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There is a two-hourly service from the station each way on Sundays, with through trains to and from Worcester. [3] [4] [5] From September 2002 until May 2023, Chiltern Railways peak-hour services from Kidderminster to London Marylebone called at Hagley. Therefore, Blakedown commuters could change there for a service to London. [6] [7] [8] [9]
On Saturdays, the station is served by both Chiltern Railways and West Midlands Trains. The typical service pattern is as follows: West Midlands Railway: 1 train per hour to Worcester Foregate Street via Birmingham Snow Hill. 1 train per hour to Stratford-upon-Avon. Chiltern Railways: 7 trains per day to Birmingham Moor Street
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 passenger train service indicated in the Bradshaw's Guide varied little over the years. In 1895 there were four trains daily (not Sundays) between Bewdley and Woofferton, with an additional two on the Tenbury to Woofferton section. By 1910 this had changed to five and four respectively, remaining similar from 1922 to 1960. [23] [24] [25 ...
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 .
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 .
During Mondays to Saturdays, there are typically trains around every 15 minutes in each direction, operated by West Midlands Railway, between Kidderminster and Birmingham Snow Hill via Stourbridge Junction. 2tph of these continue beyond Kidderminster to Worcester Foregate Street with some continuing to Worcester Shrub Hill.
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.