The JR bus route, Headington
A new bus-route through the John Radcliffe Hospital from Osler Road to Saxon Way that starts in November 2006 will cut the present seven-minute bus journey down to two minutes.
Above: The new bus entrance to the JR from Saxon Way is virtually complete on 15 September 2006, with road signs, bollards, and double-yellow lines. The Osler Road entrance (below) is not so far advanced.
The picture below, taken on 13 July 2006, shows the stumps of two trees that had to be removed to make way for the new road through the grounds.
In addition, ten metres of the listed eighteenth-century wall of the old Manor House had to be demolished to enlarge the Osler Road entrance and two mature beech trees that stood in the way were removed. The photograph below, taken on Saturday 1 April 2006, shows a man in a harness removing large boughs from one of the doomed trees.
Oxford Mail articles:
- 7 April 2006: “Buses win battle”
- 29 January 2005: “Bus route will increase chaos” (letter)
- 15 January 2005: “Protest on traffic plan under fire”
- 12 January 2005: “Bus route protesters prepare to sound off”
- 27 February 2004: “Gridlock feared if route created”
- 11 August 2003: “Hospital bus route plan opposed”
