Evesham railway station

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Evesham National Rail
HST Class 43 at Evesham railway station
Location
Place Evesham
Local authority Wychavon
Coordinates 52°05′52″N 1°56′51″W / 52.0979°N 1.9474°W / 52.0979; -1.9474Coordinates: 52°05′52″N 1°56′51″W / 52.0979°N 1.9474°W / 52.0979; -1.9474
Grid reference SP037444
Operations
Station code EVE
Managed by First Great Western
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03      0.240 million
2004/05 Increase 0.269 million
2005/06 Decrease 0.239 million
2006/07 Decrease 0.237 million
2007/08 Decrease 0.214 million
2008/09 Decrease 0.208 million
2009/10 Decrease 0.203 million
2010/11 Increase 0.222 million
2011/12 Decrease 0.220 million
History
Original company Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
1 May 1852 (1852-05-01) Station opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Evesham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Evesham railway station is in the town of Evesham in Worcestershire, England. It is between Honeybourne and Pershore stations on the Cotswold Line between Oxford and Hereford via Worcester and Great Malvern. It is operated by First Great Western. Trains to London Paddington take about 1 hour 45 minutes. It is one of the few railway stations in the United Kingdom to have shown a steady (if relatively small) decline in use since 2004 (see usage figures, below right).

History

A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (centre) railways in the Evesham area. The present station is that on the yellow line, marked G.W.

The first major section of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OWW), between Evesham and Stourbridge Junction, opened to public traffic on 3 May 1852, the ceremonial opening having taken place on 1 May.[1][2] Evesham was a terminus for just over a year, until the last major section of the OWW, from Evesham to Wolvercot Junction (to the north of Oxford), was opened on 4 June 1853.[3] The OWW became the West Midland Railway in 1860,[4] which in turn merged with the Great Western Railway in 1863.[5]

Facing the present (former OWW) station across the car park is the former Midland Railway station on the Ashchurch to Barnt Green Gloucester Loop Line, which closed to passenger traffic in June 1963 and completely a year later.[6] The original timber buildings from this station were taken to build Monsal Dale railway station in Derbyshire; the replacement stone structure still stands and is used for office accommodation. The rest of the site has been redeveloped as a housing estate.

Down local train in 1959

Services

Evesham currently has an irregular service with gaps between daytime services ranging from 40 minutes to 2 hours. It has a total of 32 services Monday to Friday: destinations served include Worcester, Great Malvern and Hereford to the north/west and Oxford, Reading & London Paddington to the south.[7] Typical journey times are 27 minutes to Worcester, 1 hour 15 minutes to Hereford, 55 minutes to Oxford, 1 hour 16 minutes to Reading, and 1 hour 44 minutes to London Paddington.

  • Eastern view of the former GWR station

  • Site of the Midland station relative to it

References

  1. ↑ Jenkins, Stanley C.; Quayle, H.L. (1977). The Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Blandford: Oakwood Press. pp. 29–30. OL40. 
  2. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 93. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. 
  3. ↑ Jenkins & Quayle 1977, p. 36
  4. ↑ Jenkins & Quayle 1977, p. 63
  5. ↑ Jenkins & Quayle 1977, p. 66
  6. ↑ Disused Stations - Evesham (Midland); Disused Stations; Retrieved 2013-12-16
  7. ↑ GB Rail Timetable 2013-14, Table 126

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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Pershore   First Great Western
Cotswold Line		   Honeybourne
Historical railways
Fladbury
Line open, station closed		   Great Western Railway
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway		   Littleton and Badsey
Line open, station closed
Disused railways
Bengeworth
Line and station closed		   Midland Railway
Gloucester Loop Line		   Harvington
Line and station closed
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