The Varsity Line was the main railway line that linked the English university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, operated by the London and North Western...
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East West Rail (redirect from East West Main Line)
a line linking Oxford and Cambridge via Bicester, Milton Keynes (at Bletchley) and Bedford, largely using the trackbed of the former Varsity Line. Thus...
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The Marston Vale line is the line between Bletchley and Bedford in England, a surviving remnant of the former Varsity Line between Oxford and Cambridge...
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Look up varsity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Varsity may refer to: University, an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which...
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The Metropolitan line, colloquially known as the Met, is a London Underground line between Aldgate in the City of London and Amersham and Chesham in Buckinghamshire...
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A varsity team is the highest level sports team regularly representing an educational institution. Varsity teams compete against each other during a given...
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Great Northern route (redirect from Great Northern Line)
are not limited to, the following: The Varsity Line connected Cambridge with Oxford via Sandy and Bedford ("Varsity" being slang for "University", those...
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Oxfordshire market town of Banbury with the former Oxford/Cambridge Varsity line and the former Metropolitan Railway at Verney Junction, a distance of...
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station, on the Varsity Line (the original Oxford to Cambridge line). Its role was diminished following the substantial closure of that line in 1967, leaving...
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Buckinghamshire, England. The original station (1850–1985) was on the former Varsity Line between Cambridge and Oxford. Since October 2024, construction of a new...
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The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow...
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Buckingham (1850) (that together subsequently became the Oxford – Cambridge "Varsity Line"), made the station at Bletchley a substantial one. Bletchley grew to...
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The Chiltern Main Line is a railway line which links London (Marylebone) and Birmingham (Moor Street and Snow Hill) on a 112-mile (180 km) route via High...
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eastern section of the Bedford-Cambridge route (sometimes known as the Varsity Line) closed on 1 January 1968, and with it, the ex-LNWR platforms at Sandy...
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The Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line was a railway branch line in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom running from Wolverton on the London and North Western...
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Bletchley railway station (category Stations on the West Coast Main Line)
on the national north–south West Coast Main Line, Bletchley is on the former Cambridge–Oxford Varsity line, which closed in 1967. The section between Bletchley...
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Cambridge railway station (category Cambridge line)
between Oxford and Cambridge introduced on what became known as the "Varsity Line". By the 1860s, the railways in East Anglia were in financial trouble...
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originally a reinforced concrete railway viaduct that carried the former Varsity line between Oxford and Cambridge from 1959 until its closure in 1968. The...
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of hedges.[citation needed] The idea for a long-distance path along the line of the Wessex Downs and Chilterns goes back to the Hobhouse Committee of...
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The Varsity Line, which connected Oxford to Cambridge, ran through Sandy until 1967. Girtford Halt was a short-lived station on the Varsity Line in the...
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the former junction, the line turns east to join the Varsity Line, while the trackbed of the former Great Central Main Line continues northwest. London...
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The East Coast Main Line is a major trunk railway in the United Kingdom, linking London with Edinburgh. A detailed diagram of the line is housed on this...
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Sandy and Bedford. From here, the route follows the trackbed of the old Varsity Line, now a rail trail, briefly joining the public highway at the village...
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Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line Marlow branch line Closed lines Varsity Line Great Central Main Line Banbury to Verney Junction branch line Brill Tramway Wycombe...
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The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads. It connects to other...
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Verney Junction railway station (category Metropolitan line stations)
Verney Junction and this, known as the Varsity line, became the busiest line through the site, leaving the line to Banbury as a relatively quiet branch...
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and overloaded road network. and a fragmentary railway line (remnants of the former Varsity Line). A twice-hourly express bus service, route X5, is operated...
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The term Oxford–Cambridge line has more than one meaning The Varsity Line (1845 to 1967) describes the original railway line between Oxford and Cambridge;...
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Linford, the route heads west along the former Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line (now a rail trail). At Old Wolverton (near Wolverton railway station), the...
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With the end of steam, the TMD was relocated to the Bedford side of the Varsity line flyover, in a new purpose built facility. Bletchley TMD began in the...
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