page_title: Banbury
section_title: Transport and infrastructure
hierarchical_section_title: Banbury / Transport and infrastructure
caption_attribution_description: English: Optare Solo SR bus in Stagecoach Group livery on route B7 in Bridge Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire. Stagecoach buses in Banbury are owned by the company's Midland Red (South) subsidiary but operated by Stagecoach in Oxfordshire.
context_page_description: Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England. The town is situated 64 miles northwest of London, 37 miles southeast of Birmingham, 27 miles south-by-southeast of Coventry and 22 miles north-by-northwest of the county town of Oxford. It had a population of 46,853 at the 2011 census.
  Banbury is a significant commercial and retail centre for the surrounding area of north Oxfordshire and southern parts of Warwickshire and Northamptonshire which are predominantly rural. Banbury's main industries are motorsport, car components, electrical goods, plastics, food processing, and printing. Banbury is home to the world's largest coffee-processing facility, built in 1964. The town is famed for Banbury cakes – similar to Eccles cakes but oval in shape.
context_section_description: The Oxford Canal is a popular place for pleasure trips and tourism. The canal's main boat yard is now the listed site Tooley's Boatyard.
  Banbury station is served by Chiltern Railways services to Warwick and Birmingham, both running to London Marylebone via the non-electrified Chiltern Main Line. It also has services run by Great Western Railway to Oxford, Reading and London Paddington. Services to other parts of the country are provided by CrossCountry south to Reading, Southampton and Basingstoke, and north to Manchester Piccadilly and Newcastle.
  Banbury has Stagecoach in Oxfordshire bus services both within the town and linking it with Brackley, Chipping Norton, Oxford and places further afield including Daventry, Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon.
  National Express coaches serve Banbury with regular services to and from major UK towns and cities.
  Hennef Way (A422) was upgraded to a dual carriageway easing traffic on the heavily congested road and providing north Banbury and the town centre with higher-capacity links to the M40.
  As of 2013 Banbury had no traffic wardens or civil enforcement officers.
caption: A Stagecoach in Oxfordshire bus in Bridge Street on route B7 to Neithrop
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