Disused Stations: Moreton-in-Marsh Station

Facing south from Todenham Road, Moreton-in-Marsh in July 2022. The road layout has changed here since railway days and the original road ran left to right in front of the cottages. The cottage on the left is the original crossing keeper's cottage erected by the GWR and that on the right is a modern build obviously designed to replicate the style of the original but with some difference. The photographer is standing upon what was the trackbed, the track running through what is now the gap between the two cottages. The level crossing was where the pavement now is in front of the wooden gates. The track, having crossed the road, curved to the right behind the modern cottage and in tramway days continued into Morton Wharf. In railway days it still curved to the right but then immediately curved south again to enter Moreton-in-Marsh station. Behind what are now the wooden gates stood a 'Limit of Shunt' board applicable in the Down (to Shipston) direction. The reason was the Shipston branch not commencing, for operational reasons, until the north side of the level crossing and south of the crossing was actually part of Moreton goods yard. Moreton-in-Marsh station is hidden from view in the right background. To the left of the original cottage had stood an original tramway building, purpose unclear. It was demolished circa 1989 and was reputedly the last surviving tramway building from the original tramway at Moreton-in-Marsh.

Photo by Greg Wheeler

1902 1:2,500 OS map. Crossing keepers cottage is highlighted in pink.

[Source: Darren Kitson]

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