Thames Travel

Thames Travel[1] is a bus operator serving the southern part of the English county of Oxfordshire.

It is based in Didcot and is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group's Oxford Bus Company operation alongside both Carousel Buses of Buckinghamshire & Pulham's Coaches of Gloucestershire, having been purchased as a 35-vehicle independent operator by group in May 2011.

[2][3] Early in its history Thames Travel began a direct bus service between Oxford and Reading via Wallingford.

It has branded the three routes "River Rapids" and applied prominent graphics to its dedicated fleet to promote it.

[6] The Connector brand is used for Didcot focused services,[7] and covers routes between Didcot and Oxford, Abingdon, Henley-on-Thames, Wallingford, Wantage, Grove, East Hanney, Newbury, Harwell Campus, JR Hospital, Great Western Park and Milton Park.

[12] Thames Travel vehicles have been involved in three major accidents, reported in the local media.

A Alexander Dennis Enviro400 bodied Scania N230UD in River Rapids livery in Oxford
A Wright StreetDeck bus in Thames Travel Connector livery at Didcot Parkway