Islip railway station

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This article is about a railway station in England. For Islip station on Long Island, New York, see Islip (LIRR station).

Islip
General information
LocationCherwell
Managed byChiltern Railways
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeISP
History
Original companyBuckinghamshire Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 October 1850 (1850-10-01)Opened
1 January 1968Closed
13 May 1989Reopened
15 February 2014Closed to rail traffic during line upgrade
26 October 2015Reopened

Islip railway station serves the village of Islip, Oxfordshire, England. Islip is north-east of Oxford. Services run south to Oxford, 5 miles (8 km) away, and north-east to Bicester Town and London Marylebone. The station is currently managed by Chiltern Railways.

History

A 1902 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Islip

On 1 October 1850 the Buckinghamshire Railway opened Islip station[1] as a double tracked two-platform station with a goods shed.

In December 1968 British Railways withdrew passenger services from the Buckinghamshire Railway between Oxford and Bletchley and closed all intermediate stations including Islip;[2] closure was effective from 1 January 1968.[1]

In 1987 Network SouthEast reintroduced passenger services on the Oxford to Bicester Line and on 13 May 1989 Islip was reopened as a single platform unstaffed halt.[1]

The station closed to rail traffic on 15 February 2014 (the last trains having run late on 14 February) in order to allow upgrade of the line between Oxford and Bicester. Reopening was planned for May 2015.[3][4] but was later delayed until 26 October 2015.

Services

Islip station platform in 2009

From December 2008 the service on Mondays to Saturdays was improved with an evening service and a doubling of the service on Saturdays. There are were 11 trains on Mondays to Thursdays, 12 on Fridays and 13 on Saturdays. From May 2009 further improvements saw extra trains during the daytime on Mondays to Fridays and a new all-year round Sunday service, with trains every 90 minutes.

On 22 May 2011 Chiltern Railways took over all passenger operations from this station from the previous operator First Great Western. This was in advance of the new London Marylebone to Oxford service which was due to start in 2013.[5] but was later delayed to 26 October 2015.

The station will have a car park with 26 standard car spaces plus two for passengers with reduced mobility. It will also have parking for 10 pedal cycles.[6]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Oxford Parkway   Chiltern Railways
London Marylebone - Oxford 		  Bicester Village
  Historical railways  
Oxford Road Halt
Line open, station closed 		  London and North Western Railway
Varsity Line 		  Oddington Halt
Line open, station closed

References

  1. ^ a b c Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 128. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  2. ^ "Oxford to Bicester, Banbury and Worcester". First Great Western. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Last train to run on Oxford to Bicester line before revamp". BBC News Oxford. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Chiltern Railway". Oxford Mail. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Chiltern to take over Bicester – Oxford trains". RAIL. No. 664. 23 February – 8 March 2011. p. 25.
  6. ^ Personal email from a site engineer

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