Didcot to Oxford also
Didcot Great Western Society
Didcot 57.25 miles from Paddington
Appleford Halt 55.25 miles from Paddington
Try this link for more information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleford_railway_station
Culham 56.25 miles from Paddington
For much much more information there is an excellent site on Culham Station please use this link Culham Station - highly recommenced. Masses of information, history, tour around the station etc etc.
Mike Roach Focuses on Culham on 30th January1965
- the end of the steam era - his collection
- the end of the steam era - his collection

Culham - looking south. beyond the footbridge is station road bridge. 30th January 1965 Copyright Mike Roach. N.B. Due to the station building being too close to the up line and the platform being too low and new platform was constructed north of this location and the station building and the signalbox demolished. This view on the 30th January 1965. Copyright Mike Roach.
Many thanks Mike.
Roger Winnen visits Culham in 1983/5 - his collection
Many thanks Roger.
Radley 58.5miles from Paddington
Radley railway station serves the villages of Rafley and Lower Radley and the town of Abingdon.
It is on the Cherwell Valley Line between Didcot Parkway and Banbury 58 miles 35 chains measured from London Paddington.
History The station was built primarily for the boys of Radley College. It was formerly a junction station for a now-dismantled branch to the adjacent town of Abingdon. Opened in 1873 by the GWR , it replaced the original interchange. Abingdon Junction which had opened in 1856. The branch line was extended north to terminate in a bay platform at the new station.The station was renovated during 2008, with a new footbridge, shelters, a new car park and increased cycle storage.In recent years passenger traffic at Radley has grown rapidly. In the five years 2005–10 the number of passengers using the station increased by 38%.
The above information courtesy of Wikipedia.
The terminus of the Abingdon branch at Abingdon was approximately one and three quarter miles from Radley station.
It is on the Cherwell Valley Line between Didcot Parkway and Banbury 58 miles 35 chains measured from London Paddington.
History The station was built primarily for the boys of Radley College. It was formerly a junction station for a now-dismantled branch to the adjacent town of Abingdon. Opened in 1873 by the GWR , it replaced the original interchange. Abingdon Junction which had opened in 1856. The branch line was extended north to terminate in a bay platform at the new station.The station was renovated during 2008, with a new footbridge, shelters, a new car park and increased cycle storage.In recent years passenger traffic at Radley has grown rapidly. In the five years 2005–10 the number of passengers using the station increased by 38%.
The above information courtesy of Wikipedia.
The terminus of the Abingdon branch at Abingdon was approximately one and three quarter miles from Radley station.
For more information try this link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radley_railway_station
Kennington Junction Approximately 60.75 miles from Paddington.
This was a junction for the Thame line which closed to passengers on the 7th January 1963 and to goods 10th October 1966.
Hinksley Road sidings
Oxford 63.5 miles from Paddington
For more information please use this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_railway_station

761127zg Oxford Rewley Road Station was part of the London- North Western Railway. Until 1951 Services ran from here to Bicester, Bletchley, Bedford and Cambridge before being relocated to the present Oxford Station. until closure in 1967. From 1987 the line reopened to passenger services from the present Oxford Station to Bicester with one intermediate station at Islip. In recent years Chiltern Railways began running a service to London Marylebone Copyright
Roger Winnen
The ever roving Roger now takes a short trip north east of Oxford.
Didcot Great Western Society
Didcot Railway Centre is a former GWR engine-shed and locomotive stabling point located at Didcot in Oxfordshire, which today has been converted into a railway museum and preservation engineering site.
Background[edit]The founders and commercial backers of the GWR supported Isambard Kingdom Brunel' scheme to develop an integrated railway and steam-ship service which allowed trans - Atlantic passengers and freight quicker passage to and from London to New York City. However, whilst backing the scheme the railway had to make a profit, and so it took a number of detours and added both mainline and branchline traffic to increase its domestic earnings. This earned the railway the nickname The Great Way Round from its detractors.
