{"id":339,"date":"2009-05-27T23:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T23:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/abingdon2007\/2009\/05\/27\/goodbye-35a-hello-x2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-27T23:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T23:34:00","slug":"goodbye-35a-hello-x2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=339","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye 35A, Hello X2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09052704.jpg\" \/><br \/>By this time next week there will no longer be a 35A bus. From Sunday it will be replaced by the X2.<\/p>\n<p>Notices at the stops say &#8220;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Buses on route 35A&#8230; will be replaced by new city X2 running direct between Oxford and Abingdon via the A34 and Oxford Road&#8230; <\/span>&#8220;<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09052702.jpg\" \/><br \/>The 35A has long been the bus connecting South Abingdon with the world beyond. It follows a circuitous route through Radley and Kennington to Oxford, or to Milton Park and Didcot.<\/p>\n<p>The new X2 will be a direct route to Oxford &#8211; something South Abingdon has long needed. The bus also continues to go to Didcot for people needing Milton Park, Didcot Power Station, or Didcot Girls School.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09052705.jpg\" \/><br \/>New timetables for the X2, and re-timed 35, were available on the bus for the first time today, and from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordbus.co.uk\/\">oxford bus company website<\/a>. Regarding the 35, which still follows the old route from Abingdon to Oxford via Radley, notices say &#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">  delays will be reduced because there will be no knock-on effect from south of Abingdon.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By this time next week there will no longer be a 35A bus. From Sunday it will be replaced by the X2. 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