System Great Western Railway Operator(s) Great Western Railway Owner Great Western Railway Track gauges Broad gauge, Dual gauge | Status Historical Number of tracks 1–2 Type of business Rural | |
Locale South East England
East Midlands
West Midlands Opened 1850 (Oxford to Banbury)
1852 (Banbury to Birmingham) Termini Birmingham Snow Hill station | ||
The Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway was a railway between Oxford and Birmingham in England.
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History
During the 1845–46 session of Parliament, an Act of Parliament to build the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, running from Oxford to Birmingham, was granted. The Act was passed on 3 August 1846, also sanctioning the Birmingham Extension Railway and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway. From 1846, the businessman Philip Henry Muntz (1811–1888) was chairman of the company.
Opening
The Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway line opened between Millstream Junction, in Oxford, and Banbury in 1850, initially as broad gauge. The rest of the railway line on to Birmingham was two-track mixed-gauge, opened in 1852. The line included a section through Leamington Spa. There would have been a junction between the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway and the Oxford and Rugby Railway at Fenny Compton but the section from Fenny Compton to Rugby was never completed.
Stations
Initially, there were nine stations north of Banbury. Seven more stations were added around Birmingham during the 19th century.