Worcester Shrub Hill railway station
railway station in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK
Worcester Shrub Hill is one of two railway stations serving the city of Worcester, England; the other is Worcester Foregate Street in the city centre. A third, Worcestershire Parkway, is located just outside the city to the south-east. The station is managed by West Midlands Trains, operating here under the West Midlands Railway brand, and is also served by Great Western Railway.
History
The first station at Shrub Hill was opened in 1850. It was owned jointly by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton and Midland Railways; until 1852 it was used only as a terminus for the latter's services from Birmingham. The present station building was designed by Edward Wilson and built in 1865. It is a Georgian-style building mainly of engineering brick with stone facings. A key feature is the Grade II* waiting room see below. Originally there was also a train shed which was removed circa 1936.
The cast-iron railings on the station staircases remain hidden by boarding.
“Worcester Shrub Hill railway station” enters the record as railway station in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Worcester, Shrub and Hill can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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