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Birmingham New Street is the largest and busiest of the three main railway stations serving Birmingham, England. It is in the city centre and is a central hub of the British railway system. It is a major destination for Virgin Trains services from , and via the West Coast Main Line,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our routes & stations )〕 and the national hub of the CrossCountry network – the most extensive in Britain, with long-distance trains serving destinations from to .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Routes )〕 It is also a major hub for local and suburban services within the West Midlands, including those on the Cross City Line between and and the Chase Line to and . The station is named after New Street, which runs parallel to the station, although the station has never had a direct entrance to New Street except via the Shopping Centre. Historically the main entrance to the station was on Stephenson Street, just off New Street. Today the station has entrances on Stephenson Street, Smallbrook Queensway, Hill Street and Navigaton Street. New Street is the eighth busiest railway station in the UK and the busiest outside London, with 34.7 million passenger entries and exits between April 2013 and March 2014. It is also the busiest interchange station outside London, with over 5.1 million passengers changing trains at the station annually. The original New Street station opened in 1854. At the time of its construction, the station had the largest single-span arched roof in the world, accommodating not only the London and North Western Railway but also the Midland Railway, the Birmingham and Bristol Railway, and the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway.〔||Aris's Birmingham Gazette||, 16 Mar 1850.〕 In the 1960s, the station was completely rebuilt. An enclosed station, with buildings over most of its span and passenger numbers more than twice those it was designed for,〔 the replacement was not popular with its users, having a customer satisfaction rate of only 52% - the joint lowest of any Network Rail major station. A £550m redevelopment of the station named Gateway Plus opened in September 2015. It includes a new concourse, a new exterior facade, and a new entrance on Stephenson Street.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.jqdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Birmingham-New-Street-update-January-2013.pdf )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Birmingham City Council )〕 New Street will also become the terminus of the city-centre extension of the Midland Metro, with a new tram stop on Stephenson Street, also expected be finished by 2016. Around 80% of train services to Birmingham go through New Street.〔 The other major city-centre stations in Birmingham are and . On the outskirts, closer to Solihull, is , which serves Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre. The station is allocated the IATA location identifier (QQN ). ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Birmingham New Street railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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