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ABOUT US
Chiltern Railways is owned by Deutsche Bahn AG and is part of DB Regio, Deutsche Bahns local and regional service provider. Since winning the franchise in 1996, Chiltern Railways has run scheduled passenger services along the M40 corridor between London Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill and London Marylebone to Aylesbury via Amersham along the London Underground Metropolitan line. In 2002 we extended our operations as far as Kidderminster and in 2004 we took over services between Stratford-upon-Avon and London. As one of the franchises forming the UKs National Rail network, were dedicated to providing passengers with a safe, reliable, welcoming and value for money service which offers a real choice and a viable alternative to other modes of transport. We provide a wide range of great value tickets and one of the most punctual and reliable rail services in the country. We invite you to come and give us a try - and enjoy the ride! Our parent company is also involved with the running of the new Wrexham, Shropshire and Marylebone Railway (WSMR), and operator of the new London Rail Concession, London Overground Rail Operations Limited (LOROL).

OUR MISSION STATEMENT:

+ To be the best Passenger Railway in the UK. + All day, every day, we aim to offer a safe, reliable, welcoming and value for money service. + Our business will prosper because customers use us repeatedly and recommend the service to others.

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WELCOME TO PROJECT EVERGREEN 3

Chiltern Railways is proposing a railway improvement scheme between Oxford and Bicester (the Evergreen 3 project) which will enable us to provide a passenger train service between Oxford and London Marylebone via Bicester. The idea of providing a new, fast service between London and Oxford was first mooted when Chiltern Railways took over the franchise in 1996 and became a formal aspiration as part of the companys second franchise agreement in 2002. We are currently proposing the Evergreen 3 project so that such a service can be available to the public by 2013.

SCHEME BENEFITS
Benefits of the scheme will include: + An alternative to the M40 and the A34. + Direct trains from Oxford to High Wycombe for the first time in 40 years. + Easy interchange between train, bus and car at Water Eaton. + Fast and frequent commuter trains between Bicester and Oxford. + A choice of trains between Oxford and London.

TRAIN SERVICES
We envisage operating two Oxford to London Marylebone trains each hour throughout the day. At speeds of up to 100mph typical journey times will be: + 66 minutes Oxford - London. + 58 minutes Water Eaton London. + 14 minutes Bicester Oxford. + 38 minutes Oxford - High Wycombe.

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THE SCHEME AND ITS ROUTE

To create the new route we propose to: + Upgrade the existing route between Oxford and Bicester Town. + Build a short connecting line south east of Bicester linking the Oxford to Bicester and London Marylebone to Birmingham lines. + Restore much of the double track that was removed between Oxford and Bicester Town in the 1970s. + Bring bridges and earthworks up to modern standards as appropriate. + Install new signalling and safety systems. + Replace, upgrade or close level crossings according to local circumstances. + Improve Oxford, Bicester and Islip stations. + Construct a new passenger train station at Water Eaton.

To Banbury and Birmingham A4421

A4260

Bicester
Chiltern chord line Bicester Town
A34 A41

Future East-West line to Milton Keynes

A44 To Worcester

Kidlington

Islip Water Eaton Parkway P&R buses to city centre & Radcliffe Hospital
A40 M40 To High Wycombe and London Marylebone (64 miles)

A40

Oxford North Junction

Oxford

To Didcot and London Paddington (66 miles)

Evergreen 3 Scheme

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BICESTER TOWN STATION

We will upgrade Bicester Town station to serve passengers travelling to both Oxford and London. To this end we have devised three potential development options:

OPTION 1
+ Locate the main station building on currently vacant land between London Road and the railway line, together with a drop-off point and disabled parking. + Provide a secondary entrance with shelters and ticket vending machines. + Provide car parking on the north side of the railway, with additional parking for rail users on weekdays in the proposed Bicester Village shopping outlet car park. + Build a new platform for Oxford-bound trains and extend the London-bound platform away from the level crossing. The platforms would be linked by a footbridge, with lifts for step-free access.
STATION FACILITIES RAMP/STAIR/LIFTS DOTTED = ROUTE

