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4361:(as owner of the Oxford to Bletchley line) developed good relations with the OW&WR. The LNWR tried to negotiate a takeover of the OW&WR, but this was rejected in Parliament; and in 1852 a direct connection between the LNWR Bletchley line and the OW&WR was also thrown out. In 1853 however the proposed connection (later known as the Yarnton Spur) was approved, and on 4 June 1853 the OW&WR had opened its line as far as Wolvercot Junction, its southern extremity.
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4596:. This was a single passenger coach, designed at Wolverton, with a small integrated steam locomotive. A railmotor was brought to Oxford for trials with a service to Bicester. However, during a trial run on 5 October 1905 the vehicle developed a hot axlebox, and the opening was deferred to the 9th. The railmotor was found to be capable of a top speed of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h), and was timed for 30 minutes for the 12 miles (19 km) to Bicester.
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cwt. There were four passenger trains each way, Sunday excepted, but this was soon enhanced to five each way, one of which was limited-stop, and two Sunday trains. Immediately on opening the
Bedford Railway was absorbed into the London and North Western Railway. The terms were 4% per annum on the capital, plus half of any surplus. The LNWR had subscribed 1,522 of the 2,500 shares.
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electrically. Alighting and departing the vehicle at the ground level platforms of the halts was effected by a set of steps that swung out from the body of the vehicle. The steps were interlocked with the brakes. In 1905, there were six workings between Oxford and
Bicester, with one additional on Thursday and Saturday, in each direction.
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idea was rescinded. In the
Beeching Report of 1963, retention of the line was recommended, with only minor curtailment, but in December 1963 closure was once again put forward, as income was only a little over half of operating expenses. Closure was approved, and most local freight facilities were withdrawn on 18 April 1966.
4038:, the line became a strategic route for freight avoiding London, and additional connections were made to nearby lines to improve it, but it was not greatly used for its intended purpose. After the war, the line was again scheduled to be developed as a strategic route, but that scheme was never fully implemented either.
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had risen to £370,175. This at last proved to be accurate. There was acrimony between the companies, but the LNWR underwrote the extra capital, and after considerable further negotiation, the LNWR absorbed the
Bedford and Cambridge Railway Company by a share conversion, equating to 4% on the £240,000 original capital.
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The combined length of cannot have been much more than a mile, but in conjunction with a link joining the Great
Western and Southern lines at Staines they provided a route for trains from the Great Northern to run via Sandy, Bletchley, Calvert, High Wycombe, Greenford and Staines on to the Southern.
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A number of small timber platform halts were built to facilitate the new service. The halts were unstaffed, and tickets were issued by a conductor on the train. The first was
Summertown Halt, opened on 20 August 1906. By the following January the name had been changed to Port Meadow. The remainder of
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The LNWR provided more than half the capital and worked the line from the beginning, and leased it for 999 years from 1 July 1851 guaranteeing a 4% dividend to the other shareholders. The LNWR absorbed the
Buckinghamshire Railway company on 21 July 1879. Early in 1854 the line from Verney Junction to
4891:). Delay in arranging substitute bus services resulted in the passenger closure of the remainder being deferred to 1 January 1968. The line from Bedford (Goldington Power Station) to the junction at Cambridge was closed completely; the wartime marshalling yard at Swanbourne was closed in March 1967.
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I did stop
Swanbourne, Brookthorpe and Walcot . The Bletchley flyover remains as a memorial to those who failed to see that railways must live by concentration and not dispersal. We had … driven … a pretty big nail into Swanbourne's coffin by refusing to put into it any East Coast traffic. From that
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was published. £1.2 billion would be spent on the project. Subsidiary reports recommended the development of the Oxford to
Cambridge line as part of an outer freight ring route from Cambridge to Ashford (Kent) via Oxford, Reading and Tonbridge, keeping freight flows away from London. The cost was to
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In the late 1930s, a site at
Bicester was selected for a large Ordnance Depot to be road and rail served. Construction of the Depot began in July 1940. The railway part of the site would start from a junction with the Oxford to Bletchley line and encircle the two hills of Graven Hill and Arncott. By
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There were good existing connections in and out of this line at Bedford and Bletchley, but at Sandy and at Oxford time-consuming shunting movements would be necessary, so here again new connections were hastily installed and opened during 1940. There was no link at all at Calvert so a completely new
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The solution was to build what amounted to a railway by-pass of London. Of necessity this was some distance from the capital, both to avoid disruption from heavy air raids, and also to utilise existing lines as far as possible. The start of this massive loop was the old London and North Western line
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A west to south curve to the Yarnton Spur was opened, allowing direct access from the OW&WR line to the LNWR Oxford station; this was used chiefly for goods traffic, but in the autumn of 1857 local passenger trains used it during a period of exceptionally strained relations between the OW&WR
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At Bletchley, the old west-to-south curve, removed in 1864, was reinstated, opening on 31 August 1942. The Bicester Military Railway was built; it served a very large depot for ordnance and equipment. The civilian railway authorities protested at the adverse impact the railway movements to and from
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In September 1939, war on Germany was declared by the United Kingdom. Aerial bombardment of UK cities and industrial sites was expected, and it was considered essential to create a trunk route for goods traffic avoiding London, which was expected to be the principal target of bombing. The Cambridge
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The Oxford to Cambridge line crossed under the Midland main line, and there were two separate passenger stations. In November 1855 officers of the Midland Railway and the LNWR met to consider the construction of a joint station at Bedford. It would have been a little to the west of the contemporary
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at Bedford, trailing from the Bletchley direction. The Bedford station was not yet ready at the time of opening. The commercial benefit to Bedford, already well served by coastal water-borne commerce over the River Great Ouse, is indicated by the immediate fall of coal prices, from 1s 9d to 11d per
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was closed to passengers and, in October 1973, reduced to single track. Following that time, for some years the chief use of the line was as a connection from Aylesbury via Claydon LNE Junction to Bletchley for stone trains, refuse trains from the Bristol area, and empty passenger stock movements.
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If development of passenger business on the line had been envisaged in 1955, that too was suddenly reversed, and in 1959 closure of the entire route was considered. However the introduction of diesel multiple unit passenger trains in that year substantially reduced operating costs, and the closure
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In November 1940 Oxford North Junction was created, enabling through running from the Bletchley line towards Oxford GWR station. A south-to-east chord line was constructed at Claydon across an area called Shepherd's Furze, connecting the former Great Central Main Line with the line from Bletchley.
