Osney Rail Bridge

Osney Rail Bridge
Carries	Cherwell Valley Line
Crosses	River Thames
Locale	Oxford
Maintained by	Network Rail
Material	Iron
Height	11 feet 8 inches (3.56 m)[1]
Coordinates	51°44′50″N 1°16′02″W / 51.747218°N 1.267242°W / 51.747218; -1.267242Coordinates: 51°44′50″N 1°16′02″W / 51.747218°N 1.267242°W / 51.747218; -1.267242

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]

See also

• Crossings of the River Thames

References

1. ^ River Thames Alliance. Bridge heights on the River Thames.
2. ^ Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C.R. (eds.); Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C.J. Day, T.G. Hassall, Nesta Selwyn (1979). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 4: Communications. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22808. 
3. ^ Where Thames Smooth Waters Glide: Osney Railway Bridge
4. ^ Oxford Area Flood Information Guidance Booklet page 45

Next crossing upstream	River Thames	Next crossing downstream
Osney Bridge (road)	Osney Rail Bridge	Gasworks Bridge (pedestrian)