Islip railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Islip
code = ISP


manager = First Great Western.
locale = Islip
borough = Cherwell
lowusage0405 = 18,988
lowusage0506 = 16,167
lowusage0607 = 17,939
platforms = 1
years = 1 October 1850
events = Opened
years1 = 1 January 1968
events1 = Closed
years2 = 13 May 1989
events2 = Reopened

Islip railway station serves the village of Islip, Oxfordshire, England. Islip is located just to the north-east of Oxford — services run south to Oxford 9 km (5 miles) away (sometimes continuing to Didcot and beyond) and north-east to Bicester.

It is served by First Great Western using Class 165 Diesel Multiple Units.

History

Islip was originally a double tracked two-platform station with a goods shed. However, in December 1968 it was closed to passengers, along with the rest of the Oxford to Bletchley and Bedford to Cambridge sections of the Varsity Line. [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:mlNnT4rFT58J:www.firstgreatwestern.info/viaoxford.html+bicester+military+railway&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=uk]

In 1987 Network SouthEast reopened the Oxford-Bicester line, and in 1989 Islip was reopened as a single platform unstaffed halt.

Future plans

In August 2008, Chiltern Railways announced a proposal to construct a quarter-of-a-mile link between Bicester Town and the Chiltern Main Line, to allow a new Oxford to London service via Islip, Biscester and High Wycombe. It is hoped that, if approval is granted for the scheme, services will start in 2012. [cite web|url=http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/business/2008/08/29-chiltern-railways-upgrade.html|title=Chiltern Railways plan to make Bicester well connected|author=Railnews|date=2008-08-29|accessdate=2008-09-07]

ervices

Mondays to Saturdays there is an infrequent service northbound to Bicester Town and southbound to Oxford with no Sunday service.

rail line
previous = Oxford Road Halt
next = Oddington Halt
route = London and North Western Railway
Varsity Line
col = 000000
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References

External links

* [http://www.eastwestpassengers.8m.com East West Rail Link support group]
* [http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/East-West-rail/ East West Rail Link petition]
* [http://www.eastwestrail.org East West Rail consortium]