Oxford-Bicester Rail Service

EDM number 267 in 2005-06, proposed by Tony Baldry on 07/06/2005.

That this House notes with concern the Strategic Rail Authority's announcement that the Oxford-Bicester rail service will have trains only twice daily from 2006; further notes that the Bicester area will double in size under Government housing plans but Bicester Town station will not have a train after 1600; believes that this undermines the Government's proposal to develop sustainable communities with `transport facilities, including public transport, that help people travel within and between communities and reduce dependence on cars'; and further notes that, before the General Election, the Government was discussing an East-West Rail Link to connect Oxford to Milton Keynes by increasing services at Bicester and surrounding villages only for this new franchise to move Bicester back, rather than forward, in terms of service levels.

This motion has been signed by a total of 16 MPs.