BICESTER VILLAGE PARKING AS PLANNING PERMISSION

NO THROUGH ROUTE EXCEPT FOR BUSES, BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS

STATION APPROACH

PROPOSED STATION CAR PARK 100 SPACES ACCESSED FROM STATION APPROACH

BICESTER TOWN

PROPOSED STATION CAR PARK 100 SPACES - ACCESSED FROM STATION APPROACH

PEDESTRIAN ROUTE

KEEP LEVEL CROSSING PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO PLATFORM DROP OFF AND DISABLED PARKING NEW STATION BUILDING

LONDON ROAD

BICESTER VILLAGE

NEW PLATFORMS

SHELTER

OPTION FOR STATION PARKING ON TALISMAN SITE

OXFORD PLATFORM STATION FOOTBRIDGE BETWEEN PLATFORMS WITH LIFTS AND STAIRS

CAR PARK SPACES 450 Storey car park

LONDON PLATFORM NORTH PLATFORM TO BE 200M FROM LEVEL CROSSING

OPTION 2
Similar to Option 1, except: + The main station building would be on the north side of the line (near to the present station entrance). + The secondary entrance would be located on the south side of the railway to provide access from London Road. + Most of the parking would be on the north side of the line, but with a limited number of spaces on the south side. + A drop-off point and disabled parking would be provided on each side of the line.
STATION FACILITIES

PROPOSED STATION CAR PARK NO THROUGH ROUTE EXCEPT FOR BUSES, BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS BICESTER VILLAGE PARKING AS PLANNING PERMISSION

BICESTER TOWN

KEEP LEVEL CROSSING

STATION DROP OFF CAR PARK AND DISABLED PARKING

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO PLATFORM BICESTER VILLAGE

PEDESTRIAN ROUTE

OPTION FOR STATION PARKING ON TALISMAN SITE

OPTION 3
+ The main station building would be on the north side of the railway. + A secondary entrance to be on the south side and drop-off points and disabled parking on both sides of the line. + A new two-storey car park would be built on the field south of the Talisman Business Centre, with road access from London Road. + A new Oxford-bound platform, which would be moved to the south west, facing face the London-bound platform and have direct access to the car park.
NO THROUGH ROUTE EXCEPT FOR BUSES, BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS BICESTER VILLAGE PARKING MODIFIED

BICESTER TOWN

KEEP LEVEL CROSSING

STATION FACILITIES

PEDESTRIAN ROUTE PROPOSED NEW STATION

BICESTER VILLAGE
PEDESTRIAN ROUTE

PEDESTRIAN ROUTE

PROPOSED 2 STOREY STATION CAR PARK ACCESSED FROM MALLARDS WAY

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BICESTER CONNECTING LINE

A new connecting line will be required in Bicester in order to join the upgraded railway line from Oxford to Chilterns existing London Marylebone to Birmingham line. Shown in green on the map opposite, this connecting section of track will be south of Bicester North station and east of Bicester Town station. The existing planning permission for housing on this land provides for the construction of this connecting line.
To Oxford To London Marylebone OS 0100048842

Approximate course of the proposed new connecting line

ISLIP STATION
We anticipate that Islip will remain a station principally for local community use. To allow for the reinstatement of a second track and the increased passenger service on offer we propose to make the following improvements to the current station: + Two new platforms will be built, with the second track lying where the northern platform is currently located. + A footbridge will be built to link the platforms. + Ramps will provide step-free platform access from a new disabled parking area by the public road. The station will remain unmanned and be given new shelter and lighting, ticket machines, public address system, CCTV and a help point.
NEW PLATFORMS NEW TRACK STAIR AND FOOTBRIDGE BETWEEN PLATFORMS (UNMANNED)

