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Oxford Parkway Railway Station
Oxford Parkway railway station is a railway station at Water Eaton, Oxfordshire, on the Oxford–Bicester line. Full regular weekday service began on Monday 26 October 2015, although the first passengers travelled the previous day on a Sunday timetable. The station, whose name was changed in September 2013 from the provisional "Water Eaton Parkway", lies between Kidlington and Oxford beside the existing Water Eaton park-and-ride site. It serves Kidlington, north Oxford and nearby villages. The station forms part of a multi-modal transport interchange node, connecting travellers by bus, cycle, on foot and by car with rail transport. It is also intended to attract park-and-ride traffic from the busy A34, A40 and A44 roads. Services to Oxford started on 11 December 2016. Description The station is part of Project Evergreen 3, funded and managed by Chiltern Railways. It is served every half-hour by trains from London . Chiltern Railways opened the station in October 2015 for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Eaton, Oxfordshire
Water Eaton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Gosford and Water Eaton, between Oxford and Kidlington in Oxfordshire. Water Eaton was a separate civil parish until 1932, when it was merged with its neighbour Gosford. Manor ''Eaton'' is a common English place-name. In this case it appears as ''Eatun'' in Anglo-Saxon charters from 864, 904 and 929, ''Etone'' in the Domesday Book of 1086 and ''Water Eton'' in a Charter Roll from 1268. ''Eaton'' is derived from Old English and in this case means ''tūn'' ("farm") by a river. The prefix "Water" seems tautological, but it distinguishes Water Eaton from Woodeaton just over to the east. Water Eaton manor house was built for Sir Edward Frere in 1586 but reduced in size at a later date. The Gothic Revival architect GF Bodley restored the house in 1890 and made it his home. It is now a Grade II* listed building. A Perpendicular Gothic Church of England chapel was built northeast of the manor house in 1610 and restored in 1884. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
