Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway

Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway
Overview
Type	Rural
System	Great Western Railway
Status	Historical
Locale	South East England East Midlands West Midlands
Termini	Millstream Junction, Oxford Birmingham Snow Hill, Birmingham
Operation
Opened	1850 (Oxford to Banbury) 1852 (Banbury to Birmingham)
Owner	Great Western Railway
Operator(s)	Great Western Railway
Technical
No. of tracks	1–2
Track gauge	Broad gauge and Mixed gauge

The Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway was a railway between Oxford and Birmingham in England.

History

During the 1845–46 session of Parliament, an Act of Parliament to build the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, running from Oxford to Birmingham, was granted.^[1] The Act was passed on 3 August 1846, also sanctioning the Birmingham Extension Railway and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway.^[2] From 1846, the businessman Philip Henry Muntz (1811–1888) was chairman of the company.^[3]

Opening

The Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway line opened between Millstream Junction, in Oxford, and Banbury in 1850, initially as broad gauge.^[4] The rest of the railway line on to Birmingham was two-track mixed-gauge, opened in 1852. The line included a section through Leamington Spa. There would have been a junction between the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway and the Oxford and Rugby Railway at Fenny Compton but the section from Fenny Compton to Rugby was never completed.^[5]

Stations

Initially, there were nine stations north of Banbury. Seven more stations were added around Birmingham during the 19th century.

References

↑ "Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway". Hansard 91. 16 March 1847. pp. 1–17. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
↑ Ferris, Robert. "The Great Western Railway in Warwickshire". Warwickshire Railways.com. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
↑ "Piece reference RAIL 44/55". UK: The National Archives. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
↑ "Birmingham and Oxford Junction". PastScape. UK: English Heritage. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
↑ Daniel, John (2000–11). "A Selection of Great Western Stations: Banbury". The Great Western Archive. Retrieved 25 October 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)

Railway lines in the South East

Primary

International	High Speed 1 (Ashford • Ebbsfleet)

National	Great Western Main Line (Slough • Maidenhead • Reading • Didcot Parkway) West Coast Main Line (Milton Keynes Central)

Secondary

Berks/Bucks/Oxon to London	Aylesbury Line Chiltern Main Line Waterloo to Reading Line (and in Surrey) Windsor & Eton Riverside Line (and in Surrey) Crossrail (under construction) (and past London to Essex)

Kent to London	Bexleyheath Line Chatham Main Line Dartford Loop Line Kent Coast Line Maidstone Line Medway Valley Line North Kent Line Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) Line Sheerness Line South Eastern Main Line Tonbridge Line (and in Surrey)

Surrey/Sussex/Hants to London	Ascot to Guildford Line Alton Line Arun Valley Line Brighton Main Line Caterham Line Fareham Line Hampton Court Branch Line Hastings Line (and in Kent) Chertsey Branch Line Epsom Downs Branch New Guildford Line Oxted Line (and in Kent) Portsmouth Direct Line Shepperton Branch Line South Western Main Line Sutton and Mole Valley Lines Tattenham Corner Line Thameslink (and past London to Beds/Herts) West of England Main Line

Others	Cherwell Valley Line Cotswold Line Eastleigh to Romsey Line East Coastway Line (inc Marshlink Line) Henley Branch Line Island Line, Isle of Wight Lymington Branch Line Marlow Branch Line Marston Vale Line North Downs Line Oxford to Bicester Line Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line Reading to Taunton Line West Coastway Line Wessex Main Line Slough to Windsor & Eton Line Reading to Basingstoke Line Seaford Branch Line

Heritage

Non-passenger/
Defunct

Railway lines in the East Midlands

Primary	Chiltern Main Line Cross Country Route East Coast Main Line Midland Main Line West Coast Main Line

Local	Birmingham to Peterborough Line Buxton Line Crewe-Derby Line Derwent Valley Line Doncaster to Lincoln Line Glossop Line Ivanhoe Line Northampton Loop Line Nottingham-Grantham Line Nottingham-Lincoln Line Oakham to Kettering Line Poacher Line Robin Hood Line Sheffield to Lincoln Line South Humberside Main Line

Freight only	Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line Shirebrook to High Marnham

Heritage	Battlefield Line Chasewater Railway Churnet Valley Railway Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Foxfield Railway Great Central Railway (Leicester) Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Midland Railway - Butterley Nene Valley Railway Northampton & Lamport Railway Peak Rail Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway Rutland Railway (Cottesmore)

Railway lines in the West Midlands

Main lines	West Coast Main Line Cross Country Route Chiltern Main Line

Inter-regional	Birmingham to Peterborough Line Crewe-Derby Line Cotswold Line Shrewsbury to Chester Line Stafford to Manchester Line Welsh Marches Line

Local	Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line Chase Line Coventry to Leamington Line Coventry to Nuneaton Line Cross-City Line Leamington to Stratford Line North Warwickshire Line Northampton Loop Line Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford Line Stone to Colwich Line Stourbridge Town Branch Line Trent Valley Line Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line

Freight only	Camp Hill Line South Staffordshire Line Sutton Park Line Walsall to Wolverhampton Line

Heritage	Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Severn Valley Railway Telford Steam Railway

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Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway

History

Opening

Stations

See also

References