Droitwich Spa railway station

Droitwich Spa

Location
Place	Droitwich Spa
Local authority	Wychavon
Grid reference	SO892633
Operations
Station code	DTW
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	0.291 million
2004/05	0.278 million
2005/06	0.333 million
2006/07	0.366 million
2007/08	0.386 million
2008/09	0.431 million
2009/10	0.472 million
2010/11	0.466 million
2011/12	0.489 million
2012/13	0.518 million
2013/14	0.539 million
2014/15	0.533 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1852 (1852)
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Droitwich Spa from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Droitwich Spa railway station serves the town of Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire, England. It is located just to the south-west of Droitwich Spa Junction of the Worcester to Leamington Spa Line and the Worcester to Birmingham New Street Line. The station is managed by London Midland, who also operate all trains serving it.

History

Droitwich Spa railway station was opened in 1852 as part of the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, which was soon to come under the auspices of the Great Western Railway. Originally it was called Droitwich; it wasn't until 1899^[1] when the station was rebuilt by John Corbett, did the station gain its Spa suffix.It was linked into the Midland Railway's main line between Birmingham New Street and Gloucester by means of a short branch line to Stoke Works Junction, south of Bromsgrove. This allowed trains from the Worcester direction to run to New Street (by means of running powers over MR metals) as well as the GWR station at Snow Hill. Originally built as a double line, it was singled in 1969 when Gloucester PSB took over control of the main line south of Barnt Green.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Stoke Works Station Closed and Line Open		Stoke Branch Great Western Railway Later British Rail		Fernhill Heath Station Closed and Line Open
Cutnall Green Halt Station Closed and Line Open		Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Great Western Railway		Fernhill Heath Station Closed and Line Open

Services

The service pattern from the station has varied somewhat over the years, particularly after most services via Kidderminster were diverted to New St in 1967 as part of the plans to close Snow Hill (the service via Bromsgrove subsequently becoming peak-hours only). Today though, travellers from the station once again have a choice of stations in Birmingham following the reopening of Snow Hill in 1995 and there are regular services on both routes into the city.

Currently there is an hourly service (Mon - Sat) between New St and Hereford via Bromsgrove that calls here, along with two trains per hour between Snow Hill and Worcester (both stations). The latter continue beyond Snow Hill eastbound to either Whitlocks End or Dorridge, whilst some trains run through to/from Great Malvern. There are also limited extensions to Stratford-upon-Avon and Leamington Spa. The frequency on this line drops to hourly in the evenings.
On Sundays, the Worcester - Snow Hill service runs every hour, continuing eastbound to Shirley and Stratford-upon-Avon, whilst there is only a limited service (five trains each way) between New St and Worcester/Hereford. However, following the December timetable change on 9 December 2012, London Midland will increase the frequency of services to Birmingham New Street to hourly in the afternoon, and bi-hourly in the mornings.^[2]^[3]

As of January 2016 the typical weekday off-peak service from the station is:

2tph (trains per hour) to Worcester (some services go via or terminate at Worcester Shrub Hill)
2tph to Whitlocks End or Dorridge via Birmingham Snow Hill
1tph to Hereford (additional services to Great Malvern and Worcester Shrub Hill at peak times)
1tph to Birmingham New Street (additional services at peak times)

Services on the Snow Hill Line are generally served by Class 172 DMUs and services on the Hereford Line are normally served by Class 170s but one diagram is run by a Class 150 DMU.

References

↑ "Droitwich Spa Railway Station".
↑ "Dec 2012 timetable change". November 2012.
↑ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 71

External links

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Train times and station information for Droitwich Spa railway station from National Rail
Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Droitwich Spa station
MIAC: Droitwich Spa
London Midland: Station Information

Preceding station		Following station
Hartlebury or Kidderminster	London Midland Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line	Worcester Foregate Street
Hartlebury or Kidderminster	London Midland Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line	Worcester Shrub Hill
Bromsgrove or University	London Midland Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line	Worcester Foregate Street
Bromsgrove or University	London Midland Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line	Worcester Shrub Hill

Transport in Worcestershire

Road

Motorways	M5 M42 M50

A-Roads	A38 A44 A46 A422 A435 A441 A442 A448 A449 A456 A491 A4025 A4536

Service Stations	Frankley services Hopwood Park services Strensham services

Other	Icknield Street List of settlements on the A38

Rail

Main lines	Cross-City Line Cross Country Route North Warwickshire Line Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line Cotswold Line

Closed lines	Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line (Dudley to Wolverhampton section)

Stations	Alvechurch Barnt Green Blakedown Bromsgrove Droitwich Spa Evesham Great Malvern Hagley Hartlebury Honeybourne Kidderminster Malvern Link Pershore Redditch Worcester Foregate Street Worcester Shrub Hill Wythall

Closed stations	Astwood Bank Aston-under-Hill Beckford Bengeworth Foley Park Halt Hinton Littleton and Badsey Malvern Wells Ripple Upton-on-Severn

Heritage stations	Arley Bewdley Kidderminster Town Northwood Halt

Other	Severn Valley Railway

Buses

Routes	Worcestershire bus route 144

Companies	Diamond Bus First Midland Red

Other	Bus transport in Bromsgrove

Waterways

Rivers	River Arrow River Avon River Severn River Stour River Teme

Canals	Droitwich Canal Leominster Canal Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Other	Diglis Basin Hampton Ferry Tardebigge Engine House Tardebigge Locks

Footpaths

Long-distance footpaths	Cotswold Way Monarch's Way Severn Way Worcestershire Way Wychavon Way

Cycle Paths

Railway stations in Worcestershire

Hereford to London:
Cotswold Line

Birmingham to Cardiff:

Birmingham to Worcester
via Bromsgrove:

Birmingham to Worcester
via Kidderminster:

Lichfield to Redditch:
Cross-City Line

Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon:

Wythall

Heritage railway stations

Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway

Broadway (Proposed)
Weston-sub-Edge (Proposed)
Honeybourne (Proposed)

Severn Valley Railway:

Arley
Northwood Halt
Bewdley
Kidderminster Town (adjacent to Kidderminster railway station)

Coordinates: 52°16′05″N 2°09′29″W / 52.268°N 2.158°W / 52.268; -2.158

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