Moreton-in-Marsh railway station

51°59′31″N 1°42′00″W / 51.992°N 1.700°W / 51.992; -1.700Grid referenceSP207326Managed byGreat Western RailwayPlatforms2Other informationStation codeMIMClassificationDfT category EHistoryOriginal companyOxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGWRKey dates4 June 1853 (1853-06-04)Station openedPassengers2018/19 0.273 million2019/20 0.293 million2020/21 50,5882021/22 0.200 million2022/23 0.269 million LocationNotes

Moreton-in-Marsh railway station serves the town of Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire, England; it is on the Cotswold Line between Kingham and Honeybourne.^[1] The station and all passenger trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway.

History

The station was opened by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OWW) on 4 June 1853,^[2] the day that the southern section of the OWW's main line, that between Evesham and Wolvercote Junction (just north of Oxford), was opened.^[3] It was once the southern end of the Stratford-upon-Avon to Moreton tramway. It was a passing place on the largely single Cotswold Line, but, since the redoubling was completed in 2011, it is once again a station on normal double track. Between 2000 and 2010, it was the base of Cotswold Rail, a spot-hire company of shunting and mainline locomotives, which went into liquidation.

In August 2019, the direct Great Western train service from London Paddington station to the Moreton-in-Marsh railway station (code MIM) was expected to take under 2 hours.^[4] The average time to get to the station from Birmingham was 2.75 hours.^[5]

Bilingual signs

Several of the information and direction signs around the station are bilingual – in English and Japanese. This is for the benefit of tourists, as Japanese television promotes the Cotswolds as a holiday destination. They were the idea of station manager Teresa Ceesay, who had noticed the popularity of the town with Japanese tourists and that many asked for information at the station's ticket office. The cost of £350 was met by train operator First Great Western.^[6]

Services

Great Western Railway operate all services at Moreton-in-Marsh. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 1 tph to London Paddington
• 1 tph to Worcester Foregate Street of which some continue to Great Malvern and Hereford

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Honeybourne		Great Western Railway Cotswold Line		Kingham
	Historical railways
Blockley		Great Western Railway Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway		Adlestrop
Terminus		Stratford and Moreton Tramway		Stretton-on-Fosse
Terminus		Shipston-on-Stour branch		Stretton-on-Fosse

Gallery

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  BR(W) Bench
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  GWR Shirt Button Bench
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  A Networker and Tamping machine meet

Birmingham–BristolBirmingham–CardiffCardiff–London
and Bristol Temple MeadsCheltenham–LondonHereford–London

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