From the Archives: Leominster Station

From the Archives: Leominster Station

Leominster station was once described as the grand junction of the Marches. It once comprised four platforms, two on the main north and west line and two that served the branch line trains that ran eastwards to Bromyard and Worcester and westwards to Kington. There...

Cross Border Warfare Erupts

The BBC Wales headlines summed it up…’£1bn funding row puts new rail franchise in jeopardy’. It is a row that has been brewing for quite a while and now has erupted into cross border warfare. The Wales & Borders Franchise was due to be fully devolved to the Welsh...

Worcestershire Rail Investment Strategy

Worcestershire County Council has published their Rail Investment Strategy which documents a vision of the development of rail services as part of their Local Transport Plan 4. As to be expected the plan concentrates on an improved London service via the Cotswold Line...

The Return of FirstBus

FirstBus, operating as First Worcester, has returned to Herefordshire. The operator who withdrew from Hereford City and closed their garage there in 2015, has won a number of Herefordshire Council contracts in the Ledbury Area. From September they will be taking over...