A NEW Pizza Express at a motorway service station opens today.

The restaurant at Oxford Services off junction 8A on the M40 will have a launch party alongside services operator Welcome Break on Monday.

It is the first Pizza Express to open on the motorway network anywhere in the UK.

At 9.30am On Monday, the restaurant will be officially opened by Welcome Break chief executive officer Rod McKie and PizzaExpress chief executive officer JinLong Wang along with John Howell, MP for Henley.

The 88-seater restaurant will offer table service and has created 40 jobs.

It opens from 11am until 10pm, 364 days a year.