Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line

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Birmingham-Worcester via Kidderminster Line

Legend Birmingham Snow Hill For Chiltern Main Line Jewellery Quarter The Hawthorns Smethwick Galton Bridge For Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line Smethwick Junction Connects to RBS Line - Southbound only. Langley Green Crosses M5 Motorway Rowley Regis Old Hill Cradley Heath Lye Stourbridge North Junction Freight Line to Round Oak Steel Terminal Stourbridge Town Branch Line Branch to Stourbridge Town railway station Stourbridge Junction For Stourbridge Town Branch Line Hagley Blakedown Kidderminster Severn Valley Railway mainline link Line onto Severn Valley Railway Hartlebury Droitwich Spa Junction Birmingham-Worcester via Bromsgrove Line Droitwich Spa Worcester Triangle Worcester Shrub Hill Worcester Foregate Street For Cotswold Line - Step free access - Centro free car parking - Other car parking - Connection with Midland Metro

The Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line is a railway line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Worcester via Stourbridge and Kidderminster.

The line serves the following places:

• Birmingham Snow Hill
• Jewellery Quarter
• The Hawthorns
• Smethwick
• Langley Green
• Rowley Regis
• Old Hill
• Cradley Heath
• Lye
• Stourbridge
• Hagley
• Blakedown
• Kidderminster
• Hartlebury
• Droitwich Spa
• Worcester

Passenger services are provided by Central Trains between Birmingham and Worcester and beyond, and by Chiltern Railways between Birmingham and Kiddermister only. A triangular junction at Worcester allows a variety of service patterns (see map). Some trains terminate at Shrub Hill, whereas some reverse there before going to Foregate Street. Other trains take the direct curve to Foregate Street avoiding Shrub Hill. Some trains continue beyond Foregate Street to Great Malvern or Hereford.

Trains along this route occasionally also serviced Birmingham New Street, where they terminated. This link was removed, to much local consternation.

[edit] External links

• Stourbridge Line User Group - guide to stations

edit Railway lines in Central England:
Main lines:	Cross-Country Route   Midland Main Line   West Coast Main Line  Birmingham-Peterborough via Leicester Line   Birmingham-Worcester via Bromsgrove Line    Birmingham-Worcester via Kidderminster Line   Cherwell Valley Line   Chiltern Main Line    London-Aylesbury Line   Trent Valley Line   Welsh Marches Line   Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury Line
Commuter lines:	Birmingham-Walsall-Rugeley "Chase" Line   Birmingham-Stratford Line    Coventry-Nuneaton Line   Cross-City Line   Erewash Valley Line  Leicester-Loughborough "Ivanhoe" Line   Northampton Loop Line   Robin Hood Line    Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line   Stourbridge Junction-Stourbridge Town Line    Walsall-Wolverhampton Line
Rural lines:	Cotswold Line   Crewe-Derby Line   Derwent Valley Line   Leamington-Stratford Line    Marston Vale Line   Nottingham-Lincoln Line   Nottingham to Grantham Line    Oxford-Bicester Line   Princes Risborough-Aylesbury Line   Shrewsbury-Chester Line
Freight lines:	South Staffordshire Line   Sutton Park Line