Malvern Link railway station

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Malvern Link
National Rail
Malvern Link Railway Station.jpg
LocationMalvern Link, Malvern Hills
England
Grid referenceSO782474
Managed byWest Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMVL
ClassificationDfT category E
Passengers
2016/17Increase 0.354 million
2017/18Decrease 0.349 million
2018/19Increase 0.355 million
2019/20Increase 0.360 million
 Interchange 19,618
2020/21Increase 93,628
 Interchange Decrease 4,789
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Malvern Link railway station serves Malvern Link in Worcestershire, England.[1] It is one of two stations serving the town of Malvern, the other being Great Malvern station.[2]

History[]

A six-mile railway from Henwick to Malvern Link opened in July 1859; in May 1860 the line was extended onward to Great Malvern and Malvern Wells.[3]

Most of the original station buildings (on the down (eastern) side) had to be demolished in the 1960s after falling into poor repair, though the station house has survived.

Development[]

A set of improvements, funded by Worcestershire County Council, Network Rail and the , was carried out in 2014 to replace the wooden 1960s station building and provide a new entrance to the up platform from Osborne Road. In 2015 these improvements were awarded the Malvern Civic Society's Civic Award.[4][5]

Services[]

The station is located on the Cotswold Line and served by West Midlands Railway and Great Western Railway.[6] Trains run westbound to Great Malvern and Hereford and eastbound to Worcester Foregate Street; from the latter, destinations served include Oxford, Reading, London Paddington, Birmingham New Street via Bromsgrove, Bristol Temple Meads and Westbury, and Whitlocks End via Kidderminster and Birmingham Snow Hill.

References[]

  1. ^ "Malvern Link Station". 28 November 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Getting to Malvern - MalvernTrail". 5 August 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  3. ^ Simpson (1997). The day the trains came. Gracewing. p. 93.
  4. ^ "Malvern Link station improvements". Worcestershire County Council. 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Link railway station wins top award from Malvern Civic Society". Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ^ Table 71 Network Rail Timetable December 2015

Further reading[]

  • Siviter, Roger (1999). British Railways Past and Present: Worcestershire. Kettering: Past & Present Publications Ltd.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2004). Worcester to Hereford. Middleton Press. figs. 48-50. ISBN 9781904474388. OCLC 862604858.

External links[]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Great Malvern   West Midlands Railway
Birmingham-Hereford/Great Malvern 		  Worcester Foregate Street
  West Midlands Railway
Great Malvern-Dorridge/Whitlocks End 		 
  Great Western Railway
Cotswold Line 		 
  Great Western Railway
Great Malvern - Bristol 		 
Disused railways
Great Malvern
Line and station open 		  Great Western Railway
Worcester and Hereford Railway 		  Newland Halt
Line open, station closed

Coordinates: 52°07′31″N 2°19′10″W / 52.125150°N 2.319403°W / 52.125150; -2.319403


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