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Thames Travel opens new Didcot depot

Go-Ahead-owned Thames Travel has opened a new low-carbon depot in Didcot, replacing its previous base in Wallingford.

Part of a £2.5m investment, the depot has a fully-equipped workshop, fuelling and washing facilities, and new office space.

It has energy-efficient lighting and will soon get solar panels.

The move from Wallingford is part of the operator’s strategy to boost the economic growth of Didcot.

Thames Travel Managing Director, Phil Southall, says: “Didcot is an exciting growth area in the county, and we are committed to ensuring we continue to play a key role in its success.

“We are proud to be a large and growing employer in the area, and to pay our colleagues above the Oxford Living Wage.

“Our depot move was an important strategic decision to ensure we are well placed to cater for the growth we are seeing both in Didcot itself, and across the surrounding employment hubs at Milton Park and Harwell Campus."

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Thames Travel opens low-carbon Didcot depot

Thames Travel has unveiled a new, low-carbon depot in Didcot, which will act as a central hub for the firm’s growing number of staff and buses

Lord Bradshaw, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on Transport, cut a ceremonial ribbon with Thames Travel Managing Director Phil Southall to officially open the new facility on Tuesday 30 April.

The operator decided to move to Didcot from its former home in Wallingford to play a key part of the economic growth of the ‘garden town.’

The relocation is part of a £2.5m investment by Thames Travel in its fleet, infrastructure and people.

The depot in Collett, Didcot, incorporates a fully-equipped workshop, fuelling and washing facilities, newly-refurbished office space, and a large parking area for vehicles to be housed while not in service.

The building has been fitted with the latest energy-efficient LED lighting, and solar panels are due to be installed soon in partnership with Oxfordshire social enterprise Low Carbon Hub.

Thames Travel Managing Director, Phil Southall said: “Didcot is an exciting growth area in the county, and we are committed to ensuring we continue to play a key role in its success.

“We are proud to be a large and growing employer in the area, and to pay our colleagues above the Oxford Living Wage.

“Our depot move was an important strategic decision to ensure we are well placed to cater for the growth we are seeing both in Didcot itself, and across the surrounding employment hubs at Milton Park and Harwell Campus.”

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Thames Travel unveils new Milton Park buses livery

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Thames Travel has launched its newly branded Milton Park buses livery as part of a partnership with Milton Park.

It follows the introduction of substantial improvements to bus connectivity launched by Thames Travel and Milton Park in January, which includes new direct connections to Headington, Wantage and Grove and improved service to Oxford, Didcot Parkway and Abingdon.

This week Thames Travel unveiled three branded buses designed to highlight the services to passengers and celebrate the growing partnership with the Park.

Further improvements are due to be introduced from April, including the establishment of a new direct service to southern areas of Didcot and the southern section of the Great Western Park development.

The services provide enhanced connectivity between Milton Park and major residential areas, rail services, and Oxford.

Milton Park employees can travel from anywhere in the Didcot area to Milton Park using their special employee tickets for a subsidised price of £20 per year.

As one of the leading science and technology communities in Oxfordshire and home to 250 companies, the partnership benefits the park’s occupiers, visitors, and local communities.

The new buses feature decals which show the what3words the routes’ start and finish points so passengers can easily find the pick-up and drop off locations.

what3words is a free app that divides the world into three-metre squares and gives each one a unique address made of three words: a what3words address.

For example, the Didcot station bus stop is at ///regrowth.butterfly.presuming and ///local.courier.librarian for St Aldate’s in Oxford. All go to ///scores.honey.ambitions, which is the destination for the Park’s Innovation Centre. This may be a sign of things to come, with what3words innovative location mapping soon likely to become more integrated into transport journey planning.

There are 22 ultra-low emission Euro IV buses operating on the Milton Park routes between 6am and 11.30pm daily. They are all equipped with Wi-Fi and contactless payment solutions, with many also having USB charging sockets and audio-visual next-stop announcement systems.

Phil Southall, managing director of Thames Travel, said: “This represents the next step in our partnership with Milton Park and our collective investment, along with Oxfordshire County Council, in providing improved connectivity in Oxfordshire. The newly branded vehicles look fantastic and are designed to help improve awareness of the services within the community.

“The new service means Milton Park has unrivalled direct bus connections to a wider range of locations, with faster journey times and improved ticketing options, to make bus travel easier. We look forward to welcoming more passengers as lockdown restrictions begin to ease in the coming months.”

Veronica Reynolds, sustainable travel advisor, Milton Park, added: “At a time when people are starting to consider returning to work, they are also evaluating how they can travel around more comfortably, sustainability and economically. The unveiling of the buses’ new livery is a great alternative travel mode offering people the opportunity to relax, read or work on the bus while saving the average £162 per month[1] that it costs to keep a car on the road.

“Having more regular buses going between Oxford and the Park helps our customers to retain and attract staff. If you live in Didcot, switching to the bus means you can travel to and from Milton Park for just £20 a year, which means that we can help people get to work and save money.

“By taking cars off the road, we can all work towards improving air quality and reducing traffic congestion. We hope that people enjoy seeing the new livery and experiencing the enhanced services.”

Thames Travel is the sister company of Oxford Bus Company. It employs 150 staff and has a fleet of more than 60 vehicles, including 40 ultra-low emission models, operating in South Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The launch of the new services created 15 new jobs at Thames Travel’s low-carbon depot in Didcot.

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X36 - didcot, tesco depot - harwell campus, becquerel avenue terminus.

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Didcot, Tesco Depot to Harwell Campus, Becquerel Avenue Terminus

Harwell campus, becquerel avenue terminus to didcot, tesco depot.

