University railway station serves the University of Birmingham, Birmingham Women's Hospital, and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the West Midlands of England. It is on the Cross-City Line, which runs from Redditch and Bromsgrove to Lichfield via Birmingham New Street. Most services are operated by West Midlands Railway who manage the station, but some are operated by CrossCountry.
View of redeveloped station in 2023.
A Centro livery Class 323 arriving at University in 2007
A West Midlands Railway Class 323 to Redditch departs University in 2021
British Rail Class 323
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The British Rail Class 323 is a class of electric multiple unit (EMU) passenger train built by Hunslet Transportation Projects and Holec. All 43 units were built from 1992 through to 1995, although mock-ups and prototypes were built and tested in 1990 and 1991.
West Midlands Railway Class 323 at Aston in 2019
Interior of a refurbished Arriva Rail North Class 323 unit
Class 323 on approach to Crewe in 1999, still in BR-era Regional Railways/Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive livery.
Central Trains Class 323 at Birmingham New Street in Centro livery in 2007