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New railway stations open to the public

The Office of Rail and Road An overhead view of Moseley Village station. A train can be seen on the platform.The Office of Rail and Road
Journeys to Birmingham New Street will take about 12 minutes from Moseley Village

Three new railway stations have opened to the public in Birmingham as part of a £185m project to reinstate links to the city centre.

Camp Hill Line stations Moseley Village, Kings Heath and Pineapple Road opened on Tuesday, allowing locals access to neighbourhood services for the first time since World War Two.

Trains will run twice an hour along the route between the city centre and Kings Norton. Two others opened on a line to Wolverhampton last month.

Estimated journey times to New Street are expected to be about 12 minutes from Moseley Village, 15 minutes from Kings Heath and 17 minutes from Pineapple Road.

Transport for West Midlands A platform at a railway station with two tracks. The platform is coned off. A departure board says welcomd to KIGSHTH.Transport for West Midlands
Services at Kings Heath Railway station opened to passengers on Tuesday

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) authorised the stations on 2 April, clearing the way for passenger services to return to the line for the first time in more than 80 years.

The regulator's authorisation covers the stations' new features, including step-free access via new lifts and accessible connections between platforms.

The new stations followed the reopening of new stations for Willenhall and Darlaston on 19 March. The sites were last visited by trains in 1965.

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