Worcester Foregate Street railway station

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Worcester Foregate Street

Location

Place

Worcester

Local authority

Worcester

Operations

Station code

WOF

Managed by

London Midland

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.320 million

2005/06 *

1.583 million

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Worcester Foregate Street from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Worcester Foregate Street railway station is situated in the centre of the city of Worcester, in Worcestershire, England. It is physically the smaller of the two stations serving the city, the other being Worcester Shrub Hill which is situated to the east. Its layout is a little unusual in that the two platforms are bi-directional i.e. the station effectively serves two parallel single lines. In addition the station itself is on a viaduct. Despite its small size, the remains of two signal boxes can be seen, one spanning the tracks and the second now the station cafe.

If you intend to travel to Worcester by train, Foregate Street is the centrally located with easy access to shops, taxis and is a five minutes walk to the bus station.

[edit] Services

The station is served by two train operating companies: London Midland (who manage the station) and First Great Western. London Midland operate services to Birmingham via two different routes, either direct to Birmingham New Street (via Bromsgrove), or via Kidderminster to Birmingham Snow Hill.

First Great Western operate a service to London Paddington via the Cotswold Line and Oxford, and also a service to Bristol Temple Meads via Gloucester. Both companies have services which continue beyond Worcester to Great Malvern and Hereford.

[edit] See also

Preceding station		Following station
Droitwich Spa	London Midland Birmingham-Worcester via Kidderminster	Malvern Link
Bromsgrove	London Midland Birmingham-Hereford	Malvern Link
Worcester Shrub Hill	First Great Western Cotswold Line	Malvern Link