Oxford Street it continues past New Bond Street, Bond Street station and Vere Street, ending on Marble Arch. The road is within the London Congestion Charging Zone. It is part of the A40, most of which is a trunk road running from London to Fishguard (via Oxford, Cheltenham, Brecon and Haverfordwest). Like many roads in Central London that are no longer through routes, it is not signposted with that number. Numerous bus routes run along Oxford Street, including 10, 25, 55, 73, 98, 390 and Night Buses N8, N55, N73, N98 and N207. Oxford Street follows the route of a Roman road,
High Street, Oxford The architectural critic Nikolaus Pevsner wrote in 1974 that "The High Street is one of the world's great streets. It has everything." He may have been echoing Thomas Hardy's comment in Jude the Obscure: "And there's a street in the place – the main street – that ha'n't another like it in the world." The following streets, also of historical significance, are off the High Street: High Street, Oxford The High Street in Oxford, England, runs between Carfax, generally recognised as the centre of the city, and Magdalen Bridge to the east. The street has been described by Nikolaus Pevsner