Malvern_Link_railway_station
Malvern Link railway station
Railway station in Worcestershire, England
Malvern Link railway station serves Malvern Link in Worcestershire, England.[1] It is one of two stations serving the town of Malvern, the other being Great Malvern station.[2]
Malvern Link  | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Malvern Link, Malvern Hills England |
| Grid reference | SO782474 |
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | MVL |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.355 million |
| Interchange |  18,006 |
| 2019/20 | 0.360 million |
| Interchange | 19,618 |
| 2020/21 | 93,628 |
| Interchange | 4,789 |
| 2021/22 | 0.254 million |
| Interchange | 14,780 |
| 2022/23 | 0.302 million |
| Interchange | 14,259 |
| Location | |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
A six-mile railway from Henwick to Malvern Link opened in July 1859; in May 1860 the line was extended onward to Great Malvern and Malvern Wells.[3]
Most of the original station buildings (on the down (eastern) side) had to be demolished in the 1960s after falling into poor repair, though the station house has survived.
A set of improvements, funded by Worcestershire County Council, Network Rail and the Railway Heritage Trust, was carried out in 2014 to replace the wooden 1960s station building and provide a new entrance to the up platform from Osborne Road. In 2015 these improvements were awarded the Malvern Civic Society's Civic Award.[4][5]
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The station is located on the Cotswold Line and is served by West Midlands Railway and Great Western Railway.
West Midlands Railway run hourly services westbound to Great Malvern and Hereford. Hourly services run to Birmingham New Street via Worcester Foregate Street, Bromsgrove and University. Some West Midlands Railway services serve Worcester Shrub Hill, usually the first and last trains of the day.
Great Western Railway services run hourly services westbound to Great Malvern and Hereford. Hourly services also run to London Paddington via Worcestershire Parkway, Oxford and Reading. One or two services a day instead run to Bristol Temple Meads or Evesham.
- "Malvern Link Station". 28 November 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- "Getting to Malvern - MalvernTrail". 5 August 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- Simpson (1997). The day the trains came. Gracewing. p. 93.
- "Malvern Link station improvements". Worcestershire County Council. 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013.
- "Link railway station wins top award from Malvern Civic Society". Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- Siviter, Roger (1999). British Railways Past and Present: Worcestershire. Kettering: Past & Present Publications Ltd.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2004). Worcester to Hereford. Middleton Press. figs. 48-50. ISBN 9781904474388. OCLC 862604858.
- Train times and station information for Malvern Link railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Malvern | West Midlands Railway Birmingham-Great Malvern/Hereford |
Worcester Foregate Street | ||
| Great Western Railway Cotswold Line |
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| Great Western Railway Great Malvern - Bristol |
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| Disused railways | ||||
| Great Malvern Line and station open |
Great Western Railway Worcester and Hereford Railway |
Newland Halt Line open, station closed | ||
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