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Air-Rail Link.
To Birmingham New Street.
West Midlands Railway, Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales, from the Air-Rail Link from the first floor of the terminal to Birmingham International station to Birmingham New Street.
Priced per traveler.
Each traveler pays the fare; group products are applied where they beat it.
| Travelers | Each | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 adult | £5 | £5 |
| 2 adults | £5 | £10 |
| 3 adults | £5 | £15 |
| 4 adults | £5 | £20 |
| 5 adults | £5 | £25 |
| 6 adults | £5 | £30 |
| 7 adults | £5 | £35 |
| 8 adults | £5 | £40 |
£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.
Travelling as three or four?
A private car to your door: €101 for four
Four pay £20 on the Air-Rail Link. The car meets you in arrivals and takes you to any address in Birmingham in about 25–45 min, at a price fixed when you book ahead with Airport Transfer Portal.
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The same ticket, 2 places to buy it
The fare above is the one West Midlands Railway, Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales publishes; each seller sets its own price. Our partners pay us a commission, so they come first, and West Midlands Railway, Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales's own site follows. How this list works
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West Midlands Railway, Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales
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From arrivals to Birmingham New Street
Three steps once you have collected your bags.
01
Find the station
The Air-Rail Link from the first floor of the terminal to Birmingham International station.
02
Buy and validate a ticket
Before boarding — a ticket bought but not validated can be fined.
03
Ride to Birmingham New Street
11–23 min.
Worth knowing
Monday to Friday. Saturdays from 05:34; Sundays nothing before 08:52. Trains at 00:54 and 01:21 exist on weeknights, but the link that reaches the station stops at 00:30.
A ticket marked for one company is refused on the others' trains, and four companies' trains leave the same platforms. The saving is 20 to 30 pence; the walk-up £5 has no such condition.
Nothing runs on the railway between 00:21 and 05:42 on weeknights, after 00:03 on Saturday nights until 08:52 on Sunday morning. The X1 bus does, from outside the terminal.
There is no bank-card tap-in on the train here: contactless pay as you go covers no Birmingham station. Buy at the machines in the station's booking hall, at the ticket office or in an app before the barrier.
After 18:30 the walk-up fare drops to £3.50 on any train — the Evening Day Single — so an evening arrival pays less than a morning one for the same ride.
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