TRAVELLERS have set up camp at Oxford Parkway station car park.
A resident, who has asked not to be named, said they first noticed the group were at the site on Tuesday but that they could have been there longer.
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A spokesperson from Oxfordshire County Council said: "Oxfordshire County Council Gypsy and Traveller services are aware of the incursion on the car park of Oxford Parkway railway station.
"This land is owned by Network Rail and the responsibility for any enforcement on their land is with British Transport Police."
Recently leaders in Oxfordshire welcomed plans for a new law that would ban travellers from setting up camp on private land.
Under the proposals, families living on unauthorised encampments could face time behind bars, a hefty fine or the removal of their home.
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