EXISTING CAR PARKING

NEW RAMP FROM BLETCHINGDON ROAD TO NORTH PLATFORM

SHELTERS AND TICKET MACHINES

MODIFIED DROP OFF ZONE NEW FOOTWAY

WIDEN ROAD CREATE DISABLED PARKING AND DROP OFF ZONE

NEW FOOTWAY ON SIDE OF ROAD BRIDGE

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WATER EATON STATION

Water Eaton Parkway will be a new station to serve the area encompassing Kidlington and north and east Oxford. The new station will be located adjacent to the existing park and ride site for Oxford City Centre, providing step-free access between trains, buses, cars and bikes. Facilities will include a staffed ticket office, coffee shop and additional car park capacity for rail users.

OPTION 1
+ Relocate stone-loading sidings to the open land north of the existing car park and use the vacated land for station car parking. A new road access would be needed to the relocated stone sidings. + Demolish the two derelict grain silos and construct a two-storey car park on the cleared area - land otherwise proposed for a waste processing plant by another developer. + Construct the main station building at road level to give easy interchange with buses from Kidlington, whilst a pedestrian ramp would lead to the park and ride buses to the City Centre and the Radcliffe Hospital. + Provide bicycle parking, a drop-off point and disabled parking next to the station building.
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SIDINGS RELOCATED NORTH WITH NEW TRACK ACCESS NORTHRAIL WITH NEW RAIL TRACK ACCESS
ROAD ACCESS TO SIDINGS

SIDINGS RELOCATED

PLATFORM SHELTERS

ROAD ACCESS TO SIDINGS

NEW CAR PARK AT GRADE STAIR AND LIFT TO PLATFORM NEW STATION FACILITIES TWO STOREY BUILDING ACROSS TRACKS

STATION FACILITIES

RAMP/STAIR/LIFTS

MULTI STOREY CAR PARK

ADDITIONAL DECK TO PARTS OF NEW CAR PARK

PROPOSED SIGNAL CONTROL PEDESTRIAN CROSSING RELOCATED BUS STOPS

STATION DROP OFF ZONE AND DISABLED PARKING

SCALE 1:5000 @ A3

CAR PARK SPACES Approx: Sidings and Grain Silo site; part of which is multi

ADDITIONAL DECK TO PARTS OF NEW CAR PARK

PEDESTRIAN RAMP

Additional bicycle parking

OPTION 2

DROP OFF ZONE

VIEW 2 - STATION VIEW LOOKING WEST AT PROPOSAL

NEW STATION FACILITIES TWO STOREY BUILDING ACROSS TRACKS WITH LIFT AND STAIRS TO PLATFORMS PROPOSED SIGNAL CONTROL PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PROPOSED RELOCATION OF LOCAL ROUTE BUS STOPS DROP OFF ZONE WITH BICYCLE PARK FACILITES DDA PEDESTRIAN COMPLIANT RAMP PEDSTRIAN LINK TO EXISTING BUS TERMINUS EXISTING PARK & RIDE BUS TERMINUS PROPOSED PLATFORMS PLATFORM SHELTER STATION CAR PARK AT GRADE PROPOSED PART MULTI LEVEL CAR PARK

+ Retain the stone-loading sidings in their present location, with trees and shrubs planted to screen the car parks and platforms. + Demolish the grain silos and construct a larger two-level car park building than proposed in Option 1.

OPTION 3
+ Retain the stone-loading sidings where they are currently. The derelict grain silos would also remain, unless they are removed for the proposed waste facility. + Provide car parking capacity by adding a second storey to the existing park and ride car parks. + Stagger the platforms either side of the road bridge. Passenger access from the main station building to this platform would be through a subway under the road bridge.

