ENGINEERS yesterday marked the end of construction of the passenger building at Oxford Parkway three months after it began.

Chiltern Railways managing director Rob Brighouse visited the site in Water Eaton ahead of the start of work to fit out the interior.

The new station, which will link Oxford with London Marylebone, is set to be up and running by September.

Mr Brighouse said: “The team has been working exceptionally hard to reach this significant milestone.

“We’re getting ever closer to opening Oxford Parkway in September 2015 and it will provide significant economic, social and environmental benefits.”

The station is part of Chiltern Railways’ £130 million Evergreen Three project to create a rail link between Oxford and London Marylebone via Kidlington, Bicester and High Wycombe.

It is part of a larger £290m scheme to re-open the East-West rail link from Reading to Bedford via Oxford, Bicester Town and Milton Keynes.

In November 2013 a former grain silo on the site of the new station was demolished to allow for Oxford Parkway to be built.

Chiltern Railways spokeswoman Emma Gascoigne: “Once open, Oxford Parkway will be one of the best located stations in the county due to its positioning adjacent to the existing Water Eaton park and ride site just off the A34 and close to the A44.

“It has been designed as a modern transport hub and is expected to be hugely attractive to those living in north Oxfordshire wanting to escape the congestion of Oxford city centre.”

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