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
LocationPershore, Wychavon
England
Grid referenceSO951480
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms1
Other information
Station codePSH
ClassificationDfT category F1
Passengers
2014/15 95,310
2015/16 100,690
2016/17 103,956
2017/18 102,038
2018/19 94,844
2019/20 102,550
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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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