After a break last year, Ascott-under-Wychwood residents will once again be able to catch a train on Saturdays to go shopping or enjoy a day out in the run-up to Christmas, thanks to the Cotswold Line Promotion Group. Great Western Railway (GWR) has agreed to a request from the group for trains to make special […]
Local Transport
X10 bus service during road closure February 23rd 2015
We understand from Oxfordshire County Council that the road closure in Shipton is now scheduled for Monday 23rd February and will last for up to five days. (We were previously notified of a two week closure from the 16th). We have been liaising with OCC as to how best to operate the X10 bus while […]
Christmas Shopping Trains For Ascott 2013
Ascott-under-Wychwood residents will be able to take the train to do their Christmas shopping again this year. At the request of the Cotswold Line Promotion Group, First Great Western has agreed for the third year running to provide Saturday services at the station on the four weekends before Christmas. As well as trains to Oxford […]
Ascott Train Services December 2012
Oliver Lovell writes: CLPG have been able to arrange for trains to stop at Ascott on Saturdays in December. In all, four trains to and from Oxford & beyond and one to Worcester for the Christmas Fayre on 1 December. See details below. Ascott Train Services December 2012
Special Christmas 2011 Shopping Train Service For Ascott-Under-Wychwood
Saturdays 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th December 2011. Ascott Christmas Train Services 2011 (PDF Version)
New book on The Cotswold Line
Tim Maddocks of Network Rail has been working with railway author John Stretton and Silver Link Publishing (The Nostalgia Collection) to produce a new pictorial record of the Oxford to Worcester line. In common with other books in the popular ‘Past and Present’ series, this new book will show views of the Oxford, Worcester and […]
Cotswold Line – June 2011 Update
Dear All, An important milestone for the Cotswold line project was reached last week when trains began running on new double track between Charlbury and Ascott-under-Wychwood. The latest Cotswold project newsletter is attached – have a look at it for more information about the work we’ve completed, and what’s still left to do. The final […]
Cotswold Line – February 2011 Update
Dear All, Work on the upgrade of the Cotswold line is progressing well, with the first few miles of double track now in place. The project reaches completion at the end of this summer, by which time 20 miles of double track will have been laid. To allow us to finish the job, bus replacement […]
Cotswold Line – Laying extra track
Please find attached Track Redoubling Letter- 13 th December – Charlbury to Ascott that has been sent to all residents living within the vicinity of the track between Charlbury and Ascott under Wychwood. The letter informs residents about the up and coming works coming up putting in extra track between Charlbury and Ascot under Wychwood […]
Cotswold Line – Autumn 2010 Update
Network Rail has just begun the second phase of its scheme to lay double track along 20 miles of the Cotswold line between Oxford and Worcester. The Cotswolds rely on rail. Be it for commuting to London, getting to work or school, or bringing tourists to the region, the railway is vital for the local […]