By Tom Lowe2021-01-25T12:04:00+00:00 Direct rail link between Bicester and Bletchley to open for the first time in over 50 years The next phase of the project to build the £5bn East West rail link between Cambridge and Oxford has secured £760m in government funding. This phase of the project will see the reinstatement of direct rail services between Bicester and Bletchley for the first time since 1968. New stations will be built at Winslow and enhancements made to existing stations along the route, including at Bletchley. The works will be carried out by the East West Rail Alliance, a group formed in 2015 by Network Rail, Laing O’Rourke, Atkins and Volker Rail.