Malvern Link railway station

Railway station in Worcestershire, England

Malvern Link

General information
Location| Malvern Link, Malvern Hills
England
Grid reference| SO782474
Managed by| West Midlands Railway
Platforms| 2
Other information
Station code| MVL
Classification| DfT category E
Passengers
2019/20|  0.360 million
Interchange|  19,618
2020/21|  93,628
Interchange|  4,789
2021/22|  0.254 million
Interchange|  14,780
2022/23|  0.302 million
Interchange|  14,259
2023/24|  0.318 million
Interchange|  10,334

Location

Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Malvern Link railway station serves Malvern Link in Worcestershire, England.[1] It is one of two stations serving the town of Malvern, the other being Great Malvern station.[2]

## History

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A six-mile (9.7 km) railway from Henwick to Malvern Link opened in July 1859; in May 1860 the line was extended onward to Great Malvern and Malvern Wells.[3]

Most of the original station buildings (on the down (eastern) side) had to be demolished in the 1960s after falling into poor repair, though the station house has survived.

## Development

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A set of improvements, funded by Worcestershire County Council, Network Rail and the Railway Heritage Trust, was carried out in 2014 to replace the wooden 1960s station building and provide a new entrance to the up platform from Osborne Road. In 2015 these improvements were awarded the Malvern Civic Society's Civic Award.[4][5]

## Services

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The station is located on the Cotswold Line and is served by West Midlands Railway and Great Western Railway.

West Midlands Railway run hourly services westbound to Great Malvern and Hereford. Hourly services run to Birmingham New Street via Worcester Foregate Street, Bromsgrove and University. Some West Midlands Railway services serve Worcester Shrub Hill, usually the first and last trains of the day.

Great Western Railway services run hourly services westbound to Great Malvern and Hereford. Hourly services also run to London Paddington via Worcestershire Parkway, Oxford and Reading. One or two services a day instead run to Bristol Temple Meads or Evesham.

## References

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1. ^ "Malvern Link Station". 28 November 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
2. ^ "Getting to Malvern - MalvernTrail". 5 August 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
3. ^ Simpson (1997). The day the trains came. Gracewing. p. 93.
4. ^ "Malvern Link station improvements". Worcestershire County Council. 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013.
5. ^ "Link railway station wins top award from Malvern Civic Society". 22 May 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

## Further reading

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* Siviter, Roger (1999). British Railways Past and Present: Worcestershire. Kettering: Past & Present Publications Ltd.
* Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2004). Worcester to Hereford. Middleton Press. figs. 48-50. ISBN 9781904474388. OCLC 862604858.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Malvern Link railway station.

* Train times and station information for Malvern Link railway station from National Rail

Preceding station  |  National Rail | Following station

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Great Malvern |  | West Midlands Railway
Birmingham-Great Malvern/Hereford |  | Worcester Foregate Street
| Great Western Railway
Cotswold Line |
| Great Western Railway
Great Malvern - Bristol |
| Disused railways  |
Great Malvern
Line and station open |  | Great Western Railway
Worcester and Hereford Railway |  | Newland Halt
Line open, station closed

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Transport in Worcestershire

Road|

| Motorways|

* M5
* M42
* M50

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A-roads|

* A38
* A44
* A46
* A422
* A435
* A441
* A442
* A448
* A449
* A456
* A491
* A4025
* A4536

Service stations|

* Frankley services
* Hopwood Park services
* Strensham services

Other|

* Icknield Street
* List of settlements on the A38

Rail|

| Main lines|

* Cross-City Line
* Cross Country Route
* North Warwickshire Line
* Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line
* Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line
* Cotswold Line

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Closed lines|

* Oxford–Worcester–Wolverhampton line (Dudley to Wolverhampton section)

Stations|

* Alvechurch
* Barnt Green
* Blakedown
* Bromsgrove
* Droitwich Spa
* Evesham
* Great Malvern
* Hagley
* Hartlebury
* Honeybourne
* Kidderminster
* Malvern Link
* Pershore
* Redditch
* Worcester Foregate Street
* Worcester Shrub Hill
* Wythall

Closed stations|

* Astwood Bank
* Aston-under-Hill
* Beckford
* Bengeworth
* Bredon
* Eckington
* Foley Park Halt
* Hinton
* Littleton and Badsey
* Malvern Wells
* Ripple
* Upton-on-Severn
* Wadborough

Heritage stations|

* Arley
* Bewdley
* Kidderminster Town
* Northwood Halt

Heritage railways|

* Severn Valley Railway

Under construction|

* Broadway
* Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

Buses|

| Routes|

* Worcestershire bus route 144

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Companies|

* Diamond West Midlands
* First Midland Red

Other|

* Bus transport in Bromsgrove

Waterways|

| Rivers|

* River Arrow
* River Avon
* River Severn
* River Stour
* River Teme

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Canals|

* Droitwich Canal
* Leominster Canal
* Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
* Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Other|

* Diglis Basin
* Hampton Ferry
* Tardebigge Engine House
* Tardebigge Locks

Footpaths|

| Long-distance footpaths|

* Cotswold Way
* Monarch's Way
* Severn Way
* Worcestershire Way
* Wychavon Way

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Cycle paths|

* Route 5
* Route 54

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Railway stations in Worcestershire

Hereford–London
Cotswold Line|

* Great Malvern
* Malvern Link
* Worcester Foregate Street
* Worcester Shrub Hill
* Pershore
* Evesham
* Honeybourne

Birmingham–Cardiff|

* Bromsgrove
* Droitwich Spa
* Worcester Shrub Hill

Birmingham to Worcester
via Bromsgrove|

* Barnt Green
* Bromsgrove
* Droitwich Spa
* Worcester Shrub Hill or Worcester Foregate Street

Birmingham to Worcester
via Kidderminster|

* Hagley
* Blakedown
* Kidderminster
* Hartlebury
* Droitwich Spa
* Worcester Shrub Hill or Worcester Foregate Street

Lichfield–Redditch
Cross-City Line|

* Barnt Green
* Alvechurch
* Redditch

Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon|

* Wythall

Heritage railway stations

Gloucs–Warks Steam Railway|

* Broadway (proposed)
* Weston-sub-Edge (proposed)
* Honeybourne (proposed)

Severn Valley Railway|

* Arley
* Northwood Halt
* Bewdley
* Kidderminster Town (adjacent to Kidderminster railway station)

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