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Kidderminster station opened with the extension of the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway from Worcester to Stourbridge on 1 May 1852. It became an important intermediate station on the line which became part of the West Midland Railway in 1860, which in turn amalgamated with the Great Western Railway and the South Wales Railway on 1 August 1863.
Inside the station concourse GWR 7800 Class 4-6-0 "Bradley Manor". Kidderminster Town is a railway station situated in the town of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.It is operated by the Severn Valley Railway, a heritage line which runs from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth.
Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, 20 miles (32 km) south-west of Birmingham and 12 miles (19 km) north of Worcester.Located north of the River Stour and east of the River Severn, in the 2021 census, it had a population of 57,400. [1]
The following table lists the name of each station, along with the year it first opened, and the district in which it is situated. The table also shows the train operating companies who currently serve each station and the final three columns give information on the number of passengers using each station in recent years, as collated by the Office of Rail Regulation, a Government body.
Foley Park Halt was the first stop on the GWR Kidderminster to Bewdley loop line which now forms part of the Severn Valley Railway. It was located in the Kidderminster suburb of Foley Park where the railway went under the A451 Stourport Road. Facilities included a single wooden platform, a ticket booth and a Pagoda Platform Shelter.
Rifle Range Halt was a short-lived unstaffed request stop on the GWR Kidderminster to Bewdley loop line which now forms part of the Severn Valley Railway.It was west of Bewdley tunnel near the “Devil’s Spittleful”, the sandstone outcrop on the nature reserve now managed by the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust.
In 1990 a new 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) gauge aluminium track was laid and then gradually extended until it reached the far end of the Kidderminster Town Station car park. The original line was then removed, making space for a new footpath from the Severn Valley Railway car park to the station.
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