Future
A further expansion of rail services to Bletchley and Bedford is suggested in a consultants' report written to provide regional planning guidance to Bucks County Council concerning the development of Aylesbury Vale. As part of the East West Rail Link plan to restore the Varsity Line, these services would be extended from the current freight only line north of Aylesbury Vale Parkway via Bletchley and terminate at Milton Keynes Central. The Department for Transport endorsed the scheme in November 2011, with opening planned for 2017. After it is completed rail passengers between Aylesbury and the Midlands or the North will no longer need to travel via London. Further expansion plans also exist to reconnect Aylesbury with Rugby but no timescale for this project has been set.
Aylesbury may also feature in the Croxley Rail Link project which envisages re-routing part of the London Underground Metropolitan line to Watford Junction. Proposals also exist to start direct rail services between Watford Junction and Aylesbury via Rickmansworth and Amersham.
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