Built in the 1940s, the war time grain silo has been closed since the '80s with the concrete structure widely viewed as a bit of a blot on the landscape. In the past decade it has become an area for dumping, and any metal the building housed has been taken to the point where it was no longer safe to keep it standing. Demolition was the answer.
Built in its place will be the Oxford Parkway railway station with a link to Bicester and into London. Work will start in February, and is being funded by Chiltern Railways, and will include a car park with space for 800 vehicles. It is expected to open in the summer of 2015.
Below is a video of the silo captured several months ago. It gives a good idea of the state of the site and the silo itself:
Source: Oxford Mail
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