Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line

Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line

Legend Cross Country Route Birmingham New Street Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line Central Goods Granville Street Moseley Five Ways Church Road Somerset Road University Selly Oak Cadbury Railway and Wharf Bournville Lifford Wharf branch Camp Hill Line Kings Norton Northfield Longbridge Halesowen Railway Barnt Green Cross-City Line M42 motorway Blackwell Lickey Incline Bromsgrove Cross Country Route Stoke Works M5 motorway Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line Droitwich Spa Worcester (North) Parkway (Proposed) Fernhill Heath Blackpole Halt Ashwood Halt Worcester Triangle Worcester Foregate Street Worcester Shrub Hill Cotswold Line

The Birmingham-Worcester via Bromsgrove Line is a railway route in the West Midlands of Great Britain, connecting Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove. The most notable feature on the line is the Lickey Incline, between Barnt Green and Bromsgrove.

It is one of two railway routes between Birmingham and Worcester, the other route runs via Kidderminster. The route via Bromsgrove runs into Birmingham New Street, while the route via Kidderminster runs into Birmingham Snow Hill.

The line serves the following places:^[1]

• Birmingham
• University of Birmingham
• Barnt Green
• Bromsgrove
• Droitwich Spa
• Worcester

Services

Passenger services are provided by London Midland. Currently one train per hour runs between Birmingham New Street and Worcester on this route, calling at University, Bromsgrove, Droitwich Spa, Worcester Foregate Street and/or Worcester Shrub Hill, with most Worcester trains continuing onwards to Hereford via the Cotswold Line. A handful of trains per day also call at Barnt Green.^[1]

References

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