Estate gets new bus link to the rail station (From The Oxford Times)

Please note that Monday - Friday express S2 services don't run through Witney at present anyway. Non-express S2 buses do, and will continue to do so.

Crazy that a large estate such as Rose Hill (and the many residents on the route) does not have a bus route to the station already. I hope that Stagecoach do a better job than Oxford Bus Co. to match the bus arrival times at the station with the train departure times.

Hi Sid. Rose Hill always did have a bus service to the station, it was the No 4. This was withdrawn in connection with the Iffley Rd roadworks which have now finished.

The No 4 was every ten mins daytimes and every twenty mins eves/Suns. The No 3 will be every 7/8 mins daytimes and every 15 mins eves/Suns, so there will be a slightly better service than before.

I am puzzled by your comment about matching bus and train times. With buses every 10-20 mins as they were, and usually more frequent than any particular train service, how could they match them better? People want different train services, some want to the fast Londons, some want the stoppers, some want the XC service to the south coast and some want the XC to Birmingham. Some people want to leg it for their train, some people want a few mins to buy tickets and food. You can't cater specifically for all of them, but providing a frequent service means everyone who leaves enough time will get their train.

If either or both the X39/X40 routed out of Oxford via the Iffley Road and Littlemore/Sandford - it would give many people in East Oxford (and the Science Park via pedestrian route) direct access to Reading/Reading Station too.

On the bus route for me, the buses either arrive at the staion at the same time of the train departure or within 4 minutes of train departure (trains for Didcot/Reading/Londo
n) - not enough time to buy tickets, get through the barriers, etc.

Pretty much the case for South Coast departures also.

4 minutes... then get the bus 8/10 minutes before and you have 12/14 minutes before your train. It is not a major hardship.

I wouldn't recommend much less than 15 mins for a bus/rail interchange, to allow for traffic delays on the bus route, long queues at the ticket desks, etc.

You're pretty lucky to have a frequent direct station link again, in my part of the world direct station buses are every 20 mins and the Ban Rd corridor north of Marston Ferry Rd gets none!

Perhaps I haven't been explicit. I can only get the buses as scheduled - every 20 minutes. If it was possible to get a bus 8-10 minutes earlier I would do so. I don't live at Rose Hill or on the RH route hence my original comment.

Sid Hunt wrote:
On the bus route for me, the buses either arrive at the staion at the same time of the train departure or within 4 minutes of train departure (trains for Didcot/Reading/Londo

n) - not enough time to buy tickets, get through the barriers, etc.

Pretty much the case for South Coast departures also.

then catch an earlier bus, you muppet. they don't just cater for you, and if thats how you feel it should run, you would be better off using a taxi! a bus every 7/8 minutes is very frequent, and should even suit you. i always leave plenty of time to buy tickets, paper etc, and also to alloow for any delays that may occur. if you are leaving you travel times that tight, it is you that needs to adjust, not the bus service.

Ah, you probably live in the same area I do then. It's a pain but it isn't the end of the world. The way round it is to use a smart card, get the first bus that comes and change to a station service when you get to town.

davyboy wrote:

Sid Hunt wrote:
On the bus route for me, the buses either arrive at the staion at the same time of the train departure or within 4 minutes of train departure (trains for Didcot/Reading/Londo


n) - not enough time to buy tickets, get through the barriers, etc.

Pretty much the case for South Coast departures also.

then catch an earlier bus, you muppet. they don't just cater for you, and if thats how you feel it should run, you would be better off using a taxi! a bus every 7/8 minutes is very frequent, and should even suit you. i always leave plenty of time to buy tickets, paper etc, and also to alloow for any delays that may occur. if you are leaving you travel times that tight, it is you that needs to adjust, not the bus service.

Thank you for your constructive comments. Where do I claim that buses only exist for me?

The bus does not run every 7/8 minutes where I live so I can not catch an earlier bus - as stated above. I don't know why you do not have the capacity to understand this. I have to use taxis because of the scheduling but would rather pay a bus fare than the cost of the taxi.

BTW at the time I get the train the newsagent at the station isn't open (too early).

I do wonder why people post drivel such as yours and resort to insults.

King Joke wrote:
Ah, you probably live in the same area I do then. It's a pain but it isn't the end of the world. The way round it is to use a smart card, get the first bus that comes and change to a station service when you get to town.

I usually have a fair bit of paraphernalia and get an early train so I bite the bullet and get a taxi. Not a disaster but could be cheaper.

Sid Hunt wrote:

davyboy wrote:

Sid Hunt wrote:
On the bus route for me, the buses either arrive at the staion at the same time of the train departure or within 4 minutes of train departure (trains for Didcot/Reading/Londo



n) - not enough time to buy tickets, get through the barriers, etc.

Pretty much the case for South Coast departures also.

then catch an earlier bus, you muppet. they don't just cater for you, and if thats how you feel it should run, you would be better off using a taxi! a bus every 7/8 minutes is very frequent, and should even suit you. i always leave plenty of time to buy tickets, paper etc, and also to alloow for any delays that may occur. if you are leaving you travel times that tight, it is you that needs to adjust, not the bus service.

Thank you for your constructive comments. Where do I claim that buses only exist for me?

The bus does not run every 7/8 minutes where I live so I can not catch an earlier bus - as stated above. I don't know why you do not have the capacity to understand this. I have to use taxis because of the scheduling but would rather pay a bus fare than the cost of the taxi.

BTW at the time I get the train the newsagent at the station isn't open (too early).

I do wonder why people post drivel such as yours and resort to insults.

Buses are not taxis. Make the best of a pretty good service.

Oh!, why don't you pester for the trains to match the bus times? Its an equaly unrealistic expectation.

"Buses are not taxis. Make the best of a pretty good service.

Oh!, why don't you pester for the trains to match the bus times? Its an equaly unrealistic expectation."

Why did you bother with your pointless comment? Did someone have to explain to you that buses are not taxis so now you are sharing your vast knowledge of transport?