Ledbury railway station
Ledbury  | |||||
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 Ledbury station in 2008 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Ledbury, Herefordshire, England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°02′42″N 2°25′30″W / 52.045°N 2.425°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SO709386 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | LED[1] | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | September 1861 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  67,320 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.163 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.188 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.185 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.195 million | ||||
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Ledbury railway station serves the town of Ledbury, in Herefordshire, England. It is a stop on the Worcester to Hereford line between Colwall and Hereford, 136 miles 9 chains (219.1 km) from London Paddington, measured via Oxford.[2]
History
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The line was built by the Worcester and Hereford Railway, although it was the West Midland Railway which opened the station on either 13 or 15 September 1861.[3][4][5] A branch line from Ledbury to Gloucester, via Dymock and Newent, opened in July 1885.[6] The Newent branch was closed in 1959.[7]
The station master's house is on the approach to the station forecourt and is Grade II listed.[8]
Facilities
[edit]The modern station comprises two platforms with waiting shelters and car parking facilities;[9] it is unusual in having a privately run ticket office.[5]
Passenger volume
[edit]| 2002–03 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entries and exits | 133,968 | 130,403 | 135,033 | 147,496 | 162,588 | 180,136 | 184,340 | 189,308 | 193,952 | 185,588 | 195,348 | 203,612 | 214,632 | 210,098 | 216,606 | 218,822 | 218,858 | 67,320 | 162,662 | 187,960 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
[edit]Ledbury is served by two train operating companies; the general off-peak service pattern in trains per hour/day is:
- 1 tph to Birmingham New Street, via Worcester Foregate Street
- 1 tph to Hereford.[11]
- 4 tpd to London Paddington, via Worcester Shrub Hill, Oxford and Reading
- 4 tpd to Hereford.[12]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hereford | West Midlands Railway Birmingham-Hereford |
Colwall | ||
| West Midlands Railway Dorridge-Hereford |
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| Great Western Railway Cotswold Line |
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| Historical railways | ||||
| Ashperton | Great Western Railway Worcester and Hereford Railway |
Colwall | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Ledbury Town Halt | Great Western Railway Ledbury and Gloucester Railway |
Terminus | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ↑ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 28. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
- ↑ Quick 2023, p. 278.
- ↑ Ernest F Carter, An Historical Geography of the Railways of the British Isles, Cassell, London, 1959, page 241
- 1 2 "Stations as Places, Opportunity Prospectus" (PDF). ledburytowncouncil.gov.uk. July 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "The Gloucester to Ledbury Branch". SteamIndex. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ "Ledbury Transport History". Barry harples. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ Historic England, "Station House (1082900)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 August 2021
- ↑ "Ledbury Station | National Rail". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ↑ "Train Timetables". West Midlands Railway. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ↑ "Train Times". Great Western Railway. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
Bibliography
[edit]- Quick, Michael (2023). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Ledbury railway station from National Rail
- Ledbury Station Heritage website - the independent ticket office website between 1993 and 2019
- Cotswold Line Promotion Group