Bus service changes
Information about changes to local bus services, including routes, timetables and operators.
Biggleswade – Hitchin Street closure
Hitchin Street, Biggleswade will be closed from 8 June 2026 for works by Anglian Water. This is expected to continue until November 2026.
Route 74 (Bedford – Biggleswade – Hitchin) will operate as normal between Bedford and Biggleswade Bus Station, journeys south of Biggleswade will not serve Biggleswade Railway Station Interchange, Teal Road or stops on Hitchin Street, and will return to normal line of route at Broom Turn. Buses south of Biggleswade will be re-timed, with some running earlier than current times. Some early and late journeys will start or end at Holme Mills and not run through to Biggleswade Bus Station.
Route 200 (Biggleswade – Shefford – Flitwick) will run to usual times, but will not serve Biggleswade Railway Station Interchange, Teal Road or stops on Hitchin Street.
Read about the Hitchin Street closure changes on Grant Palmer's website.
Bus service changes – 21 June 2026
Centrebus Leighton Buzzard Routes L1 to L6 (including South Bedfordshire Dial a Ride journeys on route L5) are changing.
Route L1 (railway station / town centre – Kestrel Way – Theedway – Grovebury Retail Park) will have a new timetable, but there will be no change to the route / stops served. An evening and Sunday service will be introduced, replacing current evening route L3 and Sunday route L6. Evening buses will not serve Grovebury Retail Park.
Route L2 (railway station / town centre - Hockliffe Road – leisure centre – Kemsley Drive) will have a new timetable, and the route will change to operate from the town centre via Hockliffe Road, then Briggington Way for the new leisure centre, and return via Kemsley Drive and Heath Road. Arriva route X2 provides an alternative direct service in to the town centre from Hockliffe Road. An evening and Sunday service will be introduced replacing current evening route L3 and Sunday route L6.
Route L3 (evening circular) will be withdrawn, routes L1 and L2 will have an evening and Sunday service.
Route L4 (railway station / town centre - Brooklands Drive – Vandyke Rd – Leisure Centre – Astral Park) will have a new timetable, and the route will change to include Apennine Way and Meadway, then Vandyke Road and Briggington Way for the new leisure centre.
Route L5 (Linslade – town centre – Kemsley Drive – Vandyke Road) will have a new timetable, and the route will change to run from the town centre via Heath Road, Kemsley Drive, Vandyke Road then return to the town centre via the current route including Clarence Road and Garden Hedge. The route around Linslade will not change. Apennine Way and Meadway will now be served by route L4.
Route L6 (Sunday circular) will be withdrawn, routes L1 and L2 will have an evening and Sunday service.
National Public Transport Information – plan your journey
South Bedfordshire Dial-a-Ride services
South Bedfordshire Dial-a-Ride route 47 (Toddington – Woburn – Leighton Buzzard) - this Tuesday only route will be extended to start and end in Dunstable, and run via Chalk Hill and Thorn to Toddington. The timetable between Toddington and Leighton Buzzard will not be changed.
South Bedfordshire Dial-a-Ride route 231 (Pepperstock – Dunstable) - will have minor timetable changes on journeys towards Pepperstock, the 3:20pm journey will be slightly re-timed and will run via Langdale Road and Lowther Road.
Visit South Beds Dial-a-Ride's website
National Public Transport Information – plan your journey
Bus service changes – 31 May 2026
Many bus services in Central Bedfordshire changed on 31 May 2026 – particularly Arriva’s Luton / Dunstable network and the Stagecoach Bedford network. Please check your route and times if you have not travelled recently.