SAPPHIRE - Newcastle Upon Tyne to Dinnington

Service updates

• Service changes in Northumberland and Tyne & Wear from Sunday 1st September 2019

  We are making changes to some services in Northumberland and Tyne & Wear from Sunday 1st September 2019 to improve punctuality, better match capacity with demand and respond to requests we have received from customers

• Changes to services in Merseyside and Halton

  We will be making minor changes to services in Merseyside.

• Service changes in the Manchester area

  We will be making some changes to services in the Manchester area.

• Minor changes to services in Rhyl

  We will be making minor changes to services in Rhyl.

• Minor changes to the times of Service 531 times from 1st September 2019

  We will be making changes to the times of the morning Service 531 bus to improve reliability.

• Minor changes to Service 479 times from 1st September 2019

  We will be making some minor changes to the times of Service 479.

• Minor changes to bus times in the Kent Thameside area from 1st September 2019

  We will be making some minor changes to bus times to improve reliability.

• Minor changes to bus times in the Medway Towns from 1st September 2019

  

• Service changes in the Wakefield area

  From Monday 2nd September 2019 there will be some changes to services in the Wakefield area.

• Service changes in the Selby area

  From Monday 2nd September 2019, there will be some changes to services in the Selby area.

• Service changes in the Bradford area

  From Monday 2nd September 2019, there will be some minor changes to services in the Bradford area.

• Service changes in the Leeds area

  From Monday 2nd September there will be changes to the following services:

• Minor changes to bus times in the Maidstone and West Malling area from 1st September 2019

  We will be making some minor changes to bus times to improve reliability.

• Closures of Southern Cross Junction (Stainton Way) affecting Services 28, 28A and 29 in Middlesbrough from Monday 19th August 2019

  Passengers are advised that due to roadworks, the east and west approaches to the Southern Cross Junction, Stainton Way, will be closed from 6pm to 10:30pm between 19th - 23rd August and 27th - 28th August.

• New times for buses between Kings Hill and Tonbridge schools from 1st September 2019

  There will be changes to the timetable of buses currently numbered in the 77/147/148 series to improve reliability and some will be numbered between 771 to 776. There will also be a new 77X in each direction that will by-pass Tonbridge Town Centre to give a quicker journey.

• Services 300 and 301 are changing from 1st September 2019

  

  In order to improve reliability, the timetable for Services 300 and 301 will be changing and the routes will be split, with new service 302 covering part of the route. There will also be an improved evening service and a more frequent service on Sundays between St Albans and Hatfield.

• Changes to routes of services 200, 201, 201A, 202, 203 229, 254, 254A and 255

  Major highway works will start on The Headrow and Eastgate from Sunday 1st September 2019, affecting some of our services.

• Service changes in the Doncaster area

  From Sunday 1st September 2019, some evening and Sunday journeys on services 409 and 412 will be operated by First Doncaster.

• Service changes in the York area

  From Saturday 31 August 2019, there will be some changes to services in the York area.

• Changes in Hinckley

  Arriva Midlands will be implementing changes to services in Hinckley from Sunday 25th August.

• Beds and Bucks fares are changing

  From Saturday 17th August we will be making some pricing changes in Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Luton, Milton Keynes and Oxford. The following tickets will now be priced at:

• Diversion due to closure of Birkwood Road

  From 3rd August, Birkwood Road will be closed for water main repairs. This work is expected to last for three weeks. There will be a diverison in place for services 147, 147A and TK2.
  
  

• Service changes in Telford

  Arriva Midlands will be implementing changes to services in Telford from 1^st September in order bolster some of the areas most popular routes, better match supply with demand, and create a number of improved travel options.

• Service Changes in Luton

  Arriva Beds and Bucks will be implementing changes to services in Luton from Sunday 1^st September.

• Changes to some services in Derby from 1 September 2019, including NEW route 3 and extended route 4!

  Arriva Midlands will be implementing changes to services in Derby from 1st September in order to bolster some of the citys most popular routes, better match supply with demand and create improved travel options.
  
  

• Changes in Milton Keynes

  

• 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.

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

  From Tuesday 23 July, we will be operating an alternative diversion on routes 3 and 60A due to increased congestion and long delays caused by the Lichfield Road closure.

• 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 in Aylesbury

  

• 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.

• 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

  

• Service Changes in the Merseyside Area

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 Rhyl

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

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