Hereford railway station

Hereford
National Rail
General information
LocationHereford, Herefordshire
England
Coordinates52°03′41″N 2°42′30″W / 52.06139°N 2.70833°W / 52.06139; -2.70833
Grid referenceSO515405
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeHFD
ClassificationDfT category C1
History
Original companyShrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Pre-groupingShrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Post-groupingShrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Key dates
6 December 1853 (1853-12-06)Opened as Hereford Barr's Court
1893Renamed Hereford
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 1.216 million
 Interchange  57,141
2019/20Decrease 1.194 million
 Interchange Decrease 51,354
2020/21Decrease 0.500 million
 Interchange Decrease 7,585
2021/22Increase 1.003 million
 Interchange Increase 31,474
2022/23Increase 1.117 million
 Interchange Increase 38,364
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hereford railway station serves the city of Hereford, in Herefordshire, England. Managed by Transport for Wales, it lies on the Welsh Marches Line between Leominster and Abergavenny, is the western terminus of the Cotswold Line and also has an hourly West Midlands Trains service from Birmingham New Street. The station has four platforms for passenger trains and two additional relief lines for goods services.

Accorded 'Secure Station' status in 2004,[1] the station has a staffed ticket office (signposted as a "Travel Centre"), self-service ticket machines, a café and indoor waiting rooms. Automated ticket barriers have been in operation since 28 February 2006.[2]

  1. ^ "Award for rail station". Hereford Times. 29 January 2004. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2007.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference fullsteam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).