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In fact the construction significantly overran cost estimates, and the company had to confer with the LNWR (as prospective lessee) about how to raise the extra cash. The authorised capital had been £240,000, and this had never fully been subscribed, and after opening the estimated cost to complete
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The Bedford and Cambridge Railway was to take over the Sandy and Potton Railway and use its alignment. The route chosen entered the southern extremity of Cambridge alongside the Eastern Counties route from London, at Cambridge being permitted to use a platform at the ECR station. There was to be a
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Following authorisation of the Buckinghamshire company, the directors determined on 10 November 1847 to press ahead with the Banbury line in preference to the Oxford line. Work started on the last day of 1847. The line opened from Bletchley to Banbury on 1 May 1850 for passenger traffic, and goods
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The Oxford and Bletchley Junction Railway and the Buckingham and Brackley Junction Railway had both been authorised in 1846, and before construction the two schemes were amalgamated to form the Buckinghamshire Railway, authorised by Act of Parliament on 22 July 1847. The new company would form a Y
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Simpson includes a note implying earlier trials of petrol railcars on the line, but does not elaborate: "The text on page 38 is taken from a Micheline Tyre Company booklet selling the idea of the new type of internal combustion railcar. An idea not new to the Oxford line since the LNWR experiment
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The whole of the Oxford to Cambridge line was thus part of the new LMS. In the 1930s, the major railways adopted a novel form of collaboration in the interest of reducing operating expenses. In 1934 the Stationmaster of the GWR's Oxford General station took over the management of the LMS's Rewley
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was authorised as a broad gauge line on 4 August 1845. Its line was to be 89 miles in length, connecting to the Great Western Railway at Wolvercot Junction, just north of Oxford. The cost of the line was heavy, and the estimates fell considerably short, so that the company was constantly short of
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The main line railways of Great Britain were taken into state ownership at the beginning of 1948, pursuant to the Transport Act 1948. The entire line was in the London Midland Region of British Railways at first, but in 1951 the section from just east of Bicester to Oxford was transferred to the
4673:
On 12 September 1938, a new diesel railcar design started work on the line. It was a three-car articulated unit, powered by six 125 hp diesel engines; the design was stylish and futuristic, and included central control of sliding passenger doors by the guard. The train was designed at Derby LMS.
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The May 1864 working timetable shows four passenger trains running throughout from Cambridge to Bletchley, and one early train from Bedford to Bletchley, and three goods trains. One Sunday passenger train is shown. Most of the passenger trains appear to continue to Oxford and London, probably by
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The service to London over the LNWR ceased by 1 September 1861; the west to south curve at Yarnton was reduced to a through siding only shortly afterwards, and the west to south curve at Bletchley was closed and lifted in 1864. Nevertheless, the goods and mineral traffic from the OW&WR line
4677:
Three journeys throughout the Oxford to Cambridge line were undertaken daily, with some short fill-in trips. The journey time Oxford to Cambridge, with three stops, (Bletchley, Bedford and Sandy) was 1 hour 45 minutes, comparing favourably with the 3 hour steam train journey. The runs were not
4632:
From Oxford to Islip, the railmotor halts were: Summertown Halt, soon renamed Port Meadow, Wolvercote, and Oxford Road, and between Islip and Bicester: Oddington, Charlton, and Wendlebury Halt, near Bicester. The eastern section halts were Bow Brickhill, Aspley Guise, Husborne Crawley, Wootton
4599:
The vehicle had seats for 48 passengers in two saloons, smoking and non-smoking. The transverse seating had reversible backs, to allow passengers to face the direction in which they were going. They were considered by users to be very comfortable. Woodwork was framed teak and the coach was lit
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visited Bedford to discuss the matter. At a meeting on 23 April 1844 he set out his proposed scheme, for a line to Bedford joining the L&BR main line at Bletchley. Some opinions had preferred Wolverton as the junction, since Bletchley was not then a settlement of any significance.
4645:. The LNWR and the Midland Railway were constituents of the new London Midland and Scottish Railway. The Great Western Railway absorbed a number of other concerns and continued under the same name. The Great Northern Railway and the Great Eastern Railway were constituents of the new
4618:, which used a conventional locomotive operating in combination with a coach that was adapted to allow the driver to control the train from the coach when it was being propelled. The autotrains, and the halts west of Bicester, were finally withdrawn on 25 October 1926, during the
4665:. It was a ten-wheel articulated vehicle, with pneumatic rubber tyres. It was tried on the line in 1932. Carrying only 24 passengers and with uncertain reliability, it had many of the disadvantages of the steam railmotors, and the trial did not lead to adoption of the system.
4279:
The junction that became Verney Junction was known at first as Claydon Junction; the name Verney Junction was given to the station that was later established there. When the World War II link from the Great Central Railway main line was made, the junction there was called
4784:
The Oxford connection was useful in peacetime and was retained. The same is true of the Claydon curve, which provided a useful route for certain freight flows, and for empty passenger stock moves. The Bicester and Sandy connections proved less useful, and were removed.
4527:
In 1859 the Cambridge aspirations of several railway companies were competing for Parliamentary approval. A proposed Bedford, Potton and Cambridge Railway was thrown out, but the reverse showed that an alliance with the Great Northern Railway might prove fruitful.
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The Yarnton Spur was a short double-track line, 1 mile 49 chains (1.61 mi; 2.6 km) in length, from Oxford Road Junction to Yarnton, and it was opened on 1 April 1854. The LNWR at once started operating through passenger services between
4207:
In 1836, proposals were put forward to build a line from Cambridge to join the L&BR (still under construction) at Bletchley; the line would have passed through Bedford, but the scheme was not taken forward. The obvious enhancement to the prosperity of
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to Oxford route was selected to be the core of this route, because of its intersections with several trunk routes. Where existing connections between railways on the route were inadequate, relatively simple enhancements would resolve the difficulty.
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was submitted to Parliament in the 1846 session but failed standing orders. The line to Bedford opened on 17 November 1846, when a ceremonial opening took 600 persons from Bedford to Bletchley in a special train. The new line had a connection to the
4614:, the six halts were closed from 1 January 1917, and were reopened on 5 May 1919. The railmotors had limitations: they were underpowered, had insufficient accommodation, and suffered from reliability problems. In about 1921, they were replaced by
4417:
There was a junction but no station at Verney Junction until 1868, when the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway completed their line from Aylesbury to Verney. The Great Western Railway worked the A&BR trains until the company was absorbed by the
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to join the Aylesbury branch. The scheme was encouraged by the London and North Western Railway, which wished to block northward encroachment from the Great Western Railway, whose area of influence at the time was further south.
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It opened on 7 July 1862 for passengers, and for goods in October 1862. The Sandy and Potton Railway had been purchased for £20,000. On 1 July 1862 the Eastern Counties Railway was restructured into the Great Eastern Railway.
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The Buckinghamshire Railway connection at Bletchley left in a southward direction, and a west to south chord was brought into use there in October 1854 to permit direct running between Euston and the Buckinghamshire line.
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was Chief Operating Officer, British Railways, at the time and wrote that he was convinced marshalling yards should be built in the areas of production and consumption, and not, like Swanbourne, in greenfield sites:
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the end of 1941 the exchange sidings had been laid, and in 1942 the first troop train entered the depot from Bicester station. The site was heavily used during the war, particularly in the preparations for D-Day.
