Oxford Down Carriage Sidings[1] are located in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, just north of Oxford station.
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Location | Oxford, Oxfordshire |
Coordinates | 51°45′31″N 1°16′20″W / 51.7587°N 1.2723°W |
Characteristics | |
Owner | Network Rail |
Type | DMU, Diesel |
Location
editThe sidings are located next to the Castle Mill blocks immediately to the west, graduate student accommodation provided by Oxford University. Beyond that is Cripley Meadow, now allotments.
On the other side of the main line to the east are the Oxford Up Carriage Sidings.
Use
editThe sidings provide stabling for Great Western Railway's Class 165/166 Turbos, as well as Class 800 and Class 802 Intercity Express Trains (IETs). The sidings are also used in the reversal moves required to get units used on services between Didcot Parkway and Oxford from platform four to platform three at Oxford station.
References
edit- ^ Network Rail (3 June 2017). Western Route Sectional Appendix LOR GW200 Seq 006. Vol. Module GW1. p. 153.
External links
edit- Media related to Oxford sidings at Wikimedia Commons