The Harwell Science and Innovation Campus is six miles south-west of Didcot Parkway station, less than 60 minutes journey from London Paddington. Didcot also provides connections to Birmingham, the West of England and South Wales.
Train information
You can plan your journey and look up train times on National Rail.
You can also call National Rail Enquiries on +44 (0)3457 48 49 50.
Taxis are available from the Didcot station (journey time about 15 minutes to Diamond).
Local buses
A regular bus service also runs to the campus: Thames Travel has several bus services which serve Oxford, Abingdon, Didcot and Wantage to and from RAL (ask for the Harwell Campus, Fermi Avenue). There is also information on the Harwell Campus buses.
Click for timetables of the X24, X34, X35, 43, 94.
Science Transit Shuttle
The service enables academics, research staff, students and visitors to move quickly and conveniently to best make use of these cutting edge scientific and clinical research facilities. The Science Transit Shuttle operates every 30 minutes between 7am-7pm weekdays; Route ST1: Oxford/Science Area (Mansfield Road) to Harwell Campus.
Please check the website for more information.
Diamond Light Source is the UK's national synchrotron science facility, located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.
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