Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 122298

East West Rail Line

Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 2 April 2026
Named Day

Question

Jerome Mayhew

ConservativeBroadland and Fakenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the first East West Rail services are expected to operate from Bicester to Winslow.

Answer

Keir Mather
The Department continues to work closely with Chiltern Railways and other partners to confirm a start date for the first East-West Rail services between Oxford and Milton Keynes Central via Winslow. For passenger services to commence, trains will need to ...

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