Bus service changes
Details of bus service changes.
From 1 June 2025
Many bus routes had service changes from 1 June 2025, including many Arriva routes in the Luton, Dunstable and Houghton Regis areas, Stagecoach Bedfordshire routes, and A2B Travel route 96 / 96A.
Leighton Buzzard and Linslade area
In Leighton Buzzard, bus routes L1 to L6 had a new operator, Centrebus, and new timetables and some changes to routes, Arriva routes X2 and X3 replaced routes F70 and F77, and route X4 had a timetable and route change. Red Rose travel launched new route 150 between Leighton Buzzard and Aylesbury.
Read more about bus changes in Leighton Buzzard.
From 15 June 2025
Grant Palmer route 42 (Bedford – Houghton Conquest – Flitwick – Toddington – Dunstable) will not be able to run along the B530 between Houghton Conquest and Kempston Hardwick due to a road closure for about a month.
Buses will operate from Bedford Bus Station to Houghton Conquest via the A6 and rejoin normal route from Houghton Conquest Post Office. Stops along Bedford Road in Houghton Conquest will not be served.
An additional shuttle service will operate between Bedford Bus Station and Kempston Hardwick, Juniper Drive, via Interchange Park.