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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Great Western Main Line
    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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    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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    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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    brought into use on 14 September 1940, linked the Oxford – Cambridge Varsity Line with the Great Central at Calvert, allowing much of the freight which...
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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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    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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    in Britannia (Roman-governed Great Britain during the Roman Empire). The line of the road was later the southwestern border of the Danelaw with Wessex...
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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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  • The West Coast Main Line is a major trunk railway in the United Kingdom, linking London with Glasgow. The Watford DC lines are intricately linked with...
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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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    Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the route of the former Varsity Line. As of December 2017[update], the line is disused but is scheduled to be reopened by about...
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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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    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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    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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