Proposed closure of Aylesbury and High Wycombe depots

UPDATE 25 JUNE 2024:

After taking a difficult decision to consult our colleagues on the proposed closure of our Aylesbury and High Wycombe depots, Arriva will cease to operate those depots from July 27.

We’re grateful for the professionalism and continued dedication of our colleagues during an extremely challenging period. We appreciate that our customers will be concerned about what happens next. Arriva will be withdrawing the services listed below, after July 27. Services will be running as usual until then.

We understand that other bus operators have registered they may take over a number of routes and we are continuing to work closely with them and the local authority during the transition.

Buckinghamshire County Council will have further information soon about changes to local bus services. Customers are advised to look out for updates on the council website.  

After July 27, Arriva will no longer operate the following services:
o    X7 – Aylesbury to Oxford
o    X9/X90 – Aylesbury to High Wycombe
o    2 – High Wycombe to Booker
o    3 – High Wycombe to Castlefield
o    6/6a – High Wycombe to Bourne End
o    7/7a – High Wycombe to Bourne End and Maidenhead
o    10 – High Wycombe to Downley 
o    11 – High Wycombe to Penn
o    12 – High Wycombe to Micklefield
o    13 – High Wycombe to Totteridge
o    800/850/X80 – High Wycombe to Henley on Thames and Reading
o    X9/90 – Aylesbury to High Wycombe.

There is no change to the following services, which will continue to operate as normal from other depots:

•    X4 – Aylesbury to Leighton Buzzard and Milton Keynes
•    X5 – Aylesbury to Tring and Hemel Hempstead
•    X6 – Aylesbury to Buckingham and Milton Keynes
 

May 2024:

We have taken the difficult decision to begin consultation with our colleagues on the proposed closure of our Aylesbury and High Wycombe depots.  Despite extensive efforts to turn the situation around, including making network changes to better reflect local demand, both sites continue to be loss-making.

There will be no immediate impact on services and we will work with local authority partners to explore ways to minimise the impact, should we withdraw services. 

We will keep our customers and our employees updated throughout this period.
If the closures go ahead, Arriva will no longer operate the following services: 

o    X7/X8 – Aylesbury to Oxford
o    X9/X90 – Aylesbury to High Wycombe
o    2 – High Wycombe to Booker
o    3 – High Wycombe to Castlefield
o    4 – High Wycombe to Lane End
o    5/5a – High Wycombe to Bourne End
o    6/6a – High Wycombe to Bourne End
o    7/7a – High Wycombe to Bourne End and Maidenhead
o    10 – High Wycombe to Downley 
o    11 – High Wycombe to Penn
o    12 – High Wycombe to Micklefield
o    13 – High Wycombe to Totteridge
o    800/850/X80 – High Wycombe to Henley on Thames and Reading
o    X9/90 – Aylesbury to High Wycombe.

If the closures go ahead, the X5 (Aylesbury to Hemel Hempstead) would continue to operate running from our Hemel Hempstead depot instead.

 
Arriva will continue to operate the contracted services listed below on behalf of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Councils for the remainder of the agreed contract term: