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LXXIX. LONDON TO OXFORD, BY RAILWAY, 63 Miles.

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Oxford will become an important centre of railway communication by the completion of the various lines in connection with it, now in progress, and partly opened, of which the two most important are the Oxford and Rugby, and the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. The Oxford and Rugby line will run

through the valley of the Cherwell, by Banbury, and, entering Warwickshire, pass near Southam, and join the London and North Western Railway at Rugby; thus opening a communication with the midland and northern districts. The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway will extend from Oxford in a general north-westerly direction as far as Worcester, passing a short distance to the west of Woodstock, and by Moreton-in-the Marsh, Chipping-Campden, and Evesham; from Worcester its course is chiefly northward by Droitwich (where a branch is intended to connect it with the line of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway), Kidderminster, Stourbridge, and Dudley, to Wolverhampton, near which town it will join the northern section of the London and North-western line. Large portions of both these lines are open for traffic, and the others are in active progress. Acts of Parliament have also been obtained for the construction of lines to unite Oxford with Bletchley (on the London and Northwestern Railway) on the one side, and with Cheltenham on the other. The former is completed and open for traffic.

LXXXI. LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM BY Oxford, WOODSTOCK, AND
STRATFORD ON AVON, 116) Miles.

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