Abingdon roads and travel news
Abingdon roads and travel news, newest first: closures, roadworks, rail changes, buses and parking, from the authorities' own notices.
Top story
Wantage and Grove Station: Up to 1,400 Passengers a Day
A county study puts a Wantage and Grove station at 400 to 1,400 passengers a day and £44m to £86m to build. No site is chosen; the next call is in spring 2027.
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Trains
No Paddington Trains 25 Dec to 3 Jan: Abingdon's Routes
GWR will run no trains to or from Paddington from Christmas Day to 3 January. From Radley, Culham and Didcot, London means Marylebone, Waterloo or a bus.
Planning
Abingdon Reservoir: 60 Lorries an Hour on the A415
Thames Water now wants 17 reservoir construction entrances, not six, and 60 lorry movements an hour on the A415 at peak. The traffic peak moves to 2030.
Travel
Oxford Traffic Filters: Vale Drivers Get 25 Day Passes
From 28 September the £5 payment goes and only a permit gets a car through. Abingdon, Wantage and Faringdon residents qualify for 25 free days a year.
Roads
A415 Drops to 20mph at Clifton Hampden from 31 August
The A415 at Clifton Hampden drops to 20mph on Monday for a year. The order gives the exact 414-metre extent the council's own newsletter leaves out.
Travel
Wantage bus changes 30 August: 68 drops Sarajac Avenue
The 67 and 68 between Wantage and Faringdon transfer to Thames Travel on 30 August, and the 68 stops serving Sarajac Avenue in East Challow. The new times.
Travel
Botley Road reopens 20 September, filters start 28th
Botley Road reopens to traffic on Sunday 20 September and Oxford's traffic filters start eight days later. Vale drivers get 25 free day passes, and the £5 option ends.
Christmas
Abingdon Christmas Travel 2026: Trains and Buses, 24 Dec to 4 Jan
GWR runs no Paddington trains 25 December to 3 January, and none at all on 25 or 26 December. Go via Oxford or Reading. Last year only the X2 ran on Boxing Day.