GREAT Western Railway (GWR) has moved to reassure people ticket prices will not be higher from the new Worcester Parkway station, when it finally opens next year.

Earlier this month the Worcester News revealed that the heavily delayed new multi-million pound Worcestershire Parkway Railway Station will not be open until 2020.

The latest delay was put down to the station receiving final testing, with facilities yet to be commissioned.

There had been some confusion as rail ticket sellers had shown trains to be running from the station from the week of December 16, but Worcestershire County Council later stressed no official opening date was ever officially set, adding the opening date will be confirmed "as soon as possible.”

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Before the clarification, rail user, Graham Taylor, spotted that the GWR app showed one train running from the new Worcestershire Parkway to London Paddington at a price of £43. However he spotted the same train ran from Worcester Shrub Hill at a price to London of £33.

Fearing trains could be a higher price to help pay for the station, he contacted the Worcester News and we asked GWR for a response.

A GWR spokesman said: "Sorry for any confusion but it (is) two different fare types.

"The £43 Worcestershire Parkway-London Paddington ticket is an anytime single ‘walk-up’ fare – allowing you to travel on any service from Worcestershire Parkway.

"The £33 Worcester Shrub Hill-London Paddington ticket is a Standard Class Advance purchase fare – a reduced cost ticket that is specific to an individual service/time.

"Happy to say that there will be no difference in fares from the two stations, and that advance fares from Worcestershire Parkway will be made available when the station is open."

The much-delayed project was first revealed more than a decade ago. Planning permission was granted in August 2015 and work was expected to start in 2016. The building of the station finally stated in early 2018 and the council said the station would be built by early 2019 and then changed it in the summer.

Once up-and-running passengers will be able to use GWR trains at the station between Hereford, Worcester, Oxford and London Paddington as well as CrossCountry Trains between Cardiff and Nottingham.