Leominster railway station

Leominster railway station lies on the Welsh Marches Line, serving the town of Leominster in Herefordshire, England. It is situated 11+14 miles (18.1 km) north of Hereford. The station has two operational platforms, for northbound services via Ludlow and southbound via Hereford; in the past, it had three more for discontinued services to Worcester and Kington.

Leominster
National Rail
General information
LocationLeominster, Herefordshire
England
Coordinates52°13′30″N 2°43′48″W / 52.225°N 2.730°W / 52.225; -2.730
Grid referenceSO501588
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeLEO
ClassificationDfT category E
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.256 million
 Interchange  13
2019/20Decrease 0.244 million
2020/21Decrease 0.107 million
2021/22Increase 0.231 million
2022/23Increase 0.245 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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GW 0-4-2T in the goods yard in 1963

Developed jointly by the GWR and the LNWR, it was originally a through station on their Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. The GWR then took over two independently financed and developed branch lines, creating a busy junction station:

Both branches were closed to passenger traffic by British Railways in the 1950s; services to Worcester ended in 1952 and to Kington in 1955.

Facilities

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The station has a ticket office on platform 1, which is staffed on a part-time basis on weekdays only (06:55 – 13:25). There is a self-service ticket machine provided for use outside of these times and for collecting pre-paid tickets.

Platform 2 has a shelter, with customer help points, digital information displays and automatic announcements provided to offer train running details on both sides. Though the footbridge linking the platforms has stairs, level access is provided to each platform.[1]

Service

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Leominster has the following general Monday-Saturday off-peak service, with all trains operated by Transport for Wales:[2]

On Sundays, there is also an hourly service each way from mid-morning; this include a departure northbound to Chester and Holyhead in the late afternoon.

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Hereford   Transport for Wales
Welsh Marches Line
  Ludlow
Disused railways
Kingsland
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Leominster and Kington Railway
  Terminus
Terminus   Great Western Railway
Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway
  Stoke Prior Halt
Line and station closed

References

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  1. ^ Leominster station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 20 April 2024
  2. ^ "Timetables". Transport for Wales. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

Further reading

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