SAPPHIRE - Newcastle Upon Tyne to Dinnington

Service updates

• Changes to Fastrack B times from 4th August 2019

  The Fastrack B timetable will be revised on Mondays to Fridays before 0900 hours and during the afternoon peak period to improve reliability.

• Closure of Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, from 23rd July 2019

  Tonbridge Road will be closed for gas mains work for up to six weeks. Services 3, 6 and 7 buses will be diverted.

• Changes to bus times between Hemel Hempstead, Watford and Rickmansworth from 28th July 2019

  

  We will be changing the times of buses between Hemel Hempstead, Watford and Rickmansworth to improve reliability, affecting Services 320, 500 and 520.

• Greenline 758 fares are changing on 21st July 2019

  Most Greenline 758 fares will be increased and some off-peak tickets will only be purchasable online or via our App. Peak singles and day returns will be available all day from drivers.

• Changes in Aylesbury

  

• Diversion notice to Service 14

  From Friday 19th July 2019 Tanyfron Road will be closed from College Hill to Park Road until Saturday 17th August 2019.

• Diversion Notice For Service 79C

  From Monday 22 July 2019, Liverpool Road will be closed for approximately 5 weeks for resurfacing due to this closure service 79C will be diverted.

• Liverpool Road Closed

  From Monday 22 July 2019, Liverpool Road will be closed for approximately 5 weeks for resurfacing due to this closure Service 500 will be diverted.

• Services across the Isle of Sheppey, Sittingbourne and Faversham area are changing from 28th July 2019

  We will be revising most of our services across the Swale area from 28^th July. There will be changes to our services in the Isle of Sheppey, Sittingbourne and Faversham area which will include route changes and new times for most buses across the area.

• Late night special 12 and 24 journeys for PeoplePowerPassion in Luton

  We're pleased to announce special evening journeys on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th July on routes 12 and 24 for the #PeoplePowerPassion events in Luton Town Centre, in addition to our regular late-night services.
  
  

• Changes to bus times in Harlow, Bishops Stortford, Epping and Waltham Cross from 28th July 2019

  

  We are making changes to some of our services that run in the Harlow, Bishops Stortford, Epping, Loughton and Waltham Cross areas from 28th July.

• Lichfield Road closure in Cannock from 17 July affecting services 3 and 60A

  From 17 July - 2 September, services 3 and 60A will be diverting due to a road closure at Lichfield Road, near Mill Green in Cannock.

• Service changes in Darlington, Durham and Stockton from 21 July 2019

  Passengers are advised that the following services will be revised with effect from Sunday 21 July 2019:

• Changes in High Wycombe

  

• New-look Maidstone Park & Ride starts 1st July 2019

  New times. New fares. Newer buses. ENCTS concessionary passes accepted. Full details here.

• Changes to some fares in Surrey and West Sussex from 21st July 2019

  From 21st July 2019, there will be some changes to fares in Surrey and West Sussex.

• Diversion of service 5/5A from Monday 15th July for up to 7 days

  Passengers are advised that effective from Monday 15th July, Service 5/5A will be diverted within Newton Aycliffe due to a road closure on Middridge Road.

• Changes in Milton Keynes

  

• Road closure in Loughborough

  Due to essential carriageway repairs and resurfacing, Fennel Street and Bridge Street will close nightly between 20:00 and 06:00 - Monday to Friday only. This will affect service 126.

• Service Changes in the Merseyside Area

  There will be some changes to the below services ahead of the summer.

• Changes to Harlow area child ticket prices from 14th July

  

  The prices of Harlow zone child day, weekly and 4-weekly tickets will be revised from 14th July 2019.

• Changes to some Gravesend and Medway ticket prices from 14th July

  

  The prices of some day, weekly and 4-weekly tickets covering the Gravesend and Medway zones will be revised from 14th July 2019. These prices did not change when other prices were altered in April.

