Moreton-in-Marsh station was opened on 4th June 1853 by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OW&WR - or the "Old Worse and Worse"). The next station in the southbound direction is Honeybourne, which was also opened on 4th June 1853; although it was closed on 5th May 1969, it was reopened on 25th May 1981 and remains open.