line also be electrified, however cost overruns resulted in this being deferred. As a result, Didcot Parkway has seen an increase in the number of terminating services with Class 387s electric multiple units connecting at Didcot with British Rail Class 165 / 166 diesel multiple units. Services Didcot is a major junction, where the (Great Western Railway-built) line to Oxford, and further north leaves the GWML to Bristol Temple Meads via Swindon, Chippenham and Bath Spa also to Swansea via and . There is no local service west of Didcot, so local service is exclusively provided by local trains taking the line to Oxford. However, a proportion of the main line services to Bristol and South Wales do stop here, with the remainder passing through the station non-stop. Fast trains to and from the Oxford line can avoid the station using the Didcot East curve. A few trains, generally early morning weekday and Sunday services, call at Didcot for the Cotswold Line to . Infrequently trains to and further south-west call at this station. Didcot Parkway was served by some CrossCountry services until 2003 when Virgin CrossCountry ceased to call at the station, with all services using the Didcot East curve to and from the Oxford line. As at December 2018, one late night CrossCountry service from Reading to Birmingham New Street passes through Didcot Parkway to allow drivers to retain route knowledge. Passenger services on the West Curve ceased after Thames Trains Oxford to Bristol Temple Meads service was withdrawn in 2003. Didcot Parkway was planned to be on East West Rail, connecting the GWML, Chiltern Main Line, West Coast Main Line, Midland Main Line and Greater Anglia together. It was planned that people will change here for connections to/from Bristol Temple Meads and South Wales. , services were not planned to extend beyond Oxford. An hourly service to/from Bristol was recommended in the June 2021 Oxfordshire Rail Corridor Study (page 8, diagram for morning peak), as well as an hourly service between Banbury and Bristol. Accidents and incidents On 13 February 1861, a passenger train ran into the rear of a freight train at Didcot Junction. The guard of the freight train had failed to adequately protect the rear of his train. On 26 September 1873, a freight train was derailed whilst being shunted to allow a passenger train to pass. On 6 January 1932 a milk train