Ashchurch for Tewkesbury station, to give its full and proper

name, is a soulless place on the Midland route northwards between Cheltenham and Worcester. It is on the site of the old station, simply called Ashchurch, that closed in November 1971. The new station opened some twenty-six years later in 1997 and has seen a dramatic rise in patronage leading to calls for an hourly service. Unusually, it has a free carpark that, not unexpectedly, meant that there were no spaces when Mike and I turned up for our visit. 170520 passes through the station at speed with the 13.07 Nottingham to Cardiff Central 1V10 Crosscountry service.