SCREEN OF VEGITATION PLATFORM SHELTERS SIDINGS MODIFIED TO ACCOMMODATE PLATFORMS

STAIR AND LIFT TO PLATFORM ADD ONE LEVEL OF MULTI STOREY CAR PARKING OVER EXISTING PARK & RIDE CAR PARK GRAIN SILO SITE AS EXISTING PARK AND RIDE DROP OFF

NEW STATION FACILITIES TWO STOREY BUILDING PROPOSED SIGNAL CONTROL PEDESTRIAN CROSSING RELOCATED BUS STOP STAIR AND LIFT TO PLATFORM - ROUTE AT PLATFORM LEVEL THROUGH BRIDGE SPAN RELOCATED BUS STOP PLATFORM SHELTERS

BUS TERMINAL BUILDING PEDESTRIAN LINK STATION DROP OFF ZONE AND DISABLED PARKING PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PEDESTRIAN RAMP

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OXFORD STATION
Oxford station will be developed to accommodate the new service. This will be done in two stages to enable compatibility with any future plans for Oxford stations development.

PHASE 1
The disused parcels depot to the east of the station will be replaced by a new passenger platform with the capacity to accommodate a 5 coach train on each face. The stores and offices presently housed in the parcels depot, together with the disabled and drop-off parking, will be relocated parallel to the new platform. There will be direct access to the existing platforms and ticket hall, as well as an additional exit to the station forecourt.

The disused parcels depot next to Platform 3

VIEW 1 LOOKING NORTH AT PROPOSAL
MODIFIED SWING BRIDGE NEW PLATFORM RELOCATED STORES/ OFFICES EXISTING STATION PROPOSED BUSINESS SCHOOL EXPANSION DROP OFF ZONE AND DISABLED PARKING

CES

FTS

EXISTING BUS AND TAXI TERMINAL

PHASE 2
The new platforms will be extended at a later date to enable the use of 8 coach trains on the new route. NEW PLATFORMS We propose achieving this by:
POTENTIAL SITE FOR STATION FACILITIES

DOTTED = ROUTE + Extending the new 5 coach length track and platform southwards. + Demolishing existing station and ancillary accommodation and for these to be rebuilt in a new location.

RAMP/STAIR/LIFTS

SPACES Approx:

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SHEEPWASH CHANNEL SWING BRIDGE

Immediately north of Oxford station lies the old swing bridge which once carried the tracks leading to the long closed Rewley Road station. This is registered as a scheduled ancient monument for its heritage value. Our project will require enlargement of the present railway bridge across the Sheepwash Channel, bringing it closer to the swing bridge. We are working closely with the Oxford Preservation Trust and Railway Heritage Trust to identify a design solution that preserves and promotes the historic bridge.

CROSSINGS
To enable the safe introduction of more frequent trains at higher speeds, the numerous level crossings between Bicester and Oxford will be adapted as appropriate. The options for all private accommodation crossings will be subject to direct consultation with affected landowners. We are still currently undertaking options appraisals for several particular crossings including those at Tubbs Lane and Aristotle Lane.

TUBBS LANE
Located just south west of Bicester Town station, a footbridge will be provided at Tubbs Lane to allow pedestrians to safely cross the rail lines. This crossing will be designed taking into account issues including: + User Safety Train drivers visibility is relatively low at Tubbs Lane due to track curvature. The potential for accidents (and the sounding of warning horns) were the current crossing retained would be substantially exacerbated by the faster and more frequent trains. + User Access - The crossing is heavily used and many users have pushchairs or children with them. A new footbridge would need to provide a step-free method of crossing and adequate lighting for safe use. + Local Impact - Any structure should have as little impact on local properties, the visual environment and vegetation as possible.

ARISTOTLE LANE
Located a short distance to the north of Oxford Station, a private level crossing at Aristotle Lane is frequently used to access local allotments from the south/eastern side of the line. Due to heavy public use of this crossing at present we are engaging in wider consultation upon it. Key issues being considered in the development of this crossing include: + + + + User and passenger safety. Movement of equipment by allotment users. Seasonal flooding. Close proximity of two alternative crossings.

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PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS TO PUBLIC CROSSINGS ALONG THE ROUTE

Crossings

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