Chiltern Railways 2-car Class 165 No. 165015 arrived at Didcot Parkway at 13:30 on a proving run from Aylesbury via Claydon, Bicester Town and Oxford.  Displaying "Quainton Road" on the front of the train!

2+7 with 43183 leading from PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) to BAN with 43163 on the rear
2+7 with 43163 leading and 43183 on the rear after reversal at BAN

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Paddington 08:03
Ladbroke Grove 08/11
Park Royal 08/17
Greenford E Junc 08/20
Greenford W Junc 08/23
S Ruislip 08/40
W Ruislip 08/43
Gerrards Cross 08/48
High Wycombe 09/04
Princes Risborough 09/18
Bicester North 09/40
Aynho Junc 09/48
Banbury 09:54

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Banbury 10:00
Aynho Junc 10/05
Heyford 10/10
Oxford 10:20 ^ 10:34
Didcot N Junc 10/43
Foxhall Junc 10/46
Challow 10/54
Swindon 1108 - 1109
Wootten Bassett Junc 11/14
Chippenham 11/21
Thingley E Junc 11/25
Bradford Junc 11/34
Westbury 11:42

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Westbury 12:10
Warminster 12/19
Wilton Junc 12/34
Salisbury 12/37
Tunnel Junction 12/40
Andover 12/52
Worting Junc 13/05
Basingstoke 13:07 - 13:09
Farnborough 13/20
Woking 13/30
Byfleet & New Haw 13/35
Addlestone Junc 13/37
Virginia Water 13/57
Staines 14/11
Feltham 14/18
Hounslow 14/22
Brentford 14/27
Barnes 14/37
Clapham Junction 14/42
Nine Elms Junc 14/45
Waterloo 14:53

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Waterloo 15:10
Nine Elms S Junc 15/15
W London Junc 15/18
Latchmere Junc 15/24
Kensington Olympia 15/36
Mitre Bridge Junc 15/41
Willesden S W Junc 15/43
Acton W L S Junc 15/45
Acton Main Line 15/55
West Ealing 16/02
Drayton Green 16/05
Greenford S Junc 16/11
Greenford E Junc 16/12
Park Royal 16/20
Old Oak West Junc 16/30
Paddington 16:36

No, actually the signs at Bicester Town are in Simplified Chinese so I'm afriad the OP is wrong.  As Oxman says Bicester Village is one of the most visited tourist attractions outside London for the Chinese which is why the signs were put up by the County Council.  The one at Bicester North is in Japanese.

But does it now have a bus stop sign and timetables?  The last time I was there it was an anonymous looking shelter plonked in the car park!

Yes, there are bi-lingual signs (in Chinese) at Bicester Town, welcoming passengers and directing them to Bicester Village.  They were put in by Oxfordshire County Council when it funded some station improvements 3-4 years ago.

Unfortunately the money isn't confirmed yet so there's still time for that happen!

A London Underground repeater signal has a yellow plate and the letter R before the signal number, which is the same as the signal it repeats.  A repeater is only used where necessary for sighting purposes, maybe the platform signal at Barking is obscured by a bridge for example. 

Some locations have a stop signal and a repeater signal mounted on the same post.  This looks like a four-aspect signal but is actually two separate signals.  There will be two identification plates on the signal post, one in white (for the top two aspects) and one in yellow (for the bottom two aspects).

Taking another angle, perhaps someone in the know in the industry can explain what is involved in changing the name of a station and the costs involved in doing so as it doesn't happen alot.

I'm thinking it would involve quite a bit more than simply changing the name on the platforms - that's the easiest bit!  The entire train planning system at Network Rail and the train companies and the rail enquiry ststem at NRES^▸ (National Rail Enquiry Service) would need to be updated, as would the other journey planning websites/software, then there are the numerous leaflets, timetables and other printed material that mentioned 'Ashchurch for Tewkesbury' that various companies produce and all the advance notices about the name change (how far geographically would they need to be shown?)... and if it is possible to book through tickets via Eurostar the train booking system across Europe needs to be updated.

I am sure all the costs would add up which is why stations rarely change their names. Someone needs to pay for it - who is going to do that in the current climate unless there is an overwhelming reason to do so?

The signs were installed at Oxford and Didcot Parkway stations in November 2001 in connection with trials of GSM-R^▸ (Global System for Mobile communications - Railway.) on the North Cotswolds, and indicate the point where Class 165/166 trains changeover CSR^▸ (Cab Secure Radio) and GSM-R.  Only Turbos had GSM-R handsets fitted on the control panel to the left of the driver.

GSM-R is a secure digital network that is being rolled out across the UK^▸ (United Kingdom) by 2012. Lots of new transmitters are appearing alongside the railway (there is one at Radley, south of Oxford, for example).

At Oxford, signs on platform 2 advise drivers of northbound Cotswold Line services to switch on GSM, and on platform 1 CSR in the case of southbound services. Signs were installed at the west end of platforms 3 and 4 at Didcot Parkway where Turbo services to Bristol changed direction.

The train is on the Slough-Windsor branch and has just crossed Chalvey Bridge over the Jubilee River near Datchet. 

The River was built as part of the Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme but has been beset with problems ever sine it was opened!

It could have been but it closed in 1929 and Graham was asking where would you find lines with that gauge now!

185 mm with an HST^▸ (High Speed Train) is the Lappa Valley Railway - who also have an Advanced Passenger Train (APT^▸ (Advanced Passenger Train))!

825mm is Volks Electric Railway in Brighton

914mm could be the Southend Pier Railway, The Manx Electric Railway or The Isle of Man Steam Railway

1067mm is the Camborne & Redruth Tramway, Great Orme Tramway or Snaefell Mountain Railway

2000mm is the Caingorm Mountain Railway

... I'm still working on the other two!!!

No, it was just under 5 hours before the hauled set made it into Westbury (i.e. between 1409 when the incident occurred and 1903). I guess this was due to the extensive damage to WSP and braking system and no doubt its 5mph top speed!

The unit at Radley was a pre-production trial version and not covered by a maintenance contract.  It was installed to try out the technology with the old Help Point being kept availabale if neccesary.  It is being removed to allow a new more robust permanant version to be installed as pat of the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) project.

The train ran and departed Oxford around 20 minutes late