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Government backs project to reopen Cowley branch line with £120m funding

Deniz Huseyin
30 October 2025
Chief Secretary to the Treasury, James Murray and Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail with local leaders who have campaigned for the re-opening of Cowley Branch Line
Chief Secretary to the Treasury, James Murray and Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail with local leaders who have campaigned for the re-opening of Cowley Branch Line

 

A project to reopen Oxfordshire’s Cowley Branch Line to passengers and create two new stations has received £120m in Government funding.

Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council and local partners have long campaigned for the line, which currently operates for freight only, to be reopened for passenger travel.

The service would connect communities in Littlemore, Cowley, Blackbird Leys and Greater Leys to central Oxford, in under 10 minutes, and then directly on to London...

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