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The Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove line is a railway line in the West Midlands of England connecting Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove. The most notable feature on the line is the Lickey Incline, between Barnt Green and Bromsgrove. It is one of two railway routes between Birmingham and Worcester, the other route runs via Kidderminster.
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
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.
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.
West Midlands Trains operates routes from Worcester to Birmingham, via Kidderminster and Stourbridge Junction. Trains run to Birmingham Snow Hill and Birmingham Moor Street on the via Kidderminster route , with many of the services on it continuing through to either Stratford-upon-Avon or Dorridge .
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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 ...