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Oxford Branch (Great Western Railway)

Dates

12/06/1844	Oxford Branch (Great Western Railway) Didcot Junction to Oxford [1st] opened. Stations on this section at: Appleford Halt, Culham, Radley and Oxford [1st].

Locations along the line

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Didcot East Junction

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A Class 47 approaching Didcot in July 1981. ...
Doug Nicholls /07/1981

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Didcot Parkway

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These blue Network Rail water tankers were parked in Didcot's station sidings on 24th August 2023. Why? Who knows?
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Peter Todd 24/08/2023

A Hitachi 800 passing DBC 66044, parked in Didcot station sidings, on 14 September 2023. Recently, a change to the timetables sees these 800s calling ...
Peter Todd 14/09/2023

GBRf 66781 'Darius Cheskin', paused for a crew change in Didcot station and signalled northbound to Oxford and beyond with intermodal 4M18 on 12th ...
Peter Todd 12/10/2022

DB 66135, eastbound at Didcot, working from Morris Cowley to Southampton MCT at 1115 hours with a fully loaded car train.
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Peter Todd 27/04/2021

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Chester Line Junction

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Didcot West Curve Junction

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Didcot North Junction

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58018 passes through Didcot North Junction in 1993 with a Toton - Didcot MGR. The photograph was taken from the footbridge which crosses over the ...
Roger Geach 09/10/1993

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Appleford

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Rebuilt Bulleid WC 4-6-2 34046 'Braunton' heading north out of Didcot for Oxford and Worcester Shrub Hill on 12th September 2020. The train is passing ...
Peter Todd 12/09/2020

GWR 165101 passing Appleford Level Crossing on a Didcot to Oxford shuttle service on 12th September 2020. ...
Peter Todd 18/09/2020

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Culham

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50048+31135 southbound through Culham on the Oxford - Didcot line in January 1983. ...
Peter Todd 25/01/1983

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Abingdon Junction

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Abingdon Railway

View from a passing train of the closed, but immaculately maintained Abingdon branch, diverging away from the main line south of Oxford. Closed to ...
Bill Roberton //1986

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Radley

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Although the 800 I photographed going North (See image 74020) was heading for Foregate Street, this Southbound working originated at Shrub hill. ...
Ken Strachan 05/07/2020

BR Class 58 58021, southbound with a coal train for Didcot Power Station, passing Radley at 1530 hours on 11 July 1985.
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Peter Todd 11/07/1985

Just six days too late to be a Midsummer Nights Dream - looking north towards Oxford at the end of my evening shift at Radley, the station closest to ...
Ken Strachan 27/06/2020

A class 800 from Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill passes through Radley at speed on 5th July 2020. Notice the absence of cooling towers on the ...
Ken Strachan 05/07/2020

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Oxford Branch (Great Western Railway)

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Locations along the line

Didcot East Junction

Didcot Parkway

Chester Line Junction

Didcot West Curve Junction

Didcot North Junction

Appleford

Culham

Abingdon Junction

Radley

Kennington Junction

Abingdon Road Halt

Millstream Junction

Oxford [1st]

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