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The line then passes the corner of the Roman town of Dorn. [18] The Cotswold Line leaves the Evenlode which drains into the Thames and enters the catchment of the River Severn. The first level crossing appears. The building west of the crossing is a brick works and the neighbouring pits were the site of Jurassic clay extraction for the works.
It is on the Cotswold Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Great Western Railway . West of the station is a level crossing, controlled by Ascott-under-Wychwood Signal Box, which also oversees the adjacent end of the double-tracked section of the Cotswold Line.
Trains on the Cotswold Line pass the station site in the Evenlode Valley, where all evidence of its existence has vanished. [8] The stationmaster's house is now a private residence, while the former goods yard is a vehicle dump.
This station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway. After almost 40 years as a single-platform station, the track through Charlbury station was redoubled with the recommissioning of a second platform on 6 June 2011 as part of the project to improve reliability and increase traffic capacity on the Cotswold Line.
By this time, the line to King's Sutton was open only for freight and a token passenger service operated to Chipping Norton. [27] British Railways withdrew passenger services from Kingham to Cheltenham and Chipping Norton in 1962, and freight services in 1964. British Rail designated the Oxford and Worcester line "The Cotswold Line".
In November 2014 the Cotswold Line Promotion Group found 204 vehicles parked in the 191-space second car park and reported that it "was being used beyond capacity on most weekdays". [2] Plans were announced to increase services from Hanborough Station, by Great Western Railway. A launch event was held in Witney, at which GWR's managing director ...
Reduplication of the line was completed in 2011, and Moreton-in-Marsh is once again a station on normal double track, with two side platforms. Between 2000 and 2010, the station was the base of Cotswold Rail, a spot-hire company for shunting and mainline locomotives, which went into liquidation.
This station and all trains serving it are run by Great Western Railway. It was opened as Combe Halt by the Great Western Railway in 1935, originally having two platforms. [ 1 ] In 2012, it was equipped with the modern Customer Information display screen now found on most First Great Western stations, plus an automatic train announcement system.