Solihull

This station is based in the centre of Solihull (surprisingly!) located within walking distance from the Touchwood Shopping centre.
The station only has two platforms, but you can be in the centre of Brum in just 20 minutes. There are a couple of self service ticket machines, and a couple of ticket booths.
There is a taxi bay outside the station, bus stops and a car park on site and a corner shop with a cash machine inside (fee applies to get your cash out).
A good littler train station. Oh and it also has a coffee shop between the two platforms.

A small station with 2 platforms. I have got the Chiltern Railway service from here, as well the London Midland and Cross Country service in the past. Helpful staff and a clean and tidy station. Small café with seating located in between platforms selling hot and cold drinks and hot/​cold sandwiches and snacks — ideal for when it’s cold or you have time for a coffee. Toilets available — this is important, as i have been to railway stations without, and it’s not a pleasant experience. 2 entrances to access this station — Main entrance on Station approach and a pathway from Blossomfield Road. Small newsagents next to main entrance — which is very handy indeed. Location is perfect as in vicinity of Solihull Town Centre. A small car park next to the main entrance which is ideal for dropping off passengers or briefly waiting for passengers. Disabled parking available. Buses and taxis available outside the station.

I got sent to Solihull to see a client for work, I’m not much of a train person, but I was pleasantly surprised by the station.
It’s clean and has a great waiting room, that is warm and has a mini café where you can buy muffins/​drinks etc.
I wouldn’t recommend coming to Solihull station on a day trip, but if you are ever stranded, you know that they have a clean toilet and waiting area :)

The train station is managed by London Midland and Chiltern Railways. Cross Country serve the station occasionally when replacing stops at Coventry and Birmingham International during engineering work. The station has trains that run to most areas of the country and wherever the trains don’t go it’s fairly simple to make a change. The staff at Solihull station are polite, very helpful and knowledgeable about the journeys. I’ve seen some nervous travellers and nine times out of ten the staff have always put their mind at ease about the journey.
When the weather is cold nobody wants to be outside (unless you like the cold) and the waiting rooms here usually don’t have the heating on. On the other hand they provide a warmer atmosphere than outside. If the money is available, the waiting rooms would really benefit from heaters that people can put on themselves and comfier seats. I’ve seen this in a few other train stations.
If you’re visiting Solihull or want to know about the events then this is a good place to come and pick up some leaflets or even talk to the staff to see what’s going on.

The train station serving the Solihull area (obviously), Solihull station is a great example of how to do a relatively basic station right. Birmingham has the best of both worlds, with some stations (Hall Green, Solihull) really nice, quaint stations that have created a pleasant atmosphere, and some, like Northfield, genuinely dismal places that you want to get out of as fast as the trains will go. Thankfully, Solihull station falls into the former category, with greenery surrounding it, a small shop serving drinks, magazines, and snacks, and a nice indoor waiting room to help combat the elements. Trains to Moor Street station in the centre of the city are relatively frequent, and take around ten minutes, with the main shopping area of Solihull a ten minute walk away. A much more pleasant alternative than the bus.

If I’m visiting Solihull, I tend to travel by train. Arriving into this station is always pleasant. I get that soothing suburban feeling that comes with neatly kept lawns, lush trees and middle-​aged ladies with John Lewis carrier bags.
The station is small, with just two platforms on a central island. The platforms are above the ticket office, so there are a few steps to negotiate.
London Midland (Dorridge-​Kidderminster) and Chiltern Trains (London Marylebone-​Birmingham Snow Hill) stop here, with a fairly regular service in and out of Birmingham city centre.
The waiting areas are well maintained and I think there may even be some hanging baskets. It is a slight walk to the town centre (about five minutes) — that said, it is a nice walk. There are bus stops close by as well as a large station car park. There is also a handy little newsagents attached to the ticket office.

Solihull Railway Station opened in 1852 and has since maintained the majority of its historic charm. It’s a fitting gateway to the town of Solihull, which is leafy, suburban and calm.
I first began using this train station when I went to college and was surprised at how few students opted for the train and instead travelled by bus. Generally, there are more students using the station in the mornings — probably because they’re in a rush to get to school or college! But throughout the rest of the day, the station is pleasantly unruffled.
It is easily accessible for wheelchair users with an ATM machine, coffee shop and convenience store. There is a car park that is open all hours, seven-​days-​a-​week. There isn’t a taxi rank outside but there are good bus links and it’s a short walk from the town centre.