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The Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line is a railway line which runs from Birmingham Snow Hill to Worcester via Stourbridge and Kidderminster in the West Midlands, England. It is one of the Snow Hill Lines , with trains operated by West Midlands Trains and Chiltern Railways using a variety of rolling stock including Class 172 and ...
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 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 .
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.
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 ...
4 trains per hour to Kidderminster via Stourbridge Junction: of which two continue to Worcester Foregate Street via Droitwich Spa; Some services reverse or terminate at Worcester Shrub Hill. Chiltern Railways also serve the station with one train to Stourbridge Junction at weekday nighttime only, from London Marylebone. A morning service to ...
Stourbridge Junction is one of two railway stations serving the town of Stourbridge, in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England.It lies on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line and is the junction for the Stourbridge Town Branch Line, said to be the shortest operational branch line in Europe.