Cherwell Valley Line

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Cherwell Valley Line
Legend Chiltern Main Line to Leamington Spa Banbury King's Sutton Chiltern Main Line to Bicester North Heyford Tackley Cotswold Line to Worcester Shrub Hill Oxford to Bicester Line to Bicester Town Oxford Radley Culham Appleford GWML to Swindon Didcot Parkway GWML to Reading

The Cherwell Valley Line is the railway line from Didcot to Banbury via Oxford. It links the Great Western Main Line and the south to the Chiltern Main Line and the Midlands. The line follows the River Cherwell for much of its route.

The towns and villages served by the routes are listed below.

• Banbury
• King's Sutton
• Lower Heyford
• Tackley
• former station at Kidlington
• Oxford
• Radley
• Culham
• Appleford-on-Thames
• Didcot

Passenger services are provided by Virgin Trains, and First Great Western.

edit Railway lines in Central England:
Main lines:	Cross-Country Route   Midland Main Line   West Coast Main Line  Birmingham-Peterborough via Leicester Line   Birmingham-Worcester via Bromsgrove Line    Birmingham-Worcester via Kidderminster Line   Cherwell Valley Line   Chiltern Main Line    London-Aylesbury Line   Trent Valley Line   Welsh Marches Line   Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury Line
Commuter lines:	Birmingham-Walsall-Rugeley "Chase" Line   Birmingham-Stratford Line    Coventry-Nuneaton Line   Cross-City Line   Erewash Valley Line  Leicester-Loughborough "Ivanhoe" Line   Northampton Loop Line   Robin Hood Line    Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line   Stourbridge Junction-Stourbridge Town Line    Walsall-Wolverhampton Line
Rural lines:	Cotswold Line   Crewe-Derby Line   Derwent Valley Line   Leamington-Stratford Line    Marston Vale Line   Nottingham-Lincoln Line   Nottingham to Grantham Line    Oxford-Bicester Line   Princes Risborough-Aylesbury Line   Shrewsbury-Chester Line
Freight lines:	South Staffordshire Line   Sutton Park Line

v • d • e  Railway lines in South-West England and the "Great Western" zone :
Main lines:	Cross-Country Route • Great Western Main Line  Bristol-Taunton line • Cherwell Valley Line • Cornish Main Line • Gloucester-Newport Line • Exeter-Paignton "Riviera" Line • Reading-Plymouth line • South Wales Main Line • Wessex Main Line • West of England Main Line
Commuter lines:	Severn Beach Line   Slough-Windsor & Eton Line
Rural lines:	Exeter-Barnstaple "Tarka" Line • Exeter-Exmouth "Avocet" Line • Golden Valley Line • Heart of Wessex Line • Henley Branch Line • Looe Valley Line • Marlow Branch Line • Par-Newquay "Atlantic Coast" Line • St Ives Bay Line • Tamar Valley Line • Truro-Falmouth "Maritime" Line