Bus service changes
Christmas and New Year changes
Many bus services will operate special timetables over the Christmas and New Year period, between 22 December 2025 and 2 January 2026. Most routes with an evening service will have an early finish on 24 and 31 December, and most routes will not run on 25 and 26 December or 1 January.
Check changes over Christmas and New Year.
Leighton Buzzard roadworks – January 2026
Arriva routes CS1 and X3, Centrebus routes L3, L4 and L6
Stanbridge Road is closed for roadworks at the Narrow Gauge Railway level crossing from 5 January 2026, and this is expected to continue until 6 February 2026.
Arriva routes CS1 and X3 will not serve the section of route along Stanbridge Road and Lake Street (Morrisons bus stop.) Buses will continue to serve Roundel Way, then will divert via Fraserfields Way and Hockliffe Road.
Centrebus route L4 will not serve the section of route along Fraserfields Way, Leighton Road, Roundel Drive and Billington Park, and will instead run from the town centre along Stanbridge Road as far as the Marley Way roundabout, call at the Stanbridge Road / Lywood Road bus stop, Monday to Friday daytime journeys will serve Richmond Road, then buses will continue via Brooklands Drive and in to the town centre via Hockliffe Road.
Centrebus evening route L3 and Sunday route L6 will not serve the section of route along Fraserfields Way, Leighton Road, Roundel Drive, and will run along Hockliffe Road, Brooklands Drive, then will serve the Stanbridge Road / Lywood Road bus stop and continue via Stanbridge Road towards Sandhills and the town centre.
Bus service changes – 4 January 2026
New A2B Bus and Coach route X75 (Biggleswade – Sandy – Potton – Cambridge)
Service will start operating – this will run from Monday to Saturday.
This enhancement is funded through our Bus Service Improvement Plan in partnership with the government.
Centrebus route E (Luton – Dunstable – Houghton Regis – Toddington - Harlington)
Service will be extended to Harlington.
This enhancement is funded through our Bus Service Improvement Plan in partnership with the government.
Grant Palmer routes 189 / 190 (Biggleswade – Potton – Gamlingay – Sandy)
To suit school times better, some afternoon journeys will run 5 minutes later than now – this change will also apply on Saturday afternoons so that buses run at the same times each day.
Biggleswade Bus Station – routes 72, 73, 189, 190 and Ivel Sprinter services
Some routes will change which stop they use at Biggleswade Bus Station.
Buses on route 73 towards Kings Reach and Biggleswade Retail Park will leave from stand A, as well as routes 73 and 74 towards Bedford.
A2B route X75 and Ivel Sprinter services will leave from stand B.
Buses on routes 72, 189 and 190 towards Potton will leave from stand C, as well as route 73 to Biggleswade Interchange, 74 towards Hitchin and 200 towards Flitwick.