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 Worcester Foregate Street 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Worcester Foregate Street had 1,582,976 entries and exits, making it the 292nd most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
292/2575
It ranked 372nd busiest (out of 997), with 904 scheduled services per week.
372/997
That's a daily average of 4336.92 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 33.67 passengers per service*, giving it the 189th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
189/1659
* This increases to a daily average of 5597.1 passengers passing through the station and 53.24 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 506,586
Reduced price entries & exits: 678,142
Season ticket entries & exits: 398,248
Total entries & exits: 1,582,976
Interchanges made between connecting services: 459,965
Change in usage from 21/22: +224,754 : 16.55%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1 - Down and Up152552
2 - Down and Up154560
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
191Birmingham - Whitlocks End & Dorridge - Leamington & StratfordOct24
195Birmingham - Stourbridge - Kidderminster - WorcesterOct24
197Birmingham & Cheltenham Spa - Worcester - HerefordOct24
198Worcester Foregate St - Worcester Shrub HillOct24
275Westbury & Swindon - Bath Spa - Bristol - Cardiff & GloucesterOct24
277London, Didcot & Oxford - Moreton-in-Marsh - Worcester & HerefordOct24
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +1,159,295 (+273.62%)

Reasons for change:
2005-06 Group Stations
2011-12 Continues high growth from previous year
2014-15 Improved BR proportions from new count data
2019-20 Methodological change. Updated count splits used in 2019-20 to estimate usage at Worcester BR stations.
2020-21 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the West Midlands PTE area in 2020-21 has increased by 0.6% as a result of methodology improvements

Location Details

Location: Worcester Foregate Street
CRS: WOF / NLC: 4893 / TIPLOC(S): WORCSFS
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 384992 255249
Constituency: Worcester
Local Authority: Worcestershire
NR Region: West Midlands
Station Group: WORCESTER BR
ELR: WAH 121m 13ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Worcester Foregate Street during 2022/2023:
•Birmingham New Street (86,459 journeys)
•Kidderminster (61,466 journeys)
•Droitwich Spa (57,640 journeys)
•Great Malvern (54,440 journeys)
•London Paddington (50,299 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Worcester Foregate Street's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Droitwich Spa6.03
Malvern Link6.79
Worcester Shrub Hill0.65