Droitwich is the first open station on the line from Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill (via Stourbridge). Here are two photographs taken in 1962. Just to the north of the station there is a spur to the right (now single track) that leads to Stoke Works where it joins the Birmingham and Gloucester line.
From 1968 Underwood & Co Ltd employed a diesel locomotive at a small coal yard to the north of the station. There was also a siding to a salt works owned by Salt Union Ltd at Covercroft.
This photograph was taken in 1964 from the 'down' platform and shows the standard GWR type facilities that were provided for passengers bound for Kidderminster and Birmingham. Photograph by Berrows Newspapers.
This photograph, also taken in 1964, is a reminder that it was not only the lines deemed surplus to requirements by Dr Beeching that suffered from his axe. Sadly the Governments of the 1960s, including by this time the Socialist Government of Harold Wilson, had little time for railways and thus the magnificent 1899 station built with money provided by the 'Salt King', John Corbett, was demolished to be replaced by a totally unsuitable bus shelter and little else. Photograph by Berrows Newspapers.
Class 9F No.92150 passes through heading west on the Fawley to Bromford Bridge oil tanks on 21st July 1962. No.92150 was based at Saltley shed in Birmingham.
Another 9F sweeps through on a very wet day indeed. This is Banbury based loco No.92215.
Both photos collection of Andrew Smith.
This photograph shows the junction at Droitwich Spa with the line to Stourbridge on the left and the one to Stoke Works on the right.
Photograph taken by Adrian Booth on 25th September 1985.
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