Oxford–Cambridge line

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The Oxford–Cambridge line is a historic east–west railway route in England linking the university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, much of which is being reopened and upgraded as part of the East West Rail project.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Oxford–Cambridge line canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railway line ⓘ
railway route ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Varsity Line ⓘ
category Rail transport in England ⓘ
Railway lines opened in the 19th century ⓘ
closurePattern sections closed in stages in the 1960s ⓘ
connects Cambridge ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ
country England ⓘ
direction east–west ⓘ
electrificationStatus largely unelectrified as of early 2020s ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasPart Bedford–Cambridge section ⓘ
Bletchley–Bedford section ⓘ
Oxford–Bletchley section ⓘ
hasTerminus Cambridge railway station ⓘ
Oxford railway station ⓘ
historicalSignificance linked two major university cities ⓘ
historicalStatus historic railway route ⓘ
infrastructureOwner Network Rail ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
namedAfter University of Cambridge ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
originallyOperatedBy London and North Western Railway ⓘ
partOf East West Rail corridor ⓘ
linked to: East West Rail
passesThrough Bedford ⓘ
Bedfordshire ⓘ
Bicester ⓘ
Bletchley ⓘ
Buckinghamshire ⓘ
Cambridgeshire ⓘ
Milton Keynes area ⓘ
linked to: Milton Keynes
planningAuthorityInvolvement East West Railway Company ⓘ
UK Department for Transport ⓘ
primaryFunction freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
purposeOfReopening improve east–west rail connectivity ⓘ
support economic growth in the Oxford–Cambridge Arc ⓘ
regionServed East of England ⓘ
South East England ⓘ
reopeningProject East West Rail ⓘ
reopeningStatus sections between Oxford and Bletchley under active construction in the 2020s ⓘ
status partly disused ⓘ
partly open ⓘ
under reconstruction ⓘ
trackConfiguration mixed single and double track over its history ⓘ
upgradeProject East West Rail ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Verney Junction → railwayLine → Oxford–Cambridge line ⓘ
Varsity Line → alsoKnownAs → Oxford–Cambridge line ⓘ