Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway

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The Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway was a railway company in England in the county of Warwickshire .

The company was founded on August 3, 1846. The planned railway line should connect the L & NWR in Birmingham with the railway line of the Oxford and Rugby Railway at Knightcote . It was intended to merge the company with the also founded on August 3, 1846 Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway and then to lease this company to the Great Western Railway (GWR).

The London and North Western Railway tried to prevent the takeover of the company by the GWR. Only a parliamentary commission of inquiry declared the GWR's lease of November 12, 1846 to be valid. In the meantime, the Oxford and Rugby Railway had been taken over. On August 31, 1848, the company was integrated into the Great Western Railway.

The railway line from Oxford was opened on September 2, 1850 to Banbury and finally on October 1, 1852 to Birmingham as a three-track line (broad gauge / standard gauge). The line from Birmingham via Wolverhampton to Dudley was opened on November 14, 1852 in broad gauge of 2.14 meters. On April 1, 1869, the lines were converted to standard gauge.

literature

  • Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Stephens, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .