Trains to Droitwich Spa - Station Details and further Information on Droitwich Spa Train Services
Droitwich Spa train station serves the town of Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire. It is located just to the 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. The station is used, among others, by Birmingham commuters - the fastest peak trains take only half an hour to reach Britain's second city.
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 Shirley or Dorridge, whilst some trains run through to/from Great Malvern. 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.
Droitwich Spa train 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. Later that year it was also 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. |