Kidderminster railway station

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Kidderminster
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Kidderminster Railway Station (crop), geograph 7074257 by Wayland Smith.jpg
Station frontage
General information
Location Kidderminster, Wyre Forest
England
Grid reference SO838763
Owned by Network Rail
Managed by West Midlands Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeKID
Classification DfT category D
History
Opened1852
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 1.530 million

There is a large car park for 400 cars, administered by West Midlands Trains, in part of the old goods yard between the two railway stations. The Severn Valley Railway has its own car park on the town centre side of its station.

In 2009 a footbridge (with lifts) was opened, transforming access between the platforms. Before this work, it was via the road overbridge. [10]

Prior to its demolition, the signal box (a short distance to the south of the station) was known as Kidderminster Junction. This controlled the junction to the Severn Valley Line until its closure in the 1970s.

Severn Valley Railway terminus

The Severn Valley Railway's southern terminus shares the same station approach road and is known as Kidderminster Town to distinguish it from the National Rail station. This also reflects the Great Western Railway tradition of suffixing the station name with "Town" if it was closer to the main body of the town served than that of its competitor(s), which Kidderminster Town achieves to the tune of around 60 yards.

Services

Station platforms. Kidderminster railway station, Worcestershire, geograph 6883988 by Nigel Thompson.jpg
Station platforms.

All trains using the station are operated by West Midlands Railway as part of the Snow Hill Lines. [11] [12]

The standard off peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:

From September 2002 until May 2023, Chiltern Railways peak-hour services to and from London Marylebone terminated at Kidderminster. [13] [14] [15] [16]

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Hagley
or Blakedown 		  West Midlands Railway
Stratford-Birmingham-Kidderminster-Worcester
Snow Hill Lines 		  Hartlebury
or Droitwich Spa
  West Midlands Railway
Leamington-Worcester 		 
HR icon.svg   Heritage railways
Interchange with Kidderminster Town on the Severn Valley Railway

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  2. ↑ John Boynton, The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, Mid England Books, Kidderminster, 2002, ISBN   0 954 0839 0 3
  3. ↑ Boynton, John (1998). A Century of Railways Around Birmingham and the West Midlands, Volume Two, 1948 - 1972. Mid England Books. ISBN   0-9522248-5-2.
  4. ↑ Kidderminster Station being rebuilt The Railway Magazine issue 806 June 1968 page 319
  5. ↑ Regional News Rail issue 891 6 November 2019 page 26
  6. ↑ Kidderminster & District Archaeological & Historical Society Building Record of Kidderminster Railway Station.
  7. ↑ "Kidderminster station revamp to begin after £1.8m funding award". BBC News . 3 February 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Plans for £4.3 million redevelopment of Kidderminster railway station revealed". Kidderminster Shuttle. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Kidderminster station building opens". Railway Gazette International . Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "Delays to footbridge are 'major problem'". Kidderminster Shuttle. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Train timetables and schedules | Kidderminster". West Midlands Railway.
  12. ↑ "Train times | Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon | 21 May until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway.
  13. ↑ MP at launch of London train Worcester News 30 September 2002
  14. ↑ Passengers advised new train timetables imminent BBC News 5 May 2023
  15. ↑ Balancing enhancements with efficiency Modern Railways issue 896 May 2023 page 63
  16. ↑ Chiltern re-times trains to retain extra midweek peak capacity Rail issue 983 17 May 2023 page 10

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