🚇 City Comparator

Birmingham

1,036,878 population

140

stations

153

links

8

lines

8 logical lines from 27 OSM route variants · 5 branched · 8 directional pairs merged

Network character

Meshednessⓘ: 0.054
Independent loopsⓘ: 15
Avg. path lengthⓘ: 11.8 hops
Diameter: 36 hops
Interchangesⓘ: 24 (17%)
Termini: 16
Assortativityⓘ: 0.120
Clustering: 0.078

Extent

Track length: 333 km
Avg. station spacing: 2.17 km
Largest component: 90% of network

By mode

light rail: 2 lines · 4 stn
train: 4 lines · 91 stn
tram: 2 lines · 50 stn

Critical stations

Highest betweenness — the network leans on these; disruption hurts most.

Smethwick Galton Bridge0.463
Birmingham New Street0.463
The Hawthorns0.433
Smethwick Rolfe Street0.351
Jewellery Quarter0.303
Birmingham Snow Hill0.245

Operators

Midland Metro Limited (WMCA), West Midlands Trains

Data: OpenStreetMap via Overpass · built from the city-comparator pipeline