The station in 1958,with the branch to Gloucester leaving the main line on the leftA Hereford to Paddington express in 1958
The line was built by the West Midland Railway,which opened the station on 15 September 1861. A branch line from Ledbury to Gloucester,via Dymock and Newent,opened in July 1885. Ledbury Signal Box was opened,replacing one or perhaps two earlier signal boxes;it controlled a small engine shed on the north side of the station and a goods yard on the south.
The Newent branch was closed in 1959,and the goods yard and engine shed closed in 1965,leaving just the station itself. The modern station comprises two platforms with waiting shelters and car parking facilities;it is unusual in having a privately run ticket office located in a wooden chalet by the entrance.
The single-track Ledbury Tunnel,immediately to the east of the station,was notorious among steam locomotive crews for its bad atmosphere;this was the result of its unusually narrow bore combined with a steep gradient and a curve at the north end.
George W. Lane 1924 - 1932[8] (formerly station master at Hartlebury)
Percy William Tow 1932 - ca. 1938 (formerly station master at Henwick)
Frederick William Peachey ca. 1939
C.T. Richards ca. 1953
Layout
Following the singling of the double track between Hereford and Ledbury in 1984, the station area bears the only section of double track. Trains travelling in opposite directions can pass each other between Shelwick Junction, near Hereford, and the east portal of Colwall New Tunnel, beneath the Malvern Hills at the former Malvern Wells station and near to Great Malvern.
Services
Ledbury is served by two train operating companies; the general off-peak service pattern in trains per hour/day is:
↑ "Ledbury Stationmaster". Gloucester Journal. England. 22 October 1932. Retrieved 15 August 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Train Timetables". West Midlands Railway. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
↑ "Train Times". Great Western Railway. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
Bibliography
Parkhouse, Neil (2013). "3. The Ledbury Branch". West Gloucester & Wye Valley Lines. British Railway History In Colour. Vol.1. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. pp.66–68. ISBN9781899889 76 1.
Further reading
Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2004). Worcester to Hereford. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 69-79. ISBN9781904474388. OCLC862604858.
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