Station Usage
In 2022/2023, Worcester Shrub Hill had 477,310 entries and exits, making it the 807th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.
It ranked 503rd busiest (out of 997), with 630 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1307.70 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 14.57 passengers per service*, giving it the 688th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 1700.61 passengers passing through the station and 23.33 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: 152,750
Reduced price entries & exits: 204,478
Season ticket entries & exits: 120,082
Total entries & exits: 477,310
Interchanges made between connecting services: 143,413
Change in usage from 21/22:
+67,770 : 16.55%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.Platform Lengths
Plat. | Metres | VF* | Notes |
1A – Down | 104 | 378 | |
1B - Down | 147 | 534 | |
2 - Down and Up | 259 | 941 | "Platform 2 can be used for two short trains |
3 | 70 | 254 | Bay will hold 3 Mk I or Mk III/Sprinter vehicles |
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)
Service Patterns
Current Timetables
Table | Description | Timetable |
191 | Birmingham - Whitlocks End & Dorridge - Leamington & Stratford | Oct24 |
195 | Birmingham - Stourbridge - Kidderminster - Worcester | Oct24 |
197 | Birmingham & Cheltenham Spa - Worcester - Hereford | Oct24 |
198 | Worcester Foregate St - Worcester Shrub Hill | Oct24 |
275 | Westbury & Swindon - Bath Spa - Bristol - Cardiff & Gloucester | Oct24 |
277 | London, Didcot & Oxford - Moreton-in-Marsh - Worcester & Hereford | Oct24 |
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.
Usage History
Change between 1997 & 2023:-571,376 (-54.48%)
Reasons for change:
2005-06 Group Stations2006-07 Group Of Stations2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station2012-13 Reason for increase unclear - brings usage back to 2009/10 level, possibly a recovery from effects of recession2014-15 Improved BR proportions from new count data2019-20 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 Shrub Hill
CRS: WOS / NLC: 4891 / TIPLOC(S): WORCSSH
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 385805 255190
Constituency: Worcester
Local Authority: Worcestershire
NR Region: West Midlands
Station Group: WORCESTER BR
ELR: OWW 120m 39ch
CRS: WOS / NLC: 4891 / TIPLOC(S): WORCSSH
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 385805 255190
Constituency: Worcester
Local Authority: Worcestershire
NR Region: West Midlands
Station Group: WORCESTER BR
ELR: OWW 120m 39ch
Fares
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Origin/Destination Matrix
Top 5 jouneys from Worcester Shrub Hill during 2022/2023:
•London Paddington (22,890 journeys)
•Birmingham New Street (17,784 journeys)
•Evesham (15,209 journeys)
•Pershore (11,482 journeys)
•Cheltenham Spa (11,145 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.
•London Paddington (22,890 journeys)
•Birmingham New Street (17,784 journeys)
•Evesham (15,209 journeys)
•Pershore (11,482 journeys)
•Cheltenham Spa (11,145 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.
Neighbouring Stations
Below are Worcester Shrub Hill's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.Station | Miles |
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury | 14.75 |
Droitwich Spa | 5.76 |
Worcester Foregate Street | 0.65 |
Worcestershire Parkway | 3.71 |