5061:
Verney Junction; opened 23 September 1868; closed 1 January 1968. Originally Claydon Junction before station opened; converging junction from Buckingham 1856 – 1966; diverging junction to Aylesbury 1868 –
5021:
Oxford Road; opened 2 December 1850 as temporary terminus; closed 20 May 1851, when the line was extended to Oxford; reopened 9 October 1905; closed 1 January 1917; reopened 5 May 1919; closed 25 October
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A prospectus for the Bedford and London & Birmingham Railway was prepared; the capital was to be £125,000. On 16 July 1846 the London and Birmingham Railway amalgamated with others, and formed the
5002:
Wolvercote; opened 9 October 1905; close 1 January 1917; reopened 5 May 1919; closed 25 October 1926; in the earliest days the station was named Woolvercot; the nearby GWR station was named Wolvercot.
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The operation of two passenger stations at Oxford was obviously wasteful and the wartime connection allowed trains from the Bletchley direction to run directly into the GWR's Oxford General station.
4064:
The Oxford to Cambridge line, when completed, ran broadly west to east. Although a continuous line from Oxford to Cambridge was proposed from time to time, it was actually built by local schemes.
4307:. Horse omnibuses and carts connected the station with Oxford itself. The line was extended to the company's own station at Oxford on 20 May 1851. It was a single track west of Claydon Junction.
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to operate an Oxford to London passenger service. There are funded plans for the entire line to be re-established by the mid 2020s, partly on a new route and under a new name –
4576:. It crossed the LNWR line at Bedford by a (nearly) 90-degree flat crossing; although it was undesirable, it was considered an appropriate economy measure as compared with a bridge crossing.
4742:
The Railway Executive also constructed a west-to-north connection at Sandy; it opened in 1942. However it did not prove to have a strategic value in peacetime and was removed after the war.
4607:
From 1 December 1905, a steam railmotor was operated between Bedford and Bletchley also, and several new halts were opened. Three vehicles were used, one being kept as a maintenance spare.
4508:, after the frigate commanded by Peel. A locomotive was hired from the GNR on one or two occasions, and passenger rolling stock was supplied by the GNR. The line had cost £15,000 to build.
4750:
This route would have been of the utmost use if the London junctions had been destroyed. Actually it was only used on a few occasions, and the operating difficulties were considerable.
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Work on the Swanbourne yard and the Bletchley viaduct started in September 1958. The viaduct was ready in 1962 (it had cost £1.5 million) but work was halted on the marshalling yard.
4531:
In the 1860 session of Parliament, the Bedford and Cambridge Railway (as it now styled itself) got the Royal Assent on 6 August 1860. The Great Northern Railway hoped to build from
4482:. He had settled in Potton, and conceived a railway running almost entirely over his own lands, connecting with the Great Northern Railway at Sandy. The length of the line was
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inspection took place on 5 November 1857, and this was successful, enabling opening of the line to passengers on 9 November 1857. Peel acquired a locomotive for the line from
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Oxford was doubled, completing double track along the full length of the line. Verney was a junction, but no station was built until 1868, prompted by the construction of the
5040:
Bicester; opened 1 October 1850; renamed Bicester London Road 1954; closed 1 January 1968. {Reopened as Bicester Town 11 May 1987; renamed Bicester Village 12 March 2015.)
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to reach it. The junction with Oxford and Rugby Railway at Banbury was not made by the company, and the southwards extension from Verney was abandoned for the time being.
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Bedford; opened 18 November 1846; relocated 1 August 1862; renamed Bedford St Johns 1924. (Relocated northwards on line towards Midland Road station 14 May 1984.)
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The Varsity Line and the lines it meets, as of 1967. Disused or freight-only sections are in blue. (Oxford–Bicester Town should also be shown as "freight only")
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the depot would have on the ordinary war effort of the LNWR line, and the Ministry of War Transport agreed to the building of a new 660 wagon capacity yard at
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4809:, took place. Most goods workings were transferred to the former GWR Hinksey yard, and Rewley Road station handled only coal and some general goods traffic.
4511:
The GNR had allowed Captain Peel to terminate his line in their Sandy goods yard, on condition that he would remove his works if the GNR required the site.
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on 1 October 1850; on to Oxford Road on 2 December 1850. This station was at the crossing of the present-day A4165 road, and therefore near to the modern
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At the beginning of 1923, the main line railways of Great Britain were "grouped" into one or other of four new, large companies, in compliance with the
4188:(a few miles further north and on the main road between Oxford and Cambridge via Buckingham and Bedford) took over as an important stop on the line, as
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Passenger services were withdrawn from most of the line on 1 January 1968, and only the Bletchley–Bedford section remained open for passenger traffic.
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4972:. Beginning in 2015, work to revitalise and renew the route began; it hoped that the two university cities will be connected by rail again (as the
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Potton; Sandy & Potton Railway station; opened 9 November 1857; closed December 1861. LNWR station opened 7 July 1862; closed 1 January 1968.
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The 1853 passenger timetable shows 4 trains each way daily except Sundays, the first trains each way divided and joined Buckingham portions at
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Sandy; Sandy & Potton Railway station; opened 9 November 1857; closed December 1861; reopened by LNWR 7 July 1862 ;closed 1 January 1968.
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Following public protest, passenger operation on the central section between Bedford and Bletchley was retained (and continues in use as the
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LNWR station. The scheme was agreed to be desirable and feasible, but the Midland Railway board declined to approve it, and it foundered.
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to the L&BR changed attitudes, and as time passed, Bedford business interests sought a connection to the main line railway. In 1844
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In fact the western apex of the engine turning triangle was crossed by the Midland line, forming a complex permanent way construction.
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Working arrangements were made with the LNWR, authorised by Act of 23 June 1864. The company was absorbed by the LNWR on 5 July 1865.
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to this new line near Lords Bridge and gain access to Cambridge, by-passing the hostile, and even spiteful, Eastern Counties Railway.
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In the early twentieth century, railways sought lower-cost methods of operating passenger trains. The LNWR experimented with a steam
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remained considerable; Lawrence, writing in 1910, said that, "In March last, no fewer than 7,500 coal trucks made use of the loop."
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the Bedford and Cambridge Railway, between those points, which adopted the alignment of an earlier private scheme, the Sandy and
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funds during the construction period. For some time it concentrated its resources on the northern part of the authorised line.
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In the first years of British Railways, the organisation was beset with falling demand as costs increased. In 1955 a report,
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4314:. The journey time Oxford to Bletchley was 75 minutes and a typical journey Oxford to London took about 2 hours 45 minutes.
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5025:(Oxford Parkway; opened 25 October 2015 (on reopened Oxford–Bicester section, so after Varsity Line had ceased operation)
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Oxford; opened 20 May 1851; later Oxford Rewley Road; closed 1 October 1951, when service diverted to former GWR station.
