Cherwell Valley line

Cherwell Valley line
Appleford railway station in 2009
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Oxfordshire, South East England
Stations	7
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	CrossCountry Great Western Railway
Rolling stock	Class 165 "Networker Turbo" Class 220 "Voyager" Class 221 "Super Voyager" Class 800 "Intercity Express Train" Class 802 "Intercity Express Train"
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	110 mph (177 km/h) maximum
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
Chiltern Main Line to Leamington Spa 34⅓ Banbury Verney Junction branch M40 motorway 30½ Kings Sutton Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway M40 motorway 29⅓ Aynho Junction Chiltern Main Line to Bicester North Aynho Fritwell & Somerton Oxford Canal 23⅛ Heyford 19½ Tackley Bletchington Shipton cement works Blenheim and Woodstock branch line Kidlington Oxford Canal Buckinghamshire Jn Rly Cotswold Line to Worcester 13¼ Duke's Cut A34 Oxford Western Bypass (Wolvercote Viaduct) Wolvercot Platform Oxford–Bicester line 11⅜ Oxford North Junction Sheepwash Channel 10⅜ Oxford gas works Osney Rail Bridge over River Thames Oxford (Grandpont) Hinksey Halt Millstream Junction Abingdon Road Halt A423 Oxford Southern Bypass 8⅓ Kennington Junction Mini factory Wycombe Railway 5¼ Radley Abingdon Junction Abingdon Junction Abingdon Railway Nuneham Viaduct over River Thames Culham Cutting 3⅓ Culham Appleford Railway Bridge over River Thames 2⅓ Appleford Gravel pits ⅞ Didcot North Junction Didcot Railway Centre 0⅓ Didcot Parkway Great Western Main Line to Swindon | to Reading

The Cherwell Valley line is the railway line between Didcot and Banbury via Oxford. It links the Great Western Main Line and the south to the Chiltern Main Line and the Midlands. The line follows the River Cherwell for much of its route between Banbury and Oxford.