• New child and family tickets in Surrey and West Sussex from 14th July 2019

  

  It is good news for children and families in the Guildford, Woking, Cranleigh, Horsham and Camberley areas as we are introducing some new day, weekly and 4-weekly tickets to our range of money-saving tickets that allow unlimited travel on any Arriva buses within the relevant zone.

• Service changes in the Wakefield area

  We're making some changes to improve the reliability of our services.

• Road closure Grove Green, Maidstone from 1st July 2019

  New Cut Road at Grove Green is closed to through traffic from 1^st July for an expected period of nine weeks.

• Changes to services 13/13L

  From Sunday 21st July 2019, changes will be made to services 13/13L.

• Southend area bus times are changing from 7th July 2019

  

  Southend area bus times are changing from 7th July 2019.

  We will be making some changes to the times of our services in the Southend, Rochford and Castle Point area to improve reliability and will be extending the Service 7/8 buses that terminate at North Shoebury ASDA to run to and from the Renown.
  
  

• Extra buses for Longfield and New Ash Green from 1st July 2019

  An additional late afternoon/early evening Service 489 bus will run in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays between Gravesend and New Ash Green.

• Leicester service changes

  

  Arriva Midlands will be implementing changes to services in Leicester from Sunday 14th July.

• Liverpool City Centre afternoon peak diversion

  To help ease congestion and delays to our services within the city centre during the ongoing roadworks a number of Arriva services will be diverted or start/finish from a different place in the afternoon peak (between 4pm and 6pm Monday to Friday) from Monday 3 June 2019.  These changes will be reviewed in 3 weeks.

• Special summer services to some great local attractions

  

  This summer hop on board our dedicated services to amazing Midlands attractions Twinlakes, Twycross Zoo and Drayton Manor! From Monday 15th July to Friday 23rd August special services will be running from Leicester and the surrounding towns and villages to these great family attractions.

• Cannock Network Service Changes

  Arriva Midlands will be implementing changes to services in Cannock, Lichfield, Wolverhampton and Walsall from Saturday 29^th June.

• Changes to X3 Service

  From the 30 June, were making some changes to service X3 between Leicester and Market Harborough.

• Road closure on High Street in Tring from 28th May for up to 24 weeks

  Service 500 will be diverted due to a road closure on High Street, Tring. No stops on High Street will be served.

  

• Road closure on High Street in Tring from 28th May for up to 24 weeks

  Service 500 will be diverted due to a road closure on High Street, Tring. No stops on High Street will be served.

  

• Isle of Sheppey Summer Sundays timetable

  A summer timetable for Sunday and Bank Holiday buses on the Isle of Sheppey starts 26th May 2019.

• Bishops Stortford Station is about to get better

  Improvements are to be made to bus access and bus stops at Bishop's Stortford Station which will enable us to give a better service to our customers. There will be some temporary disruption over the summer holiday period while the development work is in progress.

• Re-opening of Killingworth Road in Newcastle Changes to services 54, X7 and X8 from Monday 20th May 2019

  Killingworth Road in Newcastle will re-open to southbound traffic from Monday 20th May 2019. As a result, there will be some changes to the routes and timetables of services 54, X7 and X8.

• Service changes in Northumberland and Tyne & Wear from Sunday 19th May

  There will be changes to some services in Northumberland and Tyne & Wear from Sunday 19th May 2019 to improve punctuality, better match capacity with demand and respond to requests we have received from customers in several places.

• Stand changes at the Newcastle Haymarket Bus Station from Sunday 19th May

  There will be some changes to stand allocation in the Newcastle Haymarket Bus Station from Sunday 19th May 2019.

• Service changes in the Kirklees area

  There will be changes in the Kirklees area affecting services 202/203, 212, 228, 251, 256, 261 and 271.

• Service changes in the Wakefield area

  There will be changes in the Wakefield area affecting services 104, 105, 212 and TK2.

• Service changes in Rhyl

  Service changes in Rhyl will be affecting services 11, 11A, 11C, 11F, 11M, 11X, 12, 35 and 36.

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