Hereford railway station

Hereford
General information
Location	Hereford, Herefordshire England
Coordinates	52°03′41″N 2°42′30″W / 52.06139°N 2.70833°W / 52.06139; -2.70833
Grid reference	SO515405
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	HFD
Classification	DfT category C1
History
Original company	Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Pre-grouping	Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Post-grouping	Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Key dates
6 December 1853 (1853-12-06)	Opened as Hereford Barr's Court
1893	Renamed Hereford
Passengers
2018/19	1.216 million
Interchange	57,141
2019/20	1.194 million
Interchange	51,354
2020/21	0.500 million
Interchange	7,585
2021/22	1.003 million
Interchange	31,474
2022/23	1.117 million
Interchange	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]