Oxford Parkway railway station
Oxford Parkway | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Cherwell |
| Managed by | Chiltern Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | OXP |
| Key dates | |
| 26 October 2015 | Opened[1] |
Oxford Parkway railway station[2][3] is a railway station at Water Eaton, Oxfordshire, on the railway line between Oxford and Islip. Full regular weekday service began on Monday 26 October 2015 [4], although the first passengers travelled the previous day on a Sunday timetable [5].
The station, whose name was changed in September 2013 from the provisional "Water Eaton Parkway"[6][7], lies between Kidlington and Oxford beside the existing Water Eaton park-and-ride site[8][9]. It serves Kidlington, north Oxford and nearby villages. The station forms part of a multi-modal transport interchange node, connecting travellers by bus, cycle, on foot and by car with rail transport. It is also intended to attract park-and-ride traffic from the busy A34, A40 and A44 roads.
Description
The station is part of Project Evergreen 3, funded and managed by Chiltern Railways. It is served every half-hour by trains from London Marylebone. Chiltern Railways opened the station in October 2015 for trains towards Bicester and London Marylebone, with services to Oxford Railway Station beginning in Spring 2016.[10] The journey time to London is about an hour.
The East West Rail Consortium's planned rail service between Oxford and Milton Keynes Central and Bedford Midland will also serve Oxford Parkway.[11]
The station is on the site of the Buckinghamshire Railway's temporary Oxford Banbury Road terminus (1850-1851), and north-east of the site of the former Oxford Road Halt (1905-1926). In 1942 a Government grain silo was built next to the site as part of a Second World War network to concentrate scarce food and distribute it by rail. It was in use until the late 1980s.[12] In October 2013 Chiltern Railways had it demolished as part of site preparation for the new station and car park.[13]
Water Eaton Park-and-Ride is immediately adjacent, with bus services to central Oxford[14] and to the Headington hospitals (Monday to Friday only)[15].
The station lies on National Cycle Network Route 51, which links Oxford to Bicester and further East[16]. Oxford Parkway has covered two-level parking for 152 pedal cycles adjacent to the entrance, additional to the existing cycle parking at the nearby Park & Ride. It has CCTV surveillance[17]. A Cyclestreets journey planner is available to plan cycle routes to the station[18].
The car park has 815 standard spaces, plus 41 spaces for passengers with reduced mobility. There is realtime information about remaining available spaces[19]. There is a fee to park a car[20] but the first hour is free. There are also spaces for 30 motorcycles.
Purchase of rail travel tickets is by machine: there is no ticket office at the station[21].
Construction
Building of the station began in late October 2014 and was sufficiently advanced for services to begin 12 months later. Ancillary construction is still under way. Videos of the planning and construction can be found here: [22]
Services
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | Chiltern Railways London Marylebone – Oxford |
Islip or Bicester Village | ||
| Future services | ||||
| Oxford | Chiltern Railways London Marylebone – Oxford |
Islip or Bicester Village | ||
| Oxford | East West Rail Link Reading – Bedford or Milton Keynes |
Bicester Village | ||
References
- ^ http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/chiltern-railways-oxford-parkway-london-launch-date-announced
- ^ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/OXP/details.html
- ^ http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/oxford-parkway-open
- ^ http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/13895524.UPDATE__First_trains_from_Oxford_Parkway_arrive_at_London_Marylebone/
- ^ http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/13894736.Keen_passengers_board_the_first_trains_to_leave_Oxford_Parkway/?ref=mr&lp=17
- ^ http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/track%20access/2%20completed%20consultations/2015/2015.08.08%20-%20chiltern%20-%20section%2022%20-%20closes%203%20september%202015/chiltern%20proposed%20form%20p%20114th%20oxp%20tt%202015.pdf
- ^ "Chiltern Railways names new Oxfordshire station Oxford Parkway" (Press release). Chiltern Railways. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ^ https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/water-eaton-park-and-ride-ox2-8ha
- ^ https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/water-eaton-park-and-ride-ox2-8ha
- ^ "Bicester – Oxford". Chiltern Railways.[dead link]
- ^ "Prospectus" (PDF). East West Rail Consortium. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ Memory Lane (21 October 2013). "a look back at the history of the Water Eaton grain silo as wartime facility nears its end". Oxford Mail. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Fantato, Damian (2 November 2013). "Water Eaton grain silo is demolished". Oxford Mail. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ http://parkandride.oxfordbus.co.uk/timetables-fares/500
- ^ https://www.stagecoachbus.com/pdfs/XOAO700.pdf
- ^ http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/route-51
- ^ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/OXP/details.html
- ^ www.cyclestreets.net/journey/to/51.802998,-1.274639/Oxford+Parkway+Cycle+Stand/
- ^ http://voyager.oxfordshire.gov.uk/carpark.aspx
- ^ https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/water-eaton-park-and-ride-ox2-8ha
- ^ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/OXP/details.html
- ^ http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/oxford-parkway-open
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