Oxfordshire bus services update

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This browser version is unsupported as of August 17th, Please update to the latest version of Microsoft Edge once it is available. It looks like you're using an older version of Safari. Please update to the latest version of Safari. Oxfordshire County Council has concluded a detailed review of the Oxfordshire bus network involving major local operators. Please use Portway Close as an alternative. This closure is expected to last until Friday 14th January but we will update if the road opens sooner.

This will affect your city5 Oxford bound and the city3A Cowley bound only. Passengers for the city5 are advised to use the Andromeda Close or Birchfield Close stops as alternatives. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. When the started all those years ago, certain campaigners for the service were in the newspaper photo for the launch, but never used the service. LW is a backwater and without a bus service that goes here, there and everywhere i.

With Amazon, home grocery delivery, etc, you need never go shopping — and the number of people without transport or internet access in LW is approaching zero. Ironically, building those 30 odd new houses might be the saviour of LW…. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Email Address. Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire. Skip to content. This entry was posted in Parish Council and tagged bus service. Cuts to bus services across Oxfordshire are a "big step backwards" and will increase traffic across the county, a councillor has said.

A review by Oxfordshire County Council and bus companies said services will need to change after a "perform storm" of problems, including the pandemic. Most changes will be rolled out in the New Year. Operators said they will help "stabilise" the bus network.

The Department for Transport DfT has supported the council, it said. Tim Bearder, the council's cabinet member for highway management, said a shortage of drivers, "government decisions" and the pandemic had created "the perfect storm".

But he said the council had agreed a "coordinated approach" with bus companies and that it will look to secure funds from the government to "improve services in the long term". Amongst some of the changes, single operators will provide the principal bus services to Kidlington and Rose Hill, while routes from Oxford city centre from Littlemore and Greater Leys will be "consolidated to provide a more sustainable level of service better matched to passenger numbers".