| OURLADY | Virgin Trains carrying youth past Oxford University (3,4) |
| TEACHESTS | Trains carrying sixty-eight empty boxes |
| PRISTINE | Virgin Trains regularly sacked inept guards |
| FOODMILES | Distance travelled by farmer to the retail market in trains carrying spirit back-to-front (4,5) |
| CORBYN | Politician who in 2016 was filmed sitting on the floor of an allegedly "rampacked" Virgin Trains East Coast train (6,6) |
| JEREMY | Politician who in 2016 was filmed sitting on the floor of an allegedly "rampacked" Virgin Trains East Coast train (6,6) |
| PUFFADDER | Steam train carrying a divine serpent (4,5) |
| ANIMADVERT | Take note: trailer's hitched to train carrying nitrogen |
| TAOISEACH | Train carrying leaders in Athlone off is for Irish premier |
| AUSTRIAN | A sort of train carrying American or European |
| INTHEREAR | Rescheduled train carrying present is behind (2,3,4) |
| IRRITANT | In the beginning, Indian Railway train carrying tritium derailed, producing a source of discomfort (8) |
| SCYTHES | Cutters' chief engineer on board recruits youth leaving Oxford University |
| OLEMISS | Nickname for an Oxford university |
| RIOTOUS | Wildly enjoyable hoots round Oxford University, whereas ... (7) |
| AMPOULE | Capsule big enough to get Oxford University inside (7) |
| BULLDOG | Oxford University official's encyclical upset the Almighty (7) |
| OUTLIER | Oxford University row about learner, one having no connections (7) |
| EVENOUT | In contest see Oxford University reach consistent level |
| OXONIAN | Relating to Oxford University |
