点评:The knowledgable folk on the Oxford Tripadvisor forum advised us not to even think about driving into the centre of Oxford. Instead, they suggested that we use the Park and Ride carparks which were designed as a simple and easy-to-use system to keep cars out of the historic centre. This was excellent advice. It was the best tip we got for visiting Oxford.
There are 5 large, council-run carparks on the outskirts of Oxford. We chose the Pear Tree Park and Ride which was easy to get to. We parked, paid and jumped on the bus into town. Couldn’t be simpler.
You can leave your car for up to 3 days and it’s remarkably cheap - I think we paid £2.50 for a day trip (£4.50 for a 24 hour overnight stay etc). The bus is free when you park and they run frequently. We barely waited before a bus turned up.
I’d recommend taking a photo of your car before you get on the bus, especially if you’re leaving it for a day or two. The carpark is so big that it’s easy to forget where you’ve parked.
We had two hiccups. Signs warned us to pay within 10 minutes of parking but there seemed to be some problem with the machines and there was a big line. By the time, we’d got our luggage out of the car, figured out where to pay, and waited in line, we'd gone over our 10 minutes. However there was never any consequence so we needn't have been concerned.
Unfortunately we also had an unhelpful bus driver who directed us to get off at a stop that left us with a 10 walk back into the town centre, dragging luggage with us. I’m not sure what was going on there. I think we just got unlucky because our return trip went very smoothly and overall, the Park & Ride was a wonderful system. I’d highly recommend it.
翻译:牛津Tripadvisor论坛上的专家建议我们不要开车进牛津市中心。他们建议我们使用“停车换乘”(Park and Ride)停车场,这种系统设计简单易用,旨在避免车辆进入历史中心。这个建议非常棒,是我们游览牛津得到的最佳建议。
牛津郊区有5个大型的市政停车场。我们选择了交通便利的梨树停车场(Pear Tree Park and Ride)。我们停好车,付了钱,然后就坐公交车进城了。简直不能更方便了。
你可以把车停最多3天,而且价格非常便宜——我记得我们一日游只花了2.5英镑(24小时过夜停车是4.5英镑等等)。停车后可以免费乘坐公交车,而且班次很多。我们几乎没等多久就坐上了公交车。
我建议你在上车前给你的车拍张照片,特别是如果你要把车停一两天的话。停车场非常大,很容易忘记自己把车停在哪儿了。
我们遇到了两个小插曲。指示牌提醒我们要在停车后10分钟内缴费,但缴费机似乎出了点问题,而且排队的人很多。等我们从车里搬出行李,找到缴费的地方,再排队等候,已经超过了10分钟。不过,最终并没有造成任何后果,所以我们其实不必担心。
不幸的是,我们还遇到了一位不太靠谱的公交车司机,他让我们在一个离市中心还有10分钟路程的站点下车,而且我们还得拖着行李走回去。我不太明白是怎么回事。我想我们只是运气不好,因为回程非常顺利,总的来说,停车换乘系统非常棒。我强烈推荐!