Rail line flooded as heavy rain causes travel disruption

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Trains between Banbury and Bicester North have been cancelled, delayed or diverted

Published27 September 2024, 07:04 BST

A night of heavy rain has left roads submerged and caused travel disruption across Oxfordshire.

National Rail said flooding between Bicester North and Banbury had blocked all lines, with train disruption expected until 15:00 BST.

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has urged motorists not to drive through flood water, and said many highways had been affected.

A Met Office yellow weather warning for rain is in place for the region until about 09:00.

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Six flood warnings have been issued by the Environment Agency, for areas near Kidlington, Bampton and Chiselhampton.

It said river levels remained high on parts of the River Thames and it was expecting some properties to be flooded.

Tesco's Abingdon Extra store has reopened earlier than expected after closing on Wednesday because its car park had flooded.

Tesco's supermarket in Abingdon was forced to close for two days after problems with flooding in its car park

Stagecoach said its H5 bus was unable to reach Ambrosden and Barton in either direction because of road closures in Islip.

Delays to its S7 service were also being caused by a fallen tree, which had partially blocked the A4095 in Witney near the junction for Lower Road, it added.

The fire service said 6ft (1.8m) of water was enough to cause a car to float

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