Classic route
Cotswold Line
Hereford → London · England
Hereford under the Malvern Hills to Worcester, then along the Cotswold Line by Evesham and Charlbury to Oxford and Paddington; the final stretch, through Colwall Tunnel, opened in 1861.
- Distance
- 240 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 2 min
- Average speed
- 79 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmHereford +1
- 22 kmLedbury
- 29 kmColwall
- 33 kmGreat Malvern
- 35 kmMalvern Link
- 46 kmWorcester Foregate Street
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- 47 kmWorcester Shrub Hill
- 53 kmWorcestershire Parkway
- 60 kmPershore
- 69 kmEvesham
- 77 kmHoneybourne
- 93 kmMoreton-in-Marsh
- 104 kmKingham
- 109 kmShipton
- 117 kmCharlbury
- 127 kmHanborough
- 139 kmOxford
- 182 kmReading +4
- 240 kmLondon Paddington +4
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9786302: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 6 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of Great Western Railway
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Cotswold Line?
The Cotswold Line runs 240 km from Hereford to London.
How long does the Cotswold Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 2 min for the 240 km. That is an average of 79 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Cotswold Line?
Great Western Railway, with GWR Class 800.
How old is the Cotswold Line?
The line has been in service since 1861. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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