Bewdley railway station Bewdley railway station Bewdley railway station serves the town of Bewdley in Worcestershire, England. Until 2014 it was the administrative headquarters of the Severn Valley Railway when it moved to Comberton Hill, Kidderminster. It is the principal intermediate station on the line. Bewdley station originally opened in 1862 as one of the main intermediate stations on the 40¾-mile line between Hartlebury and Shrewsbury. The station was operated from opening by the West Midland Railway before being absorbed into the Great Western Railway (GWR). In 1864 the Tenbury & Bewdley Railway opened, with its route through the Wyre Forest branching off
Tenbury and Bewdley Railway and Bewdley Railway were Wyre Forest, Cleobury Mortimer (Shropshire), Neen Sollars and Newnham Bridge. The Tenbury Railway began at Tenbury Wells (Shropshire) (originally Tenbury) and continued via Easton Court (serving Little Hereford) to Woofferton. Between Woofferton and Newnham the railway was largely built along the line of the disused Leominster Canal. In 1878 the GWR opened a loop line between Bewdley and Kidderminster. Most of the traffic from the Wyre Forest Line continued via this route, which was described in working timetables as the “Woofferton, Tenbury Wells, Bewdley and Kidderminster Branch”. The former Tenbury Railway between Woofferton and Tenbury Wells