Oxford railway station

Oxford
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 / 51.7534; -1.2703
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
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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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