Bus service changes
Information about changes to local bus services, including routes, timetables and operators.
Markyate High Street closure – February to May 2026
Red Eagle route 34 (Dunstable to St Albans) and Centrebus route 46 (Luton, Markyate, Hemel Hempstead)
High Street, Markyate will be closed from 25 February to Friday 1 May 2026, Monday to Friday 8am to 10pm, and Saturday 9am to 4pm.
At those times, Red Eagle route 34 (Dunstable to St Albans) and Centrebus route 46 (Luton, Markyate, Hemel Hempstead) will not serve bus stops from London Road, Plume of Feathers to High Street, Cavendish Road.
The nearest alternative bus stops are the temporary bus stops on A5183 at the junction of London Road or Holiday Inn.
Bus service changes – 26 April 2026
Grant Palmer routes 3 and 3A (Bushmead, Cromer Way, Luton, Cutenhoe Road) will have a timetable change from 26 April 2026.
Grant Palmer route 43 (Clophill to Luton) will no longer run on Saturdays from 26 April 2026.
There is no change to the Monday to Friday timetable.
May bank holidays 2026
Buses in the Central Bedfordshire area will run to a Sunday timetable on bank holiday Mondays 4 May and 25 May 2026.
Train services over the weekends may be altered, and there is engineering work on the line through Leighton Buzzard between Milton Keynes and London Euston over the 2 May to 4 May weekend.
Train times are available on operators' websites or National Rail Enquiries.