QUEEN Street, Oxford, will close overnight while the road is repaired.

Urgent repairs will be carried out at Carfax and to allow them to be carried out, Queen Street will close between 8pm tonight and 6am tomorrow.

Buses will be diverted during the work and two way temporary lights will be controlling traffic between High Street and St Aldate's.

Services affected will include the 3, 8/9, 35, X3, Brookes U1, and 300 Park and Ride.

Diversions will be as follow:

  • City 3: Services from Oxford Rail Station will operate a normal route until New Road, it will then travel via Castle Street Old Greyfriars Street, Speedwell Street, St Aldates to the High Street.
  • City 8/9: Services will depart from their usual stop in Castle Street and then operate via New Road, Park End Street, Hollybush Row, Oxpens Road, Speedwell Street, St Aldates to the High Street.
  • City 35: Services arriving from Abingdon will terminate in St Aldates and then operate via the High Street, The Plain to St Aldates. Castle Street will not be served from 2000.
  • City X3: Services from Oxford Rail Station will operate a normal route until New Road, they will then travel via Castle Street, Old Greyfriars Street, Speedwell Street, St Aldates, then a normal route on to Abingdon.
  • Brookes U1: Services from Harcourt Hill will operate via their usual route until New Road where they will travel via Castle Street, Old Greyfriars Street, Speedwell Street, St Aldates to High Street.
  • P&R 300 Services from Pear Tree will operate a normal route to New Road, then via Castle Street, Old Greyfriars Street, Speedwell Street, St Aldates, then a normal route to Redbridge.

Changes to stops will be as follows:

  • City 3: Stop M1 instead of D4.
  • City 5: St Aldates stop G3.
  • City 8/9: Usual stop in Castle Street.
  • City X3: St Aldates Police Station stop P1 instead of H1.
  • City 35: Will not serve Castle Street from 2000.
  • Brookes U1: Turl Street stop L1 as usual.
  • P&R 300: St Aldates Police Station stop P1 instead of H2.
  • P&R 400: Turl Street, stop L1 instead of G5.

Stagecoach buses which will be affected include routes 1, 3, 8 and 31.

Route 1 will use stop G3 in St Aldates instead of G4, route 3 will stop at M1 in Castle Street instead of D4 in Castle Street, and 31 will use stop P1 in St Aldates instead of H4.

Routes 3 and 31 will be diverted via Castle Street and Speedwell Street, while route 8 will run via New Road, Park End Street, Oxpens Road and Speedwell Street to St Aldates.

It was initially thought the work was due to a burst water main.