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Plans for a £75m redevelopment of Oxford Station are being unveiled today. Oxford City Council has released details of the scheme and a public exhibition on the proposals for redeveloped station and transport interchange and will take place on 1-2 August in Oxford at the Westgate Centre Exhibition Suite. See
Oxford Mail article.
Oxford Mail article.
Plans show 2 new island platforms (so 4 through platforms) with 2 through lines between and (it appears) 2 north facing bays. The new station building would be 80% bigger than previous with more shops. There would be a transport interchange with bus station, multi-storey car park, and cycle racks. Work on the development could start in 2017 with completion by 2019....Areas have been earmarked for new flats and apartments while shops, office space and a hotel could be included in the final project.
A transport terminal will be built across from the station between Botley Road and Becket Street – where the long-stay car-park is currently.
It will include a new bus station, multi-storey car-park and cycle racks.
The station will be bulldozed to make way for a new one which will run parallel to Botley Road, where the station’s current cycle racks are, and face on to Frideswide Square. Part of Botley Road will be lowered for the new bridge.
Land to the north of the new station, which will stretch from where the current short-stay car-park is, could be used for office space, a hotel or an expansion of the Said Business School, including student accommodation.
There will be a smaller area of commercial development opposite the station on the corner of Botley Road and Becket Street...