A CAMPAIGN to raise £70,000 to make a business case for a direct railway link from Oxford to Stratford-upon-Avon is nearing its target.
More than £50,000 has been pledged, with Oxfordshire County Council and train operator First Great Western among bodies which have offered contributions of £10,000 each.
This has been added to an initial £10,000 from developer St Modwen, which is behind a housing project at a former Royal Engineers’ depot in Long Marston, Warwickshire, alongside the route, dubbed the Shakespeare Line.