Birmingham and Oxford Railway






Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.





22nd November 2023 was a dull day in Oxford, and there was little freight traffic about, but Freightliner 70015 passed through northbound at 1110 hrs ...
Peter Todd 22/11/2023
Colas 70809, northbound from Westbury Down TC to Bescot Up Engineers Sidings, passing Oxford at 1205hrs on 18th August 2021. Rep No 636N
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Peter Todd 18/08/2021
Freightliner 66525 southbound through Oxford at 1255 hours on 24th August 2023. Rep. No. 6C50. Oxford Banbury Road sidings to Whatley Quarries. ...
Peter Todd 24/08/2023
Oxford station sees Freightliner 66502 southbound at 1135 on 19 January 2023, hauling a Leeds FLT to Southampton Docks freight. Reporting No. 4O90.
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Peter Todd 19/01/2023
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The signal box diagram at Wolvercot Junction . ...
Doug Nicholls /10/1967
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The basic but very tidy facilities at Tackley can be seen in this view looking towards Oxford. The station serves a fairly small village and has done ...
Mark Bartlett 18/06/2009
The period style lighting adds a nice touch to Tackley station as a Cross Country Voyager speeds south on the line from Banbury to Oxford. This view ...
Mark Bartlett 18/06/2009
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The block shelf at Heyford in October 1967, not long before the box was closed. ...
Doug Nicholls /10/1967
Unusual connections advertised at Heyford in October 2018 see image 66421. ...
Ken Strachan 27/10/2018
A Voyager from Newcastle to Southampton whizzes through Heyford at full line speed on 27th October 2018. ...
Ken Strachan 27/10/2018
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There used to be a steady stream of coal passing Aynho for Didcot Power Station. 58016 passes the old station buildings at Aynho in 1985. Someone has ...
Roger Geach 02/08/1985
Aynho signal box and station as it was in summer 1967. The signalman is watching the photographer. ...
Doug Nicholls /08/1967
Ayhno Station, closed on 2 November 1964. Viewed from the north. The building still stands. ...
Bill Roberton //1986
Sometimes known as Aynho for Deddington this station opened in 1910 on the Oxford to Banbury line and closed in 1964 but is still in use as a private ...
Mark Bartlett 18/06/2009
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Aynho Junction Signal Box, viewed from the south. Decommissioned in 1992. ...
Bill Roberton //1986
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71000 Duke of Gloucester northbound at Kings Sutton on 7 April 1990, one of its firstĀ mainline trips following restoration.
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Peter Todd 07/04/1990
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Looking south at Banbury in March 2014 with Chiltern Railways 2-car 165003 in the un-numbered north facing bay. Following the resignalling of Banbury ...
John McIntyre 06/03/2014
Banbury South signal box from a passing train in 1986. ...
Bill Roberton //1986
A CrossCountry Voyager heading for the South Coast at Banbury on 28th December 2015. This could be the closest modern equivalent to former S&D holiday ...
Ken Strachan 28/12/2015
Banbury North signal box from a passing train in 1986. The box was to survive for a further 30 years. ...
Bill Roberton //1986
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A down Chiltern Trains unit heads North from Banbury past the pleasant Oxfordshire village of Cropredy in March 2012. The village station closed in ...
Ken Strachan 28/03/2012
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A CrossCountry Voyager on the late running 1035 Newcastle to Reading service heads south at Fenny Compton on 7 March 2014. ...
John McIntyre 07/03/2014
Chiltern Railways DMU No.168113 heads south at Fenny Compton whilst working a Birmingham to Marylebone service on 7th March 2014. ...
John McIntyre 07/03/2014
Chiltern 165 with a Birmingham - Marylebone train approaching Fenny Compton on 23 March 2007. ...
John McIntyre 23/03/2007
Fenny Compton SB, 23 March 2007. The Banbury - Leamington line is in the foreground with the old SMJ behind, still open as far as MOD Kineton. ...
John McIntyre 23/03/2007
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68010 'Oxford Flyer' gives the 14.15 to Marylebone an almighty shove up the rear, while the driver supervises from the DVT on the front. ...
Ken Strachan 17/07/2021
Two Class 172s snuggle up for warmth (notice the XX markings on the cab sides) in the Northbound sidings. ...
Ken Strachan 26/09/2023
Apparently the driver of the Voyager had a conversation with his train; which asked him why Jaguar was advertising electric cars, when he was only a ...
