Rail travel
National enquiries / bookings
Train companies
- First Great Western Trains operate trains for Thames Valley, Oxford, Windsor, Gatwick and intercity services from London, South Wales, the Cotswolds and the West of England via Didcot Parkway.
- Virgin Cross Country operate inter-city services from Scotland, North of England, Midlands and the South Coast, through Oxford.
- Chiltern Railways run between London (Marylebone) and Birmingham Moor Street and Snow Hill via Banbury, Bicester North, Thame and Haddenham Parkway, Princes Risborough and High Wycombe.
Other useful links
- Traveline - public transport info for the UK, (including Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Northern Ireland), plus rail, ferry and coach travel between the UK and Ireland and mainland Europe
- Student Railcards - Anyone between the ages of 16 and 25 (and mature students) can get a third off the price of most rail fares anywhere in Britain with a Young Persons' Railcard.
- Bikes on Trains - more details on our cycling pages.
