Colwall railway station is a railway station on the
Cotswold Line serving the village of
Colwall in
Herefordshire
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, England. The station has one platform with seating. There is no ticket office; a passenger-operated
Permit to Travel machine is installed, and there has been a ticket machine (for use with credit and debit cards only) since 2015.
The station was opened in 1861, the same year as the Hereford and Worcester Railway Line.
Today services are available direct to
London Paddington
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,
Birmingham
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and
Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester, England, Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. ...
. To the west lies
Ledbury Tunnel and to the east, the
Colwall Tunnels.
The station is close to the Colwall Park Hotel and the (now defunct)
Malvern Water bottling plant.
Services
The station is served by two operators -
West Midlands Trains
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run an hourly service to Hereford and
Birmingham New Street
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via Worcester Foregate Street and with some trains will continue to via on Sundays, whilst
GWR run a limited service between Hereford and London Paddington via .
As this station has a short platform, passengers can only alight at Colwall from the front 4 carriages of the train.
References
Further reading
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External links
Railway stations in Herefordshire
DfT Category F2 stations
Former Great Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1861
Railway stations served by Great Western Railway
Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains
1861 establishments in England
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