Editing Chiltern Main Line (section)

=== Oxford Connection ===
{{Main|East West Rail}}
A quarter of a mile (about 0.3&nbsp;km) of double track has been constructed joining the [[Oxford to Bicester Line]] at [[Bicester Village railway station|Bicester Village]] to the Chiltern line, allowing a new Oxford to London Marylebone service to operate, calling at Bicester Village and High Wycombe. The track between Wolvercote Tunnel (on the outskirts of Oxford) and Bicester Village has been rebuilt and a new station constructed at [[Water Eaton, Oxfordshire|Water Eaton]], named {{stnlnk|Oxford Parkway}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/chilternmainline/ |publisher=Chiltern Railways |title=Chiltern Mainline |access-date=23 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415213504/http://mainline.chilternrailways.co.uk/about |archive-date=15 April 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=CRpress20130920>{{cite press release |title=Chiltern Railways names new Oxfordshire station Oxford Parkway |date=20 September 2013 |publisher=Chiltern Railways |url=http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/chiltern-railways-names-new-oxfordshire-station-oxford-parkway |access-date=20 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060403/http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/chiltern-railways-names-new-oxfordshire-station-oxford-parkway|archive-date=21 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The scheme includes additional platforms at Bicester, [[Islip railway station|Islip]] and Oxford. The Oxford line was reopened in stages during 2015 and 2016; services from London Marylebone to Oxford Parkway began in October 2015. Services through to Oxford started on 11 December 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-38286727 |title=Oxford to London Marylebone railway line opens |date=12 December 2016 |work=BBC News |access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/chilterns-oxford-city-centre-london-services-pushed-to-december |title=Chiltern's Oxford city centre-London services pushed to December |date=20 January 2016 |website= www.railtechnologymagazine.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/oxford-london |publisher=Chiltern Railways |title=Oxford to London line |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> The delay to the full service was due to works in the Wolvercote tunnel, which were specifically scheduled to minimise disruption to roosting bats. The upgraded track has two bi-directional tracks and headroom in the tunnel for overhead electrification to be installed at a later date.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bicestertooxfordcollaboration.com/in-your-area/wolvercote-tunnel.html |publisher=Bicester to Oxford collaboration |title=Wolvercote Tunnel |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref>

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