A GWR service prepares to head to Worcester Shrub Hill
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Cotswold Line & Nottingham-Cardiff Line)
Station code:
WOP
Opened:
2020
Platforms:
3
The station is located near the Worcestershire village of Norton and is close to site of the former Norton Halt station on the Cotswold Line which closed in 1966 [1]. The new station has been planned for a number of years, offering interchange between two lines and having a lot more available parking than Worcester Shrub Hill. However, the final decision to go-ahead with the station was delayed a number of times.
Work finally began at the station site in 2017 with construction completed in late 2019, however the opening was delayed a couple more times until the station opened finally in February 23rd 2020.
The station is a mile to the South of Worcester and has spaces for five hundred cars. The station is managed by Great Western Railway and served by them and Cross Country.
Station view, the grey footbridge on the right allows a footpath to cross the line
A GWR 800 arrives on the Cotswold Line platform
Cross Country 170 398 prepares to depart
Station frontage
Platform view
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Moreton-on-Marsh to Worcester (Middleton Press, 2004) Fig. 90
