The station drinking fountain,a Malvern spring water spout,gets "well dressed" every year. Naturally,the theme of the decorations was railways in 2010.
Lady Emily Foley was a key sponsor of the building of Great Malvern station. She had a waiting room made for her exclusive use.[3]
The station celebrated its 150th birthday on 23 May 2010,with the unveiling of a plaque and a special train.[4][5] An additional part of this celebration was the reinstatement of some of the highly decorated lighting columns around the cab road,at the front of the station.
Before May 2022,there was one through service to and from Brighton. This service has since been withdrawn.[6]
Architecture
The station buildings are built from local Malvern Rag stone and follow a French Gothic theme.[citation needed]
Floral capital to a canopy column
A particular feature of the station are the deep canopies,which are supported by elaborate cast-iron girders;these in turn are supported by columns with elaborate capitals. These capitals are decorated with high relief mouldings depicting different arrangements of flowers and foliage.[7] The sculptor,William Forsyth,was employed to work on the buildings and designed the metal capitals of the columns,which support the canopies above both platforms of the station.[1]
Interior view of the Worm
At the end of platform 2 is the entrance to the Worm,an enclosed passageway that leads under Avenue Road into the former Imperial Hotel (now Malvern St James). It formed a private pedestrian access and is believed to be the only structure of its kind in the country.[8] Although in need of extensive restoration and generally not open to the public,the Worm is itself Grade II listed.[9]
Facilities
There is a ticket office and an award-winning caféwhich opened in 1984,named Lady Foley's Tea Room,after Lady Emily Foley,on the London-bound platform.[10][11][12]
In 2023,Network Rail spent £8 million on restoration of the platform canopies,sculptures,overhead glazing and ironwork. The Victorian station clock is now also working following an £8,000 restoration in 2021 after having been stuck for over three years.[13] The work included replacing all the glass in the station canopies.[14]
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