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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 ...
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, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway: Pre-grouping: Great Western Railway: Post-grouping: GWR: Key dates; 4 June 1853: Station opened as Ascott: 1 February 1880: Name changed to Ascott-Under-Wychwood: 24 May 1965: Name changed to Ascott-Under-Wychwood Halt: 5 May 1969: Name changed to Ascott-Under-Wychwood: Passengers; 2019/20: 3,036: ...
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 ...
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".
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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Honeybourne railway station serves the village of Honeybourne in Worcestershire, England.Opened in 1853, it is on the Cotswold Line and was formerly a busy junction with five platform faces, also serving trains on the Great Western Railway's Honeybourne Line between Cheltenham Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon, which formed part of a strategic route between the West Midlands and the West of England.