railroad.wikisort.org - StationMalvern Wells railway station was a station on the Worcester and Hereford section of the Great Western Railway at Lower Wyche, between Great Malvern and Colwall. On timetables it was listed as Malvern Wells GW to distinguish it from the nearby Midland Railway station which later became known as Malvern Hanley Road.
Former railway station in Worcestershire, England
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Location | Lower Wyche, Malvern Hills England |
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Coordinates | 52.0953°N 2.3236°W / 52.0953; -2.3236 |
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Grid reference | SO779441 |
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Platforms | 2 |
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Status | Disused |
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Original company | Worcester & Hereford Railway |
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Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
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25 May 1860 | Station opens |
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19 January 1861 | Closed |
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1 February 1864 | Reopened |
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5 April 1965 | Station closes[1] |
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The station closed in 1965,[2] but the signal box here remains open as it controls the line towards Ledbury, which becomes single track at this point prior to passing through the tunnels at Colwall and Ledbury. Trains terminating at Great Malvern also run here to reverse before returning east.
Preceding station |
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Disused railways |
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Following station |
Great Malvern |
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Great Western Railway Cotswold Line |
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Colwall |
References
- Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 285. OCLC 931112387.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2004). Worcester to Hereford. Middleton Press. figs. 59-64. ISBN 9781904474388. OCLC 862604858.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Bromsgrove to Gloucester. Middleton Press. figs. 71-74. ISBN 9781904474739. OCLC 931169432.
 Transport in Worcestershire |
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Road | Motorways | |
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A-roads |
- A38
- A44
- A46
- A422
- A435
- A441
- A442
- A448
- A449
- A456
- A491
- A4025
- A4536
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Service stations |
- Frankley services
- Hopwood Park services
- Strensham services
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Other |
- Icknield Street
- List of settlements on the A38
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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
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Closed lines |
- Oxford–Worcester–Wolverhampton line (Dudley to Wolverhampton section)
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Stations | |
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Closed stations | |
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Heritage stations | |
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Heritage railways | |
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Under construction |
- Broadway
- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
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Buses | Routes |
- Worcestershire bus route 144
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Companies |
- Diamond West Midlands
- First Midland Red
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Other |
- Bus transport in Bromsgrove
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Waterways | |
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Footpaths | Long-distance footpaths |
- Cotswold Way
- Monarch's Way
- Severn Way
- Worcestershire Way
- Wychavon Way
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Cycle paths | |
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Tenbury and Bewdley Railway | |
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Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway | |
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Worcester and Hereford Railway | |
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Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway | |
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Severn Valley Railway | |
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Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway | |
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Birmingham and Gloucester Railway | |
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Gloucester loop line | |
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Honeybourne Line | |
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