Man arrested at Oxford Station 3/7/2025 for making bomb threat on board train

Man arrested at Oxford Station 3/7/2025 for making bomb threat on board train

16.7.2025 (Wednesday) 19:46 - All running AOK

Re: Man arrested at Oxford Station 3/7/2025 for making bomb threat on board train

Posted by ChrisB at 17:32, 4th July 2025

According to the Oxford Mail, a bladed article was also being carried by this gent who is now in custody

Man arrested at Oxford Station 3/7/2025 for making bomb threat on board train

Posted by ray951 at 20:27, 3rd July 2025

It was absolute chaos at Oxford station tonight as a man was arrested at Oxford Station for making a bomb threat on board the 1523 Paddington to Worcester Foregate St.
https://bsky.app/profile/oxfordclarion.bsky.social/post/3lt34idpads26

Platform 4 was out of action for about 1 hour meaning all GWR/XC services had to use Platform 3 and Platform 3 was also out of action for a period of time.

Access to the platforms was also stopped for a while due to overcrowding on the platforms and of course it had to happen when there was an Open Day at the University of Oxford.

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