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In October 1951, a complete transfer of passenger operation at Oxford into this (former GWR) station, now named simply
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had long since fallen into ruins, and the site was made available. Approaching trains crossed a swing bridge over the
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Although the OW&WR had originally been expected to be an ally of the GWR, the friendly relations cooled, and the
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Opening of the Oxford line (from Claydon Junction, at first as a single track only) followed relatively swiftly: to
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miles, and an opening ceremony was held in June 1857. The line opened to public goods traffic on 23 June 1857. A
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It was soon made into a complete triangle, avoiding the necessity of providing a turntable for engine turning.
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6451:
5107:
Kempston & Elstow; opened 1 December 1905; closed 1 January 1917; reopened 5 May 1919; closed 5 May 1941.
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roadstone terminal at Wolverton. Until earlier that year, there had been up to three limestone workings from
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5034: Charlton; opened 9 October 1905; closed 1 January 1917; reopened 5 May 1919; closed 25 October 1926.
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19:
This article is about the historic Oxford–Cambridge line from 1845 to 1967. For its modern recreation, see
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The first sod of the Buckingham and Brackley Junction Railway had been cut at Buckingham on 20 April 1847.
4184:, which opened on 17 September 1838, and this temporary terminus was closed. Subsequently and for a time,
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6456:
6282:
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Wootton Broadmead; opened 1 December 1850; closed 1 January 1917; reopened 5 May 1919; closed 5 May 1941.
4382:
5284:
5283:
Eleanor Chance; Christina Colvin; Janet Cooper; C J Day; T G Hassall; Mary Jessup; Nesta Selwyn (1979).
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Husborne Crawley; opened 1 December 1905; closed 1 January 1917; reopened 5 May 1919; closed 5 May 1941.
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In 1987, the section between Oxford and Bicester was reopened, followed in 2015 by a connection to the
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Wendlebury; opened 9 October 1905; closed 1 January 1917; reopened 5 May 1919; closed 25 October 1926.
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Kempston Hardwick; opened 1 December 1905; closed 1 January 1917; reopened 5 May 1919; still open.
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The Buckingham branch closed to passengers on 7 September 1964 and to goods on 5 December 1966.
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Marston; opened 18 November 1846; shortly renamed Ampthill; renamed Millbrook 1877; still open.
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4366:
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1691:
428:
359:
96:
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Bow Brickhill; opened 1 December 1905; closed 1 January 1917; reopened 5 May 1919; still open.
4373:, via Bletchley, Yarnton Spur and the OW&WR. The trains were worked by the LNWR as far as
6931:
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5863:
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Aspley Guise; opened 1 December 1905; closed 1 January 1917; reopened 5 May 1919; still open.
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There may have been a second engine: Simpson says (volume 2 page 15): Another engine, no 2,
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2012:
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690:
351:
154:
4622:, but competition from road omnibuses had led to a significant decline in rail patronage.
8:
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The line as constructed was single; double track was later constructed between Sandy and
4138:
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In time, these sections were all incorporated into the London and North Western Railway.
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Dilapidated condition of the track (February 2006), looking towards road bridge between
4681:
The outbreak of World War II prevented further development of this experimental system.
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A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain,: volume 5: the Eastern Counties
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The London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) opened on 9 April 1838 as far north as
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In the early days there were five intersecting trunk lines running south to north:
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4781:. At its peak there were about 40 single-track miles of layout within the depot.
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be £15 million. A large marshalling yard was to be built at Swanbourne, and the
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Road station. Cartage lorries in Oxford carried the initials of both companies.
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The system continued further east but, in 1959, the autotrains were replaced by
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A Regional History of the Railway of Great Britain: volume 9: the East Midlands
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The company had its own station at Oxford. It was fortunate in finding a site:
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Bletchley; London and Birmingham Railway station; still open; flyover 1962 - .
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Bradshaw's Railway Guide, 1853, part reproduced in Simpson, volume 1, page 12
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moment the writing was on the wall. Swanbourne should have been stopped then.
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4152:
Two other trunk routes, the Great Western Railway's Bicester cut-off and the
2099:
609:
139:
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5616:
Simpson, volume 1, pages 60 and 62; original timetable reproduced on page 62
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Islip; opened 1 October 1850; closed 1 January 1968. (Reopened 13 May 1989.)
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Pillinge, Wootton Broadmead, Kempston Hardwick, and Kempston & Elstow.
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4267:. The 1847 powers also included an extension to Banbury, connecting to the
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The freight-only section between Bicester and Bletchley was mothballed by
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in 1891, becoming the northern terminus of the Metropolitan Railway. Two
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The Midland Railway's London extension opened in 1857, at this stage to
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Woburn; opened 18 November 1846; renamed Woburn Sands 1860; still open.
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4019:
was the main railway line that linked the English university cities of
3109:
129:
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5049:
Marsh Gibbon and Poundon; opened 2 August 1880; closed 1 January 1968.
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advertised in the ordinary timetables, but only by handbills locally.
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5977:
Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology
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4228:. A proposed extension of the Bedford line on to Cambridge through
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After the partial closure, portions of the route continued as the
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4629:, and the remaining stopping places were given raised platforms.
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5493:
From Oxford to Cambridge by the London and North Western Railway
4817:
4254:
5315:
Oxford to Cambridge Railway: volume two: Bletchley to Cambridge
5289:
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 4, the City of Oxford
4984:
4392:
4386:
4378:
4082:
4020:
5125:
Girtford Halt; opened 1 January 1938; closed 17 November 1940.
4438:
5533:
The Great Northern Railway: volume 1: Origins and Development
5014:; convergence of spur from Handborough; 1854 – 1965; renamed
4937:
4341:
5365:
Oxford to Cambridge Railway: Volume One: Oxford to Bletchley
4777:
Since the war, the site has been retained as a base for the
4734:
1881:
1873:
1866:
1859:
180:
1993: mothballed Claydon Junction–Bletchley (to all traffic)
178:
1968: Bedford to Cambridge; Oxford–Bletchley (to passengers)
5737:
Milk Churns to Merry-go-round: A Century of Train Operation
5018:
about 1950 to avoid confusion with the junction at Reading.
4472:
5143:
Old North Road; opened 7 July 1862; closed 1 January 1968.
5055:; trailing junction from Great Central main line; 1940 - .
6085:. Shepperton: Ian Allan. December 1964. pp. 398–401.
6035:
The Oxford To Cambridge Railway: Forty Years On 1960–2000
4569:
on 20 October 1870, and on to Cambridge on 10 July 1871.
6168:
5508:, George Allen and Unwin Limited, London, 1966, page 153
5149:
Cambridge; Eastern Counties Railway station; still open.
5146:
Lords Bridge; opened 7 July 1862; closed 1 January 1968.
4797:
4336:
5581:, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1968, revised 1977,
5068:
Swanbourne; opened October 1851; closed 1 January 1968.
5043:
Gavray Junction; divergence towards Princes Risborough.
4830:
The Modernisation and Re-equipment of British Railways,
46:
Bletchley station, at the midpoint of the line, in 1962
7819:
5890:
5819:
The Modernisation and Re-equipment of British Railways
5116:; connection to Goldington Power Station; closed 1981.
