47838 heads north from Oxford on 8 September 1990 with the 1M88 06:40 Poole to Manchester Piccadilly service. This view from Walton Well Road has changed completely. In the 1990s the allotments and distant trees gave the impression that this a rural location, even though it is only a few hundred yards from the centre of Oxford. However, the view is now blighted by ugly student accommodation blocks, a signal gantry, and uncontrolled lineside vegetation growth.