Bus service changes
Harlington road closure – 13 November to 18 December 2025
Grant Palmer route 42 (Bedford – Flitwick – Toddington – Dunstable) will not be able to serve Harlington due to a road closure on Toddington Road. Shuttle route 42X will run Flitwick – Westoning – Harlington – Toddington, with connections to / from route 42 at Westoning or Flitwick for journeys to / from Bedford. Some journeys will connect at Toddington for journeys to / from Dunstable.
Bus Service Changes – 17 November 2025
Centrebus route E (Luton – Dunstable – Houghton Regis – Toddington) will have a revised timetable, with an hourly service through most of the day. Route E will be extended to Harlington in January after roadworks in Harlington are completed.
This enhancement is funded through our Bus Service Improvement Plan in partnership with the government.
Grant Palmer route 190 (Biggleswade – Potton – Sandy / Blunham) will no longer operate through Sutton village due to increasing difficulties getting through the ford. Buses will call at Sutton Crossroads on Biggleswade Road. Route 190 will also serve Kings Reach instead of Biggleswade Road. Biggleswade Road will continue to be served by route 73.
Leighton Buzzard Christmas Festival – 28 to 30 November 2025
Travel on Centrebus routes L1 to L5 will be free from 5pm on Friday 28 November to the end of service on Sunday 30 November, with support from Leighton Linslade Town Council.
After 5pm on Thursday 27 and all day on Friday 28 November, Centrebus and Red Rose Travel buses will not be able to use High Street, so buses will not serve High Street, Lake Street / Library or Hockliffe Street / Market Square bus stops – buses will run to the West Street bus stops, as they do on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
On Sunday 30 November, routes L1 to L5 will operate a Saturday timetable all day (via the West Street bus stops in the town centre), and Sunday route L6 will not run.
Read more about the Leighton Buzzard Christmas Festival.
Bus service changes – 1 December 2025
Centrebus route L3 (Leighton Buzzard evening service) will serve High Street every day Monday – Saturday instead of diverting via West Street on Tuesday and Saturday. The rest of the timetable will not be changed.
Bus service changes – 14 December 2025
Grant Palmer route 74 (Bedford – Biggleswade - Hitchin) will have minor timetable changes – morning peak journeys between Biggleswade and Hitchin will run slightly earlier than now.
Christmas and New Year
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. More information will follow soon.
Bus service changes – 4 January 2026
New A2B Bus and Coach route X75 (Biggleswade – Sandy – Potton – Cambridge) 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) will be extended to Harlington.
This enhancement is funded through our Bus Service Improvement Plan in partnership with the government.