Hartlebury railway station

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Hartlebury National Rail
Location
Place Hartlebury
Local authority Wychavon
Grid reference SO850707
Operations
Station code HBY
Managed by London Midland
Number of platforms 2
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   4,688
2005/06 Increase 6,810
2006/07 Increase 10,637
2007/08 Increase 13,614
2008/09 Increase 19,844
2009/10 Increase 24,082
2010/11 Decrease 22,274
2011/12 Decrease 21,670
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hartlebury from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hartlebury railway station serves the village of Hartlebury in Worcestershire, England. All trains serving the station are operated by London Midland. The station is unstaffed and is about half a mile to the east of the village.

Details and history

Hartlebury station was opened by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway in 1852, and from 1862 to 1963 it served as the starting point of the Severn Valley Railway, which ran to Shrewsbury in Shropshire, a distance of 40 miles.

The original station had an overbridge and canopies but these were removed in the 1960s, during a period of rationalisation on the railways, and crossing the platforms must now be done via the road. As the old station building is now privately owned, waiting passengers are provided with bus shelter-style structures to shelter from the elements. Due to the station having short platforms longer trains cannot stop here.

After being used by a marine engineering company, the old station building is currently being redeveloped as a micro-brewery, pub and restaurant.

There is a level crossing at the north end of the station, formerly operated by Hartlebury Station Box (to the north of the crossing) but now worked remotely from the West Midlands Signalling Centre at Saltley.

Hartlebury Station Box was an example of the second signal box design from McKenzie & Holland of Worcester, and became operational in 1876. A further signal box, Hartlebury Junction, previously existed at the junction of the Severn Valley line, but was demolished after the closure of the line rendered the box redundant.

Services

Up until the December 2013 timetable change the service from the station to both Birmingham & Worcester was limited, especially outside of the morning & evening peak periods. From 9 December 2013 however, the station has an hourly service in each direction between 06:40 and 19:05 Mondays to Saturdays. Most eastbound trains run beyond Birmingham Snow Hill to Dorridge, whilst westbound trains switch between the two main stations in Worcester at different times of day.[1]

There is no evening or Sunday service.

Notes

  1. ↑ GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14, Table 71

External links

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Coordinates: 52°20′02″N 2°13′16″W / 52.334°N 2.221°W / 52.334; -2.221


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