"Didcot Parkway station, 1992." View eastward from the Down Main platform 1: ex-GWR London Paddington - Reading - Swindon - Bristol trunk line, junction of main line to Oxford and Worcester/Banbury etc.; also until 10/9/62 the terminus of the Didcot, Newbury & Southampton line. On the Up Main is a receding IC125. The Avoiding Line to Oxford passes the station on the NE side and off to the left is the major heritage Great Western Railway Centre. The station is modernised somewhat and designated 'Parkway' since 29/7/85