It was good to meet senior management from Chiltern Railways at Banbury Station last month.
Chiltern have big plans for the station and are currently undertaking a much-needed deep clean of it as the first step in its major overhaul. Future work will include a full re-painting of the station with improvements to customer facilities including toilets and waiting areas.
Later this summer we will also begin to see the start of the long-awaited Tramway Road improvements which will create a new access to the station from the south of the town. This will go a long way towards alleviating the current congestion seen on Bridge Street at rush hour.
I also used my meeting with Chiltern to again raise my constituents’ concerns about the levels of overcrowding which continue to be seen on services. I was reassured that Chiltern have a plan to procure additional trains as an interim solution which is expected to increase capacity by up to 20%.
I am going to be writing to my Ministerial colleagues at the Department for Transport to ensure this happens as soon as possible.
