Hi all, i'm suggesting this part of the GWML from DPW*- Banbury with maybe the Oxford-Bicester line Route Information Cherwell Valley Line [Didcot-Banbury] The Cherwell Valley line is the railway line between Didcot and Banbury via Oxford. It links the Great Western Main Line and the south to the Chiltern Main Line and the Midlands. The line follows the River Cherwell for much of its route between Banbury and Oxford. Passenger services are provided by CrossCountry and Great Western Railway. GWR markets the local service between Oxford and Banbury as the Oxford Canal Line. The line carries a large and increasing volume of freight between the Port of Southampton and the Midlands, much of it container trains operated by Freightliner. Oxford-Bicester Village [Oxford-Bicester] The Oxford–Bicester line is a railway line linking Oxford and Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. Opened in 1850, later becoming part of a through route to Cambridge, it closed in 1967 along with much of the rest of the original line. The section between Oxford and Bicester was reopened in 1987 as a branch line, and closed from early 2014 to late 2015 for a substantial upgrade in which it became part of a new route between Oxford and London Marylebone via High Wycombe. In addition, it is intended that by 2025 the original route eastwards will be restored as far as Bletchley allowing services to run to Bedford, Chiltern Railways reopened the line between the new Oxford Parkway station and Bicester on 26 October 2015. The timetable for December 2015 to May 2016 has two trains per hour between Oxford Parkway and London Marylebone, all of which stop at Bicester Village but only a few at Islip. The fastest trains are scheduled to take just under an hour for the whole journey. Services along the full lengths of the line from Oxford started on 11 December 2016. (The service received its ceremonial opening on the following day.) Chiltern Railways originally proposed that the journey from Oxford to London Marylebone would take 66 minutes. In addition to allowing new services between Oxford and London via the Chiltern route, the Evergreen 3 project formed the first phase of the "East West Rail" project that is to see a new 100 mph (160 km/h) service linking Oxford with Milton Keynes, Bedford and possibly also Cambridge. The western section of this route, between Oxford and Bedford, was approved by the Government in November 2011. In his budget of November 2017, the chancellor, Philip Hammond, allocated further funding to open the western section by 2024 via a new company, the East West Railway Company, which was established in December 2017. [Main Route to Banbury] Appleford Culham Radley Oxford Tackley Heywood Kings Sutton Banbury [Bicester Branch to Banbury] Oxford Parkway Islip Bicester Village Locomotives Class 165/0 Class 168/0 Class 168/1 & 2 Class 165/1 Class 166 [Presumably with a FGW Interior] Conclusion This route will give lots of variety in Locomotives and a very complex Timetable More Information Found Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherwell_Valley_line Oxford–Bicester line - Wikipedia
