Cherwell Valley Line

Cherwell Valley Line

Principal stations (from south to north) (Great Western Main Line) Didcot Parkway Appleford Culham Radley Oxford (for Cotswold and Oxford-Bicester Town lines) Tackley Heyford King's Sutton Banbury (Chiltern Main Line)

The Cherwell Valley Line is the railway line from Didcot to Banbury via Oxford. It links the Great Western Main Line and the south to the Chiltern Main Line and the Midlands. The line follows the River Cherwell for much of its route.

The towns and villages served by the routes are listed below.

• Didcot
• Appleford-on-Thames
• Culham
• Radley
• Oxford
• Tackley
• Lower Heyford
• King's Sutton
• Banbury

Passenger services are provided by Virgin Trains, and First Great Western.

Railway lines in Central England:
Main lines:	Cross-Country Route   Midland Main Line   West Coast Main Line  Birmingham-Peterborough via Leicester Line   Birmingham-Worcester via Bromsgrove Line    Birmingham-Worcester via Kidderminster Line   Cherwell Valley Line   Chiltern Main Line    London-Aylesbury Line   Trent Valley Line   Welsh Marches Line   Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury Line
Commuter lines:	Birmingham-Rugeley "Chase" Line   Birmingham-Stratford Line   Birmingham-Walsall Line    Coventry-Nuneaton Line   Cross-City Line   Leicester-Loughborough "Ivanhoe" Line    Northampton Loop Line   Robin Hood Line   Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line    Stourbridge Junction-Stourbridge Town Line   Walsall-Wolverhampton Line
Rural lines:	Cotswold Line   Crewe-Derby Line   Derwent Valley Line   Leamington-Stratford Line    Marston Vale Line   Nottingham-Lincoln Line   Nottingham to Grantham Line    Oxford-Bicester Line   Princes Risborough-Aylesbury Line   Shrewsbury-Chester Line

Railway lines in South-West England and the "Great Western" zone :
Main lines:	Cross-Country Route   Great Western Main Line  Cherwell Valley Line   Gloucester-Newport Line   Exeter-Paignton "Riviera" Line   South Wales Main Line    Wessex Main Line   West of England Main Line
Commuter lines:	Severn Beach Line   Slough-Windsor & Eton Line
Rural lines:	Exeter-Barnstaple "Tarka" Line   Exeter-Exmouth "Avocet" Line   Golden Valley Line   Heart of Wessex Line    Henley Branch Line   Looe Valley Line   Marlow Branch Line   Par-Newquay "Atlantic Coast" Line    St Ives Bay Line   Tamar Valley Line   Truro-Falmouth "Maritime" Line