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Moreton-in-Marsh Station
Moreton-in-Marsh station was originally the headquarters of
the Moreton-in-Marsh to Stratford upon Avon Tramway which opened on 5th
September 1826 and was worked by horse drawn single wagons. The arrival of the
OW&WR saw the layout of the terminus altered as the OW&WR severed the
terminus from the branch and therefore the branch was diverted to exchange
sidings situated along side the up platform. The upgrading of the line to
Shipston-on-Stour in 1889 saw passenger services being introduced although
frequently this made available as part of a mixed trains service whereby
passenger and goods traffic was handled by the same train.
Passenger services only lasted just forty years and which
saw the limited passenger facilities at Moreton-in-Marsh for the branch being
taken over solely for the use of up passenger traffic. Goods traffic however
remained for thirty years and the exchange sidings sited adjacent to the branch
platform remained in use although often as much for non-branch traffic as for
wagons accessing the branch. The closure of goods traffic to Shipston-on-Stour
in 1960 also coincided with a major down turn in goods traffic across the
railway network and Moreton-in-Marsh's goods facilities was soon reduced. The
Tramway terminus which had become the goods yard was sold off to become the
site for a supermarket although the branch's exchange sidings remained as a
single truncated engineer's siding.
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