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Fallowfields, BICESTER, OX26 6QS

A long distance shot taken from Bicester North Rail Station, looking towards Muswell Hill, over southern Bicester. The main Bicester to Thame road is also clearly shown in the distance, winding up and then around the base of Muswell Hill. The famous Brill Hill and it's windmill, lurk behind this hill.

Launton Road.

Built on a former industrial site.

Seen passing Bicester (14:07) with a tour from Paddington to Victoria via Oxford. The locomotive hauled a second tour during the evening.

Class 67 No. 67003 negotiates the new Gavray Junction, western end of the Bicester Chord line. As the line from Oxford to Bicester was still being rebuilt, freight trains for Bicester MOD Depot were routed via Aylesbury, Claydon Junction (where the trains reversed) and Bicester Town. At this time, Gavray Junction was still under construction, the track only recently having been laid, so movements off the old LNWR line from Bletchley and Claydon had to be taken at a very slow speed. As soon as the Bicester Chord was operational, these trains reverted to the route via Oxford. Subsequently the track between here and Bletchley was lifted to allow this section to be rebuilt to double track mainline standard for East West Railway which will run trains from Milton Keynes to Oxford and to London via Aylesbury.

View from Launton Road Footbridge a Chiltern Railway train heading towards Bicester Village Station

The bridge has ramps for the disabled.

The immediate view, from a London-bound Chiltern Railways train, is of the site of a new rail link between Bicester Town station and the Chiltern Line. It will allow Chiltern to run services between Marylebone and Oxford. In railway circles, I understand, this link is called the Bicester Chord. This view is roughly the reverse of Image The bigger picture is that this is part of the EastWest Rail Project to connect East Anglia with central, southern and western England http://www.eastwestrail.org.uk Thanks to Andrew Bodman for information. He is photographing other parts of the undertaking http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=51155856

1968 Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark on the abutment wall of the railway bridge over Launton Road. The mark was levelled at 70.91m above Newlyn datum. For additional information on this and neighbouring benchmarks see http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm34170

The immediate view, from a London-bound Chiltern Railways train, is of the site of a new rail link between Bicester Town station and the Chiltern Line. It will allow Chiltern to run services between Marylebone and Oxford. In railway circles, I understand, this link is called the Bicester Chord. On the right is the new clean dual track of the line from Oxford to Bletchley. This view is roughly the reverse of Image The bigger picture is that this is part of the EastWest Rail Project to connect East Anglia with central, southern and western England http://www.eastwestrail.org.uk Thanks to Andrew Bodman for information. He is photographing other parts of the undertaking http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=51155856