Place Moreton-in-Marsh Station code MIM DfT category E | Grid reference SP207326 Managed by Great Western Railway 2011/12 0.203 million Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0AA, United Kingdom Original company Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Similar Honeybourne railway station, Ascott‑under‑Wychwood railway station, Shipton railway station, Charlbury railway station, Evesham railway station | ||
Moreton-in-Marsh railway station is a railway station serving the town of Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire, England. It is on the Cotswold Line between Kingham and Honeybourne stations. The station and all passenger trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway.
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History
The station was opened by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OWW) on 4 June 1853, the day that the southern section of the OWW's main line, that between Evesham and Wolvercot Junction (just north of Oxford), was opened. It was once the southern end of the Stratford-upon-Avon to Moreton tramway. It was a passing place on the largely single line Cotswold Line, but since the redoubling completed in 2011 it is once again a station on normal double track. It was the base of Cotswold Rail, a spot-hire company of shunting and mainline locomotives, now based in Gloucester.
Bilingual signs
Several of the information and direction signs around the station are bilingual – in English and Japanese. This for the benefit of tourists, as Japanese television is promoting 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.