This page checked and updated 9th October 2023 WOCT Link to the WOCT website 210 (Monday to Friday, except Public Holidays) Wychwoods – Leafield – Crawley – Witney The Villager Link to the Villager website. V19 (Mondays and Tuesdays only) Bledington, Wychwoods, Chipping Norton V23 (Thursdays only) Evenlode, Oddington, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Ascott-under-Wychwood, Leafield, South Leigh, Witney […]
Local Transport
210 Wychwoods Reduced Timetable
Form the 18 January 2021, the service has been reduced to 2 days/week, offering the 4 services IN and 4 services OUT on Mondays and Thursdays only. See attached timetable.
Christmas Trains 2019
GWR will again be providing some Saturday Christmas shopping trains calling at Ascott station for the next three weekends. As the eastbound train is not until just after 10am, reaching Paddington at 11.29, a trip to London will be rather abbreviated, should anyone want to go there, but anyone going into Oxford will have plenty […]
CLPG’s 2019 excursion makes track for the Settle & Carlisle Line
The Cotswold Line Promotion Group’s 2019 charter train will take passengers from the Cotswolds to the famous Settle & Carlisle Line through the Yorkshire Dales and the Eden Valley in Cumbria. The Cotswold-Eden Express will run from Oxford to Appleby, in Cumbria, on the August Bank Holiday Monday, August 26. Plans to run the train […]
Local Taxi Firms
To be listed on this page please contact the website editor. Taxis companies operating out of Charlbury Charlbury Taxis Tel: +44 (0)1608 810501 Mob:+44 (0)7855806102 Email: petesully1@icloud.com Evenlode Valley Travel, Taxi and Chauffeur Cars Tel: +44 (0)1608 810035 Mobile: +44 (0)7860 924786 Email: len@evenlodevalleytravel.co.uk Web: www.evenlodevalleytravel.co.uk Jim’s Taxis Mob: +44 (0)7895 431770 Email: jpearce757@btinternet.com Pete’s […]
CLPG’s 2017 charter train links the Cotswolds with the Somerset coast
This year’s Cotswold Line Promotion Group charter train combines fast running on the Great Western main line with a trip through the Somerset countryside on the West Somerset Railway heritage line to the seaside resort of Minehead, The excursion on Saturday, September 23, is only the second time a CLPG charter has reached Minehead. The […]
Rail improvement work in the Oxford area Summer 2017
Dear All, I’m writing to advise that there will be some changes to rail services in the Oxford area this summer as Network Rail upgrade the layout of tracks south of the station. There are also some works to stations, bridge repairs and removal of now defunct signalling equipment. The works takes place between 22-30 […]
Christmas Trains 2016
Ascott-under-Wychwood residents will once again be able to leave the car at home and take a train to go shopping or enjoy a day out in the run-up to Christmas, thanks to special Saturday stops at the village’s station. Train operator Great Western Railway (GWR) has agreed to provide the extra stops in late November […]
From the Wychwoods to Weymouth
From the Wychwoods to Weymouth – CLPG’s 2016 charter train makes tracks for Dorset coast Every year the Cotswold Line Promotion Group charters an excursion train to take passengers from stations on the line between Oxford and Worcester for a day out at a special destination. This year’s excursion, on Saturday, September 24, will see a […]
First Great Western becomes Great Western Railway
See attached press release for more information. GWR launch press release April 2016