Bicester North railway station: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively ← Previous edit Next edit →Content deleted Content addedVisual WikitextInline

Revision as of 18:43, 14 January 2020 editPkbwcgs (talk \| contribs)Extended confirmed users, File movers, New page reviewers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers, Template editors63,137 edits Updated figures← Previous edit		Revision as of 01:55, 25 January 2020 edit undoEightalbumdeal (talk \| contribs)79 edits removed the line about usage of Bicester North station growing rapidly. It's falling rapidly (loss of 1m passengers in two years) due to people switching to use Bicester Village station instead.Next edit →
Line 47:		Line 47:
	The station was transferred from the ] to the ] on 24 March 1974.<ref>{{cite journal \|editor1-first=J.N. \|editor1-last=Slater \|date=May 1974 \|title=Notes and News: Transfer of Marylebone-Banbury services \|journal=] \|volume=120 \|issue=877 \|publisher=IPC Transport Press Ltd \|location=London \|issn=0033-8923 \|page=248 }}</ref>		The station was transferred from the ] to the ] on 24 March 1974.<ref>{{cite journal \|editor1-first=J.N. \|editor1-last=Slater \|date=May 1974 \|title=Notes and News: Transfer of Marylebone-Banbury services \|journal=] \|volume=120 \|issue=877 \|publisher=IPC Transport Press Ltd \|location=London \|issn=0033-8923 \|page=248 }}</ref>


	In recent years passenger traffic at Bicester North has grown rapidly. In the seven years 2003–10 the number of passengers using the station increased by 89%.<ref>] data: see infobox at head of article.</ref>

	==Services==		==Services==

Revision as of 01:55, 25 January 2020

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Bicester North railway station" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Bicester NorthAdd→{{rail-interchange}}
General information
Location	District of Cherwell
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BCS
History
Opened	1 July 1910
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	GWR
Post-grouping	GWR

Bicester North /ˈbɪstər/ is a station on the Chiltern Main Line, one of two stations serving Bicester in Oxfordshire. Services operated by Chiltern Railways run south to London Marylebone and north to Banbury, Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon.

Bicester North is one of Bicester's two stations. The other is Bicester Village on the Oxford to London Marylebone Line.

History

The 'Bicester cut-off' between Ashendon Junction and Aynho Junction was opened in 1910 - the final main-line stretch of route to be completed in Britain until the 1980s. This provided a shortening of the London-to-Birmingham GWR main rail line, and also gave Bicester a station with direct London trains for the first time.

The station was transferred from the Western Region of British Rail to the London Midland Region on 24 March 1974.

Services

The Monday - Friday off-peak service consists of:

2 trains per hour to London Marylebone, one of which is non-stop.
1 train per hour to Banbury
1 train per hour to Birmingham Snow Hill

Additional services run at peak hours, and other timetabled services run at weekends.

Improvement works

In 2010 the down line through the station was realigned for higher speeds, as part of the Evergreen 3 project. In 2011, the up (southbound) platform was widened, using the trackbed of the former through lines.

Operator and routes

Preceding station	[REDACTED] National Rail		Following station
King's Sutton		Chiltern Railways London-Birmingham	Haddenham & Thame Parkway
Banbury		Chiltern Railways Chiltern Main Line fast services	High Wycombe
	Historical railways
Ardley Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off"	Blackthorn Line open, station closed

References

Slater, J.N., ed. (May 1974). "Notes and News: Transfer of Marylebone-Banbury services". Railway Magazine. 120 (877). London: IPC Transport Press Ltd: 248. ISSN 0033-8923.
"Evergreen 3 progress". Modern Railways. London. December 2010. p. 9.

External links

Train times and station information for Bicester North railway station from National Rail
Map sources for Bicester North railway station

v t e Railway stations served by Chiltern Railways
Chiltern Main Line	London Marylebone Wembley Stadium Sudbury & Harrow Road Sudbury Hill Harrow Northolt Park South Ruislip West Ruislip Denham Denham Golf Club Gerrards Cross Seer Green and Jordans Beaconsfield High Wycombe Saunderton Princes Risborough Haddenham & Thame Parkway Bicester North Kings Sutton Banbury Leamington Spa Warwick Warwick Parkway Hatton Lapworth Dorridge Solihull Birmingham Moor Street Birmingham Snow Hill Jewellery Quarter The Hawthorns Smethwick Galton Bridge Langley Green Rowley Regis Old Hill Cradley Heath Lye Stourbridge Junction
London–Aylesbury line	Harrow-on-the-Hill Rickmansworth Chorleywood Chalfont & Latimer Amersham Great Missenden Wendover Stoke Mandeville Aylesbury Aylesbury Vale Parkway
Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line	Monks Risborough Little Kimble
Oxford–Bicester line (and Cherwell line)	Bicester Village Islip Oxford Parkway Oxford Heyford Tackley
Leamington–Stratford line	Claverdon Bearley Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Stratford-upon-Avon
Rail transport in the United Kingdom

v t e Railway stations in Oxfordshire
Great Western Main Line	Cholsey Didcot Parkway Goring & Streatley
Chiltern Main Line	Banbury Bicester North
Cherwell Valley line	Appleford Banbury Culham Didcot Parkway Heyford Oxford Radley Tackley
Cotswold Line	Ascott-under-Wychwood Charlbury Combe Finstock Hanborough Kingham Oxford Shipton
Oxford–Bicester line	Bicester Village Islip Oxford Oxford Parkway
Henley branch line	Henley-on-Thames Shiplake
Heritage railways	Chinnor Didcot Railway Centre Wallingford

51°54′13″N 1°09′00″W / 51.9035°N 1.1500°W / 51.9035; -1.1500

Categories: