Expensive Bus Fares in Oxfordshire!!

Is it me or are bus fares expensive?

Yesterday my wife and teenage daughter considered catching the bus from Wantage to Oxford but found the Stagecoach Oxfordshire S9 return bus fare to be a staggering £13.20!!

So, they then considered travelling by train from Didcot to Oxford with GWR as we have a railcard and found the return fare to be £6.35

If they travelled by Thames Travel bus with return fares from Didcot to Oxford it would have cost £9.50

Admittedly a train fare without a rail card from Didcot to Oxford would have been £11.25

Some might say a railcard is expensive at £30, but we collected and used our Tesco clubcard reward points, and it was only £10 for an annual family & friends railcard.

This is also just another reason why we need Wantage & Grove Parkway Station to reopen, as bus travel in Oxfordshire is very expensive!!