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Bicester North railway station

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Bicester North
General information
LocationCherwell
Managed byChiltern Railways
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBCS

Bicester North is a station on the Chiltern Main Line, and is one of two stations serving Bicester. Services, operated by Chiltern Railways, run south to London Marylebone and north to Banbury, Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon.

Bicester North is the main station in Bicester, the smaller station being Bicester Town, which is the terminus of the branch from Oxford.

Services

The typical off-peak weekday service consists of three or four trains per hour to and from London Marylebone. One service per hour is non-stop to Marylebone, taking around 55 minutes to cover the 55 miles (89 km). The other services call at various intermediate destinations such as Princes Risborough and High Wycombe and can take up to 15 minutes longer. Two services per hour continue northwards to Birmingham Snow Hill, taking around 1 hour 20 minutes. The remaining services either terminate at Bicester North or continue to Banbury or Stratford-upon-Avon.

At weekends, there are generally three trains per hour to London, with two continuing to Birmingham.

Operator and routes

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
King's Sutton   Chiltern Railways
London-Birmingham
  Haddenham &
Thame Parkway
Banbury   Chiltern Railways
Chiltern Main Line
fast services
  Haddenham &
Thame Parkway
  Historical railways  
Ardley
Line open, station closed
  Great Western Railway
Bicester "cut-off"
  Blackthorn
Line open, station closed

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Railway stations served by Chiltern Railways
Chiltern Main Line
London–Aylesbury line
Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line
Oxford–Bicester line
(and Cherwell line)
Leamington–Stratford line
Rail transport in the United Kingdom
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