Osney Rail Bridge

Bridge in Oxford

51°44′50″N 1°16′02″W / 51.747218°N 1.267242°W / 51.747218; -1.267242CarriesCherwell Valley LineCrossesRiver ThamesLocaleOxfordMaintained byNetwork RailCharacteristicsMaterialIronHeight11 feet 8 inches (3.56 m)^[1]HistoryOpened1887Location Map

Railways around Oxford

Legend

to Banbury
to Worcester					to Bicester
to Witney and Fairford					Oxford Parkway
Yarnton					Oxford Road Halt
Yarnton Loop					City boundary
Wolvercot Junction
Wolvercot Platform					Wolvercote Halt

Oxford North Junction
					Port Meadow Halt
Exchange sidings

Sheepwash Channel					Rewley Road Swing Bridge
Oxford					Oxford Rewley Road
Osney Rail Bridge
Gasworks Bridge					Oxford Gas Works
					River Isis
City boundary					Oxford (Grandpont) Goods
Hinksey Halt
					Millstream Junction
Abingdon Road Halt
					Kennington Junction
Radley					Iffley Halt
to Didcot					Kennington Railway Bridge
					Littlemore
					Morris Cowley
					BMW Mini terminal
					Horspath Halt
					to Princes Risborough

Osney Rail Bridge is a railway bridge over the River Thames at Oxford in England. It carries the Cherwell Valley Line between Didcot and Oxford across the river on the reach between Iffley Lock and Osney Lock.

The original bridge was built in 1850, when the Great Western Railway built a new line from its original Oxford station at Grandpont to Rugby.^[2] The north side of the bridge was on the island which was then called Osney. A second bridge was built in 1887 within a foot or so of the first bridge.^[3]

The bridge is maintained by Network Rail, who refer to the bridge as River Isis Crossing.^[4]

References

^ River Thames Alliance. Bridge heights on the River Thames.
^ Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J.; Hassall, T.G.; Selwyn, Nesta (1979). Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C.R. (eds.). A History of the County of Oxford. Vol. 4: Communications. UK: Victoria County History.
^ Where Thames Smooth Waters Glide: Osney Railway Bridge, UK.
^ Oxford Area Flood Information Guidance Booklet, Oxford City Council, page 45.