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direct on two genuinely distinct routes/operators - GWR's faster Paddington-Reading-Oxford line and Chiltern's slower Marylebone-Oxford Parkway-Oxford line
Great Western Railway, Chiltern Railways
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The parts people get wrong. Each one links to where we checked it.
Easy to get wrong
GWR runs 2 fast trains per hour to Paddington via Reading, while Chiltern Railways runs 2 trains per hour to Marylebone via Oxford Parkway and High Wycombe that are explicitly slower - Oxford's own station article states the Chiltern service is 'slower than the fast Great Western Railway services to London Paddington', so picking a ticket by price alone can mean a materially longer ride.
en.wikipedia.org · checked 2026-09-10
Status
The Chiltern Marylebone route via Oxford Parkway only began running on 11 December 2016 - it is a genuinely newer alternative to the historic GWR route, not a rebrand of it.
en.wikipedia.org · checked 2026-09-10