Oxfordshire is superbly well-connected
Oxfordshire is superbly well-connected by road, rail, and air. The city of Oxford is an hour from London and 45 minutes from London Heathrow, the UK’s largest airport.
Train
Frequent services run to London Paddington and London Marylebone, linking Oxford to the capital in less than an hour, as well as to Birmingham, the North and the south coast.
Road
Access Oxfordshire by car via the M40 and M4 and A34.
Bus
Direct bus services such as the Oxford Tube, link Oxfordshire and central London. The journey takes about 100 minutes.
Air
London Heathrow, Gatwick Airport, London Stansted, London Luton and Birmingham Airport all serve Oxfordshire. London Oxford Airport is the Thames Valley area’s primary regional and business aviation airport – the only commercial airport between London Heathrow and Birmingham.
Future plans
Network Rail is upgrading and enlarging Oxford Station, creating additional rail capacity and improving the nearby road layout to make it safer.
The new East-West Rail scheme will connect communities between Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge, and boost housing and economic growth along the Oxford-Cambridge Growth corridor.
Under phase 1, services will begin running from Oxford to Bletchley/Milton Keynes by the end of 2025. Phase 2 will extend the railway from Oxford to Bedford, and phase 2 will complete the East-West Rail connection with services running from Oxford to Cambridge via Bedford and Bletchley by the mid-2030s.
