GWR will again be providing some Saturday Christmas shopping trains calling at Ascott station for the next three weekends. As the eastbound train is not until just after 10am, reaching Paddington at 11.29, a trip to London will be rather abbreviated, should anyone want to go there, but anyone going into Oxford will have plenty […]
Train Travel
CLPG’s 2017 charter train links the Cotswolds with the Somerset coast
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 […]