Premium Routes are defined as high frequency, high quality bus services which run entirely without financial support from us. Many will link the county’s larger towns, like Abingdon, Witney and Bicester, with Oxford. However, some Premium Routes are entirely within Oxford, and we’re developing one in Banbury.

To make bus services on Premium Routes as fast and reliable as possible, we’ll be introducing bus priority measures like bus lanes and traffic lights that allow buses to get to the front of traffic queues. We’ll also be upgrading bus stops on these routes with better and more attractive shelters, better printed timetable information, and live “real-time” information displays to tell passengers when the next bus will arrive. Premium Routes planned for 2006 - 2011 include Witney, Eynsham, Kidlington, parts of Oxford, and Bicester.