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Bicester North railway station
Railway station in Oxfordshire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bicester North (/ˈbɪstər/ ⓘ BIST-ər) is a station on the Chiltern Main Line, one of two stations serving the market town of Bicester in Oxfordshire. Services operated by Chiltern Railways run south to London Marylebone and north to Banbury, Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Bicester North is one of Bicester's two stations. The other is Bicester Village on the Oxford to London Marylebone Line.
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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.[1]
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Services
The Monday-to-Friday off-peak service consists of:
- 2 trains per hour to London Marylebone, typically calling at Haddenham & Thame Parkway (once per hour) and High Wycombe only
- 1 train per hour to Birmingham Moor Street
- 1 train per hour to Banbury, extending to Birmingham Snow Hill once every two hours and during peak times.
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.[2]
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