Pershore railway station

Pershore National Rail
Location
Place Pershore
Local authority Wychavon
Grid reference SO951480
Operations
Station code PSH
Managed by First Great Western
Number of platforms 1
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05      53,154
2005/06 Increase 62,522
2006/07 Decrease 61,739
2007/08 Increase 61,971
2008/09 Increase 62,472
2009/10 Decrease 58,744
2010/11 Increase 67,230
2011/12 Increase 72,510
2012/13 Increase 89,546
2013/14 Decrease 87,596
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pershore from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Pershore railway station is a railway station in the village of Pinvin, Worcestershire that serves the town of Pershore just over 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south. The station is on a single-track section of the Cotswold Line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by First Great Western.

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

History

The station was opened as part of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway on 1 May 1852. The station is also the subject of a poem by John Betjeman called Pershore Station or A Liverish Journey First Class.[1]

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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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Worcester Shrub Hill   First Great Western
Cotswold Line
  Evesham

Coordinates: 52°07′48″N 2°04′19″W / 52.130°N 2.072°W