street.


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