| Date |
Event |
Source |
| 1836 |
London & Birmingham Railway proposes line through Oxford and
Witney to Cheltenham |
The Fairford Line p5 |
| 1840 June 1st |
GWR opens to Steventon, Oxon. |
The Fairford Line p5 |
| 1844 June 12th |
GWR opens Didcot to Oxford branch. |
The Fairford Line p5 |
| 1845 August 4th |
Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway Bill gains Royal Assent |
The Fairford Line p5 |
" |
Oxford & Rugby Railway gains Royal Assent. |
The Fairford Line p5 |
| 1852 |
OW&WR proposes line from Yarnton, through Thame, Princes Risborough
and Uxbridge to Brentford. |
The Fairford Line p8 |
| 1853 |
William Payne asked to provide road link between Witney and Handborough |
The Fairford Line p7 |
" |
OW&WR proposes 'London & Mid Western Railway' |
The Fairford Line p8 |
| 1854 April 1st |
Yarnton - Oxford Road Junction loop line opened |
The Fairford Line p7 |
| 1858 December 23rd |
'large and noisy' meeting held in Witney to discuss 'The Witney
Railway' |
The Fairford Line p9 |
| 1859 Spring |
Witney Railway Bill sent to parliament. |
The Fairford Line p10 |
| 1859 April 11th |
Walter Strickland, William Payne and Sir Charles Fox questioned
by Parliamentary Committee. |
The Fairford Line p10 |
| 1859 August 1st |
Witney Railway Bill receives Royal Assent. |
The Fairford Line p11 |
| 1860 May |
First sod cut at Eynsham |
The Fairford Line p13 |
| 1860 July 1st |
OW&WR asorbed the Worcester & Hereford and the Newport,
Abergavernny & Hereford Railways to become the West Midland Railway |
The Fairford Line p13 |
| 1861 |
Meeting at Hatherop Castle marks the beginning of The East Gloucestershire
Railway. |
The Fairford Line p27 |
| 1861 March |
Engineer reports most the 'heavy works' complete. |
The Fairford Line p13 |
| 1861 Spring |
WMR sends bill to Parliament for the 'London, Buckinghamshire &
West Midland Junction Railway'. |
The Fairford Line p13 |
| 1861 November 5th |
Witney Railway passes its inspection. |
The Fairford Line p15 |
| 1861 November 13th |
Witney Railway opened to passengers. |
The Fairford Line p15 |
| 1862 |
EGR bill sent to Parliament with John Fowler as engineer. |
The Fairford Line p27 |
| 1862 March 1st |
Full goods services opened. |
The Fairford Line p17 |
| 1862 August 7th |
The East Gloucestershire Railway Bill receives Royal Assent. |
The Fairford Line p28 |
| 1863 Summer |
Yarnton Junction station opened. |
The Fairford Line p17 |
| 1863 August 1st |
West Midland Railway taken over by The Great Western Railway |
The Fairford Line p19 |
| 1864 |
East Gloucestershire Railway Bill sent to Parliament for the fourth
time. |
The Fairford Line p29 |
| 1864 July 28th |
4th EGR Bill receives Royal Assent. |
The Fairford Line p30 |
| 1865 March 31st |
First sod of the EGR cut at the proposed Cheltenham end of the line. |
The Fairford Line p31 |
| 1866 |
Dividends ceased to be paid by The Witney Railway. |
The Fairford Line p19 |
| 1867 |
GWR found to be not paying The Witney Railway for mails and rents
from coal wharves. |
The Fairford Line p19 |
| 1867 July |
EGR receives extension of time to complete the line |
The Fairford Line p32 |
| 1873 January 10th |
Inspection of the EGR. |
The Fairford Line p33 |
| 1873 January 14th |
The East Gloucestershire Railway opens from Witney to Fairford. |
The Fairford Line p20 |
| 1875 |
Dividends resumed by The Witney Railway |
The Fairford Line p20 |
| 1879 |
Eynsham station rebuilt. |
The Fairford Line p22 |
| 1890 July 1st |
Witney and East Gloucestershire Railways sell their shares to the
GWR. |
The Fairford Line p36 |
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