It really does look like this station has been completely renewed, which is sort of a shame because…read moreit feels that lot more modern that other ones. Mind you, it is sort of a major hub (to the extent that Oxford is a major hub - it's mostly a town) but I can say that trains do come through here on a reasonably regular basis. It isn't a bad station, and it is a short ride to London as well.

The train station has improved in the past few years. There are more food shops, including a marks…read moreand Spencer's. The signage needs some work though. It would be good to know where the first car stops, in addition to which cars at which end. There are slow but reliable lifts available for those with luggage, which they really do not want you to take on escalators. The taxi we used when leaving the train station didn't want to put his meter on, and we agreed on his price of 20£. This actually ended up working out for us but something to be aware of.

This is a great little station for reliable, quick trains into London from Bucks and the Oxford…read morearea. Lots of parking, regular buses into Aylesbury and also from Oxford (though I haven't used these). There's a small waiting room with ticket office and coffee bar with friendly staff and excellent bacon butties! There is a toilet accessible from outside the waiting room. Quite a hike over the line and onto the London-bound platform, and a cold wind blows in over the fields - but there is a shelter. The advantage is that Chiltern Trains are one of the most reliable train operators, and - outside of peak rush hour - comfortable to travel on. They go into London Marylebone. You can also travel quickly to Birmingham from this station. It isn't that cheap - around £18 for a single into London out of rush hour - but the reliability makes it worth while if you're travelling on business.

Banbury Railway Station is located to the east of Banbury Town Centre. Banbury offers train…read moreservices to the South Coast and the North east and west with Crosscountry Trains, the north eastrequires a change at Birmingham New Street, Chilten railways offer services to London, Oxford, Bister, Birmingham, and Leamington Spa, Wrexham and Shropshire railways offer services to London Marlybone, and Tame Bridge Parkway, Birmingham and Wrexham. Banbury has four platforms for trains, with plenty of services to London, and Crosscountry serve the staion at least every hour to Bournmouth and Manchester Picadilly, some services call as far as Reading, or Southampton, and Birmingham New Street.

This relatively small train station is an easy walk to Downtown or the local Co-op. We came…read morearrived from Paddington in the early afternoon and only required minimal directions to get to our Hotel. We had printed out our tickets ahead of time for our return journey back to London. So all we had to do was figure out which side of the tracks we needed to be, wait in the enclosed seating area, and wait for our train. The architecture was mixed and somewhat unremarkable.

Moreton-in-Marsh is a small town in the Cotswolds, so its railway station is small compared to…read morestations in larger towns like Oxford. There is no self-service ticket machine in this station, so if you purchased tickets online and hope to use a self service ticket to print them out, you won't be able to do that here. I printed out all the tickets I purchased online months ago at Paddington Station since I knew I would not be able to do that. There is anagent from whom you can purchase tickets at certain times, so it's good to know their office hours. The ticket office also has information brochures on places of interest in the area. This station is only a few minutes from High Street, so it's very convenient for travelers or sightseers who might want to check out this town. If you don't have a car, you can take the bus going to towns like Stow-on-the Wold or Burton-on-the Water from this station.

Harpenden is desirable for being a nice area, with a great regular train connection to London…read more A nice place to live, but no special sites which make it worth visiting purely for tourist purposes, although surrounding countryside is adequate for country walks.

This bus will get you from Oxford to London in about an hour and a half…read more Your other option is to take the train but if you're on a budget, the bus is the way to go. We got off at Notting Hill which was convenient in getting to the underground to take to Buckingham Palace. Sit on the 2nd level to take in the views.

Let me preface my review by saying that I've only tried this service once, as a tourist going on a…read moreday trip to Oxford from London. My comments below may not apply to what I imagine is the core of their business, the Oxford-London commuting run. I was going to Oxford to visit some family friends with my mother. My mother organized the trip, which was, of course, my first mistake. Never let your mother organize any part of your life: one minute you're living the high life in London and getting her to organize trips to Oxford, the next minute you're living in your parents' garage married to some family friend's comely daughter and wondering where it all went wrong. I personally thought the train would have been a better deal, but anyway, on the bus we went. Big mistake: instead of taking 1-1.5 hours to get to Oxford from Victoria station, it took more like 2-2.5. This was due to traffic (hardly surprising) and the fact that the bus took an absolute eternity to process passengers at each stop. On the way back, the bus broke down and we had to wait for a replacement bus to come by. This might have just been luck of the draw, but this bus route is highly competitive and I suspect market forces compel the bus operators to minimize costs as much as possible. Combine that with the fact they run 24 hours a day every 10 minutes and I'm sure you get quite a few breakdowns. And then there's the price: a day return was 16 pounds a person. I priced the London-Oxford train (which takes about an hour), and a day return was 20 pounds. If you have a network railcard (you do have a network railcard right?), this drops to 13.20. Sure, the bus has wifi and the train doesn't, but from my experience the wifi was very unreliable. I'd stay away from all bus services to Oxford unless you have a good reason not to.

I used to travel from bletchley every day for a whole year, it is a very small station which doesnt…read moreneed alot of staff, the staff they do have there are very friendly, the service is also vey good. The only thing i didnt like was there is barely any shelter so whilst you are waiting for your train you can get soaked it defiately needs more shelter, the over pass in the station also lets a lot of rain in as the floor is soaked when we have bad weather, The train sevice is pretty good the clenliness of the trains is sometimes a bit grim but theyre not too shabby. Its actually a very nice, quiet and pleasent station.

Decent train station that serves Leamington town centre well. It is about 10mins walk from the…read morecentre of town. There is a cafe and waiting area on platform 2 which is handy for getting a refreshment or some reading material. There are always plenty of staff around and I have never found the ticket office closed. There is a paid car park directly outside the station however this does get full up. The taxi rank is also conveniently opposite the entrance of the station.

Easy access from the town, but parking isnt great. Hardly any spaces. Although you can park on…read moresurrounding roads. Station seems to be constantly under construction but with little visible impovement. There is a cafe on one platform with a limited selection of cakes.

Well, I have now discovered one of the worst parts of England. That is pretty much because Milton…read moreKeynes was a planned suburb, and honestly, it comes across pretty horrid. Anyway, the station really isn't all that much to consider, though it does offer a pretty decent interchange. However, It's definitely not a place I would recommend.

The Milton Keynes Central train station is served by Virgin Trains inter-city services and by…read moreLondon Midland local services. This station is very easy to navigate with a whole flock of taxis waiting outside ready to take you where you need to go. They also have a ton of bus stops here for travel. Outside the station are all sorts of convenience stores, hotels and there is even a skateboarding park just about a block away. It's very convenient to walk to from my company apartment (about a 15 minute walk) so was super convenient during my time in MK to get to London.