Solihull railway station serves the market town of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. The station is served by West Midlands Trains and Chiltern Railways. CrossCountry serve the station occasionally to replace stops at Coventry and Birmingham International during engineering work. Solihull used to have a regular Virgin CrossCountry service to Manchester Piccadilly, Blackpool North and Portsmouth Harbour until 2004, when all services through the station were made to run non-stop between Birmingham and Leamington Spa.
Solihull railway station
The station's remaining island platform and building. The disused island platform is to the left.
West Midlands Trains (WMT) is a British train operating company. It operates passenger trains on the West Midlands franchise between London and the English Midlands under two trading names: within the West Midlands region as West Midlands Railway (WMR) and outside the region as London Northwestern Railway (LNR).
Top: Class 172 in WMR livery at Birmingham Moor Street Bottom: Class 350 in LNR livery at Aston
Image: WMT Class 172 Pair at Birmingham Moor Street
Image: Class 08 Tyseley 100
Image: Parry People Mover 139001 at Stourbridge Junction Railway Station (geograph 6253739)