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====Privatisation==== After [[Privatisation of British Rail|rail privatisation]], [[Chiltern Railways]] took over the rail services in 1996 and developed the interurban service to Birmingham Snow Hill.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.railwaystrategies.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=8549&issueid=278|title=On track|journal=Railway Strategies|date=August–September 2009|access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref> In 2002, a service to {{rws|Kidderminster}} was opened.{{sfn|Harris|2008|p=480}} The line was restored to double track the same year and Marylebone was expanded in 2006, with two extra platforms in Chiltern's Evergreen 2 project.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/250m-rail-investment-to-slash-journey-times-and-create-new-oxford-london-route|title=£250m Rail Investment to Slash Journey Times and Create New Oxford-London Route|publisher=Network Rail Media Centre|date=15 January 2010|access-date=27 November 2016}}</ref> A new platform (platform 6) was inaugurated in May 2006<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.railwayconsultancy.com/pdf/rclnews200606.pdf|title=Job completed!|publisher=The Railway Consultancy|date=June 2006|page=2|access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref> while Platform 5 and the shortened platform 4 opened in September.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londontown.com/LondonInformation/Business/Marylebone_Rail/7b78/|title=Marylebone Railway Station|publisher=LondonTown|access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref> Platforms 5 and 6 were built on the site of the goods sidings and a depot was opened near [[Wembley Stadium railway station]].{{sfn|Network Rail|2006|pp=4–5}} [[File:Marylebone-stn-plats-5+6.jpg|thumb|right|Platforms 5 and 6 were added in 2006 as part of [[Chiltern Railways]]' Evergreen 2 project]] In September 2007, the [[Office of Rail Regulation]] granted the [[Wrexham & Shropshire|Wrexham Shropshire & Marylebone Railway]] (WSMR) Company permission to operate services from [[Wrexham General railway station|Wrexham]] in North Wales via {{stnlnk|Shrewsbury}}, [[Telford Central railway station|Telford]] and the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] to Marylebone; they started in early 2008, restoring direct London services to [[Shropshire]] (Wrexham already being served by a Virgin Trains service to Euston), with five return trips per day on weekdays. This was reduced to four trains a day in March 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title= WSMR cuts service |work= Modern Railways |location= London |page=6 |date=April 2009}}</ref> These services ceased in January 2011, after passenger numbers reduced; the closure was blamed on the [[Great Recession]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-12284468|title=Wrexham-Shropshire-London direct rail link to end|work=BBC News|date=26 January 2011|access-date=27 November 2016}}</ref> In December 2008, it was proposed to restart direct services between {{rws|Aberystwyth}} in mid-Wales and London, which last ran in 1991, with Marylebone as the London terminus. [[Arriva Trains Wales]] announced a consultation for two services a day, following the route of the WSMR connecting with the [[Cambrian line]] at Shrewsbury.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7792091.stm |title=Aber-London rail link may reopen |access-date=31 December 2016 | work=BBC News | date=19 December 2008}}</ref> This idea was abandoned following objections by Wrexham & Shropshire.<ref>{{cite news|title= Aberystwyth to London direct rail route rejected|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/8543836.stm|work = BBC News|location=London|date = 1 March 2010|access-date = 1 March 2010}}</ref> [[File:London Marylebone Station (4674495204).jpg|thumb|left|Frieze over the entrance to the station. The logo of the [[Great Central Railway]] is just visible in the centre, while that of [[Network SouthEast]] (uncoloured) is clearly visible on the right]] In 2011, Chiltern Railways took over the {{stnlnk|Oxford}} to {{stnlnk|Bicester Town}} route from [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|First Great Western]]; this was in preparation for the opening of a link from the [[Chiltern Main Line]] to the [[Varsity Line]], on which Bicester Town station is located, which would see twice-hourly services from Marylebone to Oxford. Construction was expected to start in 2011, but was delayed until the following year after bats were found roosting in one of the tunnels on the Varsity line. Services to [[Oxford Parkway]] started in October 2015 and services to Oxford began in December 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-34636530|title=New £320m Oxford to London Marylebone rail line opens|work=BBC News|date=26 October 2016|access-date=29 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/london-oxford|title=Next stop central Oxford – open from 12.12.2016|publisher=Chiltern Railways|access-date=29 November 2016|archive-date=19 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819145955/https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/london-oxford|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018, a survey found that commuters from Oxford preferred the Chiltern route to Marylebone over the Great Western route to Paddington via {{Rws|Reading}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/16300480.survey-reveals-whether-oxford-london-commuter-prefer-chiltern-railways-gwr/|title=Survey reveals whether Oxford to London commuter prefer Chiltern Railways or GWR|newspaper=Oxford Mail|date=19 June 2018|access-date=22 October 2019}}</ref> In 2017, [[Network Rail]] proposed an upgrade of Marylebone with 1,000 extra seats on trains approaching the station. These improvements are planned to be complete by 2024. Beyond this, improvements to [[Old Oak Common railway station|Old Oak Common station]] are planned to relieve congestion at Marylebone.<ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.eastwestrail.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/EEH-Chiltern-and-East-West-Rail-Strategy-Summary-document.pdf|title=Enabling progress and facilitating growth: A rail strategy for the Chilterns and East West Rail|publisher=Network Rail|pages=4,5|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> In a study by Network Rail, it was said that any expansion of the station could cost up to £700 million, with Old Oak Common a more feasible alternative for capacity increase.<ref>[https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/West-Midlands-and-Chilterns-Route-Study-Final.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303050501/https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/West-Midlands-and-Chilterns-Route-Study-Final.pdf|date=3 March 2018}} p.80</ref>
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