Pershore railway station

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Pershore
National Rail
Pershore railway station in 2008.jpg
LocationPershore, Wychavon
England
Grid referenceSO951480
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms1
Other information
Station codePSH
ClassificationDfT category F1
Passengers
2016/17Increase 103,956
2017/18Decrease 102,038
2018/19Decrease 94,844
2019/20Increase 102,550
2020/21Decrease 37,112
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

History[]

The 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 £1,220,000 in 2020).[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]

Stationmasters[]

  • Joseph Lawrence 1853 - 1858[7]
  • William Robbins Russell ca. 1861
  • Thomas Wainwright 1866 - 1868[8] (formerly station master at Campden, afterwards station master at Droitwich)
  • Samuel Partridge Hunt 1868 - 1875[9] (formerly station master at Bourton, afterwards station master at Stourport)
  • Thomas Clark Barnes 1877[10] - 1888
  • Henry Goodyear 1888 - 1904[11]
  • Henry Jakeways 1904 - 1927
  • John Mann 1927 - 1932[12] (formerly station master at Llantarnam)
  • Frederick Percy Tredwell 1932 - 1938[13] (afterwards station master at Evesham)
  • William Frank Upstone 1938 - 1943[14] (formerly station master at Littleton and Badsey)
  • Frederick Darke ca. 1960

Services[]

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

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

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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 2 December 2021.
  2. ^ "69 objections to rail stations closure". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 15 May 1964. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Traders angry over decorations". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 14 November 1967. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "False Start?". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 18 January 1968. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Pershore station won't be closed". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 19 October 1968. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ Betjeman, John. "Pershore Station, or A Liverish Journey First Class". The Betjeman Concordance. University of Victoria. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Presentation to a Stationmaster". Worcestershire Chronicle. England. 20 January 1858. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "1835-1910 Clerks Vol.3". Great Western Railway: 314. 1835. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Pershore. Presentation of Testimonial". Worcester Journal. England. 24 April 1875. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "1835-1910 Clerks Vol.5". Great Western Railway: 410. 1835. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Sensation at Pershore. Suicide of a Stationmaster". Gloucestershire Echo. England. 21 October 1904. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "43 years' service. Pershore Stationmaster Retiring". Gloucestershire Echo. England. 21 October 1932. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Mr. F.P. Tredwell's New Post". Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer. England. 20 March 1943. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "Mr. F.. Tredwell". Gloucestershire Echo. England. 18 March 1943. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links[]

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


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