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8 unusual facts about Oxford railway station


Castle Mill

Castle Mill is located north of Oxford railway station along Roger Dudman Way, just to the west of the railway tracks on what was formerly Cripley Meadow, south of Port Meadow.

Osney Abbey

To the north are the busy arterial road leading west out of Oxford, Botley Road, and Oxford railway station.

Osney Lock

The river passes a former electricity generating station and is crossed by Osney Bridge near Oxford railway station.

Oxford railway station

South of the station immediately west of the railway tracks is Osney Cemetery, established in 1848 just before the current station site.

A new covered footbridge would also be built over Botley Road to link the station building with the new platform, replacing the existing footbridge to the car park.

Rewley Abbey

-- see talk page re. dates --> The only remaining trace of the Abbey is the remains of a wall and gate near the terminus of the Oxford Canal, which for many years marked the perimeter of the rail yard at Oxford railway station.

Roger Dudman

Roger Dudman died in 1990 and several local landmarks bear his name: posthumously the Oxford road, "Roger Dudman Way", north of Oxford railway station, the site of the Castle Mill student blocks.

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.


Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Rewley Road, the Oxford terminus of Harry Verney's Buckinghamshire Railway and of the Oxford to Cambridge Line, closed to passengers on 1 October 1951 with trains diverted to the former GWR Oxford General, the current Oxford station.

Oxpens Road

To the northwest, Oxpens Road becomes Hollybush Row, meeting at Frideswide Square, forming the major junction of the Botley Road, Park End Street and Hythe Bridge Street near the Saïd Business School and Oxford railway station (to the west of the city centre).


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