THE public inquiry into Chiltern Railway’s £260m Oxford-Bicester-London rail link will start on 2 November 2010.
For more details, click here to read the article from the Bicester Advertiser.
Date set for inquiry into new rail link
July 26th, 2010New parking at Bicester Village
July 23rd, 2010Bicester Villlage have now completed their new car park next to Bicester Town station. This area will be available from Monday 26 July for rail users travelling on the Bicester Link line. More details can be found in this press release from FGW.
OBRAG members may also be interested to know that our chairman, Ian East, has recently published a book called The Cost of the Car: Human, Environmental and Economic. It is available in hardback and paperback from Amazon.co.uk.
The Cost of the Car by Ian East
Steam engine marks 100 years of Bicester line
July 2nd, 2010The Oxford Times has an article about the chance to see a steam train at Bicester North at 10:30 and 15:10 this Saturday. It provides an interesting background to Chiltern Railways who will take over the Oxford-Bicester service, which is also mentioned.
Outcome from recent vandalism at Islip
June 15th, 2010Regular rail users at Islip will be aware that the shelter was recently vandalised. We have the following report from Geoff Capes, FGW Station Manager at Oxford, on the outcome of the police investigation.
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Warning over plan for second Oxford-London rail route
June 8th, 2010Click here for this article from the Bicester Advertiser.