Pershore railway station lies on a single-track section of the Cotswold Line

Cotswold Line

The Cotswold Line is an railway line between and in England.-Route:The line comprises all or part of the following Network Rail routes:*GW 200 from Oxford*GW 310 from Wolvercot Junction*GW 300 from Norton Junction*GW 340 from Worcester Shrub Hill...

 and serves the town of Pershore

Pershore

Pershore is a market town in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. Pershore is in the Wychavon district and is part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2001 census the population was 7,304...

, Worcestershire

Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

, England

England

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. The station itself, which was opened by the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway on 1 May 1852, however, is located in the village of Pinvin

Pinvin

Pinvin is a village in Worcestershire, England, a little to the north of Pershore, about 7½ miles south-east of Worcester, and about 6 miles north-west of Evesham and is in fact the location of Pershore railway station. The name is thought to come from 'Penda's fen' after the Mercian King Penda...

. This station and all trains serving it are operated by First Great Western

First Great Western

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The station is also the subject of a poem by John Betjeman

John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman, CBE was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack".He was a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture...

 entitled 'Pershore Station' or 'A Liverish Journey First Class'.

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