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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.
Charlbury station is one of the only two-platform stations on the Cotswold Line to have step-free access to both platforms. This has been achieved by installing a long set of ramps from the lower car park to both platforms. Charlbury is one of the only stations in the area that has a user-operated ticket machine. Kingham and Finstock, the main ...
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.
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]
Charlbury railway station is on the Cotswold Line. It is served by Great Western Railway trains between London Paddington, Oxford, Great Malvern, Worcester and Hereford. Bus services include a branch of Stagecoach in Oxfordshire route S3 between Charlbury and Oxford via Woodstock. Services on the Charlbury branch of route S3 run hourly, Monday ...
Oxford North Junction: Oxford–Bicester line . Wolvercot Platform: A40. A34. Duke's Cut . 2.9 mi: ... This is a route-map template for the Cotswold Line, a UK railway.
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In November 2014 the Cotswold Line Promotion Group found 204 vehicles parked in the 191-space second car park and reported that it "was being used beyond capacity on most weekdays". [2] Plans were announced to increase services from Hanborough Station, by Great Western Railway. A launch event was held in Witney, at which GWR's managing director ...