Bicester Town Railway Station

Bicester Village is the smaller of two railway stations serving the town of Bicester in Oxfordshire. It is northeast of on the Oxford to Bletchley line near its junction with the Chiltern Main Line. The renamed Bicester Village station reopened on 25 October 2015 with trains initially running between Oxford Parkway and London Marylebone. All trains serving it are operated by Chiltern Railways. HistoryThe Buckinghamshire Railway, which already had a route between and Banbury, had powers to build a line to Oxford. The first part of this line, from a junction to the west of as far as, opened on 1 October 1850, and this included a station at Bicester. Originally named "Bicester", the station was renamed "Bicester London Road" in March 1954, although the nameboards were not altered until 20 September 1954. There was another track in front of the platform, beside the passenger and freight running line. This was the long reversing siding for the Bicester Military Railway, serving the local MOD depot. 1968 closureThe station was closed, along with the rest of the Oxford–Bletchley section of the Varsity Line, on 1 January 1968. However, the station was used by several excursion trains through the 1970s and 1980s.

Bicester Village is the smaller of two railway stations serving the town of Bicester in Oxfordshire. It is northeast of on the Oxford to Bletchley line near its junction with the Chiltern Main Line. The renamed Bicester Village station reopened on 25 October 2015 with trains initially running between Oxford Parkway and London Marylebone. All trains serving it are operated by Chiltern Railways. HistoryThe Buckinghamshire Railway, which already had a route between and Banbury, had powers to build a line to Oxford. The first part of this line, from a junction to the west of as far as, opened on 1 October 1850, and this included a station at Bicester. Originally named "Bicester", the station was renamed "Bicester London Road" in March 1954, although the nameboards were not altered until 20 September 1954. There was another track in front of the platform, beside the passenger and freight running line. This was the long reversing siding for the Bicester Military Railway, serving the local MOD depot. 1968 closureThe station was closed, along with the rest of the Oxford–Bletchley section of the Varsity Line, on 1 January 1968. However, the station was used by several excursion trains through the 1970s and 1980s.