Category: travel

Normal Service on Saturday between the London Marylebone/Aylesbury via Amersham line and normal servies all weekend on the Stratford-upon-Avon/Birmingham Snow Hill to London Marylebone via Banbury and High Wycombe line, but bus replacement service on Saturday and Sunday due to important engineering works between Princess Risbourough and Aylesbury.

Buses replace trains on Sunday between 09.05 and 20.00 between Aylesbury and Amersham stations.

This weekend -Saturday 31st and Sunday 1st April – Chiltern Railways are pleased to announce that there are no planned engineering works on the Stratford-upon-Avon/Birmingham Snow Hill to London Marylebone via the Banbury and High Wycombe line. We are also running a full service with no scheduled track improvement on Saturday between London Marylebone and Aylesbury via the Amersham line.

If you are travelling between Princess Risborough and Aylesbury on Saturday or Sunday a bus replacement service will replace the train service. This is due to important engineering works taking place, so passengers are advised that they may have an increase in their journey.

We will also have a bus replacement service on Sunday between Aylesbury and Amersham for connecting London Underground services to and from Baker Street. We are advising our passengers to check before they travel and be aware that they may have extensions to their journey.

The Chiltern Railways website -www.chilternrailways.co.uk – has loads of great ideas for weekend days out. In addition to local event listings, there is also a link for great savings on entry to a number of attractions, theatres and restaurants along the line. Chiltern Railways has now launched their 2-for-1 offer that allows you a ‘buy one get one free’ to top London attractions when you travel by train. Details are at staffed stations.

The website has full timetable information, as well as a summary of Chiltern Railways’ great value fares, such as Just

Nelson Street and Southern Road, Thame, are to be closed temporarily whilst essential gas main replacement works are carried out.
The closure will operate in Nelson Street from June 4, for 1 week, and in Southern Road from June 11, for eight weeks. Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and those residents within the closure area, subject to the progress of the works. A copy drawing showing the extent of the temporary road closure and also alternative routes for traffic is available for viewing in the Thame Information Centre in the Town Hall. For further information contact Colin Horne on 07774 956649.

A woman injured in a head-on smash on Friday afternoon (March 23), is recovering in the JR hospital, Oxford.
Sarah Barrington, who is the proprietor of the prestigious Spread Eagle Hotel in Thame, was injured when her car apparently hit a Mercedes travelling in the opposite direction along the A41 Aylesbury Road just outside Thame.
Sarah is expected to remain in hospital for another two weeks following an operation on a shattered ankle.

Photo: Sarah Barrington with actor, John Nettles during the filming of an episode of Midsomer Murders at the Spread Eagle, Thame.

ANYONE travelling from Birmingham Moor Street on the ‘Chiltern Steam Express’ on May 5, will be greeted and waved goodbye by people in 1940s attire.
After attending the launch, members of various Birmingham re-enactment societies will be back for the event. They will be greeting passengers and waving them off as they set off for London Marylebone on the ‘Chiltern Steam Express’.

The special steam train is running from Birmingham Moor Street to London Marylebone and back on Saturday 5th May. The steam train will depart Birmingham Moor Street at 08:35 and call at Solihull, Dorridge and Warwick Parkway. The train will return in the evening. The Chiltern Steam Express times have been designed so that passengers are able to enjoy a full afternoon out in London visiting some of the many attractions the city has to offer.

You have the choice of travelling by steam either way and the other way on a modern 100mph Chiltern Clubman diesel train designed for speed and comfort. The alternate travel option, is to travel both ways by steam! Seats will be individually reserved on the steam train, with unallocated seating on the specially-lengthened Clubman services.

Sit back and relax as Chiltern Railways transports you back in time. Birmingham Moor Street has recently been restored to its original Edwardian glory and has won numerous awards. London Marylebone, the last London terminus to be opened (in 1899) offers passengers a similar environment to Moor Street and contains many old relics from times gone by.

A steam train is truly a magical experience. The sight, sound and smell of these “living” engines are enough to inspire the imagination of any child and for adults, it will bring back many child-hood memories.

Tickets for this unmissable day are now on sale. Advance booking is essential as there are unlikely to be tickets available on the day. To get your tickets call our special Steam Express Ticket Hotline on 01494 420155 (1000 to 1600, Mon to Fri).

All journeys are from either Birmingham Moor Street, Solihull, Dorridge or Warwick Parkway to Marylebone and return and offer you a full afternoon out in the capital.

