Shipton railway station serves the villages of Shipton-under-Wychwood

Shipton-under-Wychwood

Shipton under Wychwood is a village and civil parish in the Evenlode valley about north of Burford, Oxfordshire. The village is one of several named after the ancient forest of Wychwood. The others are Milton-under-Wychwood immediately to the west of the village and Ascott-under-Wychwood about to...

 and Milton-under-Wychwood

Milton-under-Wychwood

Milton-under-Wychwood is a village and civil parish about north of Burford, Oxfordshire, just off the A361 road between Burford and Chipping Norton.-History:The village is one of three named after the ancient forest of Wychwood...

 in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....

, England

England

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. The station and all trains serving it are operated by First Great Western

First Great Western

First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd, a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that serves Greater London, the South East, South West and West Midlands regions of England, and South Wales....

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Services

Shipton is served by two trains in each direction each each weekday. The up trains are the 0740 service terminating at , and the 1705 service through to , which is operated by a High Speed Train

British Rail Class 43 (HST)

The British Rail Class 43 is the TOPS classification used for the InterCity 125 High Speed Train power cars, built by BREL from 1975 to 1982....

 (HST). The down services are the 1800 to , the 1916 (operated by an HST) and 2318 to .

Up Saturday services are enhanced, with the 0800, 0902, 1701 and 2230 services running through to London Paddington. All but the 2230 are operated by HSTs. Down Saturday services consist of the 1446, 1746 (operated by an HST) and 2112 running to and the 2314 running to Worcester Shrub Hill.

There is no Sunday service from Shipton in either direction.

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