Due to dwindling passenger numbers, the Severn Valley Line closed to through traffic in 1963. North of Bewdley, the line closed completely in early 1969 when Alveley colliery was shut down and freight traffic ceased. Passenger services on the Kidderminster, Bewdley and Hartlebury section were withdrawn on 3 January 1970. The halt of traffic to Stourport power station in 1979, and Kidderminster - Foley Park sugar corporation traffic in 1982 saw the end of regular British Rail services off the main line. Station buildings The earliest station building was replaced by another in 1859. In 1863 the second building was destroyed by fire, and a third station building of a mock Tudor design was built to replace it. This survived until 1968 when it was demolished owing to the effects of dry rot and replaced by British Rail in 1974 with a small utilitarian brick building. As passenger numbers grew, this building became inadequate, and funding for a new building was secured in February 2015, with a new £4.3 million design announced in July 2017. Originally due to open in summer 2019, the new glass fronted building, which is twice the size of the previous one, was eventually opened in June 2020. Services Most trains using the station are operated by West Midlands Railway as part of the Snow Hill Lines. The standard off peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: 4 tph to Birmingham Snow Hill and , semi fast, of which 2 continue to Dorridge and 2 to Whitlocks End; 2 tph to Worcester (either Foregate Street or Shrub Hill), of which some continue to Great Malvern. Most West Midlands Railway services are operated by Class 172 diesel multiple units. The service between Kidderminster and Birmingham is heavily used, by both commuters and shoppers to Birmingham. The service was increased from three to four trains per hour in 2006. The other company which operates trains is Chiltern Railways to London. Their services are: 4 morning trains to London Marylebone in the morning peak; 4 returning from London over the evening peak times These services also connect Kidderminster to , and . Future The area has had upgraded signalling and a new connection to the Severn Valley Railway, enabling passenger trains to access the branch in both directions. Electrification of the route is an aspiration of Network Rail and the local rail user group. A service to/from NR