In sharp contrast to the crowded bustle of Worcester Foregate Street, Worcester Shrub Hill is both considerably larger and considerably emptier. The front of the station building, seen from a car park below:
A portico covers the entrance to the station building:
This long view along the front of the station building shows the portico:
The approach to the station from the south side:
The rear of the station building seen from the opposite platform:
Platform 1 adjoins the rear of the station building, and has these two disused bays at its southern end:
At the northern end of the same platform what looks like it was once a bay has now become a car park:
Looking north along platform 1 towards the station buildings:
Looking south along the line from the southern end of platform 1:
The signal box to the south of the station:
Looking north along the line towards the barrow crossing from the end of platform 1:
Disc style signals under the canopy on platform 1:
Steps lead up from platform 1 to the footbridge for platforms 2 and 3:
The current footbridge is newer than a second at the station, which is presumably older, and definitely out of use. Seen here from the new footbridge, looking north:
A hole in the old footbridge:
Looking south along the line from the new footbridge:
The new footbridge takes you to platform 2b, via the steps just on the right of this picture:
Under the canopy on platform 2b:
The southern end of platform 2 is platform 2a:
This old waiting room on platform 2 was being refurbished when we visited:
A closer peek through a gap in the fencing:
Platform 3 is on the opposite face to platform 2, at the southern end:
Extensive sidings east of the station itself, seen from the northern end of platform 2:
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