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Droitwich Spa railway station serves the town of Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire, England. It is located just to the south-west of Droitwich Spa Junction of the Worcester to Leamington Spa Line and the Worcester to Birmingham New Street line. The station is managed by West Midlands Trains, who also operate all trains serving it.

Droitwich Spa
General information
Location	Droitwich Spa, Wychavon England
Grid reference	SO892633
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DTW
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1852
Passengers
2016/17	0.550 million
2017/18	0.568 million
2018/19	0.528 million
Interchange	72,415
2019/20	0.520 million
Interchange	80,587
2020/21	0.134 million
Interchange	20,066
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Droitwich Spa railway station was opened in 1852 (then called simply 'Droitwich') as part of the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, which was soon to come under the auspices of the Great Western Railway.

Plans for a new station began around 1892.[1] The Great Western Railway company put the construction of the new station out to tender in 1897 and the contractor was Mr. Bloxham. It was constructed on land given by John Corbett and the construction cost around £7,000 (equivalent to £810,000 in 2020).[2] The platforms were 500 feet (150 m) long with sheltering verandahs in the station. The new station was opened on 3 June 1899[3] and this fulfilled the demands of providing accommodation for 200,000 passengers annually using the 16 G.W.R. trains and 12 Midland Railway trains in each direction per day. It was in 1899[4] that the 'Spa' suffix was added.

The station was linked into the Midland Railway's main line between Birmingham New Street and Gloucester by means of a short branch line to Stoke Works Junction, south of Bromsgrove. This also allowed trains from the Worcester direction to run to New Street (by means of running powers over MR metals) as well as the GWR station at Snow Hill. Originally built as a double line, it was singled in 1969 when Gloucester Power Signal Box took over control of the main line south of Barnt Green.

Stationmasters

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Stoke Works Station Closed and Line Open		Stoke Branch Great Western Railway Later British Rail		Fernhill Heath Station Closed and Line Open
Cutnall Green Halt Station Closed and Line Open		Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Great Western Railway		Fernhill Heath Station Closed and Line Open

Services

The service pattern from the station has varied somewhat over the years, particularly after most services via Kidderminster were diverted to New St in 1967 as part of the plans to close Snow Hill (the service via Bromsgrove subsequently becoming peak-hours only). Today though, travellers from the station once again have a choice of stations in Birmingham following the reopening of Snow Hill in 1995 and there are regular services on both routes into the city.

Currently there is an hourly service (Mon - Sat) between New St and Hereford via Bromsgrove that calls here, along with two trains per hour between Snow Hill and Worcester (both stations). The latter continue beyond Snow Hill eastbound to either Whitlocks End or Dorridge, whilst some trains run through to/from Great Malvern. There are also limited extensions to Stratford-upon-Avon and Leamington Spa. The frequency on this line drops to hourly in the evenings.
On Sundays, the Worcester - Snow Hill service runs every hour, continuing eastbound to Shirley and Stratford-upon-Avon, whilst there is only a limited service (five trains each way) between New St and Worcester/Hereford. However, following the December timetable change on 9 December 2012, London Midland will increase the frequency of services to Birmingham New Street to hourly in the afternoon, and bi-hourly in the mornings.[11][12]

As of January 2016 the typical weekday off-peak service from the station is:

• 2tph (trains per hour) to Worcester (some services go via or terminate at Worcester Shrub Hill)
• 2tph to Whitlocks End or Dorridge via Birmingham Snow Hill
• 1tph to Hereford (additional services to Great Malvern and Worcester Shrub Hill at peak times)
• 1tph to Birmingham New Street (additional services at peak times)

Services on the Snow Hill Line are generally served by Class 172 DMUs and services on the Hereford Line are normally served by Class 170s.

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 16-21. ISBN 9781904474975. OCLC 263292710.

External links

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Legend
Kidderminster line to Birmingham Snow Hill Cross-City Line to Birmingham New Street Hagley Birmingham–Stratford line to Birmingham Moor Street Wythall Blakedown Birmingham–Stratford line to Stratford-upon-Avon Barnt Green Kidderminster Town Kidderminster Blackwell Alvechurch Foley Park Halt Lickey Incline Bewdley Tunnel Redditch Rifle Range Halt Stourport-on-Severn Gloucester loop line via Alcester Hartlebury Bromsgrove Bewdley Cutnall Green Halt Stoke Works Northwood Halt Droitwich Spa Junction Wyre Forest Droitwich Spa Arley Newnham Bridge Fernhill Heath Severn Valley Railway to Bridgnorth Blackpole Halt Easton Court Astwood Halt Tenbury and Bewdley Railway to Woofferton Droitwich Road Worcester Tunnel Junction Dunhampstead Worcester TMD Oddingley Spetchley Vinegar works Worcester Shrub Hill Worcester Foregate Street Norton Worcestershire Parkway Stoulton Former freight branch Gloucester loop line via Alcester River Severn Abbot's Wood Junction Pershore Henwick Wadborough Boughton Halt Wyre Halt Rushwick Halt Defford Leigh Court Fladbury Knightwick Harvington Bransford Road Eckington Suckley Bredon Newland Halt Bengeworth Worcester, Bromyard & Leominster Rly to Leominster Evesham Malvern Link Hinton Great Malvern Ashton-under-Hill Malvern Hanley Road Beckford Malvern Wells Upton-on-Severn Ripple Littleton and Badsey Honeybourne Line to Stratford-upon-Avon Cotswold Line to Hereford Honeybourne Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Cross Country Route to Cheltenham Spa Cotswold Line to Oxford Broadway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Rly to Cheltenham Racecourse

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• Train times and station information for Droitwich Spa railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Droitwich Spa station
• MIAC: Droitwich Spa
• West Midlands Railway: Station Information

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hartlebury or Kidderminster		West Midlands Railway Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line		Worcester Foregate Street
		West Midlands Railway Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line		Worcester Shrub Hill
Bromsgrove or University		West Midlands Railway Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line		Worcester Foregate Street
		West Midlands Railway Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line		Worcester Shrub Hill

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