Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: November 18, 2025

Purpose: New Countywide rail strategy that has been drafted with full input from the rail industry, District Councils, key businesses and other relevant stakeholders e.g. bus operators

Content: Recommendations approved.   With regard to recommendation b, the Cabinet agreed to make the following changes to the plan proposed by Councillor Andy Graham, Leader of West Oxfordshire District Council :- P37 - "we will continue to develop options for medium- to longer-term mass rapid transit (which may include rail) for this corridor to identify deliverable plans and financing mechanisms for its implementation potentially within this plan period (P3.05)"   P80 text be amended to align with the P37 text and reads: "We will continue to explore the case for a Carterton–Witney–Oxford Mass Rapid Transit system (P3.05), to identify the most suitable solution to enhance public transport access to the west of our County."