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, from London Paddington, measured via Oxford.
History 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.Ernest F Carter, An Historical Geography of the Railways of the British Isles, Cassell, London, 1959, page 241 A branch line from Ledbury to , via Dymock and Newent, opened in July 1885. The Newent branch was closed in 1959.
The station master's house is on the approach to the station forecourt and is Grade II listed.
Facilities The modern station comprises two platforms with waiting shelters and car parking facilities; it is unusual in having a privately run ticket office.
Passenger volume +Passenger Volume at Ledbury2002–032004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–23Entries and exits133,968130,403135,033147,496162,588180,136184,340189,308193,952185,588195,348203,612214,632210,098216,606218,822218,85867,320162,662187,960 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services Ledbury is served by two train operating companies; the general off-peak service pattern in trains per hour/day is:
West Midlands Railway 1 tph to , via 1 tph to .
Great Western Railway 4 tpd to , via , and 4 tpd to Hereford.
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External links
Ledbury Station Heritage website - the independent ticket office website between 1993 and 2019 Cotswold Line Promotion Group