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Oxford Bus Company park&ride400
Jun 10, 2021 09:29 BST
PARK & RIDE SATURDAY NIGHTSERVICE RETURNS TO BOOST OXFORDVISITOR ECONOMY
The Saturday evening timetable on Oxford Bus Company’s park&ride400service is returning in a boost to the re-emerging night-time economy.
Saturday night revellers will be able to use the evening express servicelinking Seacourt and Thornhill Park & Rides with Oxford from Saturday 12th
June. The last park&ride400 service will leave Oxford at 23:40 hrs.
Passengers can also still reach the Park & Ride car parks at Redbridge and
Pear Tree via Oxford Bus Company’s park&ride300 service. The lastpark&ride300 bus leaves Oxford for Pear Tree at 23.28 hrs and at 23.30 hrsfor Redbridge.
The news follows an increase in the number of people visiting Oxfordfollowing the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. It also supports the RediscoverOxford campaign launched by Oxford City Council designed to encouragepeople to visit the city.
Phil Southall, Oxford Bus Company Managing Director, said: “Passengernumbers are steadily increasing at the weekends as more people return toenjoying our beautiful city. Our park&ride service is an ideal way to visitOxford and help reduce city centre congestion. It will continue to play a keyrole in Oxford bouncing back from the pandemic.”
The park&ride bus services to Oxford are designed to help reduce city centreemissions and congestion. Customers can benefit from joint parking andonward bus tickets. Earlier this year, a raft of new customer-friendly facilitieswere opened at Seacourt Park & Ride. The facilities include toilets, anenclosed waiting area and digital information screens which provide real-time journey information.
The Seacourt Park & Ride car park capacity has also been increased by 595spaces, taking the number of spaces for vehicles to more than 1,300. Theimprovements were made possible thanks to an investment by Oxford CityCouncil.
Oxford Bus Company continue to maintain extensive cleaning regimes andhigh levels of hygiene to protect the health and well-being of passengers andcolleagues.
The Oxford Bus Company has kept the people of Oxford moving since 1881.Our services now span the width and breadth of Oxford and also takepassengers to Heathrow and Gatwick Airports. In addition, our CitySightseeing Oxford hop-on, hop-off open topped bus company providesenjoyable tours of Oxford. And our sister companies, Thames Travel andCarousel Buses provide convenient travel services across South Oxfordshire,Berkshire and Buckinghamshire respectively.
Contacts
City Sightseeing Press ContactFor general [email protected]+44 (0)1865 790522Fax: +44 (0)1865 202154
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Oxford Bus CompanyPress ContactFor general [email protected] 01865 785400
Thames Travel Press ContactFor general [email protected] 01865 785400
Carousel Buses Press ContactFor general [email protected] 01494 450151