The Chiltern Railway Company Limited of Great Central House, Marylebone Station, Melcombe Place, London NW1 6JJ, is applying to the Secretary of State for Transport under section 6 of the Transport and Works Act 1992, for the above Order under section 1 of that Act.

The Order relates to the construction of a new railway (including the reconstruction of existing railway) and associated works between Bicester and Oxford together with the construction or reconstruction of stations at Bicester Town, Islip, Water Eaton and Oxford in order to facilitate the operation of direct railway services between London Marylebone, High Wycombe, Bicester Town and Oxford.

The Order provides for the construction, maintenance and operation of the following works:—

A new chord railway linking the railway from London Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street with the Bletchley to Oxford Railway, a double track railway from the proposed junction with the Bletchley to Oxford Railway to Oxford North Junction and railway from Oxford North Junction to Oxford Station including the reconstruction of Bicester Town, Islip and Oxford Stations and the construction of a station at Water Eaton, extensions and remedial works to bridges, the demolition of bridge OXD47 at Northfield Farm, the lowering of track through Wolvercot Tunnel, the provision of a signalling supply point at Elm Tree Farm No. 1 crossing; railways forming spurs at Exchange Sidings and Rail Aggregates Depot; a railway forming a connection between the Bletchley to Oxford Railway and the Oxford to Birmingham Railway; reconstruction of the bridge carrying the A41 road over the railway; roads including overbridges at Langford Lane and Oddington Road, a bridleway including an overbridge at Mill Lane, an accommodation road and bridleway including overbridges at Mansmoor Road and west of bridge OXD47 and footbridges at Gavray Drive, Tubbs Lane, Merton Foot Crossing, Oddington No. 5 crossing and Gosford and Water Eaton No.10 crossing.

The Order will also authorise the construction and maintenance of ancillary works and includes provisions to keep apparatus in streets and to execute street works, to stop up streets permanently and temporarily, to provide access to works, to construct, alter and maintain new streets, to construct or reconstruct bridges and tunnels, to enter into agreements with street authorities, to close and replace road, bridleway and footpath level crossings, to extinguish all public or private rights of way over accommodation level crossings, to close temporarily part of Rewley Abbey Stream and Castle Mill Stream; to discharge water; to carry out protective works to buildings, roads and apparatus and to survey and investigate land; the compulsory acquisition of land for the purposes of the works and ancillary purposes, the imposition of restrictive covenants, the acquisition of easements or other rights in land, the acquisition of rights in airspace above or in the subsoil beneath land, the temporary use of land for the construction or maintenance of works, the acquisition of part only of certain properties and the extinction or suspension of private rights of way; traffic regulation, the felling or lopping of overhanging trees, the provision and vesting of open space, the power to operate and use the railway, the power to transfer the undertaking with the consent of the Secretary of State, the power to enter into agreements with Network Rail, the prevention of obstruction of the works and trespass on the railway and ancillary provisions.

The application is to be made subject to an environmental impact assessment.

The application contains a statement that a direction for deemed planning permission is being applied for.

A copy of the application, and of all plans and other documents submitted with it, may be inspected free of charge from 6 January 2010 to 17 February 2010 at the places and times set out in the schedule below.

Copies of the documents can also be viewed and downloaded from Chiltern Railways’ website at www.chiltern-evergreen3.co.uk.

Copies of the documents may be obtained from ERM, Eaton House, Wallbrook Court, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford OX2 0QS. A charge may be payable. Electronic copies of the documents may be obtained free of charge from the same address. Further information about the proposals can also be obtained from Natasha Gough, tel: 01865 384 865, e-mail: natasha.gough@erm.com.

Any objections to, or other representations about, the proposals in the application should be sent to the Secretary of State for Transport c/o Transport and Works Act Orders Unit, Department for Transport, Zone 1/31, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR, email transportandworksact@dft.gsi.gov.uk. An objection or other representation MUST (i) be received by the Secretary of State on or before 17 February 2010, (ii) be made in writing (whether sent by post or email), (iii) state the grounds of the objection or other representation, (iv) indicate who is making the objection or other representation, and (v) give an address to which correspondence relating to the objection or other representation may be sent. (If you are sending your objection or other representation by e-mail, please provide a postal address.)

The Secretary of State may make complete copies of the objections and other representations public, including any personal information contained in them, and will copy them to the applicant for the Order.

Eversheds LLP, Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents, One Wood Street, London EC2V 7WS.

On behalf of The Chiltern Railway Company Limited

Dated 6 January 2010

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