47287 slowly approaches a red signal, as it heads north along the centre road at Oxford station on 25 September 1987 with the 6M93 16:20 Morris Cowley to Bescot Speedlink. This was booked to stop here for one minute for a crew change. On this occasion the wait was much longer, as for some unexplained reason, the loco was swapped for 37217. This picture clearly shows the GWR station canopy on the up platform, along with the bay platforms, which were not in passenger use at this time. In the distance, on the extreme left, is the Royal Oxford Hotel, which was built as a railway hotel by the GWR in 1935.