Introduction
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The track layout for the simulation is as it was between about 1970 and 2011, when there was only the one station siding and before the Cotswold Line was doubled.

History
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) opened to Oxford on 12 June 1844 with a terminus station in what is now Western Road, Grandpont. In 1845 the Oxford and Rugby Railway (ORR) began to build its line, starting from a junction at New Hinksey 0.75 miles (1.2 km) south of the GWR terminus. The junction was known as Millstream Junction, and was between the future sites of Hinksey Halt and Abingdon Road Halt, both of which were opened in 1908. The GWR took over the ORR while it was still being built, and opened the line as far as Banbury on 2 September 1850. For just over two years, trains from Oxford to Banbury started at Grandpont, and had to reverse at Millstream Junction in order to continue their journey.

The ORR line included a new through station in Park End Street, so when this opened with the extension of the line from Banbury to Birmingham on 1 October 1852, the original Grandpont terminus was closed to passenger services.
  
The old station at Grandpont became a goods depot, but was closed completely on 26 November 1872, the day that the broad gauge tracks were removed north of Didcot. The site of the station was then sold, as was the trackbed from Millstream Junction, some 66 chains (1,300 m) in length.

Major subsequent changes were removal of the last 7 ft 0 1/4 in (2,140 mm) gauge tracks in 1872 and of the train shed in 18901. 

The station was substantially rebuilt by the Western Region of British Railways in 1971, further improvements being carried out during 1974 including the provision of a new travel centre, and the new main building and footbridge were added in 1990 by Network SouthEast.

Platform Lengths                       Number of Coaches
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Appleford Halt                                 5
Culham                                         5
Radley                                         5
Oxford P1                                     14
Oxford P2			                          14
Oxford P3 Bay                                 10
Islip                                          5
Tackley                                        6
Hanborough Halt                                5
Coombe Halt                                    5
Finstock Halt                                  5
Charlbury                                      5 But ok for HST to use.
Ascott under Wychwood                          5

Siding Capacity                        Number of Wagons
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Up Goods sig 79 to 17                         20
Dn Goods sig 99 to 66                         30
Reception 2 sig 193 to 101                    30
Reception 2 sig T03 to 116                    30
Reception 1                                   78
Engineers Siding/comes under Hinksey North    30
Dn Siding 1/comes under Hinksey North         25
Dn Siding 2/comes under Hinksey North         25
Dn Siding 3/comes under Hinksey North         25
Headshunt                                     20
Up/Dn Goods sig 75 to 126                     30
Up/Dn Goods sig 73 to 90                      30
Up Siding 1/comes under Hinksey North         25
Up Siding 2/comes under Hinksey North         20
Station Spur                                  10 Coaches 
Loco/DMU Spur                                 13
Dn Carriage Siding 1                          20 Coaches 
Dn Carriage Siding 2                          18 Coaches
Dn Carriage Siding 3                          16 Coaches
Dn Carriage Siding 4                          14 Coaches
Goods & Carr Line                             22
Up/Dn Goods sig 69 to 76                      13
Through Siding sig 135 to C17                 22 
Up Carriage Siding 1                          20 Coaches
Up Carriage Siding 2                          18 Coaches
Up Carriage Siding 3                          16 Coaches
Up Carriage Siding 4                          14 Coaches

Reduce by 1 coach or 3 wagons for each Loco

Timing points
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Oxford station, North Junction and Wolvercot Junction.

Opening Picture
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The opening picture is of Oxford station.

Acknowledgements
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Thanks go to the PC Rail testing team for all their hard work and help in getting this simulation up and running.
