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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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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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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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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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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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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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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arenas to be built without pillars in the seating area blocking the line of sight, Varsity Arena sat close to 4,800 in double wooden chairs at the time of...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Bletchley railway station (category Stations on the West Coast Main Line)
on the national north–south West Coast Main Line, Bletchley is on the former Cambridge–Oxford Varsity line, which closed in 1967. The section between Bletchley...
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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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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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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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in Britannia (Roman-governed Great Britain during the Roman Empire). 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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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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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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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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Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line Marlow branch line Closed lines Varsity Line Great Central Main Line Banbury to Verney Junction branch line Brill Tramway Wycombe...
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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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and overloaded road network. and a fragmentary railway line (remnants of the former Varsity Line). A twice-hourly express bus service, route X5, is operated...
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Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line Marlow branch line Closed lines Varsity Line Great Central Main Line Banbury to Verney Junction branch line Brill Tramway Wycombe...
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Linford, the route heads west along the former Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line (now a rail trail). At Old Wolverton (near Wolverton railway station), the...
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