Malvern Link is a stop on the Cotwold Line between
Worcester Foregate Street and
Great Malvern.
| Information |
| Type: |
National Rail
(Cotswold Line) |
| Station code: |
MVL |
| Opened: |
1859 |
| Platforms: |
2 |
Malvern Link was opened in 1859 as part of the joint scheme between the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway and the Newport, Abergavenny & Hereford Railway to build a line between
Hereford and
Worcester [1]. Though the stretch between
Henwick and Malvern Link opened in 1859 the line was not connected through to Worcester until the following year and
Hereford in 1861. The station was soon taken over by the West Midlands Railway and after 1863 the Great Western Railway.
Malvern Link up until the mid-1960s had a goods yard and a bay platform. It also had fine station buildings but these were also lost in the 1960s, the station house still survives however. Wooden buildings were built to replace the lost original structures [2], these have recently been replaced by new stone buildings.
Malvern Link is served by the modern day versions of the West Midlands Railway and Great Western Railway with regular services to destinations such as
Birmingham Snow Hill,
London Paddington and
Hereford.
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| WMR 170 503 departs bound for Great Malvern |
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| View of the station from the road bridge |
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| Main station building |
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| Access between the platforms is via this footbridge |
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| Platform shelter |
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| Another view of the main station building |
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Worcester to Hereford (Middleton Press, 2004) p. 3
[2] Ibid. Fig. 50
