STORY Bicester Easter works

A huge civil engineering project to build two new routes underneath the busy Chiltern main line has been completed this Easter.
A £12.3m investment saw two underpasses built in north west Bicester to help traffic and people move more easily around the town in the future.
Over a 100 hour railway closure between 2-5 April, railway lines were ripped up and 21,000 tonnes of railway embankment were removed so two prefabricated underpass structures, with a combined weight of 2,100 tonnes*, could be slowly driven into the new gaps by a transporter vehicle.
Video released today (Tuesday 6 April) shows the painstaking moments the new underpasses for pedestrians and vehicles were moved into position before 400 metres of track could be relaid above so passenger and freight services could resume again as normal this morning.
The £12.3m investment is being delivered by Network Rail and Story Contracting on behalf of Homes England, Oxfordshire County Council and Cherwell District Council.