5046:
Launton; opened 1 October 1850; closed 1 January 1968.
4295:
Rewley Road station building (preserved and relocated)
6064:
A Triumph of Restoration - Oxford Rewley Road Station
5140:
Gamlingay; opened 7 July 1862; closed 1 January 1968.
5119:
Willington; opened 1 May 1903; closed 1 January 1968.
4821:
Railway lines at Bletchley after construction of the
4433:
5790:
By Rail to Victory: The Story of the LNER in Wartime
5074:
Fenny Stratford; opened 18 November 1846. still open
3019:
3011:
3004:
5122:
Blunham; opened 7 July 1862; closed 1 January 1968.
6032:
5065:Winslow; opened 1 May 1850; closed 1 January 1968.
5058:Claydon: opened 1 May 1850; closed 1 January 1968.
2876:
2868:
2861:
6014:Oxford, Bletchley & Bedford Line Through Time
5833:British Railways: 1948 – 1973: A Business History
5704:, History Press, Stroud, 2006, new edition 2012,
5131:; diverging junction to north curve 1940 - ?
7868:
5990:The Railways of Great Britain A Historical Atlas
5979:, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002
5092:Lidlington; opened 18 November 1846; still open.
4980:List of Varsity line station locations and dates
4539:separate LNWR goods station west of Hills Road.
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2008:
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373:
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234:
5464:The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
5421:, Atlantic Transport Publishers, Penryn, 1996,
5419:The London and North Western Railway: A History
5389:The London and Birmingham Railway, 150 years on
4812:
4078:the Bedford Railway, from Bletchley to Bedford;
1996:
1988:
1981:
7193:
5626:
5624:
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5543:
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5089:Ridgmont; opened 18 November 1846; still open.
4871:Rationalisation and extensive section closures
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7446:
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249:
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5821:, British Transport Commission, London, 1955
5446:
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5432:
4879:The Oxford to Cambridge railway line in 1960
4754:
4478:The Sandy and Potton Railway was planned by
4471:on 7 June 1850, ultimately giving access to
4182:construction work on the intervening section
5870:(Revised ed.). London: Ian Allan Ltd.
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5391:, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1987,
5359:
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5355:
5353:
5351:
5293:Victoria History of the Counties of England
5265:, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1976,
4745:Crump explains the strategic significance:
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4351:Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
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5495:, Railway Magazine, October 1910, page 321
5466:, Mid England Books, Kidderminster, 2002,
5458:
5456:
5367:, Oxford Publishing Co, Headington, 1981,
5349:
5347:
5345:
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5341:
5339:
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5335:
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5331:
5317:, Oxford Publishing Company, Poole, 1983,
4938:Revitalisation and renewal, East West Rail
4588:Railmotor at Bicester Town railway station
4241:
3232:
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256:
242:
6881:Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway
5927:
5909:
5795:
5770:
5739:, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1986,
5655:
5610:
5571:
5535:, Harpur Collins, 1978, pages 143 and 144
5441:
4918:binliner but this had been re-routed via
4604:the halts were opened on 9 October 1905.
4396:Woburn Sands railway station, about 1895
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4559:through coach attached to other trains.
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4263:shape from Bletchley to both Oxford and
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23:. For the train service in America, see
7620:Transport in Luton/Dunstable Urban Area
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5945:
5918:
5855:
5755:Ernest R Lawton and Maurice W Sackett,
5453:
5383:
5381:
5328:
5307:
4999:; convergence from GWR line; from 1940.
4523:The Bedford and Cambridge Railway, 1862
4459:The Sandy and Potton Railway in context
4190:a point where engines were changed over
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1946:
1938:
650:
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6917:Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
6866:Banbury to Verney Junction branch line
5959:"Bicester-Bletchley line mothballed".
5562:
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5476:
5413:
5411:
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4934:and the reinitated passenger service.
4381:to Wolverhampton LNWR station via the
4271:there, and a southward extension from
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7331:Wolverton and Stony Stratford Tramway
7301:Milton Keynes Central railway station
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6142:
6081:"The Oxford-Cambridge Closure Case".
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5779:
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5694:
5664:
5641:Railway Amalgamation in Great Britain
5511:
5276:
5250:
4906:in 1993 following the closure of the
4798:Transfer to the GWR station at Oxford
4337:Wolverhampton to London via Bletchley
4100:at Oxford, with its northward allies;
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7877:Railway lines in the East of England
7388:Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway
7011:Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway
6170:Railway lines in the East of England
6062:Adlam, Lance; Simpson, Bill (2008).
5982:
5942:Simpson, volume 1, pages 134 and 136
5835:, Cambridge University Press, 1986,
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5792:, published by the LNER, York, 1947
5759:, Oxford Publishing Company, 1992,
5674:, Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 2000,
5402:
4467:had opened its line from London to
4250:The Buckinghamshire Railway in 1851
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335:
13:
6039:. Witney: Lamplight Publications.
6005:
5864:"7. Chief Operating Officer, B.R."
5810:Lawton and Sackett, pages 11 to 20
5776:Simpson, volume 1, pages 18 and 19
5661:Simpson, volume 1, pages 37 and 38
5547:Simpson, volume 2, pages 15 and 16
5450:Simpson, volume 1, pages 97 and 99
5209:, was bought by the LNWR for £350.
5008:; diverging junction; 1854 – 1863.
4914:to Wolverton, plus the daily Avon-
4788:
4434:Joint station proposed for Bedford
4412:
4345:Railway lines at Bletchley in 1854
4159:
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3289:
14:
7928:
7887:Rail transport in Buckinghamshire
6835:Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line
6334:London, Tilbury and Southend line
6090:
5893:The Reshaping of British Railways
5801:Simpson, volume 1, pages 68 to 71
5691:Simpson, volume 2, pages 80 to 82
5630:Simpson, volume 2, pages 33 to 35
4668:
16:Historic Oxford–Cambridge railway
7892:Rail transport in Cambridgeshire
7249:
6891:Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway
6555:
6307:
4899:line between Bicester and Oxford
4647:London and North Eastern Railway
4359:London and North Western Railway
4331:Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway
4258:Railways at Oxford north in 1854
4226:London and North Western Railway
4059:
4029:London and North Western Railway
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721:
673:
665:
656:
649:
642:
592:
584:
577:
567:
559:
550:
543:
524:
517:
509:
501:
492:
461:
454:
447:
440:
418:
411:
404:
397:
334:
325:
314:
306:
297:
290:
40:
7907:Rail transport in Milton Keynes
7291:Fenny Stratford railway station
6746:Magic Roundabout (High Wycombe)
5891:British Railways Board (1963).
5672:Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire
5506:The Rise of the Midland Railway
5230:
5221:
5212:
5199:
5160:Rail transport in Great Britain
4976:) before the end of the 2030s.
4932:Bicester Central Ordnance Depot
4693:Wragg describes the situation:
4684:
4442:The railways of Bedford in 1860
4288:trains started on 15 May 1850.
