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 £1,270,000in 2021). [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
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