Train testing under way on new Birmingham rail line

Final testing is being carried out at five new railway stations in the West Midlands before they open their ticket barriers to passengers.

Stations at Willenhall and Darlaston in the Black Country will open on Thursday 19 March.

And three Birmingham stations - at Moseley, Kings Heath and Pineapple Road - will open on Tuesday 7 April as the Camp Hill Line is brought back to life.

It was closed in 1941 during World War Two, because of a shortage of coal, and never reopened.

On Monday, trains were travelling between Birmingham New Street and Kings Norton via the three new Birmingham stations as work is completed at the locations.