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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
Oxford and Didcot - General Information	Phil	4	41092	March 30, 2020, 21:37:24 by grahame
New Oxford - Bristol direct service, ongoing developments and discussion « 1 2 ... 15 16 »	ray951	225	182675	May 29, 2026, 10:34:15 by JohnM
First day report and ramblings - Bristol <-> Oxford, 6 days a week, 18.5.2026	grahame	8	1973	May 19, 2026, 09:07:31 by Bob_Blakey
Open access Bristol - Oxford - Nottingham proposal dropped	grahame	0	1357	March 30, 2026, 11:21:33 by grahame
Annual Cowley Branch line walk	ChrisB	1	3633	September 23, 2024, 21:52:06 by Chris from Nailsea
Oxford Corridor Capacity Improvements « 1 2 »	SandTEngineer	18	27494	November 21, 2023, 19:06:41 by ChrisB
To Didcot from Swindon and the west - from December 2023	grahame	13	14026	October 05, 2023, 10:50:57 by Richard Fairhurst
Services to Oxford, Didcot and Reading from Swindon and further west	grahame	12	27668	August 20, 2023, 18:48:11 by paul7575
Super Off-Peak return portion validity, BRI-DID?	Bmblbzzz	5	8439	June 28, 2023, 19:46:13 by Bmblbzzz
The cost of a lack of connections at Didcot to / from Oxford	grahame	13	35321	February 14, 2023, 19:51:43 by Timmer
Oxford to Banbury delays	GBM	1	2893	June 30, 2022, 10:48:33 by GBM
23rd September 2020 - ConnectedCities online seminar.	grahame	3	28034	September 22, 2020, 15:46:32 by Oxonhutch
Disruption in the Didcot area	infoman	1	34278	August 28, 2019, 07:00:20 by grahame
Is the service between Oxford and Swindon really practical? « 1 2 »	CMRail	17	26608	August 25, 2019, 11:34:26 by grahame
A welcome to XC from Bristol to Swindon. Delighted to have you; we have space « 1 2 »	grahame	20	34832	August 15, 2019, 22:13:38 by Robin Summerhill
Notes from a journey by train - part 2, Milton Keynes to Melksham « 1 2 »	grahame	17	29277	August 15, 2019, 21:22:37 by stuving
Community rail plans outlined	grahame	1	16109	March 31, 2019, 19:38:20 by RichardB
Longest distance to walk between platforms in a station	grahame	12	20930	March 25, 2019, 20:51:50 by grahame
Swindon to Oxford - 26/11 27/11 « 1 2 »	tomL	19	163047	March 06, 2019, 21:03:06 by ellendune
Services from Devon and Cornwall to Swindon.	Plymboi	1	9982	August 16, 2018, 12:14:27 by bobm