Oxford Parkway railway station

Oxford Parkway
National Rail
General information
LocationWater Eaton, Cherwell
England
Coordinates51°48′15″N 1°16′28″W / 51.8042°N 1.2745°W / 51.8042; -1.2745
Grid referenceSP501119
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byChiltern Railways
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeOXP
History
Original companyNetwork Rail
Key dates
25 October 2015Opened[1]
Passengers
2018/19Increase 1.083 million
2019/20Decrease 1.024 million
2020/21Decrease 0.128 million
2021/22Increase 0.457 million
2022/23Increase 0.585 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Oxford Parkway railway station is a railway station at Water Eaton, Oxfordshire, on the Oxford–Bicester line. Full regular weekday service began on Monday 26 October 2015,[2] although the first passengers travelled the previous day on a Sunday timetable.[3]

The station, whose name was changed in September 2013 from the provisional "Water Eaton Parkway",[4][5] lies between Kidlington and Oxford beside the existing Water Eaton park-and-ride site.[6] It serves Kidlington, north Oxford and nearby villages. The station forms part of a multi-modal transport interchange node, connecting travellers by bus, cycle, on foot and by car with rail transport. It is also intended to attract park-and-ride traffic from the busy A34, A40 and A44 roads.

Services to Oxford started on 11 December 2016.[7]

  1. ^ "Oxford Parkway opens". Today's Railways UK (168). Platform 5: 14–15. November 2015.
  2. ^ "UPDATE: First trains from Oxford Parkway arrive at London Marylebone (From Oxford Mail)". Oxfordmail.co.uk. 26 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Keen passengers board the first trains to leave Oxford Parkway". Oxford Mail. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  4. ^ "APPLICATION TO THE OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION FOR A PASSENGER TRACK ACCESS AGREEMENT, OR AMENDMENT TO A PASSENGER TRACK ACCESS AGREEMENT UNDER SECTIONS 17-22A OF THE RAILWAYS ACT 1993" (PDF). Networkrail.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Chiltern Railways names new Oxfordshire station Oxford Parkway" (Press release). Chiltern Railways. 20 September 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Water Eaton park and ride – OX2 8HA | Oxfordshire County Council". Oxfordshire.gov.uk. 22 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  7. ^ "New Chiltern Railways timetable from December 11th 2016" (PDF). Chiltern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.