This year’s Cotswold Line Promotion Group charter train combines fast running on the Great Western main line with a trip through the Somerset countryside on the West Somerset Railway heritage line to the seaside resort of Minehead, The excursion on Saturday, September 23, is only the second time a CLPG charter has reached Minehead. The […]
Rail improvement work in the Oxford area Summer 2017
Dear All, I’m writing to advise that there will be some changes to rail services in the Oxford area this summer as Network Rail upgrade the layout of tracks south of the station. There are also some works to stations, bridge repairs and removal of now defunct signalling equipment. The works takes place between 22-30 […]
First Great Western becomes Great Western Railway
See attached press release for more information. GWR launch press release April 2016
Ascott Train Services December 2015
After a break last year, Ascott-under-Wychwood residents will once again be able to catch a train on Saturdays to go shopping or enjoy a day out in the run-up to Christmas, thanks to the Cotswold Line Promotion Group. Great Western Railway (GWR) has agreed to a request from the group for trains to make special […]
Special Christmas 2011 Shopping Train Service For Ascott-Under-Wychwood
Saturdays 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th December 2011. Ascott Christmas Train Services 2011 (PDF Version)
New book on The Cotswold Line
Tim Maddocks of Network Rail has been working with railway author John Stretton and Silver Link Publishing (The Nostalgia Collection) to produce a new pictorial record of the Oxford to Worcester line. In common with other books in the popular ‘Past and Present’ series, this new book will show views of the Oxford, Worcester and […]
Rail Travel
Charlbury and Kingham are the nearest train stations with regular services to London (Paddington), Worcester and Hereford. There is an infrequent train service stopping at Ascott-under-Wychwood station, allowing travel into Oxford on Mondays to Fridays. Useful Links: Network Rail are responsible for operating the track and signalling. Local train services are provided by Great Western […]