Bromsgrove railway station
Bromsgrove 
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| Location | |
| Place | Bromsgrove |
| Local authority | Bromsgrove |
| Grid reference | SO968693 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BMV |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.523 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.540 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.571 million |
| 2014/15 |
 0.569 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.620 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 24 June 1840 |
| 2016 | Relocation of station |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bromsgrove from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bromsgrove railway station serves the town of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, England. It is located at the foot of the two-mile Lickey Incline which ascends at a gradient of 1-in-37.7 towards Barnt Green on the line between Birmingham and Worcester. Bromsgrove is managed by London Midland. The current station opened on 12 July 2016, replacing an older station located slightly to the north.
According to Office of Rail Regulation data Bromsgrove is only one of four stations in the UK which get annual usage of over half a million journeys with just an hourly service (Blackrod, Hartlepool and Inverurie being the other 3 stations).
The station opened as part of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (later part of the Midland Railway) on 24 June 1840.
On 10 November of that year, an experimental steam locomotive named 'Eclipse' burst its boiler at the station, killing the driver, Thomas Scaife, and fireman, Joseph Rutherford (some authorities say the incident happened on the Lickey Incline but this is due to an erroneous early report in the Worcestershire Chronicle which was later corrected.). They are buried in Bromsgrove churchyard.
In June 1969 the station was rebuilt with a single platform on the up (northbound) side, which required stopping down (southbound) trains to cross to the up line and back again after calling at Bromsgrove station. A new platform on the down side was opened in May 1990.
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