Thanks for the clarifications. I guess I'll check the timetables closer to the time. Was figuring we'd probably wind up changing at Oxford and Banbury after seeing the map. So if we have advance tickets on a particular train, is this going to be one of those days where they're reasonably flexible about which train you're on, given the mess?
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Mizter T
And as a wider comment, yes, engineering works information often leaves something to be desired - pieceing together exactly what the plans are can sometimes feel like you're a latter day Sherlock Holmes searching for clues - one thing that should be remembered however is that trains can be diverted to run on all sorts of unusual routes, which can serve to confuse if you're not aware that certain connections exist.
This makes me feel a lot better. I was looking at the information (and Chiltern's site is incomprehensible) and feeling like an idiot trying to decipher what was going on. Glad to know that's the way it is for lots of people.