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The main train operating company is West Midlands Railway who run the majority of services in the county. However Great Western Railway operates the Worcester - London service. The main rail routes in Worcestershire include: Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove line; Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line; Cotswold Line; Cross-City Line
Off-peak West Midlands Railway services call half-hourly in each direction, running to Kidderminster westwards, with some services extending to Worcester (Foregate Street before 9pm and thereafter Shrub Hill (Mondays to Saturdays) and through Stourbridge and Birmingham Snow Hill eastwards. Additional trains (making the service 3tph or 4tph also ...
In the May 2023 timetable, an hourly service to operates eastbound to Dorridge via Kidderminster, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Snow Hill and Solihull. [2] [3] Most westbound trains run to Worcester Foregate Street via Droitwich Spa, but some go Worcester Shrub Hill. There is one train a day to Leamington Spa on Monday to Saturday evenings.
After Kidderminster goods yard became disused in 1982, the SVR purchased the line to the east of Foley Park. Sharing the British Rail station of Kidderminster was impractical, so SVR claimed a site to the west of the BR station. Initially, the site was leased from BR until privatisation when BR looked to sell off the site, leading to the 1994 ...
The junction sees the Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line branch off from the main line - the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line. Part of this line is a surviving section of the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line and is these days used by trains heading towards Kidderminster , Stourbridge Junction and Birmingham Snow Hill .
It is on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line. The station is managed by West Midlands Railway, who provide the majority of train services; there are also occasional services provided by Chiltern Railways. Cradley Heath bus station is right in front of the railway station; together they form Cradley Heath Interchange.
The situation changed in 1878, when a north-facing connection was opened between Bewdley and Kidderminster, linking Kidderminster directly with the Severn Valley Line. [2] Kidderminster station in 1963, with auto-train to Bewdley. From about 1900, there was a brisk passenger trade of tourists and day trippers from the West Midlands conurbation.
West Midlands Trains run local services every 30 minutes as part of the Snow Hill lines: [1] [2]. The off-peak service pattern Mondays to Saturdays is as follows: 2 trains per hour westbound to Kidderminster via Birmingham Moor Street, Birmingham Snow Hill and Stourbridge Junction, with some evening services continuing onward to Worcester.