Great Malvern is a stop on the Cotswold Line in Malvern, Worcestershire between Malvern Link and Colwall.
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| West Midlands Railway 196 003 departs for Hereford |
| Information |
| Type: |
National Rail
(Cotswold Line) |
| Station code: |
GMV |
| Opened: |
1860 |
| Platforms: |
2 |
The station was opened by the Worcester & Hereford Railway in 1860. However, the station buildings were not completed until 1862. Malvern was a popular Victorian spa town, the station had dock sidings for the carriages of the gentry [1], there was also a private siding for coal supplies to the adjacent Imperial Hotel. The station had an enclosed private passageway to the hotel known as the Worm though this is no longer open (the hotel is nowadays a school in any case).
The station had an ornate clock tower but it was lost in the post-war period [2]. The station's sidings have also now gone being lifted in the mid-1960s, a signalbox which controlled them was also removed though the splendid platform canopies have been restored. Access between the platforms is via a subway.
The station is served by West Midlands Railway (to and from Birmingham Snow Hill) and Great Western Railway (to and from London Paddington).
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| Station frontage |
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| Restored canopy supports and a platform clock |
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| Alternative station entrance |
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| View down the platform |
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| A GWR Class 800 stands at Great Malvern |
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Worcester to Hereford (Middleton Press, 2004) Map. XIX[2] Ibid. Fig. 55
