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Worcester Foregate Street railway station, opened by the Great Western Railway in 1860,〔M.E. Quick, ''Railway Passenger Stations in England, Scotland and Wales — A Chronology''. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2003〕 is situated in the centre of the city of Worcester, in Worcestershire, England. It is physically the smaller of the two stations serving the city, but is more centrally located. The other station is Worcester Shrub Hill situated to the east. The station layout is unusual in that travelling east the two platforms serve different routes, rather than different directions. Platform 1 can only be accessed by trains via Worcester Shrub Hill (including trains to and from London Paddington and via Cheltenham Spa towards the southwest), while Platform 2 can only be accessed from the east by trains running directly to and from Droitwich Spa, avoiding Shrub Hill. Similar examples of this type of layout can be found at in Fife and in Lancashire. This means that First Great Western services can only stop at Platform 1, as all of these trains stop at Shrub Hill. There is a cafe called Cafe Loco, situated at the end of Platform 1 in the old signal box. The station itself is built on a viaduct, meaning that space for expansion is restricted, but the platforms are nevertheless of ample length to accommodate an HST. Despite its small size, the remains of two signal boxes can be seen, one spanning the tracks and the second now the station cafe. The station was upgraded in 2014 with a refurbished subway; two new entrances with automatic doors; the lift at the second entrance is now enclosed in the station building and one of the railway arches has now been converted into a bike shelter. The bridge was also strengthened and repainted. ==History== The station opened on 17 May 1860. It was originally part of the Hereford and Worcester Railway which was incorporated into the West Midland Railway, before being absorbed by the Great Western Railway. On 1 January 1948 the company became Government owned under British Rail. Since 1973 the station has had an unusual layout, being essentially two single-track lines side by side rather than the ordinary double-track layout which it appears to be. The two single lines run from Henwick, on the other side of the River Severn, through Foregate Street, to the site of the former Rainbow Hill Junction to the east of the station, which used to provide a crossover between the two tracks. At this point the lines diverge with that on the north side heading towards Tunnel Junction and Droitwich Spa, while the southern track leads to Worcester Shrub Hill. Rainbow Hill Junction was removed when the signalling in the area was remodelled in 1973. Since then, platform 1 (on the south side) has only been usable by trains running via Shrub Hill, and platform 2 only by trains running directly to or from Droitwich without calling at Shrub Hill. Signs at the station (see right) warn of "Two-way working on both lines".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Signals at Worcester )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Signalling Notices - 43/W/2705 - Worcester Resignalling - Stage 2 )〕 The station celebrated its 150th birthday on 23 May 2010 with the unveiling of a plaque and a special train〔(Malvern Worcester 150th Anniversary ) Official website〕 that ran to Great Malvern railway station (which celebrated its 150th Anniversary on the same date).〔("Worcestershire railway stations mark 150 years" 23 May 2010 ) Retrieved 23 May 2010〕 The art gallery Movement opened on platform 2 on 2 October 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Worcester Foregate Street railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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