The Worcester and Hereford Railway started the construction of a standard gauge railway between the two cities in 1858. It had needed the financial assistance...
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Hereford railway station serves the city of Hereford, in Herefordshire, England. Managed by Transport for Wales, it lies on the Welsh Marches Line between...
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Hereford has seen a history of expansion and decline in its railway history. Incorporated in 1826, this was a tramroad which linked with other earlier...
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Worcester Foregate Street, opened by the Great Western Railway in 1860, is one of two railway stations that serve the city of Worcester, England; the...
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Hereforshire, England. The protected area is centred on a railway cutting on the Worcester and Hereford Railway, near to the entrance to the Ledbury Tunnel. The...
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Cotswold Line (redirect from Cotswold railway)
2 km) railway line between Oxford and Hereford in England. The line between Oxford and Worcester was built under an 1845 act of parliament and opened...
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from Worcester and Gloucester moved to Hereford after their expulsion in January 1275 by the Queen mother, Eleanor of Provence. The Bishops of Hereford campaigned...
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Wallace Elmslie and is a Grade II listed building. Great Malvern station was opened by the Worcester and Hereford Railway in 1860 and the present buildings...
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The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway was a railway company formed to connect the places in its name. When it sought parliamentary authorisation...
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The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway was an English railway company that built a standard gauge line between those places. It opened its main line in 1853...
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Ledbury Tunnel (category Railway tunnels in England)
Herefordshire, England. The original route planned for the Worcester and Hereford Railway did not include the tunnel, but its inclusion became necessary...
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and Ledbury on its way to Hereford, with most Worcester trains continuing onwards to Hereford via the Cotswold Line. Some services run to Worcester Shrub...
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Worcester to Hereford. Middleton Press. figs. 48-50. ISBN 9781904474388. OCLC 862604858. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Malvern Link railway station...
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Colwall Tunnels (category Railway tunnels in England)
Marches region of England. The original route planned for the Worcester and Hereford Railway did not include the first tunnel, but its inclusion became necessary...
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Worcester Shrub Hill is one of two railway stations serving the city of Worcester, England; the other is Worcester Foregate Street in the city centre....
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to Worcester and Kington. Developed jointly by the GWR and the LNWR, it was originally a through station on their Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. The...
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Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway opened 2 January 1851 Worcester and Hereford Railway opened 25 July 1859 Severn Valley Railway opened 1 February...
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The Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway (HH&BR) was a railway company that built a line between Hereford in England and a junction with the Mid-Wales Railway...
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Malvern Wells (section Railway history)
Wells railway station, as part of the Worcester and Hereford Railway (which became part of the West Midland Railway then the Great Western Railway), opened...
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Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OW&WR) was a railway company in England. It built a line from Wolvercot Junction near Oxford to Worcester, Stourbridge...
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Ledbury railway station is located on the outskirts of the town of Ledbury, on the Worcester to Hereford line in the English Midlands. It has regular services...
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Midland Railway line south of Worcester (present day Cotswold Line) to the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway line south of Leominster. The Worcester, Bromyard...
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Railway (1845) Worcester and Hereford Railway (1860) Vale of Neath Railway (1 February 1865) Swansea and Neath Railway (1863) Aberdare Valley Railway...
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Herefordshire (redirect from County of Hereford)
to form Hereford and Worcester. Within this, Herefordshire was covered by the local government districts of South Herefordshire, Hereford, and part of...
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Second Barons' War. In January 1275, Jews still in Worcester were expelled to Hereford. Worcester elected its Member of Parliament at the Guildhall, by...
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Opened by the Worcester and Hereford Railway, it became part of the West Midland Railway then was absorbed by the Great Western Railway. The station then...
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Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line is a railway line which runs from Birmingham Snow Hill to Worcester via Stourbridge and Kidderminster in...
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Worcestershire Parkway is a split-level railway station where the Cotswold and Cross Country lines cross near Norton, Worcester, England. It opened on 23 February...
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Class 172 DMUs and services on the Hereford line are served by Class 196 DMUs. "Droitwich. The Proposed New Railway Station". Worcester Journal. England...
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Cathedrals Express (category Railway services introduced in 1957)
British Railways. It connected the cathedral cities of Hereford and Worcester to London Paddington. The service started on 16 September 1957 and was operated...
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