Southall to Oxford

[ANDREW_D_WEBB]

Planning in travelling from Southall to Oxford (with a Network Card) this coming Saturday. Ordinarily I travel Via Reading, but engineering work means a coach from Hayes to Maidenhead. Journey Planner also shows the times going via Paddington and Marylebone, but says no fares available. Any suggestions please?

 

[Romilly]

new.trainsplit.com suggests either a combination of a Southall-Ealing Broadway return plus an Ealing Broadway-Oxford return, or a combination of a Southall-Haddenham & Thame Parkway return plus an H&T Parkway-Oxford return. NB you will have to be on a train that is scheduled to call at the point where you switch from one ticket to the other. Those combinations are in the £23-£24 range, compared with £12.70 (or thereabouts) for the direct Southall-Oxford return. All prices include network-railcard discount

 

[hassaanhc]

A Z1-6 Travelcard (£8.30) and Boundary Zone 6 - Oxford return (£12.70) would be cheaper with a total of £21, and in this case you don't have to be on a train that stops where you switch between tickets.

 

[Starmill]

You could also simply buy a London Terminals to Oxford Off Peak Day Return @£17.55 and use Oyster / Contactless (or get the bus etc) for connecting journeys to Marylebone.

 

[Gerald Fiennes]

Bus to Heathrow Central Bus Terminal, coach from there. Has the added advantage that the coach can drop you off in a number places directly in the city itself, not the edge of it as per the station. And the coach has working wifi.