Pershore railway station serves both the town of Pershore and village of Pinvin in Worcestershire, England. 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.
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| Location | Pershore and Pinvin, Wychavon England | ||||
| Grid reference | SO951480 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| Station code | PSH | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  102,550 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  37,112 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 88,116 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 103,874 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 101,244 | ||||
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History
editThe station was opened as part of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway on 1 May 1852.
In 1964, British Rail put forward a plan to close 18 stations on the Stratford-upon-Avon to Worcester, and Oxford to Worcester line, including the station at Pershore, citing an annual loss on these routes of £59,000 (equivalent to £1,510,000 in 2023).[1] There was significant opposition to these proposals.[2]
British Rail put forward a new plan in 1967 to withdraw passenger services between Stratford, Evesham and Worcester, and close Pershore and Honeybourne stations.[3] Demolition had started by January 1968[4] when Pershore Parish Council complained to Sir Gerald Nabarro. The Minister for Transport, Richard Marsh intervened, and agreed that the station would not close, but would remain open as an unstaffed halt in the interest of dozens of commuters who travelled daily to Worcester. The service to be provided was one train in the morning and another in the evening.[5]
The station is the subject of a poem by John Betjeman called Pershore Station or A Liverish Journey First Class.[6]
Services
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Great Western Railway operate all services at Pershore. The off-peak service in trains per hour is:[7]
- 1 tph to London Paddington
- 1 tph to Worcester Foregate Street; some of which continue to Great Malvern and Hereford.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Worcestershire Parkway | Great Western Railway Cotswold Line |
Evesham | ||
References
edit- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "69 objections to rail stations closure". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 15 May 1964. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Traders angry over decorations". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 14 November 1967. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "False Start?". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 18 January 1968. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Pershore station won't be closed". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 19 October 1968. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Betjeman, John. "Pershore Station, or A Liverish Journey First Class". The Betjeman Concordance. University of Victoria. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ^ "Train Times". Great Western Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Pershore railway station from National Rail
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