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Getting around Oxford by Road
The city is served by the M40 motorway, which links London to Birmingham. The main A roads in and out of Oxford are the A34 (leading to Bicester, the M40 north, Birmingham and Manchester to the north, and Didcot, Newbury and Winchester to the south), the A40 (connecting to London, the M40 south and High Wycombe to the east, and Cheltenham, Gloucester and south Wales to the west), the A44 (running from Oxford to Worcester, Hereford and Aberystwyth) and the A420 (which also begins in Oxford, linking it to Bristol via Swindon and Chippenham). Oxford's ring road comprises the A34, the A40, A4142 and the A423 and is mainly dual carriageway.
There is a bus station at Gloucester Green from which frequent coach services run between Oxford and London, including The Oxford Espress [sic] and Oxford Tube. Regular services to Heathrow and Gatwick airports and other long-distance buses also operate from here.
Oxford's bus services are mostly provided by the Oxford Bus Company and Stagecoach Oxfordshire, while other operators include Thames Travel, Arriva Shires & Essex and several smaller companies. The city has five park and ride sites with buses to the city centre. Since July 2010 hybrid buses, using battery power combined with a small diesel generator, have also been used in Oxford.
