Bewdley railway station: Difference between revisions

Due to heavy congestion in the [[Wyre Forest]], there have been calls for Bewdley station to be returned to the [[National Rail]] network. The idea of Kidderminster to Bewdley trains has been discussed at meetings with [[Central Trains]], its successors [[London Midland]], [[West Midlands Trains]]<ref>{{cite web |title=West Midlands rail re-openings studied |url=https://www.transportxtra.com/publications/local-transport-today/news/54668/west-midlands-rail-re-openings-studied |website=TransportXtra |publisher=Landor LINKS Ltd |access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> and [[Chiltern Railways]]. The obstacle was always the question of who would provide the infrastructure and staff. New services could run further than Kidderminster, to Birmingham, Dudley or London.<ref>[http://www.stourbridgelineusergroup.info/news.htm SLUG] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927022550/http://www.stourbridgelineusergroup.info/news.htm |date=27 September 2012 }}</ref> West Midlands Trains says it plans to operate extensions of services from Kidderminster to the station by December 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=News Archive 2017 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183414/http://www.stourbridgelineusergroup.info/News%20Archive%20-%202017.pdf |publisher=Stourbridge Line User Group |access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref>