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| Rail line flooded as heavy rain causes travel disruption | 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 | Trains between Banbury and Bicester North have been cancelled, delayed or diverted |
| Trains between Banbury and Bicester North have been cancelled, delayed or diverted | Trains between Banbury and Bicester North have been cancelled, delayed or diverted |
| Published27 September 2024, 07:04 BST | Published27 September 2024, 07:04 BST |
| A night of heavy rain has left roads submerged and caused travel disruption across Oxfordshire. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 (EA), 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. | It said river levels remained high on parts of the River Thames and it was expecting some properties to be flooded. |
| Homes across Oxfordshire were left with flood damage after parts of the county saw more than 100mm (4ins) of rain fall over Sunday and Monday. | |
| Graham Scholey, a biodiversity technical specialist at the Environment Agency, said the rainfall on Thursday night was likely to cause river levels to rise in Upper Cherwell. | |
| "With a dry day forecast for tomorrow, we're hoping it'll give a chance for this pulse of flood water to move through the system," he said. | |
| "We just need to be vigilant and we'll obviously be monitoring levels very closely." | |
| Tesco's supermarket in Abingdon was forced to close for two days after problems with flooding in its car park | Tesco's supermarket in Abingdon was forced to close for two days after problems with flooding in its car park |
| Tesco's supermarket in Abingdon was forced to close for two days after problems with flooding in its car park | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| Tesco's Abingdon Extra store has reopened earlier than expected after closing on Wednesday because its car park had flooded. | |
| The fire service said 6ft (1.8m) of water was enough to cause a car to float | The fire service said 6ft (1.8m) of water was enough to cause a car to float |
| The fire service said 6ft (1.8m) of water was enough to cause a car to float | The fire service said 6ft (1.8m) of water was enough to cause a car to float |
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| Floods | Floods |
| Bicester | Bicester |
| Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service | Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service |
| Banbury | Banbury |
| Kidlington | Kidlington |
| Environment Agency | Environment Agency |