Whilst the route from Lodon Paddington to Reading was relatively straight, the then obvious most direct route to Bristol would have taken the railway further south, thus avoiding both Didcot and Swindon. However, passenger and freight traffic both to and from Oxford and onwards to the West Midlands in part dictated a more northerly route. Secondly Brunel had originally planned to cut through Savernake Forest near Marlborough, Wiltshire to Bristol, but the Marquess of Ailesbury, who owned the land, objected - having previously objected to part of the Kennet and Avon Canal running through his estate (see Bruce tunnel). With the railway needing to run near to a canal at its midpoint - as it was cheaper to transport coal for trains along canals at this time - and with need for the branch northwards to Cheltenham via Stroud, Swindon was the next logical choice for the junction (and later railway works), 20 miles (32 km) north of the original route. This dictated that the Oxford junction also be moved northwards, and hence via Didcot. The Great Western Railway built the first rail line through Didcot in 1839 and opened its first station in 1844.
Construction
Didcot Railway Centre, Oct 2001
Due to the technical operational difficulties of running and maintaining a mainline service from London to Bristol, as well as the need for servicing locomotives going to Oxford, Didcot became an obvious midpoint maintenance and stabling point. Having built a timber framed broad gauge shed on the original site during the railways development west in the 1800s, in June 1932 a new steel-framed half-brick 4-road through shed (210 by 67 feet, was completed by the GWR under the Loans and Guarantees Act (1929). With shed code DID, it also included a repair shop (84 by 42 feet, coaling stage (43 by 36 feet, sand furnace, 10 by 10 feet and 65 ft turntable plus associated offices (210 by 15 feet). During World War 11, a standard steel-framed with corrugated iron-panel covered ash shelter was erected.
Operations After World War II, the site remained virtually unchanged during the nationalised ownership of B.R. , but for taking on the new code of 81E. The standard allocation of locomotives remained the same, with Halls, Dukedogs and Panniers making up the bulk of the depot's fleet.
Closure. With the replacement of steam with diesel traction under the Moderernisation plan, the shed became redundant and was closed in June 1965. All of the above is very much above courtesy of Wikipedia)
Background[edit]The founders and commercial backers of the GWR supported Isambard Kingdom Brunel' scheme to develop an integrated railway and steam-ship service which allowed trans - Atlantic passengers and freight quicker passage to and from London to New York City. However, whilst backing the scheme the railway had to make a profit, and so it took a number of detours and added both mainline and branchline traffic to increase its domestic earnings. This earned the railway the nickname The Great Way Round from its detractors.
Whilst the route from Lodon Paddington to Reading was relatively straight, the then obvious most direct route to Bristol would have taken the railway further south, thus avoiding both Didcot and Swindon. However, passenger and freight traffic both to and from Oxford and onwards to the West Midlands in part dictated a more northerly route. Secondly Brunel had originally planned to cut through Savernake Forest near Marlborough, Wiltshire to Bristol, but the Marquess of Ailesbury, who owned the land, objected - having previously objected to part of the Kennet and Avon Canal running through his estate (see Bruce tunnel). With the railway needing to run near to a canal at its midpoint - as it was cheaper to transport coal for trains along canals at this time - and with need for the branch northwards to Cheltenham via Stroud, Swindon was the next logical choice for the junction (and later railway works), 20 miles (32 km) north of the original route. This dictated that the Oxford junction also be moved northwards, and hence via Didcot. The Great Western Railway built the first rail line through Didcot in 1839 and opened its first station in 1844.
Construction
Didcot Railway Centre, Oct 2001
Due to the technical operational difficulties of running and maintaining a mainline service from London to Bristol, as well as the need for servicing locomotives going to Oxford, Didcot became an obvious midpoint maintenance and stabling point. Having built a timber framed broad gauge shed on the original site during the railways development west in the 1800s, in June 1932 a new steel-framed half-brick 4-road through shed (210 by 67 feet, was completed by the GWR under the Loans and Guarantees Act (1929). With shed code DID, it also included a repair shop (84 by 42 feet, coaling stage (43 by 36 feet, sand furnace, 10 by 10 feet and 65 ft turntable plus associated offices (210 by 15 feet). During World War 11, a standard steel-framed with corrugated iron-panel covered ash shelter was erected.
Operations After World War II, the site remained virtually unchanged during the nationalised ownership of B.R. , but for taking on the new code of 81E. The standard allocation of locomotives remained the same, with Halls, Dukedogs and Panniers making up the bulk of the depot's fleet.
Closure. With the replacement of steam with diesel traction under the Moderernisation plan, the shed became redundant and was closed in June 1965. All of the above is very much above courtesy of Wikipedia)