Oxford Bus Company, Thames Travel announce festive travel series

Oxford Bus Company will run key Park&Ride services on Boxing Day to help people hit the sales in the city centre.

The 400 Thornhill Park&Ride service returns on Boxing Day this year, for the first time since 2019.

Oxford Bus Company will also operate its popular airline coach service between Oxford and Heathrow and Gatwick Airports on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. The special airline festive service will operate limited daytime services on Christmas Day and Boxing Day plus a normal daily service with an early finish on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel will run a raft of special local bus timetables across the festive period.

Both operators will run a Sunday service with an early finish on Christmas Eve, with no services running on Christmas Day. On Boxing Day, special services will run on the 3, 3A, 5, 6, 8, 15, 35, 300 Pear Tree and 400 Thornhill Park & Rides, X2, X3 and X40.

Between 27th and 29th December, Thames Travel’s 41, 45, 63, 91, 92 and 95 services will operate as normal, with most other services operating a Saturday service. The 23A, ST1, ST2 and night bus services which will not operate.

On Saturday 30th December all services will operate a normal Saturday service except night bus services.

All services will operate a Sunday service with an early finish on New Year’s Eve, with select services running on New Year’s Day.
All bus and coach services will return to normal on Tuesday 2nd January.

The Gloucester Green Travel Shop and High Street Visitor Information Point in Oxford will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

Luke Marion, Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel Managing Director, said: “It’s great to see the return of the 400 Thornhill service on Boxing Day this year, which will provide a key route into Oxford for people on a day when the city experiences high footfall.

“We are pleased to be offering a good level of service to our passengers this year to ensure we match supply to demand across key routes, whilst maintaining the £2 fare cap. The airline is an important service to our passengers during the festive period and we have created a timetable to ensure we continue to provide an excellent service for those needing to travel by air over the festive period.

“With several changes to normal timetables, we advise our passengers to plan their journeys in advance by checking the website or app, where all the latest information can be found.”
Full timetables and more information can be found here.

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