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Samara has two main spots to wait for the bus depending on where you are going. Lots of information below but here is a website we found to check out schedules.  https://www.samarainfocenter.com/local-bus-schedule

Samara to San José

If you are going to San José  there is a direct bus, it will stop across from the Empresa Alfaro office in town. This location is indicated on the map above and the schedule for this bus can be found below. This is a really nice a/c bus. As of Aprils 2017 the price is 4265₡ and the trip takes about 5hrs.

San José to Samara

There is a bus that leaves the Terminal 7-10 two times per day: 12pm and 5pm. To Samara it’s about 5.5hrs and costs 4265₡ (2017).

Samara to Nicoya

For buses heading back to Nicoya  you can wait at a covered bus stop right at the exit of town – about 20 meters away from the Alfaro office. Have a look at the photos below to see this stop. This bus will pass La Bomba – which is where you need to get off for buses to Nosara , see below. As of 2016 the price is about 1800₡ and the trip takes 1.5hrs.

To/from Nosara:

To go between Samara and  Nosara  you need to head to “La Bomba” a few miles outside of Samara. This is basically a junction between Samara and Nosara.  When leaving Samara you can take the Nicoya bus and ask the driver to let you off here. Or, grab a taxi.  There is a covered bus stop there where you can wait for the bus to pass. There is a chance you will have to wait a bit here for a connecting bus and you can check the schedule posted on the Nicoya page to get a sense of when the respective bus will pass. La Bomba is about an hour away from Nicoya.

Liberia Airport to Samara

In Liberia the bus to Nicoya will pass by the airport very regularly. You can grab this bus to Nicoya and then from there you can switch to the bus to Samara. Have a look at the Nicoya page for the schedule to Samara.

What to do in Samara?

Lots to do around here: Dolphin Watching and Snorkeling , Night Time Turtle Watching , Stand Up Paddle Boarding  and much, much more!

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Nosara   San Jose 7-10   Nicoya

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The main schedule posted at the bus stop heading to Nicoya. Photo: October 2018

Schedule posted in Nicoya. Photo June 2018

The main schedule for the bus heading to San Jose. Notice the different days on Sundays! Photo taken: January 29, 2016 *note this is over two years old now - can you send us an updated one?

The Alfaro office. The direct bus heading to San José will pull up in front of here. See map.

The ticket office for buses headed to San José can be found along side of the Alfaro office.

Bus stop for buses heading to Nicoya. This stop is right at the exit of Samara. See map.

The junction where busses either head to Samara or Nosara (La Bomba). You can see the covered bus stop where you can sit and wait.

The junction where busses either head to Samara or Nosara. Here the bus is leaving Nosara and heading to Nicoya - dropping passengers off that want to head to Samara.

Inside the bus to San Jose. Not sure if they are all like this but it was so clean and new and had a/c!

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Today, San José ( terminal 7 – 10) at 12am >>> Samara 5:15pm for 4435 colones. You can purchase the ticket on the second floor (be there early because the bus is quickly full, I traveled without a seat. I think some people had bought the ticket online)

Took bus with direction to Nicoya and got down to La Bomba. Paid 1000 colones. Samara is 5 km from there. Hitchiked but there is bus. Bus Nosara to Nicoya: Weekdays and Sat: 5am, 6 am, 7am, 12, 3:30 pm Sunday: 6,7,12 and 3 pm

Samara –> San José earlier this week. Departed at 9am (well, 9:15 in the end) and was at 7-10 by 14:30. Good trip. Most of the information above is still accurate, just a couple of points to note: -The front of the ticket office looks different and is now an Italian shop called ‘Salumi y formaggi’. The Alfaro agency on the side is still there and opens at 8am. -Departure times to San José are the same. -Alfaro uses the MiBus platform, but two passengers who purchased online never received QR code tickets. They weren’t allowed to board until they purchased new tickets. I purchased a ticket in dollars at the agency without issue. -Cost is higher than 4295 but still less than 5000. -The A/C is great until the bus fills past capacity at Nicoya! 🙂

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Didcot - Steventon - East Hanney - Wantage (Charlton & Kingsgrove) Line

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Thames Travel X36 Route Schedule and Stops (Updated)

The X36 (Charlton) has 38 stations departing from Tesco Depot, Didcot and ending at Seymore Crescent, Charlton.

Choose any of the X36 stations below to find updated real-time schedules and to see their route map.

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Direction: Charlton (38 stops)

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Services on the X36 start at 06:10 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

What time does the X36 stop working?

Services on the X36 stop at 18:39 on Saturday.

What time does the X36 arrive?

When does the Didcot - Steventon - East Hanney - Wantage (Charlton & Kingsgrove) line come? Check Live Arrival Times for live arrival times and to see the full schedule for the Didcot - Steventon - East Hanney - Wantage (Charlton & Kingsgrove) line that is closest to your location.

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X36 Schedule

X36 line operates on Monday to Friday. Regular schedule hours: 06:10 - 19:00

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See all updates on X36 (from Tesco Depot, Didcot), including real-time status info, delays, changes of routes, changes of stops locations, and any other service changes. Get a real-time map view of X36 (Charlton) and track the as it moves on the map. Download the app for all info now.

X36 line fare

Thames Travel X36 (Charlton) prices may change based on several factors. For more information about Thames Travel tickets costs please check the Moovit app or ’s official website.

The first stop of the X36 route is Tesco Depot, Didcot and the last stop is Seymore Crescent, Charlton. X36 (Charlton) is operational during weekdays. Additional information: X36 has 38 stations and the total trip duration for this route is approximately 66 minutes.

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