Worcester Foregate Street is the smaller of Worcester's two railway stations, though is more centrally located in the city than
Worcester Shrub Hill.
| Information |
| Type: |
National Rail
(Snow Hill Lines) |
| Station code: |
WOF |
| Opened: |
1860 |
| Platforms: |
2 |
Worcester Foregate Street was opened by the Hereford & Worcester Railway in 1860. Later becoming part of the West Midlands Railway and finally the Great Western Railway.
Worcester Foregate Street is unusual in that both platforms are bi-directional and is more like two single track/platform stations next to each other. One line is for trains from
Birmingham Snow Hill heading to
Malvern and as far as
Hereford. The other is for trains from
London Paddington as far as Hereford.
Worcester Foregate Street is nowadays served by the modern day namesakes of the West Midlands and Great Western Railways. The station is built on a viaduct with access via lifts and steps, changing between platforms is via the subway underneath the station.
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| WMR 172 336 arrives at the station |
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| GWR 166 212 arrives from Shrub Hill |
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| View down the platform |
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| Station entrance and bridge over the road |
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| LM 172 214 arrives from Snow Hill |
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| GWR 166 105 arrives |
