A NEW railway timetable will be released to coincide with the next step in the Government’s roadmap for easing lockdown restrictions in England.

The Chiltern Railways timetable will be introduced from from Monday April 12 and it aims to return services to almost what the railway company was operating at before the first lockdown.

The new timetable will increase services on the London Marylebone – Amersham – Aylesbury line as well as providing more services between London and Oxford, and London and Birmingham, as non-essential retail reopens, and other activities are able to resume.

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On weekdays there will be, on average, three trains an hour to Aylesbury with two via the Metropolitan line and one via High Wycombe. There will also be two trains an hour to Oxford and Birmingham, representing an increase of 57 per cent in peak services. On weekends from Saturday April 17 there will be two trains an hour from Marylebone calling at Oxford and Bicester Village, faster services to High Wycombe from London and two trains per hour during busy periods between London and Birmingham.

Customers are still advised to travel during quieter times, use contactless payments and wear a face covering.

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