Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway

Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway
Overview
Type Rural
System Great Western Railway
Status Historical
Locale South East England
East Midlands
West Midlands
Termini Millstream Junction, Oxford
Birmingham Snow Hill, Birmingham
Operation
Opening 1850 (Oxford to Banbury)
1852 (Banbury to Birmingham)
Owner Great Western Railway
Operator(s) Great Western Railway
Technical
No. of tracks 1–2
Track gauge Broad gauge and Mixed gauge

The Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway was a railway between Oxford and Birmingham in England.

History

During the 1845–46 session of Parliament, an Act of Parliament to build the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, running from Oxford to Birmingham, was granted.[1] The Act was passed on 3 August 1846, also sanctioning the Birmingham Extension Railway and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway.[2] From 1846, the businessman Philip Henry Muntz (1811–1888) was chairman of the company.[3]

Opening

The Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway line opened between Millstream Junction, in Oxford, and Banbury in 1850, initially as broad gauge.[4] The rest of the railway line on to Birmingham was two-track mixed-gauge, opened in 1852. The line included a section through Leamington Spa. There would have been a junction between the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway and the Oxford and Rugby Railway at Fenny Compton but the section from Fenny Compton to Rugby was never completed.[5]

Stations

Initially, there were nine stations north of Banbury. Seven more stations were added around Birmingham during the 19th century.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway". Hansard 91. 16 March 1847. pp. 1–17. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Ferris, Robert. "The Great Western Railway in Warwickshire". Warwickshire Railways.com. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Piece reference RAIL 44/55". UK: The National Archives. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Birmingham and Oxford Junction". [tp://www.pastscape.org.uk/ PastScape]. UK: English Heritage. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Daniel, John (2000–11). "A Selection of Great Western Stations: Banbury". The Great Western Archive. Retrieved 25 October 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)