Oxford Rewley Road Railway Station

Oxford Rewley Road railway station was a railway station serving the city of Oxford, England, located immediately to the north of what is now Frideswide Square on the site of the Saïd Business School, to the west of Rewley Road. It was the terminus of the Buckinghamshire Railway, which was worked, and later absorbed, by the London and North Western Railway (L& NWR). In 1923 it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), "Varsity Line" service from Cambridge via Bletchley and had features of significance in construction history. HistoryThe line from Bletchley to Oxford was opened by the Buckinghamshire Railway in 1851. The Oxford station was built on the site of Rewley Abbey, a 13th-century Cistercian monastery. The contractors for the main building were Fox, Henderson who were completing The Crystal Palace at the same time, and they used similar & mdash; but not identical & mdash; prefabricated cast iron main structural components. The historic importance of this feature caused it to be made a Grade II* listed building. There were two platform faces partly under a glass-roofed train shed; the latter was replaced to a different design in 1888.

Oxford Rewley Road railway station was a railway station serving the city of Oxford, England, located immediately to the north of what is now Frideswide Square on the site of the Saïd Business School, to the west of Rewley Road. It was the terminus of the Buckinghamshire Railway, which was worked, and later absorbed, by the London and North Western Railway (L& NWR). In 1923 it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), "Varsity Line" service from Cambridge via Bletchley and had features of significance in construction history. HistoryThe line from Bletchley to Oxford was opened by the Buckinghamshire Railway in 1851. The Oxford station was built on the site of Rewley Abbey, a 13th-century Cistercian monastery. The contractors for the main building were Fox, Henderson who were completing The Crystal Palace at the same time, and they used similar & mdash; but not identical & mdash; prefabricated cast iron main structural components. The historic importance of this feature caused it to be made a Grade II* listed building. There were two platform faces partly under a glass-roofed train shed; the latter was replaced to a different design in 1888.