Oxford Rewley Road railway station was a railway station serving the city of Oxford, England, located immediately to the north of what is now Frideswide Square on the site of the Saïd Business School, to the west of Rewley Road. It was the terminus of the Buckinghamshire Railway, which was worked, and later absorbed, by the London and North Western Railway. In 1923 it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, "Varsity Line" service from Cambridge via Bletchley and had features of significance in construction history. A picture of the station can be found here: .
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