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Bus Service Update

Going Forward Buses, the company that provides the Monday and Wednesday D1 bus service between Wallingford and Didcot, calling at Long Wittenham, has announced minor timing changes aimed at improving punctuality. The changes will take effect from Monday 4th September.  … Continue reading

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Bus Service Update

Going Forward Buses, the company that provides the Monday and Wednesday bus service through the village, has advised the Parish Council that due to sudden driver illness it may need to reduce its services. It hopes to cover all routes … Continue reading

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Bus Service Update

Going Forward Buses, the company that runs the Mondays and Wednesdays bus service between Long Wittenham and Didcot, has announced that from Monday 28th November, there will be an additional afternoon journey to Didcot and back. See the revised timetable … Continue reading

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Bus Service News

The managing director of Going Forward Buses, Mike Ward, says services in the district could be at risk unless passenger numbers improve.  And not helping matters is a reduction, this Autumn, in concessionary bus pass payments which are operated by … Continue reading

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Bus Service News

Going Forward Buses, which runs the D1 bus service from Wallingford to Didcot via Long Wittenham, has announced that, owing to problems with driver availability, it has had to suspend its Saturday service that was recently re-introduced. Unfortunately, the company … Continue reading

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New Bus Services Plan

Going Forward Buses, which operates a Monday only D1 service between Didcot and the village, plans to put on additional services on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Much depends on whether the bus company can recruit a driver.  Permission for the new … Continue reading

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Thames Travel Bus Service

The Thames Travel bus service between Didcot and the Culham Science Centre via Long Wittenham is being discontinued from the end of this Friday (19th November) because of poor passenger numbers and a shortage of almost eighty drivers. A new … Continue reading

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Bus Services Survey

Earlier this year, the Government published a new National Bus Strategy which sets out a framework for how bus services can recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, with a vision for future improvements to bus provision. To meet this challenge, Oxfordshire … Continue reading

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Bus Service Changes

Going Forward Buses has announced some changes to its once a week D1 service on Mondays between Wallingford and Didcot, which calls at Long Wittenham.  The changes will take effect from Monday 6th September 2021. The service will be revised … Continue reading

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Bus Service Improvement Plan

Oxfordshire is aiming to encourage more passengers back on to the buses through closer working to improve services in the county. Oxfordshire County Council’s (OCC) Cabinet, in its role as local transport authority, has agreed to establish an ‘enhanced partnership’ … Continue reading

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