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Faringdon branch

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The Faringdon branch was a three and a half mile long branch line from Uffington Station to Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse, in Oxfordshire. [1]

10 relations: Beeching cuts, Broad-gauge railway, Faringdon railway station, Frederick Henry Rich, Great Western Railway, Oxfordshire, Royal Engineers, Standard-gauge railway, Uffington railway station, Vale of White Horse.

Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge broader than the standard-gauge railways.

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Faringdon railway station

Faringdon Railway Station is a closed stone and brick built railway station that served the market town of Faringdon, in Oxfordshire, England and was on the Faringdon branch line.

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Frederick Henry Rich

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Oxonium, the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England.

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Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Uffington railway station

Uffington railway station (sometimes marked as Uffington Junction) is a former station on the Great Western Main Line.

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Vale of White Horse

The Vale of White Horse is a local government district of Oxfordshire in England.

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Faringdon Branch, Faringdon Railway, Faringdon railway.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faringdon_branch

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