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Q: How do I get from Birmingham city centre to Birmingham airport?

Air-Rail Link, then any train to New Street: £5 for one traveler, 11–23 min, boarding at Birmingham New Street, any platform — check the boards for a train calling at Birmingham International. The first one leaves at 05:30 and is at the airport by about 05:42; the last at 23:50.

City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

2 ways to the airport

Recommended

33 minutes quicker than the Bus X1 to the city centre, for £2 more.

Air-Rail Link, then any train to New Street

Train · West Midlands Railway, Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales

11–23 min rideEvery 6 min05:30–23:50

Birmingham New StreetBirmingham International

1 changeLuggage space

£5total for 1 adult£5 eachBuy ticketOn West Midlands Railway, Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Birmingham New Street, any platform — check the boards for a train calling at Birmingham International

£5 is the Anytime Day Single, valid on any company's train at any hour of the day shown; children 5 to 15 pay £2.50. From 18:30 an Evening Day Single is £3.50 on any train. "Avanti West Coast only" (£4.80) and "Transport for Wales only" (£4.70) tickets are valid on that company's trains alone; Advance singles from £3.40 are valid on one named Transport for Wales train and nothing else.

Luggage. Racks by the doors and overhead; the link is a level walk-on people-mover built for cases.

Hours. Monday to Friday; Sundays from 08:26. The 00:41 also runs but arrives at 00:54, after the link to the terminal has stopped.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Bus

Bus X1 to the city centre

X1 · National Express West Midlands

35–50 min rideEvery 10 minRuns all night

Albert StreetAirport

24-hour service

£3total for 1 adult£3 eachBuy ticketOn National Express West Midlands

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Albert Street, in the city centre by Moor Street station; the X1 towards Coventry

£3 for one ride on one bus — tap a bank card or phone, pay the driver the exact fare in cash, or buy in the mTicket app; children 5 to 18 £1.50, under-fives free. A day ticket is £5.50, and tapping the same card is capped at that. The group day ticket is £9.70 for up to five adults, or two adults and four children.

Luggage. A city bus: cases go in the wheelchair and buggy bay or beside you; the operator states no allowance.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: Airport Transfer Portal transfer to Birmingham. Every way from Birmingham airport into Birmingham

How do I get from Birmingham city centre to Birmingham airport?

For one traveler the Air-Rail Link is the way we recommend: £5 in total, 11–23 min, boarding at Birmingham New Street. The first one leaves at 05:30 and is at the airport by about 05:42; the last leaves at 23:50.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first

Bus X1 to the city centre

Any hour.

Air-Rail Link

First 05:30 from Birmingham New Street, at the airport by about 05:42.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

The first train from New Street to Birmingham International is 05:30 on weekdays and 08:26 on Sundays; before that the X1 runs all night from Albert Street, 00:15, 00:45, 01:25, 02:05, 03:05, 04:05 and 04:45, about 30 minutes to the terminal. The link from the station to the terminal starts at 03:30.

Before you leave for Birmingham Airport

From the centre to each way out

Early flights

At the station

At Birmingham New Street take any train calling at Birmingham International — West Midlands Railway, London Northwestern, Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry or Transport for Wales, about ten minutes. At International the Air-Rail Link to the terminal is on the station's first floor.

Where the bus leaves from

The X1 towards Coventry leaves from Albert Street in the city centre and calls at Birmingham Coach Station on the way out; get off at Airport, Bus Interchange, 30 to 45 minutes later, right outside the terminal.

Tickets

Buy to "Birmingham International": the £5 Anytime Day Single is valid on any company's train, £3.50 from 18:30. A ticket marked "Avanti West Coast only" or "Transport for Wales only" is a few pence cheaper and valid only on that company's trains.

Taxis to the airport

A Birmingham black cab to the airport runs on the same meter as the way in: £3.20 for the first 187 yards, then about £2.04 a mile by day and £2.31 on Friday and Saturday nights, 20p per extra passenger and per case in the boot, plus the airport's drop-off charge.

Questions

When is the first Air-Rail Link from Birmingham New Street?

05:30. It reaches the airport at about 05:42.

What does a taxi to Birmingham airport cost from the centre?

Where does the Bus X1 to the city centre leave from in Birmingham?

Albert Street, in the city centre by Moor Street station; the X1 towards Coventry.

My flight is early. What runs before the first train?

Arriving instead? Every way from Birmingham airport into Birmingham