Pershore railway station

Pershore railway station is a railway station in the town of Pershore, Worcestershire, near the village of Pinvin. Pershore town centre is just over 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south of the station. The station is on a single-track section of the Cotswold Line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway.

Class 166 diesel train 166205 at Pershore en route to London Paddington

Pershore
Location
PlacePershore
Local authorityWychavon
Grid referenceSO951480
Operations
Station codePSH
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 95,310
2015/16 100,690
2016/17 103,956
2017/18 102,038
2018/19 94,844
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pershore from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station was opened as part of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway on 1 May 1852.

The station is the subject of a poem by John Betjeman called Pershore Station or A Liverish Journey First Class.[1]

Services

Great Western Railway operate all services at Pershore. The off-peak service in trains per hour is:

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Worcestershire Parkway   Great Western Railway
Cotswold Line		   Evesham

Notes
  1. Betjeman, John. "Pershore Station, or A Liverish Journey First Class". The Betjeman Concordance. University of Victoria. Retrieved 2 November 2011.


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