Evesham railway station is in the town of Evesham in Worcestershire, England. It is between Honeybourne and Pershore stations on the Cotswold Line between Oxford and Hereford via Worcester and Great Malvern. It is operated by Great Western Railway. Trains to London Paddington take about 1 hour 45 minutes. It is one of the few railway stations in the United Kingdom to have shown a steady (if relatively small) decline in use since 2004 (see usage figures, below right).
Railway station in Worcestershire, England
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
History
The first major section of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OWW), between Evesham and Stourbridge Junction, opened to public traffic on 3 May 1852, the opening ceremony having been held on 1 May.[1][2] Evesham was a terminus for just over a year, until the last major section of the OWW, from Evesham to Wolvercot Junction (to the north of Oxford), was opened on 4 June 1853.[3] The OWW became the West Midland Railway in 1860,[4] which in turn merged with the Great Western Railway in 1863.[5]
On 11 November 1860 a luggage train collided with another which was stationary at Evesham station. Four carriages were badly damaged and the engine and tender were derailed. One of the drivers was badly scalded and taken to Worcester Infirmary.[6]
On 21 October 1862[7] the 7.55pm express passenger train from Oxford to Worcester was passing through Evesham at 9.10pm at a speed of around 40 to 45 mph, it came into collision with three trucks west of the passenger platform. The driver of the train, Henry Crompton, was injured when the locomotive was derailed by the impact. The inquiry into the accident by Captain Tyler R.E. found that the foreman-porter James Callow or the horse-boy Daniel Langstone (aged 17) must have shunted the trucks onto the main line and then forgotten about them. The local magistrates fined the fore-man-porter £10 and the horse boy £5.[8]
Facing the present (former OWW) station across the car park is the former Midland Railway station of 1864 by the architect George Hunt on the Ashchurch to Barnt Green Evesham loop line.
On 2 June 1885, Mark Butler, under goods guard on the Midland Railway was crushed to death while coupling wagons at Evesham station. The inquest found that although coupling sticks were provided they were seldom used. Bulter was caught by a buffer whilst going between them and the verdict was accidental death.[9]
The stations were operated separately until 1932. It was then agreed to run them as a joint station when the G.W.R. stationmaster, E.T. Holloway took control of the G.W.R. and L.M.S. goods departments, and H.J. King the newly appointed station master at the L.M.S. station took full charge of passenger departments at the two stations. At the time of this arrangement, there were 47 staff in the passenger department alone.[10]
The Midland station closed to passenger traffic in June 1963 and completely a year later.[11] The original timber buildings from this station were taken to build Monsal Dale railway station in Derbyshire; the replacement stone structure still stands and is used for office accommodation. The rest of the site has been redeveloped as a housing estate.
Frederick James Stallard 1925 - 1932[29] (afterwards station master at Lincoln)
Joint passenger stationmasters from 1932
Harry James King 1932 - 1938[30] (station master of the passenger departments of both Evesham stations from 1932, afterwards station master at Gloucester)
Frederick Percy Tredwell 1938[31] - 1943 (formerly station master at Pershore, afterwards station master at Kidderminster)
William Frank Upstone 1943 - 1952[32] (formerly station master at Pershore)
John Charles Bush 1952 - 1956
Frank Ashworth 1956[33] - ca. 1960 (formerly station master at Craven Arms)
Services
Before December 2019, services at Evesham were irregular with gaps of between 40 mins and 2 hours between services.[34]
As of December 2019, Great Western Railway now provide a more regular service to the station. The current off-peak service in trains per hour is:
1 tph to London Paddington
1 tph to Worcester Foregate Street of which some continue to Great Malvern and Hereford
Preceding station
National Rail
Following station
Pershore
Great Western Railway Cotswold Line
Honeybourne
Historical railways
Fladbury Line open, station closed
Great Western Railway Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
"Testimonial to the Late Station Master". Bromsgrove & Droitwich Messenger. England. 30 August 1873. Retrieved 25 September 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
"Evesham. Fatal Accident". Oxfordshire Weekly News. England. 17 August 1881. Retrieved 26 September 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
"Funeral of Mr. G. Stevenson". Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer. England. 21 March 1936. Retrieved 26 September 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
"Evesham Station-Master". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 13 August 1932. Retrieved 26 September 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
"Mr. H.J. King's Promotion to Gloucester". Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer. England. 12 February 1938. Retrieved 10 June 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
"Mr. F.P. Tredwell's New Post". Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer. England. 20 March 1943. Retrieved 25 September 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
"Railways - And Church Work". Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer. England. 24 August 1956. Retrieved 25 September 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
Jenkins, Stanley C; Quayle, HL (1977). The Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Blandford: Oakwood Press. OL40.
Further reading
Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Cheltenham to Redditch. Middleton Press. figs. 44-54. ISBN9781904474814. OCLC851839542.
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