Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel Service Changes 23rd July 2023

23rd Jul 2023 onwards

We will be making some changes to services in Oxford City and South Oxfordshire from 23rd July in order to make our services more reliable, and to provide new and enhanced links between key towns and villages in the area.

city6
Since the closure of Botley Road from 11th April, we have seen an increase in traffic levels along the Woodstock Road. Accordingly, we need to introduce a slightly revised timetable for city6 to improve punctuality. You can find the new timetable from 23rd July below.

city11X
We are seeing increasing levels of congestion across the route, made even worse since the closure of the Botley Road with more traffic now using Abingdon Road. Consequently, we need to introduce a revised timetable for city11X with the daytime service now running up to every 10 minutes on all days of the week, to provide a more reliable service for our customers. You can find the new city11X timetable from 23rd July below.

city34 (renumbered city43)
This service will be extended to and from Oxford Rail Station and we will be making minor changes to the timetable to provide a more reliable service. To coincide with the wider network changes that we are making in the South Oxfordshire area, this service will be renumbered city43, and you can find the new timetable from 23rd July 2023 below.

city35
Since the closure of Botley Road from 11th April, we have seen an increase in traffic levels along the Abingdon Road. Accordingly, we need to introduce a slightly revised timetable for city35 to improve punctuality. You can find the new timetable from 23rd July below.

cityX1 & NX1
Since the closure of Botley Road from 11th April, we have seen an increase in traffic levels along the Abingdon Road. Accordingly, we need to introduce a revised timetable for cityX1 to improve punctuality.

The routing in the City Centre will change so that towards Oxford, cityX1 will serve the Westgate and run along New Road and Park End Street to Oxford Rail Station. Towards Abingdon and Wantage, cityX1 will start at Oxford Rail Station and run along Park End Street, New Road and Queen Street to St Aldates where the current routeing will resume. cityNX1 will continue to operate the same route in Oxford City Centre as at present.

You can find the new timetable from 23rd July below.

connector X2
Since the closure of Botley Road from 11th April, we have seen an increase in traffic levels along the Abingdon Road. As a result, connector X2 will no longer be able to continue to serve Oxford Rail Station and will instead terminate at the Westgate. Towards Abingdon & Didcot, connector X2 will commence from the Westgate and run along Queen Street to St Aldates where the current routeing will resume.

connector X2 and cityX3 will continue to provide a coordinated service between Oxford and Abingdon, up to every 10 minutes service on Monday to Saturday daytimes and up to every 15 minutes in the evenings and on Sundays & Public Holidays.

There will be no change to connector NX2 which will continue to operate to Oxford Rail Station. Please find the new timetable from 23rd July below.

connector 93 & 97
We are pleased to advise customers that the bus gate on Diamond Drive in Great Western Park will once again be available for use from 23rd July. Connector 93 & 97 will be replaced by connector X32 from Oxford.

connector 98
NEW connector X34 & X35 will replace connector 98 and provide greater connectivity for residents of Great Western Park with direct links to Wantage, Faringdon and Newbury. You can find the new timetable from 23rd July below.

Science Transit Shuttle ST2
Since the closure of Botley Road from 11th April, we have seen an increase in the variability of traffic levels along the Woodstock Road, and have continued to experience increasing congestion around St Clements in East Oxford. Accordingly, we need to introduce a slightly revised timetable for service ST2 to improve punctuality. You can find the new timetable from 23rd July below.

connector X32
In order to improve punctuality, connector X32 will be split in Didcot. The section of route between JR Hospital and Didcot will continue to be known as connector X32 and will extend to Great Western Park South and Cockcroft Road Shops. To see the new timetable from 23rd July, please see below.

The section of route between Didcot, Harwell Campus and Wantage will now be covered by new connector X34 & X35, and you can find more details about these services below.

NEW connector X34 & X35 (with new links to Newbury)
connector X34 & X35 will provide a coordinated service between Didcot, Great Western Park and Harwell Campus, up to every 15 minutes during Monday to Friday daytimes and up to every 30 minutes on Saturdays.

connector X34 will extend beyond Harwell Campus up to every hour on Mondays to Saturdays to serve Chilton and then provide a new fast connection to Newbury. Within Newbury, buses will call at the Vodafone Roundabout bus stop, then those along London Road and Park Way and Stand D in Newbury Wharf Bus Station.

connector X35 will extend beyond Harwell Campus to Wantage up to every 30 minutes on weekdays and up to every hour on Saturdays, and provide a direct link on these days through to Faringdon up to every hour. On Sundays and Public Holidays, connector X35 will maintain the hourly connection between Didcot and Wantage, however these journeys will no longer serve Harwell Campus due to low usage.

The new timetable for these services can be found below.

connector X36
We will be making some changes to the timetable in order to provide a more reliable service. Additionally, all journeys will now operate via Charlton. Please see below for new timetable.

Thames Travel 45
We will be making some minor timetable changes to improve the punctuality of this service, and you can find the revised times from 23rd July 2023 below.

Thames Travel 67
NEW connector X35 will replace service 67 and provide enhanced through links to Stanford-in-the-Vale and Faringdon from Didcot and Harwell Campus. To see the new timetable, please click below.

Thames Travel 91
We will be making some minor timetable changes to improve the punctuality of this service, and you can find the revised times from 23rd July 2023 below.

Thames Travel 95
We will be making some minor timetable changes to improve the punctuality of this service, and you can find the revised times from 23rd July 2023 below.

city5X and cityC1
Unfortunately, due to low usage, these college services will be withdrawn from the end of the 2022/2023 academic year and will not return in September.