Cotswold Line Promotion Group

First Great Western 180103 at Charlbury. Photo: John Stanley.
First Great Western HST near Moreton-in-Marsh. Photo: William Crossley.
First Great Western 165102 at Moreton-in-Marsh. Photo: William Crossley.
London Midland 170515 at Worcester Foregate Street. Photo: John Stanley.
London Midland 172335 at Henwick. Photo: Steve Widdowson.
London Midland 150109 at Colwall - Photo: Steve Widdowson.

NECTAR POINTS ON FGW ON-LINE TICKET SALES
First Great Western is now offering Nectar points on rail tickets purchased from them on line.
For details, visit www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/nectar

OXFORDSHIRE BUS REVIEW
There have been concerns about the future of the X8, X8A and C1 subsidised RailBus services from Kingham and Charlbury stations. Oxfordshire County Council announced its decisions on Friday 11th April 2014. The details appear on this Link. The changes take effect from 2nd June 2014.

ADLESTROP SPECIAL TRAIN.
Bookings are now being accepted for a special train on Tuesday 24th June 2014 to celebrate the centenary of Edward Thomas' journey which inspired him to write his poem "Adlestrop".
Details and booking form, plus details of a poetry competition, are available in the Special Trains section of this website.

ELECTRIC CAR POINTS.

It has been announced that Electric Car Charging Points are to be installed at 44 First Great Western stations - including Oxford, Charlbury and Moreton-in-Marsh. Details from the BBC Website HERE.

TRAVELLING TO BICESTER?

From Saturday 15th February 2014, the railway line between Oxford and Bicester Town has closed to allow major upgrading work to take place. A special bus service is now in operation and details are available HERE.

NEW COTSWOLD LINE DVD.
Video 125 has announced that a new driver's eye view DVD from the cab of a HST covering the line from Oxford to Hereford will be released during November.
A preview is available HERE.
Further details will be available from http://www.Video125.co.uk.

Welcome to the Cotswold Line Promotion Group's Website.

Please note that IT IS NOT NECESSARY to register or to Login to view the main site. Only the Members Area, which includes a forum, requires a login.

The Cotswold Line Promotion Group is representing users of the railway line between Oxford, Worcester and Hereford.

The Cotswold and Malvern Line has stations at OXFORD - HANBOROUGH - COMBE - FINSTOCK - CHARLBURY - ASCOTT-under-WYCHWOOD - SHIPTON - KINGHAM - MORETON-in-MARSH - HONEYBOURNE - EVESHAM - PERSHORE - WORCESTER Shrub Hill - WORCESTER Foregate Street - MALVERN LINK - GREAT MALVERN - COLWALL - LEDBURY - HEREFORD

This site is in course of development and new features are added from time to time. The latest addition was the "Walks Books" page.

Latest Tweets from First Great Western (from Twitter)

@NRE_FirstGW 18 April 2014 11:25

INFO: Delays of up to 15 minutes between #Reading and Didcot Parkway because of a problem with lineside equipment
@NRE_FirstGW 17 April 2014 16:24

Trains between Bristol Temple Meads and Taunton are running normally following delays caused by animals on the line at Highbridge & Burnham
@NRE_FirstGW 17 April 2014 15:47

Trains between Bristol Temple Meads and Taunton are being delayed by up to 15 minutes because of animals on the line at Highbridge & Burnham
@NRE_FirstGW 17 April 2014 15:45

Good afternoon! As of 15:35, there are no reported disruptions. Please check the journey planner before you travel: http://t.co/ICpuYCT3VI
@NRE_FirstGW 17 April 2014 13:32

CLEARED: Trains are now running normally through #SouthamptonCentral following a signalling problem near St Deny