Colwall is a stop on the Cotswold & Malvern Line in Herefordshire between
Great Malvern and
Ledbury.
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| WMR 170 516 departs Colwall for Hereford |
| Information |
| Type: |
National Rail
(Cotswold Line) |
| Station code: |
CWL |
| Opened: |
1861 |
| Platforms: |
1 |
The station was opened in 1861 [1] by the West Midlands Railway, the station being the other side of the nearly one and half kilometre long Colwall tunnel which cuts through the Malvern Hills. The station originally had two platforms plus a goods yard. The yard was closed in 1964. The line was singled between Colwall and Ledbury in 1967 [2].
Although there is now only one platform remaining the footbridge which linked the two platforms has been retained for walkers who need to cross the line. The station is managed by West Midlands Railway (the current day version) whose
Birmingham New Street-
Hereford services stop at Colwall along with some selected Great Western Railway services between
Hereford and
London Paddington.
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| Station footbridge |
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| View from the footbridge looking towards Malvern |
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| Platform view |
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| Looking towards Hereford, a WMR 170 approaches |
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| Station view from the footbridge looking in the direction of Hereford |
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Worcester to Hereford (MIddleton Press, 2004) Map. XXI
[2] Ibid. Fig. 66
