A key road in Oxford will close overnight for emergency works.

Between Towns Road will be closed on Wednesday night from 9pm until 5am from the mini-roundabout at Cowley Centre to the junction of Oxford Road.

This is heading towards the City Centre only and is due to emergency roadworks with the closure altering bus services in the city.

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A spokesperson for Oxford Bus Company said: “Our services will be affected.”

The city5 and 5A services will be on diversion via Church Cowley Road, Iffley Road, The Plain where normal route resumes.

As a result of this, all stops from The Swan to The Plain will not be served by the service.

This only applies to journeys towards the City Centre because buses heading the other way towards Blackbird Leys will follow the normal route.

The city3A will be on diversion from Templars Square via Barns Road, Blackbird Leys Road, Cuddesdon Way, Watlington Road towards the Oxford Business Park Roundabout where they will turn around and resume normal route.

As a result, the Swan and Garsington Road stops will not be served but again this only applies on city centre bound journeys as buses towards Templars Square will follow the normal route.

The city46 will not serve the Swan and Garsington Road stops towards Great Milton as buses will divert using the same diversion as the city3A.

The normal route will apply towards the City Centre for the city46.