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 Bicester North 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Bicester North had 632,544 entries and exits, making it the 648th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
648/2575
It ranked 675th busiest (out of 997), with 411 scheduled services per week.
675/997
That's a daily average of 1733.00 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 29.60 passengers per service*, giving it the 241st (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
241/1659
* This increases to a daily average of 1783.85 passengers passing through the station and 31.33 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 141,212
Reduced price entries & exits: 404,400
Season ticket entries & exits: 86,932
Total entries & exits: 632,544
Interchanges made between connecting services: 18,563
Change in usage from 21/22: +120,064 : 23.43%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1193701
2192698
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +310,632 (+96.50%)

Reasons for change:
2011-12 Continues high growth from previous year
2013-14 Continues and increases high growth from previous years
2015-16 Opening of Bicester village likely to have taken passengers away from Bicester North
2019-20 Increase in services and parking provision

Location Details

Location: Bicester North
CRS: BCS / NLC: 3048 / TIPLOC(S): BCSTN
Station Facility Owner: Chiltern Railways
OS Grid Ref: 458575 223116
Constituency: Banbury
Local Authority: Oxfordshire
NR Region: South East
Station Group: BICESTER BR
ELR: NAJ3 9m 26ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Bicester North during 2022/2023:
•London Marylebone (187,975 journeys)
•Banbury (50,992 journeys)
•Birmingham Moor Street (20,677 journeys)
•Haddenham and Thame Parkway (11,640 journeys)
•Leamington Spa (6,807 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Bicester North's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Haddenham and Thame Parkway12.96
Kings Sutton12.44