IT is full steam ahead for plans for a railway station to be returned to its former Victorian glory – with a modern twist.

Councillors at Malvern were giving their views ahead of next month’s Worcestershire County Council planning meeting, when the £500,000 revamp of Malvern Link station is set to get a rubber stamp.

Meeting on Wednesday night, Malvern district councillors waved the plans through with unanimous support.

Vice chairman of southern area development control committee, Paul Tuthill, made the point the station had been out-grown by demand, with passenger numbers up from 200,000 to 250,000 in five years.

Under the plans for the Worcester Road station, the ticket office and waiting rooms will be overhauled, disused gates will be opened and a new ramp installed to help people with disabilities.

In addition, the station will be tidied up in sympathy with its own heritage - not least as it also sits within the Trinity conservation area.

Councillor Tuthill said councillors had also passed on their feeling that it’s important people on the platforms are sheltered from the elements. He said: “In a perfect world, the over-hanging roof would be a mirror of the covering at Great Malvern.”