Malvern Link
National Rail
General information
LocationMalvern Link, Malvern Hills
England
Grid referenceSO782474
Managed byWest Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMVL
ClassificationDfT category E
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.355 million
 Interchange  Decrease 18,006
2019/20Increase 0.360 million
 Interchange  Increase 19,618
2020/21Decrease 93,628
 Interchange  Decrease 4,789
2021/22Increase 0.254 million
 Interchange Increase 14,780
2022/23Increase 0.302 million
 Interchange  Decrease 14,259
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 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 is served by West Midlands Railway and Great Western Railway.

West Midlands Railway run hourly services westbound to Great Malvern and Hereford. Hourly services run to Birmingham New Street via Worcester Foregate Street, Bromsgrove and University. Some West Midlands Railway services serve Worcester Shrub Hill, usually the first and last trains of the day.

Great Western Railway services run hourly services westbound to Great Malvern and Hereford. Hourly services also run to London Paddington via Worcestershire Parkway, Oxford and Reading. One or two services a day instead run to Bristol Temple Meads or Evesham.

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.

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.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Malvern Link railway station.
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Great Malvern   West Midlands Railway
Birmingham-Great Malvern/Great Hereford		   Worcester Foregate Street
  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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