Ledbury is on the line between
Worcester and
Hereford, part of the Cotswold Line, and also known as the
Birmingham-Hereford Line.
| Information |
| Type: |
National Rail
(Cotswold Line) |
| Station code: |
LED |
| Opened: |
1861 |
| Platforms: |
2 |
The station was opened by the West Midlands Railway in 1861. Later on it was known as
Ledbury Junction after the Daffodil Line from Ledbury to
Gloucester was opened in the 1880s (the now closed
Ledbury Town Halt is not far away). The current Ledbury signalbox was built to manage the junction and still remains long after the branch line was closed.
Most of the line from
Malvern to Hereford is single-track though Ledbury is double tracked. Nowadays the station has just basic facilities, though does have a ticket office, and shelters though used to have brick station buildings with GWR style canopies [1]. A goods yard, for coal traffic, just ahead of the station by the signalbox is now closed though some of the tracks remain [2].
Ledbury has services to destinations such as
Birmingham New Street,
Hereford,
London Paddington and
Worcester Foregate Street.
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| 170 510, then operated by London Midland, departs Ledbury |
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| View towards Hereford from the footbridge |
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| Ledbury signal box |
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| Station sign |
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| Footbridge |
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| Two London Midland 170s depart |
[1] Michael Welch, Diesels on the Western (Capital Transport, 2013) p. 8
[2] Ibid. p. 38
