Question follow-through · 11664
Railways: Swindon
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on the potential opening of public direct travel between Swindon and Oxford using the current freight track.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 31 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on the potential opening of public direct travel between Swindon and Oxford using the current freight track.
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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6 Nov 2024
Answer published
In September, Great Western Railway began a trial of direct services between Bristol, Bath, Swindon and Oxford. This trial is on Saturdays only with two direct services in each direction. It will run until May 2025, to understand levels of passenger deman...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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