Camp Hill line

Camp Hill line
A non-stop CrossCountry passenger service powers along the Camp Hill line to bypass the University branch A 1913 map showing the Birmingham West Suburban Railway (left) and the Camp Hill line (right) between Kings Norton and Birmingham New Street
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Birmingham
Termini	Birmingham New Street Kings Norton
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	CrossCountry West Midlands Trains
Rolling stock	Class 170 "Turbostar" Class 172 "Turbostar" Class 220 "Voyager" Class 221 "Super Voyager"
History
Opened	1840-41
Technical
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line (West Coast Main Line) New Street Junction Cross-City Line Birmingham New Street ( Grand Central) New Street Tunnel Birmingham Curzon Street Proof House Junction Curzon Street Junction Digbeth Branch Canal River Rea Cross-City Line Grand Junction Birmingham–Peterborough line & Cross-Country Route St Andrews Junction Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line (West Coast Main Line) Grand Union Canal Bordesley Junction Chiltern Main Line & North Warwickshire Line Grand Union Canal Camp Hill Goods Camp Hill Brighton Road Moseley Village Moseley Tunnel Kings Heath Pineapple Road River Rea Worcester and Birmingham Canal Cross-City Line Lifford Lifford Curve Kings Norton Cross-City Line & Cross Country Route

The Camp Hill line is a railway line in Birmingham between Kings Norton on the Cross-City Line and Birmingham New Street via Grand Junction on the main lines from Derby and Coventry. The line was once the terminal approach of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway to Curzon Street before it was incorporated into the Midland Railway.

The expansion of the Birmingham West Suburban Railway resulted in its usurping of the line as the service's main line, at which point it became known as the Camp Hill line after its original terminus. Local passenger services on the line ended in the 1940s and the intermediate stations on the line were closed. Since then it has been used primarily by freight trains and some longer-distance passenger trains only.

It was hoped to resume local services on the route by the end of 2024 after a break of nearly 84 years however a July 2024 article in rail magazine suggests a further delay, and states that the line will be reopening in autumn 2025. Expansion of these services via new chords connecting the line to Birmingham Moor Street are currently^[when?] in the early planning stage.