Talk:Oxford railway station

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Oxford to B. Town should be a terminus not going to radley, i want to edit it but dont know how 82.24.175.199 16:16, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I have made the update Mark999 18:52, 22 November 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark999 (talk • contribs)

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I'm confused because on the cotswold line page it says: The Cotswold Line is an 86.5 mile long railway line running from Oxford to Worcester, so how can this have stations either side of Oxford? --129.67.19.252 (talk) 23:13, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Further expansion
I believe some of information under 'Further expansion' has been overtaken by the recent proposal jointly by Oxford City, Oxfordshire and Network Rail for a redeveloped Oxford station. This in turn may die through lack of funding. So should the previous proposal, involving a new platform south of Botley Road, go into 'history' or just be deleted?

Second question: there has been discussion about reopening the Cowley branch for passenger service - with a service to Oxford station. Should this be mentioned under 'Further expansion'? New services' or ??? Cantab72 (talk) 18:02, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
 * It doesn't really matter where it goes, so long as reliable sources are provided, in line with WP:V and WP:CRYSTAL. -- Red rose64 (talk) 10:56, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

re change to double tracking: the working railway only runs to Oxford Parkway so far. The section to the north and south of Wolvercot Tunnel is affected by the noise abatement issues which have to be agreed with Oxford City Council, I believe. The date of 2019 for East West Rail is optimistic given Network Rail's latest CP5 proposals but changing this should wait until there is a clearer statement from Network Rail. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cantab72 (talk • contribs) 18:51, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

History
Under the section 'History' there is a comment 'citation needed' after the reference to three closed railway lines which brought passengers to Oxford. As all three of these have Wikipedia articles of their own, I am unclear why the 'citation needed' has been added. Is it being suggested that it is uncertain that passengers from these railways might have got off at Oxford? Cantab72 (talk) 18:12, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I think that it refers to the third of the three - did Blenheim and Woodstock Branch Line services run all the way into Oxford, or did they shuttle between Woodstock and Kidlington, rather like the Abingdon branch trains shuttled between Abingdon and Radley. -- Red rose64 (talk) 23:28, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The line stopped a while ago but a book I bought recently 'Lost Railways of Oxfordshire' includes a section on the Woodstock branch and mentions trains going to Oxford and a photograph of a train 'with autocoach' going from Woodstock to Oxford. The book references another book by Richard Lingard 'The Woodstock Branch'. I'll see if I can find this in Oxford Library. Cantab72 (talk) 15:48, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
 * It is clear from Richard Lingard's book that up to 1938, most services ran through to Oxford. Cantab72 (talk) 18:05, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Ealing Bdy
No mention of this route? Is it new, or temporary? In any case, it looked pretty real earlier ;) Muffled  Pocketed  17:44, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Looked pretty real where? -- Red rose64 (talk) 22:26, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Muffled Pocketed  07:11, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? And who is this that you attempted to notify (edits  won't renotify)? -- Red rose64 (talk) 10:21, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I meant they run an Oxford-Ealing Broadway stopping service of which this article gives no mention, and also that I was saying when I was '@OXF', that's all.
 * On edit just noticed that the reply I made at 0711 this AM had no other text: apologies, I'm sure I put some in (similar explanation that made just now), but obviously it didn't take at the time. On mobile then.Muffled Pocketed  10:35, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * There is no Oxford-Ealing Broadway stopping service. There is an Oxford-Paddington stopping service, at xx:07 and xx:37 (I use it frequently), but at Oxford, Didcot, Reading, Maidenhead and Slough it's described on the electric signs and in the PA announcements as terminating at Ealing Broadway, that being the last stop before Padd. This is because at all of those stations, if you want to get to Paddington, it's quicker to wait for the next fast service - from Oxford these are at xx:01 and xx:31. Once the stopper has passed Slough, it is then the fastest train to Padd, so it's announced as terminating there. A curious one is the 20:37 ex-Oxford - this originates at Banbury (20:01, again I use it often), where it's described as terminating Paddington - even though from Banbury it's quicker to get the 20:22 and change at Oxford or Reading. -- Red rose64 (talk) 10:47, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for the eventually excellent explanation. The arcanery of the railway ;) So it's intended to actively put pax off using it to get to London? Background- I only really noticed it because (WP:NOTFORUM easement!), travelling east on the central line, I get off at Lancaster Gate, walk to Paddington, then get the fast one. But it occured to me it might be quicker (or just be lazy and save a short walk!) and tube it through to Ealing and then get that one I thought existed above. Many thanks! Muffled  Pocketed  10:56, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * for a similar reason you regularly see trains to Foxton at King's Cross, and trains to Finsbury Park at Cambridge. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:33, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * At Paddington, the Oxford stopper is probably described as to Radley (if it's booked to stop there) or to Cholsey (if not). Do you travel that line often? If so, can you get to Oxford on the third Sunday of the month? You might be interested in our next Oxford Meetup. -- Red rose64 (talk) 20:41, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

List of station masters
Would anyone object if move this list to the end of the article? WP:think of the reader on mobile who IMO is unlikely to read past it. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 19:31, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Development plans
The section needs updating to take account of the current planning enquiry. And the earlier plans that disappeared up a siding somewhere could do with being edited down, but it needs someone more familiar with the station than I am to do it. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 19:31, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Oxford has been altered more times in the last fifty years than any other station in Oxfordshire. About once a year, local TV news has an item about proposed changes to Oxford station. Sometimes they happen, sometimes they don't. After almost 170 years, there are still just two platforms for trains to/from the south - Banbury, arguably a less important station, has had four for 63 years. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 20:19, 11 December 2021 (UTC)


 * As I've counseled other keen editors elsewhere 'when it happens, we can report it. Meantime, see WP:NOTNEWS and WP: CRYSTAL". I'll take my own advice! --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 22:44, 11 December 2021 (UTC)