Despite some appalling weather, I took a trip to see Oxford Parkway and take the train to London on Friday.
Arriving at Oxford I took the Park and Ride bus to Oxford Parkway. Despite the usual slow traffic along the Banbury Road the bus was only two minutes late at its destination and so maintained the connection to the train advertised in the timetable.
The station is light and airy
It has no ticket office but three machines inside and one outside to purchase tickets. These are the three interior ones which drew some comment earlier in the thread
There is a small caf^ but a slight niggle, if you sit in the caf^ area you cannot see any departure screens.
The trains are all using the far platform at the moment, from where you can get a glimpse of the work being done to take the line back to the city centre.
I know it was a wet day, but the windows on my train to London were the filthiest I have had on a train in a long time. I caught one of the fast ones which only calls at Islip and Bicester Village and then London.
Annoyingly I cannot find some pictures I took at the old Bicester Town station in
FGW▸ days, but it has certainly been transformed. I was a little amused by the running in boards which say "Bicester
Village, change here for Bicester
Town Centre".
The train was very busy from Bicester - with a lot of shoppers returning to London. Good journey and made a change from the usual route via Reading.
(Minor edit by FT, N! to correct font.)