4067:From west to east, these were:
3958:
3926:
3860:
3695:
3655:
3648:
3533:
3282:
2959:
2604:
2381:
2374:
2285:
2253:
1825:
1785:
1627:
1560:
1377:
1316:
1309:
1172:
1158:
911:
879:
765:
551:
405:
291:
7917:1846 establishments in England
7882:Rail transport in Bedfordshire
7326:Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line
7210:Milton Keynes grid road system
6927:Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
6896:Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line
5992:, Ian Allan Publishing, 2003,
5190:
5181:
5172:
4284:to emphasise the distinction.
3933:
3366:
3296:
3258:
2845:
2278:
1652:
1396:
1179:
1165:
1111:
1053:
1046:
904:
298:
1:
7897:Rail transport in Oxfordshire
7281:Bow Brickhill railway station
6886:Cheddington to Aylesbury Line
5244:
4579:
4515:Bedford and Cambridge Railway
4475:, and running through Sandy.
4156:main line, were built later.
4105:London and Birmingham Railway
3853:
3823:
3780:
3735:
3721:
3702:
3688:
3681:
3662:
3438:
3414:
3390:
3180:
3094:
3047:
2852:
2823:
2762:
2646:
2597:
2528:
2497:
2468:
2439:
2410:
2336:
2307:
2246:
2224:
2210:
2203:
2177:
2163:
2156:
2134:
2120:
2113:
2089:
2046:
2039:
1929:
1922:
1832:
1799:
1792:
1745:
1603:
1579:
1506:
1433:
857:
843:
812:
791:
772:
758:
736:
722:
657:
643:
544:
525:
518:
493:
462:
441:
419:
398:
7316:Woburn Sands railway station
6562:Transport in Buckinghamshire
6377:Birmingham–Peterborough line
6102:Railways Evergreen 3 Project
6012:Jenkins, Stanley C. (2013).
4813:1955 development plan: goods
4107:, forming part of the later
2504:
2343:
1245:
1221:
1000:
976:
952:
850:
729:
448:
7:
7912:Rail transport in Cambridge
7415:Milton Keynes redway system
5723:Simpson, volume 1, page 132
5643:, The Railway Gazette, 1923
5153:
4922:. The fertiliser flow from
4075:, from Oxford to Bletchley;
3728:
2535:
2475:
2446:
2417:
2388:
2314:
2217:
2127:
1072:
933:
412:
10:
7933:
6493:Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
6066:. Lamplight Publications.
5933:Simpson, volume 1, page 15
5607:Simpson, volume 2, page 18
5598:Simpson, volume 2, page 28
4941:
4758:
4137:, forming a connection at
18:
7841:
7812:
7792:
7771:
7762:
7734:
7714:
7683:
7667:
7641:
7632:
7612:
7597:Motorway service stations
7596:
7580:
7564:
7498:
7477:
7468:
7462:Transport in Bedfordshire
7407:
7380:
7352:Arriva Shires & Essex
7339:
7321:Wolverton railway station
7271:Bletchley railway station
7258:
7247:
7202:
7160:
7129:
7074:
7053:
7046:
7003:
6982:
6975:
6944:
6909:
6848:
6812:
6786:
6779:
6755:Motorway service stations
6754:
6728:
6707:
6606:
6575:
6568:
6513:Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
6475:
6452:Peterborough–Lincoln line
6427:Hertford East branch line
6364:
6316:
6305:
6245:
6183:
6176:
5965:. June 1993. p. 333.
5915:Gordon, pages 148 and 149
5757:Bicester Military Railway
5652:Simpson, volume 1 page 24
4761:Bicester Military Railway
4755:Bicester Military Railway
4731:miles west of Bletchley.
4698:from Cambridge to Oxford…
4504:of Hatcham; it was named
3966:
3919:
3904:
3835:
3831:
3750:
3743:
3714:
3710:
3674:
3670:
3601:
3597:
3492:
3481:
3455:
3446:
3431:
3422:
3407:
3398:
3383:
3374:
3330:
3323:
3308:
3304:
3275:
3266:
3215:
3188:
3132:
3128:
3106:
3102:
3082:
3055:
3035:
3028:
2932:
2928:
2835:
2831:
2732:
2728:
2639:
2630:
2567:
2543:
2521:
2512:
2490:
2483:
2461:
2454:
2432:
2425:
2403:
2396:
2360:
2351:
2329:
2322:
2300:
2293:
2239:
2232:
2196:
2185:
2149:
2142:
2106:
2097:
2032:
2005:
1915:
1908:
1818:
1807:
1760:
1753:
1684:
1680:
1620:
1611:
1596:
1587:
1572:
1568:
1523:
1514:
1499:
1472:
1450:
1441:
1426:
1404:
1389:
1385:
1365:
1338:
1279:
1253:
1238:
1229:
1214:
1187:
1128:
1119:
1104:
1080:
1065:
1061:
1017:
1008:
993:
984:
969:
960:
945:
941:
923:
919:
869:
865:
831:
820:
784:
780:
748:
744:
710:
683:
629:
602:
537:
533:
481:
470:
434:
427:
371:
344:
284:
197:
189:
184:
174:
166:
161:
145:
135:
125:
120:
110:
89:
79:
69:
56:
51:
39:
34:
7722:List of railway stations
7701:Bedford–Northampton line
6901:Bedford–Northampton line
5868:I tried to run a Railway
5178:About £16,000,000 today.
5165:
4637:Grouping of the railways
4480:Captain Sir William Peel
4451:Sandy and Potton Railway
4269:Oxford and Rugby Railway
4146:Eastern Counties Railway
4122:, crossing the route at
7821:Long-distance footpaths
7754:Shuttleworth Collection
7372:United Counties Omnibus
7075:Long-distance footpaths
6861:Great Central Main Line
6804:Great Western Main Line
6457:Shenfield–Southend line
6253:Great Eastern Main Line
6016:. Amberley Publishing.
5702:Wartime on the Railways
5218:about £1,800,000 today.
4960:(51.978387, -0.786477).
4242:Buckinghamshire Railway
4203:Bedford Railway in 1846
4073:Buckinghamshire Railway
7706:Dunstable Branch Lines
7357:Milton Keynes Coachway
7347:Buses in Milton Keynes
7242:(Roman road, "Old A5")
6736:Handy Cross roundabout
6432:Hitchin–Cambridge line
6412:Felixstowe branch line
6031:Simpson, Bill (2000).
5237:early in the century."
4989:
4961:
4880:
4868:
4825:
4807:Oxford railway station
4770:
4752:
4739:
4706:
4700:
4589:
4555:
4554:Potton Station in 1967
4524:
4502:George England and Co.