Prices are as follows:
Standard Class
To travel one way by steam and the other way by Chiltern Clubman: Adult –

A CYCLIST has been told he is lucky to be alive after colliding with a car. The cyclist and the neurologist whose car he hit are both warning other cyclists in Oxford their lives could depend on wearing a helmet.

Oliver Adams was in a collision with a car at the junction of Banbury Road and Belbroughton Road on Thursday 15 March. The force threw him and his bike into the air and he hit, head first, a second car. By coincidence it belonged to Dr Sandeep Jayawant, a local neurologist.

Mr Adams left a huge dent in Dr Jayawant?s Mercedes Benz and doctors and police have told him that if he had not been wearing a helmet he would certainly be dead. A week on he is still suffering from severe concussion and he wants this message to get across to other cyclists, especially the young.

Photo: Thame youngsters undergoing cycle training with Cathy Gaulter-Carter.

A NEW shelter is to be built at a bus stop in the Oxford Road, Thame, following a request to the town council by elderly residents who are forced to wait in a particularly cold and windy place.
The shelter is to be build at the bus stop just before the entrance into Beech Road, and the Chiltern Vale estate.
The bus stop will cost in the region of

CEDAR Crescent, Sycamore Drive, Hazel Avenue and Footpath 5, Thame.
A request has been received from Thames Water for a temporary road closure to apply to a section of the above roads and footpath whilst essential sewer improvement works are carried out. A temporary Order will be made to implement the temporary closure and will operate from 4 April 2007. The estimated duration is 7 weeks. Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and those residents within the closure area, subject to the progress of the works.
A copy drawing showing the extent of the temporary road closure and the alternative routes for traffic is available for viewing in the Thame Information Centre. For further information contact Cyril Okonkwo on 01189 236815.

THE ‘Chiltern Steam Express’ has sold over a hundred tickets in the first week – so if you haven’t brought your ticket make sure you get in there before they sell out!
The event is running on Birmingham Moor Street to London Marylebone and back on Saturday 5th May. The steam train will depart Birmingham Moor Street at 08:35 and call at Solihull, Dorridge and Warwick Parkway. The train will return in the evening. The Chiltern Steam Express times have been designed so that passengers are able to enjoy a full afternoon out in London visiting some of the many attractions the city has to offer.
You have the choice of travelling by steam either way and the other way on a modern 100mph Chiltern Clubman diesel train designed for speed and comfort. The alternate travel option is to travel both ways by steam! Seats will be individually reserved on the steam train, with unallocated seating on the specially-lengthened Clubman services.

Sit back and relax as Chiltern Railways transports you back in time. Birmingham Moor Street has recently been restored to its original Edwardian glory and has one numerous awards. London Marylebone, the last London terminus to be opened (in 1899) offers passengers a similar environment to Moor Street and contains many old relics from times gone by.

Chris Barber, Sales Manager said: “Our ‘Chiltern Steam Express’ will give families the chance of a great day out in London.

“Our station at Marylebone is close to great attractions in walking distance like Madame Tussauds so not only will our passengers be travelling by steam they will also be able to have a lovely day out in London.”

Tickets
Tickets for this unmissable day are now on sale. Advance booking is essential as there are unlikely to be tickets available on the day. To get your tickets call our special Steam Express Ticket Hotline on 01494 420155 (1000 to 1600, Mon to Fri).

All journeys are from either Birmingham Moor Street, Solihull, Dorridge or Warwick Parkway to Marylebone and return and offer you a full afternoon out in the capital.

Prices are as follows:
Standard Class
To travel one way by steam and the other way by Chiltern Clubman: Adult –

DRIVERS caught using hand-held mobile phones are to be offered ?Call Divert? workshops by Thames Valley Police.
From today the penalty for being caught driving or supervising a learner while using a hand-held mobile phone or failing to have proper control of a vehicle will increase from a

A map showing walking and cycling routes around Thame, is being planned.
The idea of the map came from the Transport Working Group of the 21st Century Thame partnership, with the objective of encouraging more local people to leave their cars at home and to either walk or cycle to the town centre in particular.
The Lee Park estate is recognised locally as a labrynth of footpaths and cut-throughs to the town centre, many of which are a mystery to many who live there and in particular, to new comers.
Speaking at a recent meeting of Thame Town Council’s Culture and Leisure committee, John Francis, Vice Chair of TWAC, the Thame Walking and Cycling group, asked the council to agree to help fund the production of a walking and cycling map, for which the district council has already committed