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unusual facts about Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway



Cholsey and Wallingford Railway

The original branch platform at Cholsey station is still available to the preserved railway, and trains connect here with First Great Western stopping services on the Great Western Main Line between Reading and Didcot stations.

Collaborative Computational Project Number 4

The CCP4 core team is located at the Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH) at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Didcot, near Oxford, UK.

Hampstead Norreys

Hampstead Norris railway station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway served Hampstead Norreys until it closed in 1962.

Oxfordshire Guardian

It was launched in July 2011 and publishes three issues covering Oxfordshire, one covering Oxford city (which was formerly known as the Oxford Journal), one covering the South and Vale of White Horse (namely Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage, and the third covering Witney, Carterton and West Oxfordshire.

The Android Invasion

Location filming for the Kraal-replicated village of Devesham took place in East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire, a few miles from Didcot.

Whitchurch railway station

Whitchurch Town railway station - a former station on the Didcot, Newbury & Southampton line in Hampshire

Winnersh

Golden Globe-winning BBC sitcom The Office namechecks Winnersh when Ricky Gervais as David Brent muses on his future: "My world does not end with these four walls. Slough's a big place, and when I'm finished with Slough, there's Reading, Aldershot, Bracknell, you know, I've got – Didcot, Yateley. You know. My – Winnersh, Taplow. And because I am my own boss, I can.. Burghfield."

Wycombe Railway

In 1864, it opened an extension from Thame to Kennington Junction on the GWR line between Didcot and Oxford, thus finally completing its route to Oxford.


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