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This was a Midland Railway branch line from Ashchurch that connected with the G.W.R. line from Worcester to Hereford at Great Malvern.
The line opened in the 1860's but was not a great success.
There were bay platforms on the south side at Great Malvern for the branch line trains to Ashchurch. The section of line from Malvern to Upton-on-Severn was closed in 1952.
From Upton-on-Severn the line went to Tewkesbury and joined the Midland Railway at Ashchurch. Both Tewkesbury and Ashchurch are in Gloucestershire. The section from Upton-on-Severn to Ashchurch closed on 14th August 1961.
This is the advertised timetable for the period from 13th June 1955 to 18th September 1955. Judging by the sparsity of services and inappropriate scheduling it is hard to envisage more than a handful of passengers on any service.
The service from Upton-on-Severn to Ashchurch was three trains:
08:00 from Upton; 08:05 Ripple; 08:12 Tewkesbury to Ashchurch at 08:18 Monday to Friday) (07:45 departure from Upton on Saturdays).
13:30 from Upton; 13:34 Ripple; Tewkesbury 13:44 to Ashchurch at 13:38 (this train ran on Saturdays only).
17:45 from Upton ;17:57 Ripple (after an 8 minute station stop!); 18::07 Tewkesbury to Ashchurch at 18:10.
This meagre service was augmented with three extra trains from Tewkesbury to Ashchurch at 08:53; 11:00 (Saturdays only); 13:44 and 16:20.
It was an even worse service from Ashchurch to Upton-on-Severn with only one train during the week:
11:15 from Ashchurch; 11:22 Tewkesbury; 11:31 Ripple to Upton at 11:37 (Saturdays only!)
Extra trains ran from Ashchurch to Tewkesbury ran at 08:35: 09:24; 14:25 and 18:20.
17:10 from Ashchurch; 17:17 Tewkesbury; 17:25 Ripple to Upton at 17:30
Connections at Ashchurch were good for trains to Cheltenham and Gloucester.