Station code LEO DfT category E Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SO501588 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 0.265 million | |
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Similar Hereford railway station, Rowden Mill railway station, Craven Arms railway st, Abergavenny railway station, Clarbeston Road railway st |
Leominster railway station lies on the Welsh Marches Line serving the Herefordshire town of Leominster in England.
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Leominster has 2 platforms for north (Ludlow) and south (Hereford) bound trains respectively.
History
Developed jointly by the Great Western Railway and the LNWR, it was originally a through station on their joint Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. The GWR then took over two independently financed and developed branch lines, creating a busy junction station:
Both branches were however closed to passenger traffic by British Railways in the 1950s - services to Worcester ended in 1952 and to Kington in 1955.
Service today
Leominster now sees a regular service to important cities. The Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:
On Sundays there is also an hourly service each way, though trains do not start running until mid-morning. This include a departure northbound to Chester & Holyhead in the late afternoon.