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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
It is located on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line. The station is managed by West Midlands Trains , who provide the majority of train services; there are also occasional services provided by Chiltern Railways .
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 ...
The local services on the Snow Hill Lines are closely integrated. As of 2023, West Midlands Railway run four trains per hour between Kidderminster, Birmingham Snow Hill, and Birmingham Moor Street. The typical weekday service has two services per hour running eastbound to Dorridge and the other two to Whitlocks End.
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.
Passenger journeys on the West Midlands rail franchise from 2010–11 to 2018–19 [6]. In April 2016, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced the shortlist of bidders for the West Midlands franchise, comprising the incumbent operator Govia, MTR Corporation, and West Midlands Trains: a consortium of Abellio (70%), JR East (15%) and Mitsui & Co (15%).
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.