Improved bus services for Wantage and Grove

3 years ago Wed 30th Dec 2020

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From Sunday 3rd January 2021, we introduced enhanced bus services for Wantage and Grove in partnership with Oxfordshire County Council.

Key benefits of the new network include:

  • X32 was enhanced to operate up to every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday. In Oxford, buses continue to operate beyond the town centre to Headington, John Radcliffe Hospital to provide new direct connections.
  • New fast X36 service linking Wantage, Grove and East Hanney with Milton Park and Didcot was introduced and it operates up to every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday.
  • 38 was enhanced on Monday to Friday to operate up to every 30 minutes.

Changes to the routes serving Wantage and Grove are as follows:

X32 - Route was enhanced to operate up to every 30 minutes between Wantage and Oxford via Didcot Monday to Saturday daytime. Only a limited number of journeys serve Chilton with additional journeys between Chilton and Didcot provided by a revised 94 service. In Oxford, buses continue to operate beyond the city centre to the John Radcliffe Hospital via Brookes University.

X32 Timetable - Valid from 3rd January 2021 (PDF,64KB)

X36 - New route was introduced, serving the Crab Hill and Grove Airfield developments. The service provides new faster links between Wantage, Grove and East Hanney with Milton Park and Didcot up to every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday.

X36 Timetable - Valid from 3rd January 2021 (PDF, 38KB)

33/X33 - The 33 service no longer serves Wantage with the section of the route between Didcot Orchard Centre and Wantage being replaced by the enhanced X32 service (see above). 

38 - The Monday to Friday service was enhanced to operate up to every 30 minutes. The Saturday service was withdrawn due to low customer usage. Alternative journeys between Wantage and Grove is provided by the new X36 service (see above).

38 Timetable - Valid from 3rd January 2021 (PDF, 37KB)

67/67C - Amendments were made to the timetables. Buses no longer continue to travel beyond Wantage towards Didcot as services X32/X33/33, but connections are maintained with the new X32 service wherever possible.

67/67C Timetable - Valid from 3rd January 2021 (PDF, 42KB)