Islip railway station

This article is about a railway station in England. For Islip station on Long Island, New York, see Islip station (LIRR).

Islip railway station serves the village of Islip, Oxfordshire, England. Islip is north-east of Oxford. Services run south to Oxford, 5 miles (8 km) away, and north-east to Bicester Village and London Marylebone. The station is currently managed by Chiltern Railways.

Islip
New platforms being built in April 2015
General information
Location	Islip, Cherwell England
Coordinates	51.826°N 1.238°W / 51.826; -1.238
Grid reference	SP525144
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ISP
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Buckinghamshire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 October 1850 (1850-10-01)	Opened
1 January 1968	Closed
13 May 1989	Reopened
15 February 2014	Closed to rail traffic during line upgrade
26 October 2015	Reopened
Passengers
2019/20	34,168
2020/21	5,992
2021/22	20,454
2022/23	26,038
2023/24	33,498
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

A 1902 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Islip

On 1 October 1850 the Buckinghamshire Railway opened Islip station^[1] as a double tracked two-platform station with a goods shed.

From 1 January 1968 ^[1]British Railways withdrew passenger services from the Buckinghamshire Railway between Oxford and Bletchley and closed all intermediate stations including Islip;^[2] In 1987 Network SouthEast reintroduced passenger services on the Oxford to Bicester Line and on 13 May 1989 Islip was reopened as a single platform unstaffed halt.^[1]

The station closed to rail traffic on 15 February 2014 (the last trains having run late on 14 February) in order to allow upgrade of the line between Oxford and Bicester. Reopening was planned for May 2015,^[3][4] but was later delayed until 26 October 2015. The rebuilt Islip station has 2 platforms, with a car park for 23 spaces.

Services

Islip station platform in 2009

From December 2008 the service on Mondays to Saturdays was improved with an evening service and a doubling of the service on Saturdays. There were 11 trains on Mondays to Thursdays, 12 on Fridays and 13 on Saturdays. From May 2009 further improvements saw extra trains during the daytime on Mondays to Fridays and a new all-year round Sunday service, with trains every 90 minutes.

On 22 May 2011 Chiltern Railways took over all passenger operations from this station from the previous operator First Great Western. This was in advance of the new London Marylebone to Oxford service which was due to start in 2013,^[5] but was later delayed to 26 October 2015.

As of March 2024 Islip has a limited service, approximately a 2 hourly service to Oxford/London Marylebone with some additional peak time services Monday to Friday.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Oxford Parkway		Chiltern Railways Oxford to Bicester Line		Bicester Village
	Historical railways
Oxford Road Halt Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway Varsity Line		Oddington Halt Line open, station closed

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 128. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. "Oxford to Bicester, Banbury and Worcester". First Great Western. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. "Last train to run on Oxford to Bicester line before revamp". BBC News Oxford. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
4. "Chiltern Railway". Oxford Mail. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
5. "Chiltern to take over Bicester – Oxford trains". RAIL. No. 664. 23 February – 8 March 2011. p. 25.

External links

• Train times and station information for Islip railway station from National Rail
• East West Rail consortium
• Chiltern Railways Evergreen 3 project