Work set to start on extra parking at Thornhill park-and-ride

9:30am Saturday 22nd December 2012 in News

WORK to add 500 parking spaces to the Thornhill park-and-ride site will start in the new year, it has been announced.

Oxfordshire County Council confirmed work to expand the busy facility near Headington will start in January.

The £3.6m project will take about eight months, with extra spaces due to be available from the spring.

The centre is one of the most popular in Oxford, and is often full before 9am. Buses from Thornhill travel to Oxford, London and Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

Council deputy leader and transport cabinet member Rodney Rose said: “The Thornhill park-and-ride extension is something we have been planning for some time and I’m very much looking forward to seeing work get started. “The improvements will provide a first-class interchange for access to the city, facilitating economic development and supporting employment in the process.

“While there is strong demand at all five park-and-ride sites, Thornhill experiences the greatest pressure, with the car park often filling up to capacity in a short space of time.

“Creating more space to meet that demand will provide a transport solution for many more commuters, shoppers and visitors, helping reduce congestion into the city centre at the same time.”

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Transport chiefs are also planning a change in layout, including an improved exit, better short-stay parking and relocation of cycle parking.

Comments (2)

7:19pm Sat 22 Dec 12

Andrew:Oxford says...

A multi-storey would be very welcome at the site.

Particularly in the winter, returning from a shopping trip to London, it's a nuisance to have to scrape windows after getting off the bus - so covered parking would be ideal.
A multi-storey would be very welcome at the site. Particularly in the winter, returning from a shopping trip to London, it's a nuisance to have to scrape windows after getting off the bus - so covered parking would be ideal. Andrew:Oxford

6:26pm Sun 23 Dec 12

carfax cabby ox1 says...

Who is Rodders trying to kid, it will do nothing for Oxford, just improve capacity for London commuters, who moan about a couple of quid parking, but avoid the tenner congestion charge in The city. Also if the council had not wasted £millions on the Water Eaton White Elephant that never seems to be more than a quarter full, they could have massively increased capacity at the other sites. As the road sign on the A40 nearly always says Thornhill and Peartree P & R Full, use Water Eaton it is empty.
Who is Rodders trying to kid, it will do nothing for Oxford, just improve capacity for London commuters, who moan about a couple of quid parking, but avoid the tenner congestion charge in The city. Also if the council had not wasted £millions on the Water Eaton White Elephant that never seems to be more than a quarter full, they could have massively increased capacity at the other sites. As the road sign on the A40 nearly always says Thornhill and Peartree P & R Full, use Water Eaton it is empty. carfax cabby ox1

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