Class 165 "Networker Turbo" Class 220 "Voyager" Class 221 "Super Voyager" Class 800 "Intercity Express Train"
Class 802 "Intercity Express Train"
Technical
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed
110 mph (177 km/h) maximum
Route map
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Cherwell Valley line
Legend
Chiltern Main Line
to Leamington Spa
34⅓
Banbury
Verney Junction branch
M40 motorway
30½
Kings Sutton
Banbury and Cheltenham
Direct Railway
M40 motorway
29⅓
Aynho Junction
Chiltern Main Line
to Bicester North
Aynho
Fritwell & Somerton
Oxford Canal
23⅛
Heyford
19½
Tackley
Bletchington
Shipton cement works
Blenheim and Woodstock
branch line
Kidlington
Oxford Canal
Buckinghamshire Jn Rly
Cotswold Line to Worcester
13¼
Duke's Cut
A34
Oxford Western Bypass
(Wolvercote Viaduct)
Wolvercot Platform
Oxford–Bicester line
11⅜
Oxford North Junction
Sheepwash Channel
10⅜
Oxford
gas works
Osney Rail Bridge
over River Thames
Oxford (Grandpont)
Hinksey Halt
Millstream Junction
Abingdon Road Halt
A423
Oxford
Southern Bypass
8⅓
Kennington Junction
Mini factory
Wycombe Railway
5¼
Radley
Abingdon Junction
Abingdon Junction
Abingdon Railway
Nuneham Viaduct
over River Thames
Culham Cutting
3⅓
Culham
Appleford Railway Bridge
over River Thames
2⅓
Appleford
Gravel pits
⅞
Didcot North Junction
Didcot Railway Centre
0⅓
Didcot Parkway
Great Western Main Line
to Swindon | to Reading
The Cherwell Valley line is the railway line between Didcot and Banbury via Oxford. It links the Great Western Main Line and the south to the Chiltern Main Line and the Midlands. The line follows the River Cherwell for much of its route between Banbury and Oxford.
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part of the CherwellValleyLine from Oxford to its junction with the Chiltern Main Line near Aynho, south of Banbury; the Chiltern Main Line from Banbury...
The river gives its name to the Cherwell local government district and Cherwell, an Oxford student newspaper. Cherwell is pronounced /ˈtʃɑːrwɛl/, particularly...
station, the Cotswold Line shares track with the CherwellValleyLine to Banbury. About 220 yards (200 m) north of the station, the line crosses the Sheepwash...
the CherwellValleyline. During the heyday of the route, many prestigious trains ran from Paddington to the northwest of England via the Joint Line, reaching...
Great Western Railway line between Oxford and Banbury. The line is now known as the CherwellValleyLine or the "Oxford Canal Line". The platform was opened...
flight of locks and into the vale of the nascent Cherwell at Cropredy. The canal descends the valley to Oxford. Banbury has many visitor moorings alongside...
serves the village of Culham in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the CherwellValleyLine between Didcot Parkway and Banbury, 56 miles 17 chains (90.5 km)...
river. At the confluence of the Thames and Cherwell was the site of early settlements and the River Cherwell marked the boundary between the Dobunni tribe...
The Varsity Line was the main railway line that linked the English university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, operated by the London and North Western...
station parallel with the CherwellValleyLine north to Shipton-on-Cherwell, where it turned west through Shipton-on-Cherwell Halt towards Blenheim and...
Oxfordshire, and the fourth busiest in South East England. It is on the line for trains between London Paddington and Hereford via Worcester Shrub Hill...
civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, on the edge of the Cherwellvalley 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east of the north Oxfordshire town of Banbury...
main line from Reading to Steventon. During this period a stagecoach transported passengers to Oxford from Steventon. A few weeks later the line was extended...
well as nearby settlements such as Sutton Courtenay. It is on the CherwellValleyLine between Didcot Parkway and Banbury, 55 miles 16 chains (88.8 km)...
bowstring truss bridge that carries the Didcot to Oxford section of the CherwellValleyLine across the River Thames between Abingdon Lock and Sandford Lock....
parliamentary train services: CherwellValleyline: there is a single daily parliamentary service operating on the CherwellValleyline from Oxford to Banbury...
a single late evening service between Oxford and Banbury via the CherwellValleyLine. Great Western Railway operate services approximately every two hours...
Western Main Line (Local services between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway). CherwellValleyLine (Didcot Parkway - Oxford) Cotswold Line (Oxford - Hereford)...
Chippenham; Bath; Keynsham; and Bristol. From London to Didcot, the line follows the Thames Valley, crossing the River Thames three times, including on the Maidenhead...
bridge over the River Thames at Oxford in England. It carries the CherwellValleyLine between Didcot and Oxford across the river on the reach between Iffley...
1851. The first line to open on the site was the Buckinghamshire Railway, which opened a line from Bletchley to Banbury in 1850; a line branching west...
Buckinghamshire, England. The original station (1850–1968) was on the former Varsity Line between Cambridge and Oxford. As of August 2023[update], construction of...
British Railways closed the station in 1964 but the line remains open as part of the CherwellValleyLine. Lobel 1959, pp. 56–71 Jervoise 1932, p. 153. Jervoise...
England. The station is operated by Chiltern Railways, on the Chiltern Main Line, and has four platforms in use. Banbury Bridge Street station opened on 2...