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We are sorry to announce that the 08.44 to Milton Keynes has been delayed by several months

We are sorry to announce that the 08.44 to Milton Keynes has been delayed by several months

Oxford’s new railway line to Milton Keynes has been complete for almost a year – but there’s no sign of passenger services beginning. On 20 October 2024, railway track company Network Rail officially declared the line open. Chiltern Railways and GWR were quick out of the blocks, each running

Oxford’s commuter future

Oxford’s commuter future

Could Oxford learn from Copenhagen and Cambridge? We ask if rail commuting could be an answer to the city’s housing woes. In 1947, Copenhagen’s Urban Planning Institute set out a “finger plan” for development of the city. To avoid uncontrolled sprawl, the finger plan proposed that new houses

Botley Road could remain closed until June 2026

Botley Road could remain closed until June 2026

Rail industry documents passed to the Oxford Clarion show that the Government will need to overrule Network Rail if the Botley Road work is to finish before June 2026. The road was originally closed in April 2023, and was set to reopen in October 2024. But the discovery of a

We’re all going to Wembley… by train

We’re all going to Wembley… by train

Water Eaton has never known anything like it. Oxford United’s play-off final is this Saturday, and the tiny hamlet will have up to three trains an hour to Wembley Stadium. Water Eaton is of course also Oxford Parkway, the city’s second railway station. Like so much about the