Is there a fast bus route from Bath to the Cotswolds? I won't be able to use the Mad Max tour bus because of my departure date. (I know I can take the train, but the time is long, with several transfers.)
Posted by
OP
Raleigh, NC, USA
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Thanks, Marco. I appreciate the advice!
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Oxford, United Kingdom
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Where in the Cotswolds in particular?
Posted by
washington
837 posts
Gwen, don't know where you are looking, but both the German rail site snd the British web site show 2 trains an hour from Bath to Cheltenham with either one or no changes, with travel times of 1 to 1.5 hours. Cost under 20GBP.
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OP
Raleigh, NC, USA
9 posts
I want to get from Bath to somewhere near Stow on the Wold. I see in Rick's guidebook that I can do that by train to Moreton in the Marsh, but it will take 3 hours with a couple of transfers. Was hoping for a good old fashioned bus (not a tour).
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Oxford, United Kingdom
5456 posts
Pick your connection and you can do Bath-> Moreton in 2hrs 15 mins by train, changing once at Didcot. This is a cross-platform change (2->3). Even an extra change at Oxford is not as bad as it could be as it is the same platform. There are buses to Stow from Cheltenham, but these do not leave from the railway station.