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Bicester North (/ˈbɪstər/ ⓘ BIST-ər) is a station on the Chiltern Main Line, one of two stations serving BicesterinOxfordshire. Services operated by Chiltern Railways run south to London Marylebone and north to Banbury, Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Bicester North
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The station in 2011, after completion of widening work on the southbound platform
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Bicester, District of Cherwell England | ||||
| Grid reference | SP585231 | ||||
| Managed by | Chiltern Railways | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | BCS | ||||
| Classification | DfT categoryD | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 July 1910 | ||||
| Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | GWR | ||||
| Post-grouping | GWR | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.682 million | ||||
| Interchange | 44,097 | ||||
| 2019/20 |  0.839 million | ||||
| Interchange | 32,575 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.148 million | ||||
| Interchange | 3,509 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.512 million | ||||
| Interchange | 19,850 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.633 million | ||||
| Interchange | 18,563 | ||||
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Bicester North is one of Bicester's two stations. The other is Bicester Village on the Oxford to London Marylebone Line.
The 'Bicester cut-off' between Ashendon Junction and Aynho Junction was opened in 1910 - the final main-line stretch of route to be completed in Britain until the 1980s. This provided a shortening of the London-to-Birmingham GWR main rail line, and also gave Bicester a station with direct London trains for the first time.
The station was transferred from the Western Region of British Rail to the London Midland Region on 24 March 1974.[1]
The Monday-to-Friday off-peak service consists of:
In 2010 the down line through the station was realigned for higher speeds, as part of the Evergreen 3 project. In 2011, the up (southbound) platform was widened, using the trackbed of the former through lines.[2]
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| Historical railways | ||||
| Ardley Line open, station closed |
Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off" |
Blackthorn Line open, station closed | ||
51°54′13″N 1°09′00″W / 51.9035°N 1.1500°W / 51.9035; -1.1500
