Archive for the ‘Timetable’ Category

Line closure – replacement services

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

At the AGM, Chiltern Railways confirmed that the Bicester-Oxford line will need to be closed for a period of 9-12 months, beginning mid 2011, in order for the track improvements for Evergreen 3 to be carried out. This will obviously be a great inconvenience to users of the service. Unfortunately this work is necessary due to the position of the existing line and the poor condition of the foundations beneath it.

In the meantime a replacement service will operate. There was some discussion at the AGM about the options for replacement services and Chiltern seem open to discussion about this. Please vote in the following poll to express your preference(s) or add a comment if you have a suggestion that is not listed:

The Evergreen 3 upgrades will mean no rail services on the Bicester Link line for 9-12 months. Which replacement services would you find useful? (Tick one or more choices)

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Have your say on timetable changes

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Our chairman (Ian East), who is also on the FGW customer panel, is meeting with FGW next Thursday (14 Jan 2010) and has the chance to talk about the new Bicester Link timetable and put forward possible changes. It would be great to get your input on this, so please vote on the top issues using our poll on the right hand side of the main homepage. Alternatively it would be great to hear your general comments on these or other issues – to do this use the “Leave a reply” section at the foot of this post.

Also, for reference, please click here for a version of the Dec 2009 Bicester-Oxford timetable in Microsoft Word format.

December 2009 timetable changes

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

The new First Great Western timetable started on 13 Dec 2009. If you have any comments to make about how it has affected your journey, including connections at Oxford, please post them here. We would also be interested to hear about any changes you would like FGW to consider for the next timetable for us to raise at the next Customer Panel meeting on 12 Jan 2010.

Following this morning’s leaflet drop advertising this website, we now have over 100 subscribers, so it would be great to get your feedback!

Update: For a summary of the timetable changes, click here.

Proposed 2013 timetable

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Chiltern Railways new track access contract – closing date for responses 30 November 2009. Links here contain proposed 2013 timetable.