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(grid reference SO 857552)
Worcester Shrub Hill is the main station in the city and is the focal point for railway activity in the area. From here there are lines to Hereford, Birmingham, Oxford and Gloucester. From the east end of the station the locomotive sheds were visible and were always a hive of activity in steam days and they continue to act as stabling for diesel multiple units.There are numerous pages with information and photographs about Worcester Shrub Hill Station. The list which follows references the main pages:
Railcar W23W at Shrub Hill in the 1950s (from the Ted Crocker collection)
No.1507 at Shrub Hill on 19th June 1961 (from the ted Crocker collection)
Steam on 12th July 1964 (No.60114 etc) (from the Pete Wilcox collection)
Steam in 1965 (from the Robert Pritchard collection)
Diesels in 1965 (from the Robert Pritchard collection)
Diesels on 26th July 1968 (from the Adrian Booth collection)
Shrub Hill on 23rd August 2007
Shrub Hill on 31st January 2008
Click here for handbill about the City of Worcester Show, 1961
Click here for an article by Dave Newman who was a signalman at Worcester from 1968 to 1972