Worcester station group

Worcester Foregate Street railway station

The Worcester station group is a station group of two railway stations in Worcester City Centre, England consisting of Foregate Street and Shrub Hill. The station group is printed on national rail tickets as WORCESTER STNS.

Stations

Worcester Foregate Street is Worcester most central and most used station, located on Foregate Street. It is served by trains towards Birmingham via Kidderminster or Bromsgrove, Hereford via Malvern, London via Oxford, Bristol via Gloucester. The station is managed by London Midland and services are provided by London Midland and First Great Western.

Worcester Shrub Hill is Worcester largest but least used station, located on the Shrub Hill Road about three quarters of a mile from the city centre. It is served by trains towards Birmingham via Kidderminster or Bromsgrove, Hereford via Malvern, London via Oxford, Bristol via Gloucester. The station is managed by London Midland and services are provided by London Midland and First Great Western.

Although many services do serve both Worcester stations, some services will only serve one or the other station.

Connections

Signal Gantry at Shrub Hill (Down Direction)

Tickets marked as WORCESTER STNS may be used to exit the railway network at any of the two city stations. Both stations are directly connected by train services and both stations are about three quarters of a mile from each other.

External links

Station information for Worcester Foregate Street from London Midland
Station information for Worcester Shrub Hill from London Midland

Transport in Worcestershire

Road

Motorways	M5 M42 M50

A-Roads	A38 A44 A46 A422 A435 A441 A442 A448 A449 A456 A491 A4025 A4536

Service Stations	Frankley services Hopwood Park services Strensham services

Other	Icknield Street List of settlements on the A38

Rail

Main lines	Cross-City Line Cross Country Route North Warwickshire Line Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line Cotswold Line

Closed lines	Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line (Dudley to Wolverhampton section)

Stations	Alvechurch Barnt Green Blakedown Bromsgrove Droitwich Spa Evesham Great Malvern Hagley Hartlebury Honeybourne Kidderminster Malvern Link Pershore Redditch Worcester Foregate Street Worcester Shrub Hill Wythall

Closed stations	Astwood Bank Aston-under-Hill Beckford Bengeworth Bredon Eckington Foley Park Halt Hinton Littleton and Badsey Malvern Wells Ripple Upton-on-Severn Wadborough

Heritage stations	Arley Bewdley Kidderminster Town Northwood Halt

Heritage Railways	Severn Valley Railway

Railway under construction	Broadway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

Buses

Routes	Worcestershire bus route 144

Companies	Diamond Bus First Midland Red

Other	Bus transport in Bromsgrove

Waterways

Rivers	River Arrow River Avon River Severn River Stour River Teme

Canals	Droitwich Canal Leominster Canal Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Other	Diglis Basin Hampton Ferry Tardebigge Engine House Tardebigge Locks

Footpaths

Long-distance footpaths	Cotswold Way Monarch's Way Severn Way Worcestershire Way Wychavon Way

Cycle Paths

Railway stations in Worcestershire

Hereford to London:
Cotswold Line

Birmingham to Cardiff:

Birmingham to Worcester
via Bromsgrove:

Birmingham to Worcester
via Kidderminster:

Lichfield to Redditch:
Cross-City Line

Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon:

Wythall

Heritage railway stations

Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway

Broadway (Proposed)
Weston-sub-Edge (Proposed)
Honeybourne (Proposed)

Severn Valley Railway:

Arley
Northwood Halt
Bewdley
Kidderminster Town (adjacent to Kidderminster railway station)

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