4465:Great Northern Railway
4460:
4443:
4397:
4346:
4305:Oxford Parkway station
4296:
4259:
4251:
4214:that town's connection
4204:
4135:Great Northern Railway
4048:at Bicester, enabling
7417:(shared path network)
6932:Seer Green rail crash
6825:London–Aylesbury line
6508:Mangapps Farm Railway
6503:North Norfolk Railway
6407:Ely–Peterborough line
6387:Braintree branch line
6344:West Anglia Main Line
6213:Luton Airport Parkway
5482:Reed, pages 65 and 66
5016:Banbury Road Junction
5006:Yarnton Loop Junction
4997:Oxford North Junction
4987:
4951:
4878:
4857:
4820:
4768:
4747:
4737:
4701:
4695:
4657:The Micheline railcar
4627:diesel multiple units
4587:
4553:
4522:
4458:
4441:
4395:
4344:
4294:
4257:
4249:
4202:
4154:Great Central Railway
4098:Great Western Railway
2633:Kempston & Elstow
7696:Bedford–Hitchin line
7659:East Coast Main Line
7649:West Coast Main Line
7588:Black Cat Roundabout
7311:West Coast Main Line
6962:Silverstone Heliport
6794:West Coast Main Line
6488:Epping Ongar Railway
6483:Colne Valley Railway
6230:West Coast Main Line
6191:East Coast Main Line
5862:G F Fiennes (1973).
5568:Reed, pages 80 to 82
5517:Awdry, pages 134-135
5053:Claydon LNE Junction
5012:Oxford Road Junction
4966:Oxford–Bicester line
4920:London and Aylesbury
4839:West Coast Main Line
4837:(a viaduct over the
4779:Royal Logistic Corps
4769:Arncott Supply Depot
4420:Metropolitan Railway
4282:Claydon LNE Junction
4131:East Coast Main Line
4109:West Coast Main Line
2740:Bedford–Hitchin line
1195:GWR Bicester cut-off
691:Cherwell Valley line
352:Cherwell Valley line
155:West Midlands Trains
7902:Transport in Oxford
7367:Stagecoach Midlands
6957:Turweston Aerodrome
6498:Mid-Norfolk Railway
6462:Sunshine Coast Line
6121: /
5895:. London: Collins.
5843:, pages 290 and 703
5129:Sandy West Junction
4974:East West Main Line
4383:South Staffordshire
3485:Mullard Observatory
157:(Bletchley–Bedford)
6840:Marlow branch line
6799:Chiltern Main Line
6397:Crouch Valley line
6324:Hertford loop line
6097:West Rail proposal
4990:
4962:
4881:
4826:
4771:
4740:
4590:
4556:
4525:
4461:
4444:
4398:
4347:
4297:
4260:
4252:
4205:
4046:Chiltern Main Line
4027:, operated by the
84:South East England
7864:
7863:
7837:
7836:
7808:
7807:
7800:Grand Union Canal
7730:
7729:
7675:Marston Vale line
7654:Midland Main Line
7628:
7627:
7581:Notable junctions
7428:
7427:
7424:
7423:
7399:Grand Union Canal
7394:Cosgrove aqueduct
7296:Marston Vale line
7266:Bletchley Flyover
7125:
7124:
7112:Shakespeare's Way
7042:
7041:
7017:Grand Union Canal
6940:
6939:
6830:Metropolitan line
6820:Marston Vale line
6775:
6774:
6741:Denham Roundabout
6729:Notable junctions
6521:
6520:
6442:Marston Vale line
6422:Gainsborough line
6402:East Suffolk line
6356:West London Route
6303:
6302:
6208:Midland Main Line
6073:978-1-899246-21-2
6023:978-1-4456-1748-0
5902:978-0-00-751196-9
5877:978-0-7110-0447-4
5765:978-0-86093-467-7
5710:978 0 7524 8612 3
5531:John Wrottesley,
5429:, pages 45 and 46
5295:. p. 284–295
5114:Goldington Siding
4970:Marston Vale line
4904:Trainload Freight
4889:Marston Vale Line
4843:Bletchley station
4835:Bletchley Flyover
4823:Bletchley Flyover
4738:Sandy North Curve
4704:link was created.
4643:Railways Act 1921
4323:Sheepwash Channel
4218:George Stephenson
4194:passengers rested
4116:Midland Main Line
4050:Chiltern Railways
4013:
4012:
4009:
4008:
3987:
3986:
3771:
3770:
3513:
3512:
3209:
3208:
3076:
3075:
3063:Midland Main Line
2950:
2949:
2753:
2752:
2588:
2587:
2575:Midland Main Line
2562:
2561:
2515:Wootton Broadmead
2364:Marston Vale line
2189:Grand Union Canal
2026:
2025:
1811:Bletchley Flyover
1755:Swanbourne Siding
1544:
1543:
1493:
1492:
1480:Banbury–Verney Jn
1420:
1419:
1359:
1358:
1300:
1299:
1273:
1272:
1208:
1207:
1149:
1148:
1099:
1098:
1037:
1036:
750:Wolvercote tunnel
704:
703:
623:
622:
474:Sheepwash Channel
390:
389:
365:
364:
233:
232:
152:(Oxford–Bicester)
150:Chiltern Railways
7924:
7817:
7816:
7779:River Great Ouse
7769:
7768:
7639:
7638:
7475:
7474:
7455:
7448:
7441:
7432:
7431:
7253:
7188:
7181:
7174:
7165:
7164:
7161:Related articles
7097:Greater Ridgeway
7051:
7050:
6995:River Great Ouse
6980:
6979:
6967:Wycombe Air Park
6952:Denham Aerodrome
6784:
6783:
6573:
6572:
6560:
6559:
6548:
6541:
6534:
6525:
6524:
6437:Ipswich–Ely line
6329:Lea Valley lines
6311:
6235:Watford Junction
6181:
6180:
6163:
6156:
6149:
6140:
6139:
6136:
6135:
6133:
6132:
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6126:
6125:51.968°N 0.818°W
6122:
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6118:
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5385:
5376:
5361:
5326:
5311:
5305:
5304:
5302:
5300:
5285:"Communications"
5280:
5274:
5273:, pages 17 to 27
5259:
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4954:Newton Longville
4866:
4794:Western Region.
4730:
4729:
4725:
4722:
4495:
4494:
4490:
4487:
4377:, and also from
4235:River Great Ouse
4133:, opened by the
4118:, opened by the
3970:
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3960:
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3782:
3758:Ipswich–Ely line
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2940:Bedford St Johns
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2837:Bedford St Johns
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2021:Milton Keynes C.
