Birmingham

Birmingham is one of two routes that are provided with Railway Operation Simulator, the other being Liverpool Loop.

Birmingham
Description	The Birmingham Area, including New Street, Snow Hill and Moor Street
Country	United Kingdom
Time period	2000s
Train Operating Company	London Midland, Virgin Trains, CrossCountry, Arriva Trains Wales, Chiltern Railways
Simulation difficulty
Author	Albert Ball
Rolling Stock	Class 153 Class 158 Class 168 Class 170 Class 172 Class 220 Class 221 Class 323 Class 350 Class 390
Route map Kidderminster Wolverhampton Langley Green Sandwell & Dudley Cross City Line Rugeley Trent Valley Northfield Bescot Stadium Kings Norton Loop Bescot Yard Rood End Yard Tame Bridge Parkway Smethwick Galton Bridge The Hawthorns Kings Norton Copper's Metals Smethwick Rolfe Street Hamstead Soho Loops Hamstead Siding Soho Depot Bournville Perry Barr Selly Oak Jewellery Quarter University Stour Up Through Siding Five Ways Witton Goods Loop New Street Engine Siding Whitton Birmingham New Street Birmingham Moor Street Birmingham Snow Hill Bordesley Duddeston Aston Gravelly Hill Erdington Bordesley Car Terminal Chester Road Adderley Park Washwood Heath Loops Small Heath Goods Loops Wylde Green Small Heath Sutton Coldfield Stechford Walsall Lea Hall Four Oaks Tyseley Depot Cross City Line Tyseley Water Orton Tyseley Car Terminal Marston Green Coventry Derby Chiltern Main Line Nuneaton

The simulation covers the majority of the Birmingham area, including the central stations of New Street, Moor Street and Snow Hill.

The Cross City line between Northfield and Four Oaks, the Camp Hill Line, the Chase Line from Birmingham New Street to Bescot Stadium, the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford line between Marston Green and Sandwell & Dudley, the CrossCountry route between Northfield and Water Orton, the Chiltern Main Line between Tyseley and Birmingham Snow Hill, and the Snow Hill - Worcester Line between Birmingham Snow Hill and Langley Green are all included.

The simulation is set in the 2000s, and as such the terminating bay platforms at Birmingham Moor Street are not connected to the network, and therefore not represented.

Timetable

The included timetable starts at 07:00. The standard service pattern is as follows:

Birmingham Services
Train Operating Company	Origin	Destination	Frequency (tph)
Virgin Trains	London Euston	Edinburgh Waverley / Glasgow Central	2
London Midland	Shirley	Kidderminster	2
	Wolverhampton	Birmingham International	4
	Walsall	Birmingham New Street	2
	Four Oaks	Kings Norton	2
Chiltern Railways	London Marylebone	Birmingham Snow Hill	2
CrossCountry	Nottingham	Cardiff Central	2

Virgin Trains services to Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central split and join at Birmingham New Street