No more Kidlington Blues, with Oxford Bus set to cease running on the frequent 2 group to Kidlington. However, the pre-Covid five minute frequency, now reduced to every 6/7 minutes, will further reduce in the off peak to every 10 minutes. DAVID JENKINS
Oxfordshire County Council is masterminding a rationalisation of routes in the Oxford area, ending joint operation on some, with others changing hands.
The new network will start on January 2, 2022, and sees several routes in the city cease to be jointly operated. Stagecoach will become the sole operator of route 2 buses northwards to Summertown and Kidlington, with Oxford Bus also giving up its route 500 to Woodstock via Oxford Parkway, in favour of Stagecoach route 7.
In turn, Oxford Bus becomes sole operator of route 3 in the south of the city, while in the same area, it is also taking over Stagecoach routes 12 and 16, but in a revised format as 3A and 5A. Routes 1/5 to Blackbird Leys and 8 to Barton will remain as joint operations.
Stagecoach's S8 and 34 between Oxford, Abingdon and Wantage passes to Thames Travel as the X1 and 34, while Oxford Bus…
