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{{short description|Railway station in Worcestershire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Pershore
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| image               = Pershore railway station in 2008.jpg
| borough             = [[Pershore]] and [[Pinvin]], [[Wychavon]]
| country             = England
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|SO951480|25|SO951480}}
| manager             = [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]]
| platforms           = 1
| code                = PSH
| classification      = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] F1
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers={{decrease}} 94,844}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 102,550}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 37,112}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 88,116}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 103,874}}
| footnotes           = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
|mapframe=yes
|mapframe-zoom = 13
}}
'''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 (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]].

==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 ({{Inflation|UK|59000|1964|r=-4|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}} There was significant opposition to these proposals.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=69 objections to rail stations closure | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002134/19640515/699/0030  |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=England  |date=15 May 1964 |access-date=25 September 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>

British Rail put forward a new plan in 1967 to withdraw passenger services between Stratford, Evesham and Worcester, and close Pershore and Honeybourne stations.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Traders angry over decorations | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19671114/361/0018  |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=England  |date=14 November 1967 |access-date=25 September 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> Demolition had started by January 1968<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=False Start? | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19680118/884/0036  |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=England  |date=18 January 1968 |access-date=25 September 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> when Pershore Parish Council complained to [[Gerald Nabarro|Sir Gerald Nabarro]]. The [[Secretary of State for Transport|Minister for Transport]], [[Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh|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.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Pershore station won't be closed| url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19681019/505/0016 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=England  |date=19 October 1968 |access-date=25 September 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>

The station is the subject of a poem by [[John Betjeman]] called ''Pershore Station'' or ''A Liverish Journey First Class''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://spcoll.library.uvic.ca/Digit/Betjeman/webcon/wholeweb/b10wrev.txt1.htm#6084 |last=Betjeman |first=John |author-link=John Betjeman |title=Pershore Station, or A Liverish Journey First Class |work=The Betjeman Concordance |publisher=[[University of Victoria]] |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref>

==Services==
[[File:Firstgreatwesternclass166.JPG|thumb|right|A [[British Rail Class 166|Class 166]] [[diesel multiple unit]] 166205 at Pershore, en route to London Paddington]]
[[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] operate all services at Pershore. The off-peak service in trains per hour is:<ref> {{Cite web |work=Great Western Railway |title=Train Times |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=14 April 2024 |url= https://www.gwr.com/travel-information/train-times |quote=}}</ref>
* 1 tph to [[London Paddington station|London Paddington]]
* 1 tph to {{stnlnk|Worcester Foregate Street}}; some of which continue to {{stnlnk|Great Malvern}} and {{stnlnk|Hereford}}.

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{{rail line |next={{rws|Evesham}} |previous={{rws|Worcestershire Parkway}} |route=[[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]]<br /><small>[[Cotswold Line]]</small> |col={{FGW colour}} }}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Worcestershire Lines|collapse=yes}}
{{commons category|Pershore railway station}}
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{{Transport in Worcestershire}}
{{Worcestershire railway stations}}

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[[Category:Railway stations in Worcestershire]]
[[Category:DfT Category F1 stations]]
[[Category:Former Great Western Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1852]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Great Western Railway]]
[[Category:1852 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Pershore]]


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