THE OPENING OF THE NEW MORETON-IN-MARSH RAILWAY STATION WAITING ROOM

5th July 2019: The new waiting room at Moreton-in-Marsh station was officially opened on the afternoon of Friday, July 5. A plaque to mark the occasion was unveiled by Cotswolds MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown and Diana Barr and Jackie Jessop, the sisters of the late CLPG stalwarts Oliver Lovell and John Stanley respectively. I recalled their roles in fighting British Rail’s moves to close the line between Moreton-in-Marsh and Evesham in the late 1970s and campaigning since then to maintain and improve train services and the route’s infrastructure. Read the full details here. Watch a Network Rail video of the event here. A copy of my speech can be downloaded here.

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