Upon meeting the B1046 it turns east and runs alongside the former Varsity Line railway that closed in 1968.
In his autumn 2011 budget statement of November 2011, the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced that the government would fund the re-opening of the rail link from Oxford via Milton Keynes as far as Bedford.
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A single track of the former Great Central alignment through Quainton Road to Calvert remains open as far as the disused Varsity Line for occasional freight and DMU maintenance workings.
Services include the Stagecoach X5 service that replaces the Varsity Line, which links Milton Keynes with Oxford in the west (for connections to the west and Wales) and Cambridge in the east; and the VT99 service to Luton Airport, operated by Stagecoach on behalf of Virgin Rail.
Their opening coincided with the introduction of a steam railmotor on the Varsity Line, and each was conveniently sited alongside a level crossing.
Their opening coincided with the introduction of a steam railmotor on the Varsity Line, and each was sited alongside a level crossing.