(grid reference SO 778442)
Malvern Wells Station (GWR) on the Worcester & Hereford Railway opened on 1st February 1864 (replacing an earlier structure that was destroyed by fire on 19th January 1861) and closed on 3rd April 1965 along with the rest of the minor stations on this line. There has been considerable pressure to reopen the station as the whole area has now been subject to considerable residential building but nothing has yet come of this pressure.
One item that does survive is this impressive signal box:
Photograph taken by Adrian Booth on 28th September 1987.
A photograph of the former GWR engine shed appears on this page.
This is the site of the former Station looking west from Peachfield Road bridge towards the signal box and the Malvern Hills. Beyond the signal box the line goes into a single track tunnel through the hills and into Herefordshire. On the left hand side of the line was a single track locomotive shed (where a banking locomotive was based) that most sources state was closed and demolished in 1922. It is probable that banking continued at Malvern Wells until the opening of the new tunnel in 1926. However the disused shed was still standing in the mid 1960s although it had gone by 1972. The exact date of demolition has not been ascertained but it is reasonable to think that it might have been removed about 1966 at the same time as the remains of the station.
Thames Trains Turbo unit No.166215 has formed the 08:03 (Sundays only) from Paddington to Great Malvern. It is waiting in the refuge siding to return to Paddington.
Turbo unit No.166215 draws forward past the site of the station prior to running empty to Great Malvern to form the 12:05 service to Paddington.
All three photographs were taken by Andrew Smith on 11th August 2002.