Oxford  | |||||
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 Oxford station from the south with platforms 4 (left) and 3 (right) | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Oxford, City of Oxford England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°45′12″N 1°16′13″W / 51.7534°N 1.2703°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SP504063 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | OXF | ||||
| Classification | DfT category B | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1852 | Opened | ||||
| 1971 | Rebuilt | ||||
| 1990 | Rebuilt | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  8.270 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.504 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 8.702 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.821 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  1.575 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.114 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 5.013 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.389 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 6.582 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.514 million | ||||
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Oxford railway station is a mainline railway station, one of two[a] serving the city of Oxford, England. It is about 0.5 miles (800 m) west of the city centre, north-west of Frideswide Square and the eastern end of Botley Road. It is the busiest station in Oxfordshire, and the fourth busiest in South East England.[1]
It is on the line for trains between London Paddington and Hereford via Worcester Shrub Hill. It is a starting point for fast and local trains to London Paddington and London Marylebone, and for local trains to Reading, Worcester (Shrub Hill and Foregate stations), and Banbury. It is also on the north–south Cross Country Route from Manchester Piccadilly and Newcastle via Birmingham New Street and Reading to Southampton Central and Bournemouth. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, and also served by CrossCountry and Chiltern Railways trains. Immediately to the north is Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge over the Sheepwash Channel.
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