Evesham railway station
Evesham 
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HST Class 43 at Evesham railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Evesham |
| Local authority | Wychavon |
| Coordinates | 52°05′52″N 1°56′51″W / 52.0979°N 1.9474°WCoordinates: 52°05′52″N 1°56′51″W / 52.0979°N 1.9474°W |
| Grid reference | SP037444 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | EVE |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.220 million |
| – Interchange |
 121 |
| 2012/13 |
0.258 million |
| – Interchange |
158 |
| 2013/14 |
0.246 million |
| – Interchange |
304 |
| 2014/15 |
0.248 million |
| – Interchange |
352 |
| 2015/16 |
0.255 million |
| – Interchange |
343 |
| History | |
| Original company | Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 1 May 1852 | opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Evesham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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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).
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. 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. The OWW became the West Midland Railway in 1860, which in turn merged with the Great Western Railway in 1863.
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 Gloucester Loop Line, which closed to passenger traffic in June 1963 and completely a year later. 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.
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