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Chiltern Railways has applied to the Secretary of State for Transport for statutory powers to upgrade the Bicester to Oxford railway line, in order to run fast and frequent trains between Oxford and London Marylebone. The £100m scheme is known as the "Evergreen 3" Project

Chiltern Railways plans to run two trains an hour each way between Oxford and London Marylebone, calling at Water Eaton Parkway, Bicester Town and High Wycombe. Selected trains will also call at Islip.

There will be a new station at Water Eaton Parkway, adjacent to the existing Park and Ride terminus. This will be a multi-modal interchange for trains, cars, buses and bikes, to serve Kidlington and north Oxford, with all the facilities expected at a main-line station. The work will include demolishing the derelict grain silo, relocating the rail aggregates depot to the north eastern edge of the site, constructing additional car parking for rail users and remodelling the road junctions so as to reduce the queues on the A4165.

A Public Inquiry into the Chiltern Railways (Bicester to Oxford Improvements) Order took place in November 2010. A decision by the SoS on whether to grant an Order is likely in 2011.

While there are many elements of the proposed improvements to the Chiltern Railway that CPRE Oxfordshire supports, we do have a number of significant concerns about the potential impacts of the scheme, in particular the effect on Oxford's Green Belt in the Water Eaton area, and we therefore lodged an objection in February 2010.

CPRE Oxfordshire also submitted its Proof of Evidence at the Public Inquiry.

The outcome of the Public Inquiry is still awaited.

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