Oral Question·Department for Transport
“What steps she is taking to support the proposed railway line between Swindon and Oxford.”
Tabled: 20 March 2025Answered: 27 March 2025
Asked by
Will Stone
Labour — Swindon North
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Transport
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Lilian Greenwood)
Great Western Railway is currently operating a trial of direct Saturday services between Bristol Temple Meads and Oxford that call at Swindon. Officials are working with Great Western Railway to explore the feasibility of expanding the current Saturday trial of services between Bristol and Oxford to other days of the week.