Leominster is a stop on the Welsh Marches Line in Herefordshire between Ludlow and Hereford.
TfW 175 007 departs
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Welsh Marches Line)
Station code:
LEO
Opened:
1853
Platforms:
2
The station was opened in 1853 by the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway, a joint venture between the GWR and LNWR. Two branch lines were later opened from Leominster, to Worcester and to Kington. The station had five platforms with fast lines passing through the station [1]. The two branches were closed in the 1950s. The station had an elevated signalbox over one of the platforms, this was closed in 1964. A goods yard closed in 1967.
The station now has just two platforms with one train per hour stopping in each direction between Manchester Piccadilly and Carmarthen, operated by Transport for Wales. The station has a ticket office open part time in the main station building.
This footbridge crosses the line
Main station building
Platform shelter
Station footbridge, with lifts
Preparing to depart
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Worcester to Hereford (Middleton Press, 2004) Fig. 40
