800035 Oxford 28 January 2026

Just before the lights went out! In the very last of the sunshine, 800035 Liz Gallagher leaves Oxford station on 28 January 2026 with the 1D23 13:00 GWR service to Paddington. The rear of the train is passing over the Botley Road underbridge, which has been closed to road traffic since April 2023. Network Rail claimed the work would be finished by late 2024, and local residents and businesses are rightly annoyed at the delay, claiming that the whole project has gone "disastrously wrong".