Ken Strachan 30/04/2018
70010 powers through Leamington Spa hauling classmate 70003 (dead in train) and a Crewe Basford Hall to Southampton intermodal on 21st November 2018. ...
Mark Bartlett 21/11/2018
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A new station built on the former Birmingham and Oxford Railway for Chiltern Trains.
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66541 leans into the curve heading south at Warwick Parkway in July 2013 (see also image 43758). Despite there being quite a bit of freight on ...
Ken Strachan 02/07/2013
Under reconstruction - improvement works proceeding in April 2019. Warwick Parkway was built for Chiltern Trains on the former Birmingham and Oxford ...
Ken Strachan 07/04/2019
Deepest darkest Warwickshire - a strong contrast between the train and platform and surrounding Stygian darkness, approaching midnight on 23rd March. ...
Ken Strachan 23/03/2019
The businessmen on the up platform are obviously not superstitious, as they seem to be enjoying the sight of 66613 heading West through Warwick ...
Ken Strachan 02/07/2013
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The latest Freightliner livery doesn't seem to suit 66's as well as 70's - which, let's face it, need all the cosmetic assistance they can get. see ...
Ken Strachan 13/05/2016
Chiltern Trains 68011 propels a Birmingham Moor Street to Marylebone service through Warwick on a gloomy 21st November 2018. ...
Mark Bartlett 21/11/2018
That's another load off my mind. The guard of a train heading for Marylebone checks for straggling passengers before departure. The more luxurious ...
Ken Strachan 13/05/2016
A CrossCountry Voyager bound for Reading passes through Warwick on 15th February 2010 ...
Michael Gibb 15/02/2010
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A Newcastle to Southampton XC Voyager hurries through Hatton station heading for Leamington Spa on a wet 20th November 2018. Over on the right, in the ...
Mark Bartlett 20/11/2018
Looking northwards from the footbridge at Hatton on a wet and gloomy 20th November 2018. Through the small arch of the road bridge the ...
Mark Bartlett 20/11/2018
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Dorridge station after dark, seen from 168 218 with a National Rail Chiltern Line service from Birmingham Snow Hill to London Marylebone, on 18th ...
David Bosher 18/03/2014
172334 has just terminated in Platform 3 at Dorridge with a service from Kidderminster on 21st November 2018. Earlier photos show a further platform, ...
Mark Bartlett 21/11/2018
Chiltern 168218 runs through Dorridge station heading for Marylebone on 21st November 2018. The original station building is still in use on Platform ...
Mark Bartlett 21/11/2018
Chiltern 165022, on a stopping service from Leamington Spa to Birmingham Moor Street, pulls away from Dorridge station on 21st November 2018. ...
Mark Bartlett 21/11/2018
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37403 breezes into a somewhat parky Widney Manor, with the 07.55 to Cwmbargoed, courtesy of Vintage Trains at Tyseley on 11 March 2023. The routing ...
Ken Strachan 11/03/2023
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The station forecourt at Solihull looking lively on the evening of 31st October 2015. ...
Ken Strachan 31/10/2015
A class 50 brings a Paddington - Hereford service into Solihull in April 1980. ...
Ian Dinmore /04/1980
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A bit of a squeeze: condensed Gill Sans lettering is used to fit in the name on this Western Region brown and cream totem. This was the longest name ...
David Panton //
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170397 standing Not in Service in Tyseley depot, seen from the RTC's steam excursion from Paddington to Shrewsbury behind Stanier Black 5 no. 44871, ...
David Bosher 11/12/2021
A view not normally available to passengers travelling between Stratford upon Avon and Birmingham Moor Street is this collection of West Midlands ...
Malcolm Chattwood 12/08/2023
'Firing retro rockets Captain': After a tiring day showing off by the turntable see image 43592, Nunney Castle crawls into the new shed at ...
Ken Strachan 23/06/2013
Freight passing Tyseley. ...
Ewan Crawford //
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Freightliner 66623 waits in the sidings opposite Small Heath station on 25 April 2018. A rake of ballast box wagons were behind the loco although it ...
John McIntyre 25/04/2018
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Conventional wisdom tells you that Birmingham's Duddeston viaduct was built as a ploy to further the GWR's interests, and was neither completed, nor ...
Ken Strachan 10/06/2012
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