Bicester Military Railway

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Bicester Military Railway was originally built in 1941 within the Bicester Central Ordnance Depot. It was used extensively in World War II and is still largely intact.

It was visited by the British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in mid 1965, prior to a government spending review. It was spared on his orders from the railway cutbacks that were left over from Lord Beeching's railway review of the erly 1960s^{[citation needed]}.

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Approximately 40 miles of standard gauge track are in use today. One of the crossings is in the Oxfordshire village of Ambrosden.

It is the primary base for 275 Railway Squadron, a unit of the Royal Logistic Corps.

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