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 Bicester Village 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Bicester Village had 1,610,596 entries and exits, making it the 290th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
290/2575
It ranked 595th busiest (out of 997), with 497 scheduled services per week.
595/997
That's a daily average of 4412.59 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 62.32 passengers per service*, giving it the 50th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
50/1659
* This increases to a daily average of 4414.28 passengers passing through the station and 62.37 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: 186,156
Reduced price entries & exits: 1,286,918
Season ticket entries & exits: 137,522
Total entries & exits: 1,610,596
Interchanges made between connecting services: 616
Change in usage from 21/22: +432,730 : 36.74%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1240872Up
2230836Down
*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: +1,573,122 (+4,197.90%)

Reasons for change:
2009-10 Phased timetable improvements in 2008 and 2009
2010-11 Build up of traffic due new offpeak services (started May 2009)
2011-12 Continues build up of traffic due new offpeak services (started May 2009)
2014-15 Station closed February 2014 to allow reinstatement and upgrade of Oxford - Marylebone line. Renamed Bicester Village
2015-16 The station re-opened in October 2015, with new services between Oxford Parkway and London.
2016-17 Services continue through to Oxford from December 2016
2017-18 Further increase related to Chiltern Oxford to Marylebone services
2019-20 Increase in services in May 2019. Station improvements.

Location Details

Location: Bicester Village
CRS: BIT / NLC: 3104 / TIPLOC(S): BCSTRTN
Station Facility Owner: Chiltern Railways
OS Grid Ref: 458627 221871
Constituency: Banbury
Local Authority: Oxfordshire
NR Region: South East
Station Group: BICESTER BR
ELR: OXD 19m 33ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Bicester Village during 2022/2023:
•London Marylebone (378,130 journeys)
•Oxford (273,898 journeys)
•London Paddington (20,774 journeys)
•Oxford Parkway (20,242 journeys)
•Reading (13,279 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Bicester Village's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Haddenham and Thame Parkway12.97
Islip5.94