- Evesham railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Evesham
caption = A HST Class 43 at Evesham railway station
manager =First Great Western
locale =Evesham
borough =Wychavon
usage0405 = 0.269
usage0506 = 0.239
usage0607 = 0.237
code = EVE
platforms = 2
start =Evesham railway station is in the town of
Evesham inWorcestershire ,England . It is operated byFirst Great Western , and is between Honeybourne and Pershore stations on theCotswold Line fromOxford toWorcester ,Great Malvern andHereford . Trains toLondon Paddington take approximately 1 hour 45 minutes.History
The present Evesham station was built as part of the
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton railway . Facing it across the car park is the formerMidland Railway station on the disused Ashchurch andBarnt Green line. Timber buildings from the latter were taken to constructMonsal Dale railway station .ervices
Evesham currently has an irregular service with gaps between daytime services ranging from 40 minutes to 2 hours. It has a total of 32 services Monday to Friday: destinations range from
Worcester ,Hereford andGreat Malvern toOxford , Reading andLondon Paddington. Typical journey times are 27 minutes to Worcester, 1 hour 15 minutes to Hereford, 55 minutes to Oxford, 1 hour 16 minutes to Reading, and 1 hour 44 minutes to London Paddington. It is one of the few stations in the United Kingdom to have recorded a drop in passenger numbers (see figures on the right) in recent years.External links
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