Work continues on major railway project

Work has been carried out to build canopies over the Kings Heath platforms

Work on three new railway stations in Birmingham is due to be complete by the end of the year.

The Camp Hill Line project began in November 2022 and was due to be completed by 2023, but a series of issues led to delays.

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) said the stations would "provide faster, more reliable transport for people who live or work in the area".

The Kings Heath, Pineapple Road and Moseley Village stations will replace three which closed in 1941, because of coal shortages during the war.

The Moseley Village station is being constructed on the site of the former station between Woodbridge Road and St Mary's Row.

The Kings Heath station will replace the station which used to stand opposite Kings Heath High Street.

Pineapple Road station will be located on the site of the station on Cartland Road.

Work on the project began in 2022

TfWM is the public body responsible for overseeing transport services in the West Midlands.

It said it wanted to revive the Camp Hill line and open the new stations because the population of the area had grown, and so had commercial activity and the number of people on the roads.

It said it wanted to reduce congestion by encouraging rail travel.

Other benefits include reduced journey times in south Birmingham, more than 130 construction jobs and improved access to stations, it added.

The Kings Heath station will be opposite Kings Heath's high street

VolkerFitzpatrick is the principal contractor for the three new stations.

It has cleared all three sites for construction, and in May two lift shafts were installed at each of the stations.

They arrived in sections and were assembled using a crane.

The Kings Heath Station, which had its lift shafts installed first, has also had paving and surfacing work carried out and canopies have been erected over the platforms.

Last month it had a footbridge installed.

The operation took place overnight on 21 and 22 June, during which the pre-fabricated footbridge was carefully lifted into place.

Pineapple Road will have a pick up and drop off area

Eventually, all three stations will have pedestrian footbridges, lifts and stairs, plus ticket machines and information systems.

The stations at Pineapple Road and Moseley Village will also have pick-up and drop-off areas.

The next major development is likely to be work to create the drop off area outside the Moseley Village station, which was due to start in July.

Work at the Moseley Village site has included the erection of two lift towers

When the stations open TfWM said the estimated journey times to Birmingham New Street would be 14 minutes from Pineapple Road, saving between 16 and 31 minutes, 11 minutes from Kings Heath, saving between nine and 24 minutes, and eight minutes from Moseley Village, saving between 7 and 21 minutes.