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The line between Oxford and Worcester was built under an 1845 act of parliament and opened in 1851 as part of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway.. The Act required the line to be built to Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 7 feet 1 ⁄ 4 inch (2,140 mm) broad gauge but delays, disputes and increasing costs led to its being completed as 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge.
Oxford–Bicester line . Wolvercot Platform: A40. A34. Duke's Cut . ... 64.4 mi: 103.6 km . Malvern Link: A449 . ... This is a route-map template for the Cotswold ...
Adlestrop station was opened on 4 June 1853 by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OW&W) as part of the 40 mi (64 km) section of the Cotswold Line from Wolvercot Junction to Evesham. [3] [4] The line was originally mixed gauge single track throughout with a narrow gauge passing loop at Charlbury. [3]
West of the station is a level crossing, controlled by Ascott-under-Wychwood Signal Box, which also oversees the adjacent end of the double-tracked section of the Cotswold Line. Under proposals to extend the doubling of the route, the signal box was to be removed but budgetary constraints on resignalling led to that proposal being revised.
By this time, the line to King's Sutton was open only for freight and a token passenger service operated to Chipping Norton. [27] British Railways withdrew passenger services from Kingham to Cheltenham and Chipping Norton in 1962, and freight services in 1964. British Rail designated the Oxford and Worcester line "The Cotswold Line".
The M5 is a motorway in England linking the Midlands with the South West.It runs from junction 8 of the M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter in Devon.Heading south-west, the M5 runs east of West Bromwich and west of Birmingham through Sandwell Valley.
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Mickleton Halt was a railway station on the Great Western Railway line between Oxford and Worcester Shrub Hill serving Mickleton and the surrounding villages. The route is now known as the Cotswold Line. The construction of halt was first announced in June 1937. [1] It featured two platforms with shelters and cost £512 to build. [2]