By Andrew Ffrench @OxMailAndyF Business reporter covering Didcot and Wallingford. Call me on 01865 425425
A Chiltern Railways’ train heads into Oxford station above the Sheepwash Channel – the swing bridge still with its rails can be seen on the right The days when trains ran into the Rewley Road station and goods yard in Oxford are now a distant memory. But there is one reminder - the swing bridge which gave access to the site and which is to be restored to its former glory. The bridge, at the north end of Oxford Station, allowed trains to cross the Sheepwash Channel, a stretch of water linking the River Thames with the Oxford Canal.