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]

Malvern Link
General information
Location	Malvern Link, Malvern Hills England
Grid reference	SO782474
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MVL
Classification	DfT category E
Passengers
2016/17	0.354 million
2017/18	0.349 million
2018/19	0.355 million
2019/20	0.360 million
Interchange	19,618
2020/21	93,628
Interchange	4,789
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 Railway Heritage Trust, 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

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

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• Train times and station information for Malvern Link railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	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

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