Council budget includes funding for Oxfordshire rail enhancements study

£250k could be allocated towards a study into Oxfordshire railway schemes including Cowley, Wantage/Grove and Witney/Carterton if Councillors approve the Oxfordshire County Council 22/23 budget next week. Click here for

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Oxfordshire Rail Strategy backs new rail infrastructure

The Oxfordshire Rail Corridor Study has looked into how rail can support growth in jobs and housing in Oxfordshire. The study recommend restoring passenger trains on the Cowley branch line

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Wantage too developed for Ideas Fund bid

A proposed bid for Wantage railway station to the Restoring Your Railway ideas fund has been ruled out after DfT officials advised that it was too developed for an Ideas

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Grove railway station could open this decade

A railway station at Grove between Didcot and Swindon could open towards the end of this decade. A council meeting discussing the Oxfordshire Railway Corridor study identified key infrastructure upgrades

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Doubts on Grove progress

Progress on a railway station at Grove appears to have stalled with a local landowner opposed to the site currently proposed and Network Rail advising that they are not planning

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