Trains at Selly Oak | Birmingham’s Busy Cross-City Line |

Join me at Selly Oak railway station (SLY) in Birmingham, where we spend some time watching passenger trains operating along the busy Cross-City Line just south of Birmingham New Street.

Selly Oak is an important suburban station on the route linking Redditch and Bromsgrove with Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield. The station has two platforms and is managed by West Midlands Railway, with a regular procession of local passenger services making this an interesting location for some railway action.

The station has a history stretching back 150 years. It first opened on 3 April 1876 as Selly Oak and Bournbrook under the Midland Railway, before being renamed Selly Oak in 1904. The station was later rebuilt in 1978.

Today, Selly Oak is a well-used part of Birmingham’s suburban railway network, recording around 2.3 million passenger entries and exits in 2024/25.

🚉 Station: Selly Oak
🔤 Station code: SLY
📍 Location: Selly Oak, Birmingham, England
🚆 Line: Cross-City Line
🛤️ Platforms: 2
🚉 Operator/manager: West Midlands Railway
🎫 Fare zone: 2

In this video, we see a selection of passenger trains passing through and calling at Selly Oak as they work services along this busy route into and out of Birmingham.

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