The heavy downpours first occurred on Sunday night but then continued throughout Monday.
After brief break spells on Monday afternoon, the rain continued to fall on Monday evening and into Tuesday.
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Train tracks were left submerged following the rain. (Image: Chiltern Railways) There proved to be no real respite in the aftereffects either on Tuesday with flooding continuing to strike across the county.
As many as nine flood warnings were issued by the Environmental Agency with locations in Bicester, Chalgrove and Wendlebury yesterday.
People living in these areas were told that property flooding was to be expected with the wet weather to continue into the night.
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The Marston area was particularly badly affected with several blocked drains causing multiple roads to flood including Oxford Road.
Train services were also hit by the adverse conditions with Didcot Parkway Station becoming flooded on Monday night with all trains cancelled.
Chiltern Railways posted several photos of railway tracks which had been left submerged at Oxfordshire stations including Haddenham and Thame Station.
A spokesperson for the train company at the time said: “We apologise for the continued disruption to customers’ journeys today due to severe weather causing flooding across the railway.”
The line between Banbury and Bicester also had significant delays with the surrounding fields all flooded from the heavy and constant rainfall.
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Buses were also disrupted with several services being forced to cancel as a result of the flooding and connecting roads being closed by police.
Thames Valley Police closed several roads near the M40 services near Wheatley on Monday night with the village being badly hit by floods.
Alongside this, there were road closures in Begbroke and Woodstock which rendered multiple Stagecoach services unable to run.
Five schools were closed on Tuesday with four of these being flood-related including Wheatley Park School and Kidlington’s St Thomas More Catholic Primary School.
Oxford’s Greyfriars Catholic School and Hanney’s St James Church of England Primary School also closed due to the wet weather.
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Cheney School reopened on Tuesday but closed at an earlier time of 1.30pm for students as staff prepared for an open evening.
It comes as Oxford had its highest rainfall total in 56 years earlier this week according to the University of Oxford’s Radcliffe Meteorological Station.
Approximately 77.1mm of rainfall was recorded in the 24 hours from 9am on Sunday, September 22 until 9am on Monday, September 23.
This is the fourth-highest daily precipitation total ever in Oxford and the highest in 56 years, since July 10, 1968.
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