12.12.08
Chiltern Railways on time for Aylesbury Vale Parkway
07.27am on Sunday 14th of December will see the first service from Aylesbury Vale Parkway leave the station and head to Marylebone.
Three miles north-west of Aylesbury on the A41, this £12m public transport interchange will comprise of a new railway station, bus-based park and ride facilities and 500 parking spaces, with 250 spaces currently available and the remainder due to open, along with the station building, in May 2009. Thanks to the swift completion of necessary engineering works and the successful test train trails, passenger services are now able to run from Aylesbury Vale Parkway to Chiltern’s London Marylebone station.
Adrian Shooter, Chairman of Chiltern Railways, commented:
“When we announced in June this year that services would start up two years earlier than previously planned, the announcement was met with a certain amount of disbelief. Yet thanks to the hard work of everyone involved, we will be running services from the 14th of December as promised.”
He added:
“Chiltern Railways have been praised within the industry for our commitment to investing and opening new services and routes and we shall continue to seek out new opportunities and offer new options to passengers.
“The commencement of new services is always a momentous day for any train company and it will give me great pleasure to wave off the 1027 Aylesbury Vale Parkway to Marylebone service at a special ceremony on the 15th of December.”
Councillor Valerie Letheren, Buckinghamshire County Council Cabinet Member for Transportation said:
“I am delighted that Aylesbury Vale Parkway will open on 14 December 2008. This is a key transport project for Buckinghamshire County Council and to have it open in December, as promised back in the summer, shows that we can deliver projects on time despite the difficult economic climate. This project has been delivered through a great partnership of the public and private sector and it is excellent news for the residents of Aylesbury and surrounding villages.”
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