Hartlebury railway station

Hartlebury
Location
Place	Hartlebury
Local authority	Wychavon
Operations
Station code	HBY
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	4,688
2005/06 *	6,810
2006/07 *	10,637
2007/08 *	13,614
2008/09 *	19,844
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hartlebury from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Hartlebury railway station serves the village of Hartlebury in Worcestershire. All trains serving the station are operated by London Midland; however, Hartlebury has only a limited service, especially outside peak hours. The station is unstaffed and is about half a mile to the east of the village.

Details and History

Hartlebury station was opened by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway in 1852, and from 1862 to 1963 it served as the starting point of the Severn Valley Railway, which ran to Shrewsbury in Shropshire, a distance of 40 miles.

The original station had an overbridge and canopies but these were removed in the 1960s, when nationalisation took place, and crossing the platforms must now be done via the road. As the old station building is now privately owned, waiting passengers are provided with bus shelter-style structures to shelter from the elements. Due to the station having short platforms longer trains cannot stop here.

After being used by a marine engineering company, the old station building is currently being redeveloped as a micro-brewery, pub and restaurant.

There is a level crossing at the north end of the station, operated by Hartlebury Station Box (to the North of the crossing).

Hartlebury Station Box is an example of the second signal box design from McKenzie & Holland of Worcester, and became operational in 1876. A further signal box, Hartlebury Junction, previously existed at the junction of the Severn Valley line, but was demolished after the closure of the line rendered the box superfluous.

External links

• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Hartlebury station

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kidderminster		London Midland Leamington-Worcester Mondays-Saturdays only		Droitwich Spa