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Does anybody know the mileage & chainage of the OWW▸ (Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton) bridge over the Honeybourne line? (For both lines, if possible.) Is it painted on the new bridge?
Mileage-wise, the bridge is just east of the 101-mile marker on the OWW line, sorry but can't be more precise than that. No idea about the old line underneath.
Regarding the Honeybourne Bridge, the mileage on the one which was replaced was 100m 73^c (or that may have been 73^ - not clear on the Network Rail photo of it when it had just been removed).
I've found some pics showing the mileage painted on the bridge in two places: the end of the single-track girder and a brick abutment underneath. I think it is more likely to be 100m 73^c. I have seen ^ chain mileages on bridges, but not ^ chain ones.
Another query. Was the up platform at Charlbury widened in the 1970s, extending over the up line?
The platform at Charlbury was not widened, simply extended at the north end towards the bridge in the 1980s.
I thought I'd seen a photo in a book of a station with a single, very wide platform on the Oxford-Worcester line, but I must have dreaming.
Thanks again for the responses.
