New Science Transit Shuttle bus connects Oxford and Harwell Campus

From Monday, July 15 the service will connect key sites in Oxford and connect the city and Harwell Campus.

The company is investing £1m in a new fleet of six ultra-low emission (Euro VI) vehicles to connect Oxford with the science campus, and connect the university’s Science area with the John Radcliffe Hospital, Old Road Campus and Wytham.

The service continues the pilot project set up by university and the Science and Technologies Facilities Council at Harwell.

The new service operated by Thames Travel will now be open to the public while the existing service is only open to university staff and students and Harwell employees.

Thames Travel managing director Phil Southall said: “Our new Science Transit Shuttle Connector services will connect Oxford with key employment sites and forms part of our continued investment in supporting the economic growth of the county.

“This vital new service would not have been possible without the support of our partners.

"This latest investment in the new fleet of environmentally friendly, high-spec Connector branded vehicles further demonstrates our commitment to the region."

Prof Patrick Grant, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research at Oxford University said: “The Science Transit Shuttle pilot showed that strong transport connections supported interactions between the University and organisations at Harwell.”

The ST1 Connector service will provide a fast route between Broad Street, the University Science Area and Harwell Campus every 30 minutes between 6.40am and 7pm Monday to Friday. The existing X34 service will be incorporated into the ST1 service.

The ST2 Connector service will operate between the John Radcliffe Hospital, Old Road Campus, University Science Area, Oxford rail station, Seacourt Park & Ride and Wytham between 7am and 7pm Monday to Friday.