| Bicester North | |
| Bicester North | |
| The station in 2011, after completion of widening work on the southbound platform | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Bicester |
| Local authority | Cherwell |
| Grid reference | Template:Gbmapscaled |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BCS |
| Managed by | Chiltern Railways |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2002/03 * | increase 0.596 million |
| 2004/05 * | increase 0.703 million |
| 2005/06 * | decrease 0.674 million |
| 2006/07 * | increase 0.802 million |
| 2007/08 * | increase 0.911 million |
| 2008/09 * | increase 0.985 million |
| History | |
| Opened 1 July 1910 | |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GWR |
| Post-grouping | GWR |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bicester North from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
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Station entrance in 1961
Bicester North Template:IPAc-en is a station on the Chiltern Main Line, one of two stations serving Bicester, England. Services operated by Chiltern Railways run south to London Marylebone and north to Banbury, Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Bicester North is the larger of Bicester's two stations. The smaller is Bicester Town, currently the terminus of Oxford to Bicester Line.
History[]
The station was transferred from the Western Region of British Rail to the London Midland Region on 24 March 1974.[1]
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%.[2]
Services[]
The typical off-peak weekday service consists of three or four trains per hour to and from London Marylebone. One service per hour is non-stop to Marylebone, taking around 55 minutes to cover the Template:Convert/mi. The other services call at various intermediate destinations such as Princes Risborough and High Wycombe and can take up to 15 minutes longer. Two services per hour continue northwards to Birmingham Snow Hill, taking around 1 hour 20 minutes. The remaining services either terminate at Bicester North or continue to Banbury or Stratford-upon-Avon.
At weekends, there are generally three trains per hour from London, two of which continue to Birmingham.
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.[3]
Operator and routes[]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Sutton | Chiltern Railways London-Birmingham |
Haddenham and 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[]
- ↑ "Notes and News: Transfer of Marylebone-Banbury services" (May 1974). Railway Magazine 120 (877). London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. ISSN 0033-8923.
- ↑ Office of the Rail Regulator data: see infobox at head of article.
- ↑ Template:Cite news
External links[]
A view of Bicester North station from the footbridge in 2010
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