Getting to Oxford by Bus, Train and Plane

Oxford via London's St. Pancras Station. is no more than four hours Paris, Lille or Brussels by Eurostar high speed train.

Much of Holland, France, Belgium and Germany and Switzerland is no more than eight hours by European high speed_rail services from Oxford. The Eurostar terminal is now at London’s St. Pancras Station.

To reach Oxford from London by express coach and by express train.
You can reach Oxford via London's airports at Heathrow and Gatwick using direct express bus services. There are direct coach services from Stansted Airport and regular train_services from Birmingham Airport to Oxford.
For domestic visitors to Oxford, the city is well served by fast and regular domestic_train_services to most of the UK.
Oxford has a small local airport open to private planes and their is a limited scheduled service to Geneva, Newcastle, Jersey and Edinburgh.
For local information about Oxford bus services, parking ,taxi's and places to stay.

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How to get to Oxford from London's St. Pancras International Station by express coach

The quickest way to Oxford and Headington is by express coach from London.

1.Take the London Underground using either the Circle or Metropolitan line west to Baker Street station, which is next to Madame Tussauds exhibition centre. Its only four stops on the line, so allow 20 mins to Baker Street.

At the Baker Street Tube Station:- for X90 express buses to Oxford.

Walk from Baker Street to the Gloucester Place bus stop outside the Bickenhall Hotel (see bus stop Q on map), which is only ten minutes walk from Baker Street Station.

Expect to wait at most 10 to 15 mins for buses to Oxford between 9AM and 6PM. At other times there is a bus every half hour throughout the night.

The journey time to the heart of Oxford can take 1 hr 40 mins at rush hour, but on the way into Oxford the bus stops at Thornhill Park and Ride, Headington Shops for Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, Gipsy Lane for Oxford Brookes University before entering the historic heart of the city, where it will stop at Queens Lane and Carfax before ending its journey at Gloucester Green Bus Station in Central Oxford.

Allow I hr 10 mins for the journey to Headington from Bus stop Q at Gloucester Place London.

How to reach Oxford via an express train to Oxford from London Paddington

At St. Pancras take the Transport for London Circle or Metropolitan line west to Paddington Station. Allow at least 30 mins for this. At Paddington catch a First Great Western Train to Oxford. At rush hour the trains can be overcrowded with commuters, so you may have to stand all the way.

Allow at least an hour and ten minutes for this service. At Oxford railway station there are buses and taxis to many parts of Oxford and the surrounding area.

The city centre is no more than ten minutes walk from the railway station, though Oxford suburbs like North Oxford, Headington and Cowley are some forty minutes walk away.

Getting to Oxford by Plane

It is now possible to fly to Oxford's nearest airport at Kidlington.

There are now direst flights from Geneva, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Jersey .oxfordairport.co. uk

For information further Public Transport Information:

Traveline for planning journeys outside Oxford.

European high speed rail services and tickets www.railteam.eu/.

Thalys: Your train between Paris, Brussels, Cologne, Amsterdam - Purchase, Online train tickets reservation

Eurostar: London to Paris, Train to France, Train to Brussels -

TGV-EUROPE.

German Railways (DB)

Belguim Rail (SNCB)

Dutch Railways (NS)

Italian Railways -FS

Spanish Rail -RENFE

Renfe Timetables and Prices

For domestic train services http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

Oxford Bus Networks
For Park & Ride bus services

· oxford bus company.

· Stagecoach Bus - Oxfordshire

· Arriva - Oxfordshire

Oxford Parking

Note: Much of Oxford is now restricted to residents parking only.

A wide variety of parking in Oxford is available including the following:

Park and Ride on the four main approaches to the city at Thornhill, Peartree, Water Eaton, Seacourt, Redbridge

Westgate (1225 spaces) – City Centre Car Park

Worcester Street (190 spaces)

Abbey Place (120 spaces) – Opposite the ice-rink

Gloucester green (100 spaces) – Underground close to the centre

Oxpens (75 spaces) – Next to the ice-rink

St. Clements (120 spaces) – Near Magdalen Bridge

Railway Station (400 spaces) – Daily rates for rail and non-rail users

Other on-street pay-and-display parking mainly in Broad Street and St. Giles (386 spaces)

Parking for the Disabled

Park and Ride – Places available adjacent to bus stops

Westgate – Places available on level 4 adjacent to the shopping level

On-Street Parking – Special bays are marked

Note: Disabled persons showing both parts of the Orange Badge may park for free in any of the on-street parking spaces, but standard charges will apply in the off-street car parks.

Oxford Taxi's

001 ,New Inn Yard, 108 Saint Aldate's
Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1BU, United Kingdom tel:01865 240 000
ABC, 70a Hollow Way, Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 2NH, ‎ - 01865 770 077

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