How to get out Birmingham (England)
Ironbridge
London.
Virgin Trains is the main operator of trains between London and Birmingham with trains every 20 minutes and a journey time for around 1 hour 20 minutes. They are operated by fast (up to 125mph) and modern Pendolino trains. These can be cheap if you get an Advance fare from £5 single, but if you are buying tickets on the day or there are no cheap tickets left, it may be worth using one of the two other operators listed below. Chiltern Railways and London Midland run frequent half-hourly/hourly services between Birmingham and London. These take noticeably longer than Virgin Trains, 2 hours - 2 hours 20 minutes, but cheap flexible tickets at around 1/2 of the Virgin Trains price can be bought at any time. For example an Off-Peak adult day return ticket from London to Birmingham costs £15 (Super Off-Peak) with London Midland, £19.50 (Super Off-Peak) with Chiltern Railways, but £40.40 with any operator, including Virgin Trains.
Both Megabus and National Express run several services an hour to London, and competition has lowered the cheapest fares to £1 or less.
Exploring by car.
The M5 will take you to the south-west, either the M42 then M40 or the M6 then M1 will take you to London and the south-east. In the other direction the M1 will take you to Leeds and the north-east. The M6 will also take you towards the north-west, Manchester and Scotland, or, via the M54, to north Wales.
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The Most Frequently Asked Travel Questions about Birmingham (England)
