Sunday 21 July 2024:
Planned engineering works in multiple locations.
Before 10:30 - The railway is closed between Bicester North and Dorridge (for track works at Hatton).
Rail replacement buses will operate as follows, connecting with trains to/from Marylebone at Bicester Village, and connecting with trains to/from Birmingham Moor Street at Dorridge:
Bicester Village - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Warwick - Warwick Parkway - Dorridge.
Bicester Village - Banbury - Stratford Upon Avon.
Bicester Village - Kings Sutton - Banbury.
Leamington Spa - Warwick - Stratford Upon Avon Parkway - Stratford Upon Avon
After 10:30 and for the remainder of the day - The railway is closed between Bicester North and Leamington Spa (for bridge and tunnel works).
Rail replacement buses will operate as follows, connecting with trains to/from Marylebone at Bicester Village, and connecting with trains to/from Birmingham Moor Street at Leamington Spa:
Bicester Village - Banbury - Leamington Spa.
Bicester Village - Banbury - Stratford Upon Avon.
Bicester Village - Kings Sutton - Banbury
Most journeys will take considerably longer and will involve travelling on a rail replacement bus service, please allow plenty of time and check before you travel.
Five day closure - Saturday 27 - Wednesday 31 July:
- For five days at the end of July, Network Rail are carrying out improvement works at various locations between Bicester and Leamington Spa.
- This means that from Saturday 27 July through to Wednesday 31 July rail replacement buses will operate between Leamington Spa and Bicester and also between Leamington Spa and Oxford, in both directions.
- The line closure affects the last five days of July, including three weekdays. Most journeys will take considerably longer and will involve travelling on a rail replacement bus service, please allow plenty of time to travel.
What work is happening?
Several essential pieces of maintenance works have been scheduled across the month of June and has been planned to coincide over the five day period, to minimise the overall long-term disruption to passengers.
The work includes:
- Track renewal work in the Kings Sutton area.
- Bridge renewal work over the River Cherwell, near Banbury
- Drainage works in the Harbury area, south of Leamington Spa.
In addition, the railway will be closed between Didcot and Oxford over the weekend of 27 & 28 July. While this work does not directly affect Chiltern Railways, it does mean that Chiltern Railways will be the only train company running services to / from Oxford over the weekend, so our services are likely to be much busier than usual.
Impact to customer journeys:
Saturday 27 - Wednesday 31 July 2024 (inclusive):
The railway is closed between Bicester North and Leamington Spa for 5 days between 27th and 31st July inclusive.
Rail replacement buses will operate as follows, connecting with trains to/from Marylebone at Bicester Village, and connecting with trains to/from Birmingham Moor Street at Leamington Spa:
Bicester Village - Banbury - Leamington Spa.
Bicester Village - Banbury - Stratford Upon Avon.
Bicester Village - Kings Sutton - Banbury.
Most journeys will take considerably longer and will involve travelling on a rail replacement bus service, please allow plenty of time to make your journey.
Impact on station facilities: Customers that plan to travel from Banbury station are advised that the Westside car park will be closed during this time, due to the operation of the bus replacement services from Friday 19 July until Wednesday 31 July (inclusive). During this time, customers are advised to use the Eastside multi-storey car park (RingGo location code 2625).
Journey planners have been updated. For accurate journey planning information, please use the Chiltern Railways App or check your journey at chilternrailways.co.uk.
For live journey updates, please visit our JourneyCheck page.
For our live service information route map and links to individual station departure boards, please click here.
Other general travel advice for customers travelling on our route:
Saturday 27 July 2024
On Saturday 27 July, Bruce Springsteen is in concert at Wembley Stadium. An enhanced timetable will be in operation during the afternoon and evening, with additional Wembley Stadium stops in trains, and also some additional trains. Services will also be busier than usual due to additional passengers travelling because of engineering works between Oxford and Didcot.
A reduced service of 1 train per hour will operate between Marylebone and Aylesbury Vale Parkway between 12.00 and 20.00. After 20.00, rail replacement buses will operate as follows, connecting with trains to/from Marylebone at Beaconsfield:
Beaconsfield - Amersham - Great Missenden - Wendover - Stoke Mandeville - Aylesbury - Aylesbury Vale Parkway.
Please allow plenty of time to make your journey and check before you travel.