Trains to Kidderminster - Station Details and further Information on Kidderminster Train Services
Kidderminster train station is the main station of the large town of Kidderminster, Worcestershire. The station is operated by London Midland but also offers services from Chiltern Railways.
The Severn Valley Railway's southern terminus shares the same station approach road and is known as Kidderminster Town to distinguish it from the National Rail station. This also reflects the GWR tradition of suffixing the station name with "Town" if it was closer to the main body of the town served than that of its competitor(s).
There is a car park for 400 cars, administered by London Midland, in part of the old goods yard between the two train stations. The Severn Valley Railway has its own car park on the town centre side of their station.
The station has a booking office, a kiosk, a BT Phone Box, a cash point and a ticket machine.
In 2009 a recently opened bridge (with lifts) has transformed access between the platforms. Before this work, it was via the road overbridge, visible in the background of the lower image right. The main image of this page pre-dates the new bridge, which is can been seen from the same viewpoint.
The signal box (a short distance to the south of the station) is still known as Kidderminster Junction. This controlled the junction to the Severn Valley Line until its closure in the 1970s. Its junction status has since been restored as it now controls the trailing connection between the down Network Rail line and the heritage Severn Valley Railway.
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