Timetable changes have been confirmed for dozens of Suffolk bus services, amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Suffolk County Council announced it was working with bus operators on Tuesday on revised timetables, reflecting the reduced passenger numbers, government advice to isolate and reduced staffing available.
MORE: Bookmark the EADT Coronavirus topic page to stay up to dateSummarised below are the service changes announced so far.
Beestons
• 91 – Sudbury-Ipswich (via Hadleigh) – reduced frequency
• 971 – Hadleigh-Colchester (via East Bergholt) – suspended
• OC7 – Felixstowe-Otley College (via Woodbridge) – suspended
BorderBus
• 146 – Southwold-Norwich (via Pakefield and Beccles) – hourly service
• BT1 – Beccles town service – Lidl and Morrisons added to route
Coach Services
• 84 – Thetford-Bury St Edmunds – Saturday service Mon-Sat
• 86/86A – Brandon-Bury St Edmunds (via Thetford) – Saturday service Mon-Sat
• 200 – Mildenhall-Thetford (via Lakenheath and Brandon) – Saturday service Mon-Sat
• 332 – Thetford-Bury St Edmunds – Saturday service Mon-Sat
Chambers
• 84/84A – Colchester-Sudbury (via Nayland) – reduced frequency
• 236 – Clare-Sudbury (via Halstead) – reduced frequency
• 374 – Clare-Bury St Edmunds (via Glemsford) – reduced frequency
• 750 – Sudbury-Bury St Edmunds (via Long Melford) – suspended
• 753/754/784 – Colchester-Bury St Edmunds (via Sudbury) – reduced frequency
Fareline
• 320 – Eye-Bury St Edmunds (via Bacton and Norton) – suspended
Felix Taxis
• 320 – Eye-Bury St Edmunds – suspended
• 700 – Sudbury town service – suspended
• 716 – Sudbury-Long Melford – suspended
First
• Ipswich P&R – Martlesham-Ipswich – suspended
• 1/1A – Lowestoft-Martham (via Great Yarmouth) – reduced frequency
• 60/60A – Ipswich town centre-Gainsborough – suspended
• 63/64/65 – Ipswich-Aldeburgh (via Woodbridge) – revised times
• 66/66A – Ipswich-Martlesham (via Kesgrave) – revised times
• 67 – Ipswich-Martlesham (via Kesgrave) – suspended
• 75/76/77 – Ipswich-Felixstowe – revised times
• 88 – Ipswich-Stowmarket – revised times
• 99 – Lowestoft-Southwold (via Kessingland) – reduced frequency
• 101 – Lowestoft town service – reduced frequency
• 102 – Lowestoft town service – reduced frequency
• 103 – Lowestoft town service – suspended
• 105 – Lowestoft town service – reduced frequency
• 106 – Lowestoft town service – reduced frequency
• X1/X11 – Lowestoft-Norwich (via Great Yarmouth) – reduced frequency
• X2/X21/X22 – Lowestoft-Norwich (via Beccles) – reduced frequency
• H66/X66 – Ipswich-Martlesham (via Kesgrave) – suspended
• X7 – Ipswich-Felixstowe – suspended
Hadleigh Community Transport
• 461/462 – Hadleigh-Stowmarket – suspended
• 120 – Hadleigh-Ipswich – suspended
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All services will run Mon-Fri routes on Saturday timetables except for the below:
• 11A – St Albans school service – suspended
• 37 – Town centre shuttle service – suspended
• 92/93/95/194 – East Bergholt High School services – suspended
• 94 – Langham-One Sixth Form (via East Bergholt and Tattingstone) – suspended
• 174 – Kesgrave High School – suspended, although the remainder of the 174 route continues at Saturday hours
• 387 – Stowupland High School – suspended
• 464 – Stowmarket High School – suspended
• 511 – Kesgrave High School service – suspended
• 604 – Holbrook High School service – suspended
• 914 – Debenham High School service – suspended
• 988 – Claydon High School service – suspended
Mulleys
• 355 – Bury St Edmunds-Mildenhall (via Icklingham) – suspended
• 955 – West Row-Bury St Edmunds schools (via MIldenhall) – suspended
• 956 – Lakenheath-Bury St Edmunds (via Mildenhall and Risby) – suspended
• 988 – Stowmarket-Thurston Community College (via Elmswell and Woolpit) – suspended
• M11/M22 – Bury St Edmunds – suspended
• M33 – Bury St Edmunds-Moreton Hall – suspended
• M44/M55 – Bury St Edmunds – suspended
• M77 – Bury St Edmunds – suspended
• M88 – Bury St Edmunds – suspended
Stagecoach
• 11/X11 – Cambridge-Bury St Edmunds (via Newmarket) – reduced frequency
• 13/13A/13B/13C – Cambridge-Haverhill – reduced frequency
Stephensons
• 14/15 – Haverhill-Bury St Edmunds – Saturday service Mon-Sat
• 16 – Newmarket-Bury St Edmunds (via Red Lodge and Mildenhall) – Saturday service Mon-Sat
• Breeze 1 – Bury St Edmunds town centre – revised timetable
• Breeze 2 – Bury St Edmunds town centre – suspended
Suffolk Norse
• 310/311/311A – Bury St Edmunds-Newmarket (via Kentford) – suspended
• 929 – Bury St Edmunds-Otley College (via Stowmarket) – suspended
• HK616 – Ravenswood-Hoolbrook Academy – suspended
MORE: Regular updates are posted on the Suffolk Coronavirus Facebook pageA Suffolk County Council spokeswoman said: “SCC is doing all it can to help keep vital services going for those people who must travel – our key workers and elderly and vulnerable residents.
“These changes will also help ensure there are enough members of staff to keep vital services running over the coming weeks and months. SCC will continue to monitor the situation with partners.”
For more information contact the providers directly, and follow updates online at the Suffolk On Board website.
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