Network Rail are set to begin work on phase 2 of East West Rail after the Secretary of State for Transport approved the Transport and Works Act order application.
Once complete, East West Rail will enable the following services:
- Two trains per hour each way between Oxford and Milton Keynes
- One train per hour each way between Oxford and Bedford
- One train per hour each way between Milton Keynes and Aylesbury
As well as reopening railway lines, a new railway station will open at Winslow.
Source: Network Rail