On Jan 26, 10:44 pm, "Graham Harrison"
wrote:

And if you like London "entertainments" etc., Oxford is close enough for
to make occasional day trips to London after you have finished work.

That's true. I have a son living in Oxford and working just outside and he
seems to spend evenings in London on a regular basis. He seems to
use both buses and trains, I'm not sure what his criteria are for choosing
one over the other.

If it's going to be a late one, or possibly involve an overnight stay
in the Great Wen, then the coach is quite likely the winner - the
Oxford Tube runs all night, whilst the Espress runs till pretty late
before taking a break for four hours in the midst of the night. Worth
noting that all return fares are valid the next day as well (there's a
3 month period return too). Meanwhile last train from Paddington to
Oxford is at 0022, which is still pretty good (and it's not some all
shacks stopper either).

Timetables...
http://www.oxfordtube.com/tubetimes.php
http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/main.php?page_id=28

Price wise the coach wins at GBP16 day/next-day return (both OxTube &
Espress), until you introduce a Railcard discount which actually makes
an off-peak return by train a smidgeon cheaper (both Day & period
return) - though on both the Espress and OxTube there are 12 trip
carnet tickets priced at GBP 70/72, so that works out at either GBP 6
or just under for each single trip. Further complicating factors
include a bundled Off-peak Day Travelcard being available for a pound
extra when using a Railcard, and whether or not either the outward or
return journeys might be taking place during the weekday morning peak.