Oxford’s $16.9M transportation station to serve cars, bikes, pedestrians and, potentially, passenger rail

OXFORD — A $16.9 million Chestnut Street Multimodal Station was lauded on Friday as “selfless cooperation” that will provide transportation freedom not just for the Oxford community.

A couple dozen people were at the snowy Chestnut Fields in Oxford to celebrate what many have called a transformative project for the county, one that will not just be a hub for passenger connections for the Butler County Regional Transit Authority, but also a future location for passenger rail.

“In today’s environment, nothing long-lasting can be accomplished without collaboration,” said Butler County Commission Don Dixon, who called this project another example of “selfless cooperation in Butler County.”

This project is a partnership between the Butler County RTA, Miami University, the city of Oxford and Talawanda schools.

The multimodal station at 97 W. Chestnut St. has been more than a decade in the making. In addition to bus service and rail, it will be a park-and-ride for cars, a connector for bikes as the fifth phase of the Oxford Area Trails will connect to the station.