Thames Travel Service Changes 4th September

4th Sep 2022 onwards

Connector 23/23A
Great Western Park North - Milton Park - Didcot - Slade End Farm - Wallingford - Nettlebed - Henley-on-Thames

This new service replaces the 99A/99C, X38 services and certain journeys on the 33 service. Linking these routes together opens up new through journey opportunities such as Nettlebed to Milton Park or Didcot to Henley-on-Thames. In the same way that the 99A/99C only operate on weekdays, the 23/23A will not serve Great Western Park and Milton Park at weekends.

In Wallingford, the 23/23A will serve King Henry Avenue in the new Slade End Farm / Highcroft development. The 23 will operate from Monday to Saturday only via Hithercroft Road and St John’s Road to the Market Place before operating onto Henley-on-Thames. The Sunday only 23A service will serve Wantage Road, Station Road, Croft Road and St John’s Road to the Market Place before operating onto Henley-on-Thames.

The 23/23A will operate up to every hour with buses timed to combine with the 33 service between Milton Park (Monday to Friday only) and Didcot and Wallingford to provide a bus up to every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday.

Connector 33
Oxford - Cumnor - Wootton - Abingdon - Milton Park - Didcot - Wallingford

This route is extended to start in Oxford City Centre at St Aldates, Police Station. The route will follow the current city4 route to Abingdon via Cumnor, Wootton and Shippon. From Abingdon, the 33 will follow the existing route to Didcot via Culham, Sutton Courtenay, Milton and Milton Park. On Monday to Saturday, buses will continue to Wallingford with all trips operating via Wantage Road and Station Road. Linking the 33 with the current city4 will enable new through journey opportunities such as Wootton to Milton Park.

The 33 will operate up to every hour with buses timed to combine with the 23 service between Milton Park (Monday to Friday only) and Didcot and Wallingford to provide a bus up to every 30 minutes from Monday to Saturday. Between Oxford and Cumnor, the 33 and 63 will combine to provide a bus up to twice an hour.

Thames Travel 45
Abingdon - Culham Science Centre - Berinsfield - Littlemore - Rose Hill - Cowley

The 45 will be restored to operate beyond Berinsfield to Cowley Centre via Littlemore and will operate to an improved, hourly frequency Monday-Friday. The bus will also serve Rose Hill, The Oval instead of Bartholomew Road, and at peak times Oxford Science Park.

Thames Travel 91
Didcot - Ladygrove

The current 15:20 departure from Didcot Parkway is withdrawn. This is replaced by a 15:36 departure on the new 95 service.

Thames Travel 95
Didcot - Ladygrove - Long Wittenham - Clifton Hampden - Culham Science Centre

We will be reintroducing a peak-time only service 95 between Didcot and Culham Science Centre. The service will operate Monday to Friday via Ladygrove and Willowbrook Park in Didcot then via Long Wittenham and Clifton Hampden.

Thames Travel 99/99A/99C
Great Western Park - Milton Park

The 99A/99C service will be withdrawn and replaced by the new 23 service (see above). The 99 will run in conjunction with the 23 service to continue to provide a half-hourly service between Great Western Park Asda and Milton Park during peak times Monday to Friday.

Connector X32
The Sunday service between Didcot Parkway and Wantage will be revised. Buses from Didcot Parkway will generally depart 17 minutes later than before whilst buses from Wantage Market Place will generally depart 13 minutes earlier than before.

There will be a revised timetable with minor changes on Monday to Friday at peak times. Buses will no longer divert to serve Chilton on their way to Wantage in the morning peak. Similarly, buses will no longer divert to serve Chilton on their way from Wantage in the afternoon peak. Replacement journeys will be provided by the city34 service (see above). Certain morning peak journeys from Wantage and certain afternoon peak journeys to Wantage will continue to divert via Chilton.

There will be no change to the Saturday timetable.

Thames Travel X38
This service will be withdrawn and replaced by the new 23/23A service.