166218 Moreton-in-Marsh 28 September 2011

With the completion of the Cotswold Line track improvement plan in 2011, Moreton-in-Marsh has become even more of a railhead, with an increase in the number of local terminating services. With the commencement of the revised timetable in September, three weekday trains head back from whence they came after arriving at the station. This has required the installation of a new semaphore signal to allow trains heading back towards Oxford to regain the correct running line. As it is on a short post, it is virtually hidden by the train in this view. 166218 leaves the station on 28 September 2011 and weaves across onto the up line with the 1P37 09:51 First Great Western service to Paddington. It had arrived a short while earlier with the 2E93 08:58 Oxford to Moreton-in-Marsh. Not only has a GWR style lower quadrant signal been installed here as part of the new works, but the points have been replaced with vintage style bullhead rail track! Both sidings have now been disconnected.