Five Ways railway station
Five Ways railway station is a railway station serving the Five Ways and Lee Bank areas of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Cross-City Line. The original Five Ways station operated between 1885 and 1944.Photo: Daniel Morris, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Birmingham, England
- Also known as: “Five Ways Railway Station”, “Five Ways Station”, and “FWY”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arena Birmingham and Library of Birmingham.
Arena Birmingham
Stadium
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Utilita Arena Birmingham is an indoor arena and sporting venue in central Birmingham, England. It is owned by parent company the NEC Group. When it was opened in 1991, it was the largest indoor arena in the UK. Arena Birmingham is situated 3,200 feet north of Five Ways railway station.
Library of Birmingham
Library
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep and Baskerville House. Library of Birmingham is situated 3,300 feet north of Five Ways railway station.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, natural history, archaeology, ethnography, local history and industrial history. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is situated 4,000 feet northeast of Five Ways railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Five Ways and Edgbaston.
Five Ways
Locality
Five Ways is an area of Central Birmingham, England. It takes its name from a major road junction, now a busy roundabout to the south-west of the city centre which lies at the outward end of Broad Street, where the Birmingham Middle ring road crosses the start of the A456.
Edgbaston
Suburb
Photo: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0.
Edgbaston is a suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It lies immediately south-west of Birmingham city centre, and was historically in Warwickshire.
Brindleyplace
Locality
Brindleyplace is a large mixed-use canalside development, in the Westside district of Birmingham, England. It was named after Brindley Place, the name of the street around which it is built.
Five Ways railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.47109° or 52° 28′ 16″ northLongitude
-1.91307° or 1° 54′ 47″ westElevation
479 feet (146 metres)Operator
West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)Network
National RailAbbreviation
“FWY”Open location code
9C4WF3CP+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 7272746869OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6952603Wikidata ID
Q2209211
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Romanian—“Five Ways railway station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “五路站 (伯明翰)”
- Chinese: “五路站”
- Dutch: “station Five Ways”
- Dutch: “Station Five Ways”
- French: “Five Ways”
- French: “gare de Five Ways”
- Lithuanian: “Five Ways geležinkelio stotis”
- Romanian: “gara Five Ways”
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