The government has confirmed £120 million in funding to reopen Oxford’s Cowley Branch Line to passenger services for the first time since 1963, creating two new stations at Oxford Cowley and Oxford Littlemore.

The reopening of the line will connect communities in southeast Oxford with the city centre in under ten minutes, with direct onward services to London Marylebone. It will also link four of Oxford’s main growth areas along a single route, including ARC Oxford, the Oxford Science Park, the Ellison Institute of Technology in Littlemore, Oxford West End near Oxford Station, and Oxford North close to Oxford Parkway.

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