Rail Services

The following rail services operate in Worcestershire

Individual trains may serve only part of a route, while stopping patterns vary throughout the day. The frequency guide refers to Mondays to Saturday between 0800and 1800approx. There are fewer trains in the early mornings, evenings and on Sundays.

For the official source of information on rail information, UK train times, timetables, journey planner, railcards and upto date service information contact National Rail Enquiries.

National Rail Enquiries 08457 48 49 50          http://www.nationalrail.co.uk

See also:

• Worcestershire Rail Newsletter - January 2008  (806.37 KB)
• Worcestershire Rail Stations page

London Midland

Hereford - Great Malvern - Worcester - Bromsgrove - Birmingham New Street

Every hour between Hereford and Birmingham.

Stratford upon Avon - Wythall - Birmingham Moor Street/Snow Hill

An hourly train service is operated on this line, with most trains continuing from Birmingham to Stourbridge.  On Saturdays there are two trains per hour.

Great Malvern - Worcester - Kidderminster - Birmingham Snow Hill/Moor Street

Approximately a half - hourly train service runs from Worcester, with four trains per hour from Kidderminster. Only certain trains start from Great Malvern. Trains usually continue from Birmingham to Shirley or Solihull & Dorridge.

Redditch - Birmingham New Street - Lichfield Trent Valley

Every 30 minutes

http://www.londonmidland.co.uk

Cross Country Trains

Cardiff Central - Cheltenham - Ashchurch - Bromsgrove - Birmingham New Street

Hourly service, but only a few trains call at Bromsgrove or Ashchurch for Tewkesbury.

Please check timetable for details

http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk

First Great Western

Hereford - Great Malvern - Worcester - Evesham - Oxford - London Paddington

12-15 trains daily (including Sundays) from Worcester. Many run to/from Great Malvern and Hereford.

Great Malvern - Worcester - Cheltenham Spa - Gloucester - Bristol Temple Meads

Eight trains per day to Bristol. Two additional evening trains run to Cheltenham Spa and Gloucester.

http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk

Chiltern Railways

Kidderminster - Blakedown - Hagley - Birmingham – London Marylebone

Five trains per day from Kidderminster, Blakedown and Hagley stations direct to London Marylebone. Additional trains start from Birmingham.

http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk

Severn Valley Railway

Operates steam and diesel trains between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth, daily April to October and limited service at other times.

For information telephone (01299) 403816

http://www.svr.co.uk

Changes to rail timetables

The National Rail Timetable runs from the second Monday in December each year, in line with railways in the rest of Europe. The timetable changes a twice a year in May and December. The Summer 2008 timetable was introduced on 18^th May 2008.  The next timetable change date will be 14^th December 2008.

In addition to these dates there may be changes in connection with engineering works which may affect weekend services and services over Easter or Christmas.

Details of timetable changes in connection with engineering works will be available on the individual train companies websites or from the National Rail Enquiries website, see link below:

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk

Engineering Works

Engineering works take place at many places on the rail network especially at weekends.  Please check travel details if you plan to travel on weekends.

In particular Worcestershire County Council is aware that there are plans to close the Cotswold Line during August 2009 to carry out improvements to part of the route.

Christmas & New Year (2008/2009) rail timetables in Worcestershire

Further details are available at http://www.nationalrail.co.uk

For details of bus services for this Christmas and New Year, please visit our Christmas timetables page.