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6th April 1957
Derby Lightweight 'double ender' M79900 in Banbury Merton Street station on April 6, 1957. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Unknown Date
British Railways (Derby Lightweight) single unit (DMBS) railcar M79900 at Banbury Merton Street station with a service for Buckingham - c.1958. Remarkably this railcar survives to this day, having been rebuilt as test coach "Iris", based at Bletchley and numbered 975010 in the departmental series. Its last years of service were with the Research Centre at Derby where it was again repainted into lined green livery. It is now preserved at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
1959
A 2-car Class 108 DMU in lined green livery sits at Banbury Merton Street station with a service to Buckingham. The station had lost it's overall roof in the 1950's and it remained open to passengers until 1961. The site of the station is now a housing estate, although the portion of dock for the siding to the right of the DMU remained in situ until the housing estate was built in 2005. David Lawrence.
1960
A Blue Pullman publicity photo showing a Western Region Pullman set at Banbury, with W60096 closest. Negative 473-2631. Metropolitan Cammell.
1960
A Blue Pullman publicity photo showing a Western Region Pullman set arriving into Banbury, with W60097 closest. Negative 473-2633. Metropolitan Cammell.
6th August 1960
A Pressed Steel triple set arrives into Banbury station where it will terminate with the 4.18pm ex-Paddington on August 6th, 1960. The power cars are W51391 (closest) and W51349, the centre car is presumably 59501. Michael Mensing.
25th August 1960
M79900 sits in Banbury Merton Street station. It will depart on the 1.55pm to Buckingham. Michael Mensing.
25th August 1960
Derby Lightweight double-ender M79900 arrives at Banbury with the 12.30pm from Bletchley on 25 August 1960. Michael Mensing.
circa 1974
Set: L131
55031 on the main line at Banbury circa 1974. John Law.
circa 1974
Set: L131
Single car 55021 at Banbury circa 1974. John Law.
28th April 1979
Set: L587
Class 119 DMU set L587 (presumably 51078 + 59436 + 51106) with a Paddington - Banbury service after arriving at Banbury on 28 April 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa 1980
A Marylebone based four-car Class 115 unit at Banbury circa 1980. John Crooks.
18th February 1980
A Derby class 115 dmu, 51880 leading, leaves Banbury for its home base of Marylebone. Pity there's not a fourth livery. Taken on February 18, 1980. Mike Dean.
18th February 1980
Set: L420
Most of the Pressed Steel built Class 117 three car DMUs spent most of their lives working suburban services out of Paddington. In a short-lived livery, set L420 (W51400 leading, presumably with 59510 + 51358) is seen at Banbury North, running round before returning to Oxford. 18/2/80. Mike Dean.
26th January 1981
Set: L123
Class 121 W55023 is seen in platform 2 of Banbury station with a DTS on 26 January 1981. Rob Edwards.
26th January 1981
A Class 115 DMU in Banbury station on 26 January 1981. Rob Edwards.
26th January 1981
Class 115 power car M51888 at Banbury on 26 January 1981. Rob Edwards.
1st October 1981
An LMR publicity image (negative D9850/2) showing "Marylebone diesel multiple unit at Banbury on 1 October 1981 with car number 51670 leading." British Rail.
Unknown Date
This was the view around the back of Banbury North signalbox on 25 January 1986 as an unidentified class 115 DMU approached Banbury station following a reversal in the siding on the extreme left of the picture. The train would have left London Marylebone to where it would shortly return. The GWR marshalling yard, once operated on the "hump basis", was officially closed in 1970 although it still received and despatched a small amount of traffic in the 1980s until the land was sold for housing development. The Great Central Railway's Banbury Branch joined the GWR opposite the signalbox. Peter Tandy.
24th December 1982
Set: L123
Class 121 unit 55023 departs from Banbury with a local service for Oxford on Christmas Eve, 1982. Lewis Bevan.
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