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Bicester North (/ ˈ b ɪ s t ər / ⓘ BIST-ər) is a station on the Chiltern Main Line, one of two stations serving the market town of Bicester in Oxfordshire. Services operated by Chiltern Railways run south to London Marylebone and north to Banbury, Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon. Bicester North is one of Bicester's two stations.
Extended to Stratford upon Avon every 2 hours London Marylebone – Bicester North: Semi-fast: 1: London Marylebone – Princes Risborough: Semi-fast: 1 London Marylebone – High Wycombe: local: 1 London Marylebone – Gerrards Cross: local: 1 Leamington Spa – Birmingham Moor Street: local: 1 Stratford-upon-Avon – Leamington Spa: Slow to ...
The first line to reach Stratford-upon-Avon was the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway branch from Honeybourne to the south, which opened a station at Sanctus Street on 12 July 1859. This was soon followed by the Stratford on Avon Railway branch from Hatton to the north, which opened on 9 October 1860, with a station on Birmingham Road.
Former Secretary of State for War John Profumo was the MP for Stratford-upon-Avon 1950–1963; W. W. Quatremain (1857–1930), local landscape painter; Gordon Ramsay, noted celebrity chef, and star of several cooking related shows, moved to Stratford-Upon-Avon with his family in 1976 when he was nine years old
Stratford-upon-Avon is also served by approximately one train every 2 hours, to Leamington Spa via Hatton and Warwick along the Leamington-Stratford line and to Stratford-upon-Avon. On weekdays, during the afternoon peak, in order to run additional services some trains start/terminate at Hatton or Warwick where connections are available for ...
The ten mile line took some time to construct due to difficulty in raising money, and before it opened the company changed its name to the Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railway (ST&MJR), by the Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railway Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. ccix) of 10 August 1882. [2] [page needed]
The line was opened by the East and West Junction Railway between Stratford-upon-Avon and Towcester in 1873. It was not very successful and in 1877 the two trains a day in each direction were discontinued. However, in 1899 the London extension of the Great Central Railway was opened through Woodford Halse which brought extra traffic.
The Evesham, Redditch and Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway obtained an act of Parliament, the Evesham, Redditch and Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. ccxlv), to build a line from Stratford-upon-Avon to Broom Junction on 5 August 1873. It opened its line on 2 June 1879 and was worked by the E&WJR. [15]
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