Unfortunately the Rail User Group notice board at Bicester Town station was vandalised at the weekend. If anyone has any information about this incident, please contact us.
Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Notice board vandalism
Monday, February 15th, 2010Article from Rail Magazine 27 Jan 2010
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Click the following link to read this article about Chiltern’s plans for the new Oxford-London route from Rail Magazine:
Rail Magazine 27 Jan 2010
2010 AGM minutes
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Minutes from the OBRAG AGM last week are now available here:
OBRAG AGM 2010 Minutes
Also, there have been more articles in the press recently about Chiltern Railways’ Evergreen 3 proposals for the Bicester-Oxford service:
Bicester Review 2010-02-01
Bicester Advertiser 2010-01-28
Oxford Mail 2010-01-28
BBC Radio Oxford interview
Friday, January 15th, 2010In a series of features on Radio Oxford today about Chiltern’s recent TWA application for a new Oxford to London service via Islip and Bicester, OBRAG’s Ian East was interviewed by Wesley Smith at 17:30 on the Bill Heine show. A recording of the interview can be heard by clicking this link to BBC iPlayer. The interview starts around 1h23m40s in. Other mentions are made at 47m45s and 2h19h50s.
The new service is also detailed in this news report on BBC Oxford TV. You may find this easier to view by clicking the ‘open in standalone player’ link.
These links on iPlayer are likely to last only for a limited time.
OBRAG AGM – 28 Jan 2010
Monday, January 11th, 2010The OBRAG AGM will be held in the Hunt Room at the Kings Arms Hotel, Market Square, Bicester from 18.30 until around 19:45 on Thursday 28 January 2010.
The agenda will be as follows:
1) Chairman’s Summary
2) Guest Speaker – John Horsman, Stakeholder Liaison Manager for Chiltern Railways
3) Financial Report
4) Election of Officers
5) Open Discussion
If anyone would like to stand for the positions of Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary or Website/Publicity, please contact us before the meeting.
Click here for a map of the Kings Arms Hotel. It is a 5-10 minute walk from Bicester Town Station. If you are coming from Oxford or Islip the 17:54/18:07 connection will get you there at 18:19. For a return service, a train leaves at 20:00.
Welcome!
Friday, December 4th, 2009Welcome to the OBRAG website, the best place to get the latest news affecting the Bicester Link (Oxford-Bicester) train service.
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£10m platform for Oxford railway station expansion
Friday, November 27th, 2009DETAILS of a £10m project to expand Oxford’s railway station are unveiled today. Dr Ian East, chairman of the Oxford-Bicester Rail Action Group quoted here.

