We will be making improvements to our services between Wantage, Marcham, Abingdon and Oxford from Sunday 9th December 2007.

Route 31 will replace the current 32/33 between Wantage, Grove (main road), East Hanney village, Marcham, Abingdon and Oxford. The frequency will be doubled, operating every 30 minutes during the day and every hour in the evenings.

All journeys will operate via Bagley Wood, and certain journeys will operate via Abingdon College and Northcourt Road.

On Sunday evenings buses will run every 2 hours.

Route N31 will run on Friday and Saturday nights from Oxford to Wantage and from Oxford to Abingdon via the A34 up to every 20 minutes until as late as 3am.

Route X30 will be reduced to an hourly frequency as a result of the above improvements, but with an increased frequency in the morning peak. Whilst the frequency is being reduced, we will be using some of the resource to improve the reliability of this service.

Route 34 will continue to operate unchanged, but with an additional afternoon journey an hour earlier.

Route 32 The subsidised section of route 32/33 between Abingdon, Culham, Sutton Courtenay, Didcot, The Hendreds and Wantage will now be operated as a separate service by Thames Travel. Please contact Traveline for more information.

Route N32 our late night bus to Sutton Courtenay, Steventon, Didcot and Harwell will continue to operate on Friday and Saturday nights.

Ticketing Arrangements

Following the decision by Oxfordshire County Council, passengers wanting to travel through from route 32 into Oxford will now need to change buses in Abingdon and purchase separate tickets for each leg of their journey, except:

Stagecoach return tickets issued on common sections of route 34 (Abingdon - Harwell Campus - Wantage) will be accepted by Thames Travel on route 32. However, Stagecoach will be unable to accept any route 32 tickets on route 34.

Stagecoach passes* are not valid on Thames Travel services. Any customer with a pass valid beyond 8th December 2007 will be entitled to a refund on the remaining part of their pass if they have been affected by these changes. Please contact us for more information.

*Thames Travel have however agreed to accept Stagecoach Scholar Passes on route 32 until the end of term on Friday 21st December 2007.

Alternatively, a Stagecoach MegaRider Plus costs £13 for 7 days, £35 for 28 days, £110 for 13 weeks and £375 for 1 year for unlimited travel between Abingdon and Oxford. Thames Travel offer their own range of passes for travel on their services.