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Worcester Foregate Street, opened by the Great Western Railway in 1860, [1] is one of two railway stations that serve the city of Worcester, England; the other is Worcester Shrub Hill, which is located to the east. A third station, Worcestershire Parkway, is sited just outside of the city to the south-east.
Worcester Foregate Street: 1860 [19] Worcester: Great Western Railway West Midlands Railway 1,358,222 534,904 2,190,982 Worcester Shrub Hill: 1852 [20] Worcester Great Western Railway West Midlands Railway 409,540 161,288 660,638 Worcestershire Parkway: 2020 [21] Worcester Great Western Railway CrossCountry: 314,894 32,350 25,478 Wythall: 1908 ...
One of each eastbound service per hour continues to Stratford-upon-Avon, and some evening trains continue beyond Dorridge to Leamington Spa. Westbound, two trains per hour usually continue beyond Stourbridge Junction and Kidderminster continue to Worcester Foregate Street and/or Worcester Shrub Hill.
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.
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.
Passenger services are provided by West Midlands Trains as part of their Birmingham to Hereford service. As of May 2023, off-peak, one train per hour runs between Birmingham New Street, Worcester and Hereford on this route, calling at University, Bromsgrove, Droitwich Spa, Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link, Great Malvern, Colwall and Ledbury on its way to Hereford, with most Worcester ...
Until 1982, through Birmingham trains had mostly used the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line, with typically just one peak hour train to/from Great Malvern using the more direct Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line. Then an hourly Birmingham-Hereford service was introduced via the latter.