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
Droitwich Spa Junction continue via the famous Lickey Incline en route to Birmingham New Street. Droitwich Spa signal box controls the junction and is located between the diverging lines. The whole of the junction is controlled by semaphore signals from the British Rail Western Region era. The box interfaces with the West Midlands Signal Control Centre, Stourbridge Desk(at Saltley) on the main line towards Kidderminster and West Midlands Signal Control Centre, Bromsgrove Desk (at Saltley) on the branch, using the Track Circuit Block system - the latter becomes a single line just beyond the junction and remains so until joining the main line