1st June 2025

Sunday 1st June 2025:

An amended timetable will be in operation, in respect of the following:

• Planned engineering works at multiple locations.
• (Early morning routine maintenance at Oxford, plus early morning track works at Aynho Junction and Leamington Spa).
• Wembley Stadium event - Vanarama Trophy Final (Teams & KO - TBA).
• London Underground Metropolitan Line closure Aldgate/Harrow on the Hill.

The railway is closed between Oxford Parkway and Oxford until 08.30, affecting all early morning services to/from Oxford. During this period, rail replacement buses will operate between Oxford - Oxford Parkway and/or Oxford - Bicester North.

Additionally, the railway is closed between Bicester North and Warwick Parkway until 10.40. During this period, rail replacement buses will operate as follows, connecting with trains to/from Birmingham at Warwick Parkway and to/from Marylebone at Bicester North:

• Bicester North - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Warwick - Warwick Parkway.
• Bicester North - Kings Sutton - Banbury.
• Leamington Spa - Warwick - Warwick Parkway - Stratford Upon Avon Parkway - Stratford Upon Avon.

In respect of the Wembley Stadium event, an enhanced timetable will be in operation for most of the day, with additional Wembley Stadium stops in trains, and also some additional trains.

In respect of the London Underground Metropolitan Line closure, additional and lengthened Chiltern Railways trains will operate on the route Marylebone - Harrow on the Hill - Aylesbury/Aylesbury Vale Parkway for most of the day.

Finalised timetables are uploaded into online journey planners 9 weeks before the date of operation. Please check your journey in the planner at the following link: https://buy.chilternrailways.co.uk/. Any journey checked outside of this timescale may be subject to change; please double-check how these amendments are due to affect your travel plans. For some engineering works and special events at Wembley Stadium, timetables may be released closer to the date of operation.