Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line

Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line
Legend
Cross Country Route Birmingham New Street Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line Central Goods Granville Street Five Ways Church Road Somerset Road University Selly Oak Cadbury Railway and Wharf Bournville Lifford Wharf branch Camp Hill Line Kings Norton Northfield Longbridge Halesowen Railway Barnt Green Cross-City Line M42 motorway Blackwell Lickey Incline Bromsgrove Cross Country Route Stoke Works M5 motorway Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line Droitwich Spa Worcester (North) Parkway (proposed) Fernhill Heath Blackpole Halt Astwood Halt Worcester Triangle Worcester Foregate Street Worcester Shrub Hill Cotswold Line

The Birmingham-Worcester via Bromsgrove Line is a railway route in the West Midlands of Great Britain, connecting Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove. The most notable feature on the line is the Lickey Incline, between Barnt Green and Bromsgrove.

It is one of two railway routes between Birmingham and Worcester, the other route runs via Kidderminster. The route via Bromsgrove runs into Birmingham New Street, while the route via Kidderminster runs into Birmingham Snow Hill.

The line serves the following places:^[1]

• Birmingham
• University of Birmingham
• Barnt Green
• Bromsgrove
• Droitwich Spa
• Worcester

Services

Passenger services are provided by London Midland as part of their Birmingham to Hereford service. As of 2016 one train per hour, (with a few peak extras) runs between Birmingham New Street, Worcester and Hereford on this route, calling at University, Bromsgrove, Droitwich Spa, Worcester Foregate Street and/or Worcester Shrub Hill, with most Worcester trains continuing onwards to Hereford via the Cotswold Line. A handful of trains per day also call at Barnt Green.^[2]

References

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Railway lines in the West Midlands
Main lines	West Coast Main Line Cross Country Route Chiltern Main Line
Inter-regional	Birmingham to Peterborough Line Crewe to Derby Line Cotswold Line Shrewsbury to Chester Line Stafford to Manchester Line Welsh Marches Line
Local	Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line Chase Line Coventry to Leamington Line Coventry to Nuneaton Line Cross-City Line Leamington to Stratford Line North Warwickshire Line Northampton Loop Line Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford Line Stone to Colwich Line Stourbridge Town Branch Line Trent Valley Line Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line
Freight only	Camp Hill Line South Staffordshire Line Sutton Park Line Walsall to Wolverhampton Line
Heritage	Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Severn Valley Railway Telford Steam Railway