Evesham (EVE)

Evesham is a stop on the Cotswold Line in Worcestershire between Pershore and Honeybourne.
GWR 802 001 at Evesham



Information
Type: National Rail (Cotswold Line)
Station code: EVE
Opened: 1852
Platforms: 2

Evesham was opened in 1852, the Southern terminus of the first part of the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway to be completed (Stourbridge Junction being the other end). The following year the line was opened down to Oxford.

Evesham became part of the West Midland Railway and later the Great Western Railway in 1863. The following year Evesham was joined by another Evesham station right next to it (Evesham South from 1951) [1], this one opened by the Midland Railway. This station closed in 1963.

Evesham is served by a frequent (though irregular) service on the Cotswold Line between London Paddington and Great Malvern or Hereford. All services are by GWR who also manage the station. The station has brick station buildings on other platforms and wooden canopies.
Main station building

Station footbridge

View up the platform

A GWR train is in

Waiting rooms



[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Moreton-in-Marsh to Worcester (Middleton Press, 2004) Fig. 53