Chiltern Railways customers reminded of upcoming line closures due to engineering works this weekend
Customers travelling with Chiltern Railways are being reminded of major engineering works affecting journeys on Saturday 31 August and Sunday 1 September.
Due to planned engineering works across the weekend, the lines will be closed for improvement works between both High Wycombe and Haddenham & Thame Parkway and also between Princes Risborough and Aylesbury.
Journeys through the affected areas will involve a replacement bus service and will take longer than usual.
Rail replacement buses will operate in both directions between:
- Aylesbury Vale Parkway - Bicester Village - Bicester North
- High Wycombe - Princes Risborough - Haddenham & Thame Parkway - Bicester Village - Bicester North
- High Wycombe - Saunderton - Princes Risborough - Little Kimble - Aylesbury
- Princes Risborough - Monks Risborough
Customers travelling between London Marylebone and stations to Haddenham & Thame Parkway should travel via High Wycombe.
Customers should travel via Aylesbury Vale Parkway if:
- They are travelling between London Marylebone and Bicester Village or Bicester North
- They are travelling between London Marylebone and stations to Oxford or Birmingham
An enhanced service of two trains per hour will operate between London Marylebone and stations to Aylesbury Vale Parkway for most of the weekend.
Meanwhile, London Marylebone is closed until 10:35am on Sunday 1 September. Customers travelling before this time are advised to use connecting services from West Ruislip on the London Underground Central Line and Metropolitan Line services. Additionally, late night trains on Saturday and early morning trains on Sunday between Banbury and Bicester will be replaced by buses.
Customers are advised to allow extra time for their journey, book tickets in advance and check their journey before travelling. Further details can be found on the Chiltern Railways website.
Contact Information
David Heathfield
Head of Corporate Affairs
Chiltern Railway
020 3856 2280
07920 267171
Notes to editors
- Chiltern Railways is part of the Arriva group, one of the leading providers of passenger transport in Europe, employing around 34,400 people and delivering around 1.6 billion passenger journeys across 11 countries.
- Chiltern operates commuter/regional rail passenger services from its Central London terminus at London Marylebone along the M40 corridor to destinations in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, as well as long-distance services to the West Midlands along two routes. Services on the Chiltern Main Line run from London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill, Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford, with some peak-hour services to Stourbridge Junction.
- Chiltern also runs trains on the London to Aylesbury Line to Aylesbury (with some trains terminating at Aylesbury Vale Parkway instead), on the Princes Risborough to Aylesbury and Oxford to Bicester branch lines.