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1531:Metropolitan Rly
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1416:reversing siding
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978:
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846:
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294:
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190:Number of tracks
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31:
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7931:
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7867:
7866:
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7804:
7788:
7758:
7726:
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7679:
7663:
7624:
7608:
7592:
7576:
7560:
7494:
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7459:
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7408:Other transport
7403:
7376:
7335:
7254:
7245:
7198:
7192:
7156:
7121:
7107:Ouse Valley Way
7070:
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6999:
6971:
6936:
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6876:Wycombe Railway
6844:
6808:
6771:
6767:Newport Pagnell
6750:
6724:
6703:
6602:
6564:
6554:
6552:
6522:
6517:
6471:
6360:
6339:Watford DC line
6312:
6299:
6241:
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6167:
6129:
6127:
6123:
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6093:
6083:Modern Railways
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6006:Further reading
6003:
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5975:Michael Quick,
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5962:Modern Railways
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25:Varsity (train)
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12:
11:
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7930:
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7909:
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1122:Bicester chord
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963:Oddington Halt
961:
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931:
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927:
921:
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918:
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902:
894:
886:
885:
884:
877:
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871:Oxford Parkway
867:
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832:
829:
828:
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431:
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396:
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369:
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305:
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296:
289:
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285:
278:
277:
272:
269:
268:
264:
263:
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260:
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246:
238:
231:
230:
227:standard gauge
201:
195:
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187:
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176:
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159:
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137:
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118:
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108:
107:
105:
104:
99:
93:
91:
87:
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81:
77:
76:
71:
67:
66:
63:East West Rail
58:
54:
53:
49:
48:
45:
37:
36:
21:East West Rail
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
7929:
7918:
7915:
7913:
7910:
7908:
7905:
7903:
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7898:
7895:
7893:
7890:
7888:
7885:
7883:
7880:
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7857:
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7744:Luton Airport
7742:
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7276:Bletchley TMD
7274:
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7196:Milton Keynes
7194:Transport in
7189:
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7102:Midshires Way
7100:
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7032:Aylesbury Arm
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6871:Brill Tramway
6869:
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6715:Akeman Street
6713:
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7066:The Ridgeway
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6990:River Thames
6856:Varsity Line
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6382:Bittern Line
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1144:High Wycombe
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824:Bucks Jn Rly
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265:Varsity Line
74:Network Rail
60:
35:Varsity Line
29:
7843:Cycle paths
7784:River Ouzel
7668:Other lines
7565:Roman roads
7130:Cycle paths
7061:Thames Path
6813:Other lines
6708:Roman roads
6283:Manningtree
6184:North–South
6128: /
5735:R T Munns,
4612:World War I
3982:King's Lynn
3269:Sandy curve
1268:and Poundon
1094:London Road
385:Rewley Road
199:Track gauge
146:Operator(s)
7871:Categories
7642:Main lines
7604:Toddington
7390:(proposed)
7117:Swan's Way
7022:Slough Arm
6787:Main lines
6372:Abbey Line
6278:Colchester
6263:Chelmsford
6113:51°58′05″N
5682:, page 110
5589:, page 147
5299:13 October
5245:References
4715:Swanbourne
4616:autotrains
4580:Railmotors
4426:worked to
4375:Hanborough
4212:following
4170:stagecoach
3843:Mildenhall
3110:River Ivel
3038:Willington
2583:St Pancras
2427:Lidlington
1614:Swanbourne
130:Heavy rail
7813:Footpaths
7764:Waterways
7749:RAF Bases
7478:Motorways
7047:Footpaths
7013:(planned)
6976:Waterways
6576:Motorways
6349:Cambridge
6317:Secondary
6273:Marks Tey
6258:Shenfield
6196:Stevenage
6116:0°49′05″W
5767:, page 17
5399:, page 15
4663:Micheline
4594:railmotor
4567:Gamlingay
4385:curve at
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4186:Wolverton
4056:.
4025:Cambridge
3745:Cambridge
3401:Gamlingay
3071:Leicester
2485:Stewartby
2456:Millbrook
1910:Bletchley
1539:Aylesbury
1295:Aylesbury
185:Technical
170:1846–1851
116:2 planned
102:Cambridge
7856:Route 51
7362:MK Metro
7152:Route 57
7147:Route 51
6476:Heritage
6417:Fen line
6055:54047797
5154:See also
4968:and the
4863:—
4717:, about
4533:Shepreth
4085:Railway.
3974:Fen line
2946:(former)
2557:Hardwick
2550:Kempston
2398:Ridgmont
1486:line to
1087:Bicester
1025:Bicester
618:Hereford
222: in
111:Stations
52:Overview
7851:Route 6
7499:A-roads
7142:Route 6
7137:Route 4
6607:A-roads
6293:Norwich
6288:Ipswich
6223:Bedford
6177:Primary
4958:Whaddon
4916:Calvert
4912:Whatley
4841:beside
4726:⁄
4610:Due to
4574:Hitchin
4506:Shannon
4491:⁄
4430:daily.
4312:Winslow
4265:Banbury
4230:Hitchin
4180:during
4124:Bedford
3912:St Ives
3766:Ipswich
3508:Hitchin
3338:Hitchin
3085:Blunham
3030:Bedford
2748:Hitchin
1590:Winslow
1488:Banbury
1444:Claydon
1232:Launton
1203:Banbury
699:Banbury
217:⁄
162:History
121:Service
114:13 open
90:Termini
7793:Canals
7772:Rivers
7004:Canals
6983:Rivers
6365:Others
6268:Witham
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4379:Dudley
4367:Euston
4083:Potton
4021:Oxford
3609:London
3377:Potton
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1100:
429:Oxford
391:
378:Oxford
360:Didcot
274:Legend
175:Closed
167:Opened
136:System
97:Oxford
80:Locale
57:Status
7715:Other
7613:Other
7551:A5130
7546:A5120
7521:A4146
7516:A4012
7511:A1081
7490:A1(M)
7381:Water
7225:A4146
6910:Other
6699:A5130
6679:A4155
6674:A4146
6669:A4012
6664:A4010
6218:Luton
5166:Notes
5062:1947.
5022:1926.
4301:Islip
4178:Rugby
4141:; and
4139:Sandy
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70:Owner
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7541:A507
7536:A505
7526:A421
7470:Road
7259:Rail
7235:A509
7220:A422
7215:A421
7203:Road
7086:path
6780:Rail
6694:A509
6689:A508
6659:A428
6654:A422
6649:A421
6644:A418
6639:A413
6634:A412
6629:A404
6569:Road
6068:ISBN
6051:OCLC
6041:ISBN
6018:ISBN
5994:ISBN
5897:ISBN
5872:ISBN
5837:ISBN
5761:ISBN
5741:ISBN
5706:ISBN
5676:ISBN
5583:ISBN
5468:ISBN
5423:ISBN
5393:ISBN
5369:ISBN
5319:ISBN
5301:2019
5267:ISBN
4956:and
4473:York
4463:The
4369:and
4349:The
4192:and
4144:the
4129:the
4114:the
4103:the
4096:The
4071:the
4023:and
4015:The
3605:WAML
3334:ECML
3196:ECML
2013:WCML
1688:WCML
1346:GCML
1287:GCML
126:Type
61:see
7736:Air
7340:Bus
6945:Air
6624:A41
6619:A40
6598:M40
6593:M25
4926:to
4908:ARC
4845:).
4176:to
4172:on
4034:In
3980:to
3910:to
3908:GER
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2019:to
1690:to
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1352:to
1293:to
1201:to
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