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...
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Look up varsity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Varsity may refer to: University, a college or university sports team. Varsity College (South Africa)...
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East West Rail (redirect from East West Main Line)
(at Bletchley) and Bedford, largely using the trackbed of the former Varsity Line. Thus it provides a potential route between any or all of the Great Western...
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The Marston Vale line is the line between Bletchley and Bedford in England, a surviving remnant of the former Varsity Line between Oxford and Cambridge...
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The Metropolitan line, colloquially known as the Met, is a London Underground line between Aldgate in the City of London and Amersham and Chesham in Buckinghamshire...
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Great Northern route (redirect from Great Northern Line)
are not limited to, the following: The Varsity Line connected Cambridge with Oxford via Sandy and Bedford ("Varsity" being slang for "University", those...
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A varsity team is the principal sports team representing an institution like a college, university, or high school. Varsity teams compete against each...
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The term Oxford–Cambridge line has more than one meaning The Varsity Line (1845 to 1967) describes the original railway line between Oxford and Cambridge;...
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Buckinghamshire, England. The original station (1850–1968) was on the former Varsity Line between Cambridge and Oxford. As of August 2023[update], construction...
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between Oxford and Cambridge introduced on what became known as the "Varsity Line". By the 1860s, the railways in East Anglia were in financial trouble...
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The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow...
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Verney Junction railway station (category Metropolitan line stations)
Verney Junction and this, known as the Varsity line, became the busiest line through the site, leaving the line to Banbury as a relatively quiet branch...
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station, on the Varsity Line (the original Oxford to Cambridge line). Its role was diminished following the substantial closure of that line in 1967, leaving...
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The Chiltern Main Line is a railway line which links London (Marylebone) and Birmingham (Moor Street and Snow Hill) on a 112-mile (180 km) route via High...
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Buckingham (1850) (that together subsequently became the Oxford – Cambridge "Varsity Line"), made the station at Bletchley a substantial one. Bletchley grew to...
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Oxbridge line has more than one possible meaning: The Varsity line, the historic railway line between Oxford and Cambridge, that was in use between 1845...
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Bletchley railway station (category Stations on the West Coast Main Line)
West Coast Main Line with the Bletchley–Bedford Marston Vale line and the disused Bletchley–Oxford Varsity Line. It is the nearest main line station for Bletchley...
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in the southeast, and continued northwest via St Albans to Wroxeter. The line of the road was later the southwestern border of the Danelaw with Wessex...
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and the planting of hedges. The idea for a long-distance path along the line of the Wessex Downs and Chilterns goes back to the Hobhouse Committee of...
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junction of the London and North Western Railway with the Oxford–Cambridge Varsity Line). The most notable archaeological artefact was the Milton Keynes Hoard...
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London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) "Varsity Line" service from Cambridge via Bletchley. The line from Bletchley to Oxford was opened by the Buckinghamshire...
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The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads. It connects to...
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The Midland Main Line (MML), sometimes also spelt Midland Mainline, is a major railway line from London to Sheffield in Yorkshire via the East Midlands...
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Varsity Blues is a 1999 American coming-of-age sports comedy-drama film directed by Brian Robbins that follows a small-town high school football team...
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Central Main Line (GCML), also known as the London Extension of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR), is a former railway line in the...
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the former junction, the line turns east to join the Varsity Line, while the trackbed of the former Great Central Main Line continues northwest. London...
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The Northern City Line is a commuter railway line in England, which runs from Moorgate station to Finsbury Park in London with services running beyond...
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Milton Keynes Central railway station (category Stations on the West Coast Main Line)
ISSN 0033-8923. West Coast Main Line: Progress Report – May 2006 Archived 6 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine "Oxford-Cambridge Varsity Line reopening proposals...
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originally a reinforced concrete railway viaduct that carried the former Varsity line between Oxford and Cambridge from 1959 until its closure in 1968. The...
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The Varsity Line, which connected Oxford to Cambridge, ran through Sandy until 1967. Girtford Halt was a short-lived station on the Varsity Line in the...
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