Announcement There will be changes to bus services and subsidised travel at Oxford Brookes for the 2025/26 academic year.
Travelling by Bus and Coach
Oxford Brookes University students and staff can take advantage of a range of transport discounts and offers. See:
Oxford benefits from an extensive public transport network with some local services stopping near/ outside certain campuses.
Oxford Bus Company has produced a map which is available to view online and provides a full overview of their bus services. If you want to track their buses you can do this via Oxford Bus Company’s app, so you will always know when your bus is due to arrive
Network Rail confirmed in July 2024 that it would be unable to reopen the Botley Road in October 2024 as previously expected. Delays to the project, which will improve the train network in Oxford, now mean that a section of the Botley Road will remain closed with the latest announcement from Network Rail stating that it will reopen at the end of August 2026.
This impacts on the 400 bus service travelling between our Harcourt and Headington campus sites. The bus service will continue to be split into two, operating either side of the railway bridge, until the project completes with further information available on the Oxford Bus Company website.
Stagecoach has produced information on its website on how its services will be affected by the closure of Botley Road. The Oxfordshire County Council website also provides an overview of the how travel is impacted by the closure.
Following student feedback and early-semester analysis of bus use, the University has been liaising closely with Oxford Bus Company to help improve local bus service capacity. In response to comments that the 100 and 700 bus services have been running at full capacity during morning peak travel times, the following enhancements are being delivered:
- Additional duplicate journeys have been introduced on the 100 bus service, starting from the Cowley Crescent Hall stop to Jack Straws Lane, at 8.00am and 8.45am. This is a temporary improvement to increase bus capacity during the busier morning commute and first came into effect from Monday 6 October 2025.
- From 9 November 2025, an enhanced 100 and 700 timetable will operate to provide a bus service every 10 minutes. Further details on these improvements to 100 and 700 timetables will be added to the OBC website ahead of this being implemented.
Both of these improvements will particularly benefit residents at Crescent Hall, Paul Kent Hall and Parade Green travelling to Headington Campus, where overcrowding on bus services have been reported during peak morning periods.
Oxford park and rides
Park and Ride offers a hassle free solution from the car to access campus. A deal which provides discounted parking and bus travel at Oxford’s park and rides has been extended to April 2024. A combined ticket, which covers both parking and return bus travel to the city centre, offers a reduced price of £4 for a car with one adult, or £5 for a car and two adults. Further information can be found on the Oxfordshire County Council Park and Ride website.
Drivers are encouraged to purchase a combined ticket through the RingGo parking app, or at one of the onsite ticket machines. This will cover you for your parking and bus travel thereby meaning you don’t need to pay again on the bus.
Oxford benefits from an extensive bus travel network with Oxford Bus Company services and Stagecoach being the city's main local bus providers.
For travel from further afield, the majority of buses will stop at the Oxford Gloucester Green bus station. Located in the centre of Oxford (and near the Oxford train station), this bus station offers access to a wide range of local and connecting bus services, including services to London, Heathrow and Gatwick.
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