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Travel by Train

Rail services

For up-to-date rail travel information, please check the National Rail website.

Oxford has an extensive rail travel network with a number of providers using the city's central Oxford station and Oxford Parkway station (located north of the ring road).

Oxford Brookes University students and staff can take advantage of a range of transport discounts and offers. See:

Oxford station is well connected to Headington Campus by the 400 bus service which operates up to every 10 mins throughout the day.  

Train services

  • Great Western Railway - Operate trains from Oxford to Reading and London Paddington. Change at Didcot Parkway for South Wales and the West of England
  • Cross Country Trains - Operate services from Scotland, North of England, Midlands and the South Coast to Oxford
  • Chiltern Railways - Operate between from Oxford station and London Marylebone, via Oxford Parkway station, Bicester Village, Thame and Haddenham Parkway, Princes Risborough and High Wycombe.
  • The Park and Ride Bus 500 services the Oxford Centre station and Oxford Parkway station.

National enquiries / bookings

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 Railcard - Anyone between the ages of 16 and 25 (and mature students aged over 26 in full-time education) can get a third off the price of most rail fares anywhere in Britain with a Young Persons' Railcard.
  • Trainhugger - In partnership with the Royal Forestry Society and the Royal Scottish Forestry Society, for each train ticket booked through Trainhugger, they will plant a tree in the UK.

Oxford Brookes students may benefit from cheaper rail fares by following these steps:

  • Apply for a student Railcard - anyone between the ages of 16 and 25 (and mature students aged over 26 in full-time education) can get a third off the price of most rail fares anywhere in Britain with a Young Persons' Railcard.
  • Book early. Start looking about 12 weeks before you travel for the best advance fares.

  • Split your tickets. Buying tickets for separate parts of the same journey can cut costs. Several special tools can help you find the best value with split ticketing.