• The Oxford and Rugby Railway was promoted by the Great Western Railway as a means of connecting to the West Midlands and the north of England, by joining...
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    (GWR) opened to Oxford on 12 June 1844 with a terminus station in what is now Western Road, Grandpont. In 1845 the Oxford and Rugby Railway (ORR) began to...
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  • Midlands, and in due course the north-west. It overtook another GWR subsidiary, the unbuilt Oxford and Rugby Railway, and the Birmingham Extension Railway which...
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    was the main railway line that linked the English university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, operated by the London and North Western Railway. In World War...
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  • The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OW&WR) was a railway company in England. It built a line from Wolvercot Junction near Oxford to Worcester...
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    Construction of the Oxford and Rugby Railway between Oxford and Banbury began in 1845. By the time the line opened in 1850 the Great Western Railway had taken it...
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    Rugby railway station serves the market town of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. The current station dates from 1885; two previous stations dating from...
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    Oxford and Rugby Railway at King's Sutton and the CNR became part of the Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway (B&CDR). Extending the railway from Chipping...
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    north of Coventry and south of Bedworth) via Banbury and Rugby. Completed in 1790, it connects to the River Thames at Oxford, and links with the Grand...
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    South. Oxford University (The Blues) and Oxford Brookes University (The Bulls) both compete in the rugby league BUCS university League. Oxford Harlequins...
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  • looked to expand beyond Oxford by depositing bills for the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway and the Oxford and Rugby Railway which would take it...
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    canal finally reached Oxford and the River Thames at the end of 1789. The Oxford and Rugby Railway had been built from Oxford northwards past Cropredy...
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    Kidlington railway station is a former railway station in Oxfordshire, England, that opened in 1855 on the Oxford and Rugby Railway to serve the village...
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    was slow at the time and some plots were never built upon. The station was going to be part of the GWR's Oxford and Rugby Railway, before the problems...
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  • Glasgow, Scotland Oxford Plains Speedway, a race track in Oxford, Maine Oxford Rugby League, a rugby league club in Oxford, England Oxford United F.C., an...
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  • The Rugby and Stamford Railway was an early railway in England built in 1850. The London and Birmingham Railway had already built a branch from Blisworth...
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    Northamptonshire. The Great Western Railway built the Oxford — Banbury section of the Oxford and Rugby Railway between 1845 and 1850; however, the GWR did not...
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  • on its Oxford and Rugby Railway. It would have formed the junction with its proposed Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway. In 1871 the East and West Junction...
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    (1844) Oxford and Rugby Railway (14 May 1846) ♠ ‡ § Berks and Hants Railway (14 July 1846) ♠ ‡ § Monmouth and Hereford Railway (1846) Great Western and Uxbridge...
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    known as the Cherwell Valley Line. When the first section of the Oxford and Rugby Railway was opened as far as Banbury on 2 September 1850, there were only...
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    'Woodstock', 'Woodstock Road', 'Kirtlington' and finally 'Bletchington'. The Oxford and Rugby Railway planned a railway between those two points, which was authorised...
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    serve the trade on and around the wharf. From 1845 the Oxford and Rugby Railway ran through the hamlet and in 1850 Bletchington railway station was built...
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    International railway station; the smaller Coventry Airport is also nearby. The Oxford Canal, which runs from near Coventry to Oxford, passes around Rugby and through...
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    The Rugby to Leamington Line was a railway line running from Rugby to Leamington Spa. It was a 15-mile (24 km) branch line built by the London and North...
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    from London Paddington. When the Oxford – Banbury section of the Oxford and Rugby Railway opened in 1850 the nearest station was Woodstock Road, which was...
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    the canal passes between the River Cherwell and the village. The Oxford and Rugby Railway between Oxford and Banbury was built past the village in 1848–49...
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    was made of brick and wood, and there was a goods siding and goods shed from The Oxford and Rugby Railway had been built from Oxford northwards past Cropredy...
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    the Rugby side of the station, but was closed by Network Rail in 2002–2004 as a new signalling centre was made. The London and Birmingham Railway opened...
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    via Luton railway station, providing a direct link between the West Coast Main Line and the Midland Main Line. Route X5 route between Oxford and Bedford...
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    one in 1965, but the school was closed in 1981. The Oxford and Rugby Railway between Oxford and Banbury was built past the village in 1848-1849 but the...
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