Kidderminster railway station
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| Kidderminster | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Kidderminster |
| Local authority | Wyre Forest |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KID |
| Managed by | Central Trains |
| Platforms in use | |
| Annual entry/exit 04/05 | 0.734 million ** |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1852 |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| ** based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Kidderminster. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
Kidderminster railway station serves the town of Kidderminster in Worcestershire.
Kidderminster station opened with the extension of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton railway from Worcester to Stourbridge in 1852 by the GWR. The station building, of a mock Tudor design, survived until 1968 when it was demolished owing to the effects of dry rot and replaced by British Rail with the small brick building that stands today.
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.
There is a car park for 400 cars, administered by Central 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 their station.
There is no footbridge or underpass between the two platforms. Access between them is via the road overbridge visible in the background of the lower image right.
The signal box (a short distance to the south of the station) is still known as Kidderminster Junction. This controlled the junction to the Severn Valley Line until its closure in the 1970s. Its junction status has since been restored as it now controls the connection between the National Rail network and the heritage Severn Valley Railway.
[edit] Service
Most trains using the station are operated by Central Trains, and these run roughly north-east to Leamington Spa via Stourbridge Junction and Birmingham Snow Hill, and south to Worcester.
The service between Kidderminster and Birmingham is heavily used, with typically three trains per hour; the more outlying sections have a lesser service. Chiltern Railways' services from London to Birmingham are also extended to and from Kidderminster at peak times.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Kidderminster railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Kidderminster railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Blakedown | Central Trains Leamington-Worcester |
Hartlebury | ||
| Blakedown | Chiltern Railways London-Kidderminster Peak hours only |
Terminus | ||
 Heritage railways |
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| Interchange with Kidderminster Town on the Severn Valley Railway | ||||
