As rail bosses celebrate the opening of a new rail link between Oxford Parkway and London Marylebone, outraged Beaconsfield commuters have criticised Chiltern Railways for the introduction of an 'unfair' new timetable.

Direct train services from High Wycombe to Oxford were restored for the first time in more than 50 years on Monday, October 26 as part of a £320million investment.

The new service offers two fast trains per hour throughout the day between Oxford Parkway and Bicester Village station and London with journey times to the capital from under an hour, but Beaconsfield commuters say the axing of some rush hour services has caused chaos.

One angry commuter is now considering moving out of the town because the new timetable is proving too difficult for her to get to work.

Joanne Smalley, who lives in Beaconsfield and commutes to Old Street for work, said she now has to get the 6.41 train instead of the 6.48 in order to get to work for 8am.

She said: “Shifting the times around is causing a lot of issues. The trains are a lot busier than they used to be. All the seats are full by the time you get to Gerrards Cross and it is standing room only.

“Some people are paying £5000 a year to travel on these trains and they have to stand, it is completely unfair.

“We are thinking of moving to Maidenhead. The trains are more frequent. We used to have six trains an hour and we now only have three.”

Ms Smalley said that while Beaconsfield is a popular town for commuters, the new timetable could discourage people from moving there.

She said: “I have been commuting for ten years and there has been a gradual decline in services, but this is the final straw.

“Beaconsfield will end up becoming one of those towns that people don’t want to live in or move to because it is difficult to commute into London now.”

Other commuters have taken to Twitter to share their feelings about the new timetable.

Jackie Murphy said train users in Beaconsfield had been ‘forgotten’ by Chiltern Railways with the introduction of a new line and said the service has not been as reliable.

She said: “New services to Oxford means a worse service for others. It is not good enough, I stood all the way to work.”

Before the new timetable came into place, Chiltern Railways said they planned to add extra capacity to popular rush hour services. 

Jennifer Payne, customer services director at Chiltern Railways, said: "As with any new timetable, we are closely monitoring how the changes are impacting our customers.

“We also have extra staff at our stations to monitor feedback and the numbers of passengers on board services. All our customers are important to us and their feedback is welcomed."