Moreton-in-Marsh railway station

Moreton-in-Marsh
Location
Place	Moreton-in-Marsh
Local authority	Cotswold
Coordinates	51°59′31″N 1°42′00″W / 51.992°N 1.700°WCoordinates: 51°59′31″N 1°42′00″W / 51.992°N 1.700°W
Grid reference	SP207326
Operations
Station code	MIM
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.180 million
2005/06	0.178 million
2006/07	0.189 million
2007/08	0.177 million
2008/09	0.185 million
2009/10	0.178 million
2010/11	0.196 million
2011/12	0.203 million
2012/13	0.209 million
2013/14	0.217 million
History
Original company	Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	GWR
4 June 1853	Station opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Moreton-in-Marsh from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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.^[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 Wolvercot 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 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.^[4][5]

References

1. Baker, S.K. (April 2007) [1977]. Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland (11th ed.). Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. p. 34, section A1. ISBN 978-0-86093-602-2. 0704/K.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 163. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway. pp. 498,867.
4. "Japanese signs installed at Cotswold railway station to help tourism". This is Gloucestershire. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
5. "Found in translation: Cotswold railway station puts signs up in Japanese for tourists". Daily Mail (London: Associated Newspapers). 13 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2010.

External links

• Train times and station information for Moreton-in-Marsh railway station from National Rail