Rediscovering the Varsity Line | The Cambridge - Oxford Railway

Exploring what remains of the Cambridge - Oxford 'Varsity Line', fifty years since its closure. Please share and subscribe. Dedicated to my dear brother. SUBSCRIBE and SHARE. Follow on INSTAGRAM: @rediscoveringlostrailways

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Credits

- Music | Ralph Vaughn Williams, 'Symphony No. 5'. I. Preludio: Moderato - Allegro - Tempo I - Kees Bakels. III. Romanza: Lento - Bernard Haitink.

- Photographs | www.disused-stations.org.uk (with the exception of the colour photographs of Lord's Bridge). This indispensable website is a marvel. My immeasurable thanks to its administrators and contributors.

Further Details

- East West Rail - The company spearheading the reopening of the railway between Oxford and Cambridge - http://www.eastwestrail.org.uk/

- The Varsity Line - Wikipedia Page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_Line

- Archive footage of the railway in its last days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VobXkswH19o&t=251s

- News reports concerning the reopening of the line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Lvy55jHHg

- Peter Hitchens, 'We're all the poorer for the loss of our small rail lines' - An evocative account of Mr Hitchens' own experience of using the line and wider ruminations concerning the loss of so many rural lines - https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/12/were-all-poorer-for-the-loss-of-our-small-rail-lines/

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