A CONSULTATION on a proposed new timetable between Oxford and London Marylebone has been launched.

Trains will run from the planned Oxford Parkway station to the capital from September 2015 with a frequency of around every half an hour.

The Chiltern Railways-operated service will take around an hour to get to London Marylebone via Bicester.

Rob Brighouse, managing director at Chiltern Railways, said: “We are staunch believers of the contribution rail travel can make to economic growth and prosperity.

“This is the latest in a series of significant railway investments made by Chiltern Railways since the start of our franchise and will benefit thousands of commuters and businesses in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.”

Work on the £130m project began earlier this year and includes the construction of the new Oxford Parkway station at Water Eaton.

From spring 2016, the Marylebone service would run from Oxford Station.

To see the proposed timetable, visit chilternrailways.co.uk and comment by emailing timetableconsultation@chilternrailways.co.uk by November 7.

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