Open top 80
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I wonder what bus company will be first to put their 2023 Timetable on the internet.
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Xmas (Winter Festival) timetables 2023
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Transdev are usually early, but it tends to be late October/early November.
It would perhaps be better to wait until a bus company publishes their winter timetable before starting a thread on the subject.
Smethwickian
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Not buses I know, but National Express coach services for Christmas Day are bookable now and in the timetables section of their website - bottom of the page at
timetables.nationalexpress.com
National Express Timetables Route List
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ChrisC
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Where I live, as in many parts of the country we have no buses on Sundays and that means that on any Bank Holidays when a Sunday service is operated there are no buses. Therefore after the last bus at just after 6pm on Saturday 23rd December, there will be no buses for 3 days, until they resume again on Wednesday 27th December. Then it all begins again over the New Year period. Very inconvenient that this year there will be no buses on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve.
markymark2000
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And that is the service that will be operated by Pulhams this year. Sadly Pulhams aren't even going to run their Bank Holiday 801 on any of the days.
Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire bus timetables
Download and print the full list of bus routes and timetables at Pulhams for Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire
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Brighton and Hove have released their timetables:
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Sunday 24 December 2023 - buses finish about 2200
Monday 25 - Services 1, 1A, 5B, 7, 12 and 49 (each every 40-60 minutes) for around 10 hours.
Tuesday 26 - Services 1/1A, 2, 5/5A, 5B, 6, 7, 12/12A, 13, 14/14A, 18, 22/22B, 25, 26, 27, 28, 48, 49, 50, 77, 78 and 79 - some hourly or less, some almost normal frequencies, again for around 10 hours.
Minor changes until:
Sunday 31 December 2023 - no early finish and some Night buses
Monday 01 January 2024 - normal Sunday service
Christmas & New Year Holiday Bus Services
Everything you need to know about our services over the Christmas holiday period.
www.buses.co.uk
Sunday 24 December 2023 - buses finish about 2200
Monday 25 - Services 1, 1A, 5B, 7, 12 and 49 (each every 40-60 minutes) for around 10 hours.
Tuesday 26 - Services 1/1A, 2, 5/5A, 5B, 6, 7, 12/12A, 13, 14/14A, 18, 22/22B, 25, 26, 27, 28, 48, 49, 50, 77, 78 and 79 - some hourly or less, some almost normal frequencies, again for around 10 hours.
Minor changes until:
Sunday 31 December 2023 - no early finish and some Night buses
Monday 01 January 2024 - normal Sunday service
Metal Mickey
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Could you post a link because I don’t see them?
Lothian don't publish their festive timetables until late November/early December.
Metal Mickey
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@InOban said it’s on their website but I couldn’t find them.
trentbarton and Kinchbus are now available. As per previous years the night buses will run on New Years Eve on the main routes and Skylink (Derby/Leicester and Nottingham) will run on Boxing Day.
www.trentbarton.co.uk
www.kinchbus.co.uk
Christmas & New Year's buses - trentbarton
trentbarton are proud to be the really good bus company, serving Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & Leicestershire in the East Midlands.
Christmas & New Year's buses - kinchbus
Kinchbus provides bus services for Loughborough. We run buses from the main estates into the town centre and our sprint service links the town centre, train station and University. We also run out-of-town buses connecting Loughborough with Leicester, Derby and East Midlands Airport.
Lothian have now published this year's Christmas schedule, which looks similar to last year
www.lothianbuses.com
Simplify your festive travel with Lothian! - Lothian Buses
Lothian’s special timetables for the Christmas and Hogmanay period are now available to help customers plan ahead for their festive journeys across Edinburgh and the Lothians, whether travelling to visit friends and family, or heading out on the town to celebrate the season. Download Lothian...
www.lothianbuses.com
Mcgills Midland Bluebird published there christmas timetable the other day. To be honest it looks exactly the same as Midland Bluebirds first Christmas Timetable last year and pretty similar from the First Midland Bluebird days
https://www.mcgillsscotlandeast.co.uk/winter-with-midland-bluebird
https://www.mcgillsscotlandeast.co.uk/winter-with-midland-bluebird
Metal Mickey
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As usual, possibly the worst level of service over the Christmas/New Year period than anywhere in Scotland.
It's far more than what the Borders will be getting. No buses - or the Pingo - on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Ne'erday or January 2nd (but what else do you expect from a council which won't fund evening buses and thinks that a teatime finish is acceptable to bus passengers).
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No Boxing Day service from Arriva in Leicester for the third year running.
Metal Mickey
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Borders used to have a Sunday service on Boxing Day and the 2nd and an irregular 62 and X95 on New Year’s Day all funded by Borders Council.
The Midland Bluebird area have had next to nothing for at least 25 years on said dates.
SSmith2009
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Same for First and Centrebus
markymark2000
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No Boxing Day or New Years Day service from Arriva in Wales either and that has been going on for years. I don't think that most of Wales gets any service on Boxing Day and given Christmas Eve is a Sunday, there won't be many buses around then either. Rather poor outlook for anyone in Wales wanting to travel over this festive period.
Yes, this was the case before Covid hit. The Berwickshire area had no service on Boxing Day.
Statto
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Stagecoach MCSL have released their Christmas & New Year service levels, & big shock is apart from Maghull services 31 to 33 & Football Special, their's no services on New Year's Day, in previous years Stagecoach have operated same routes as Boxing Day but on a reduced frequency, Boxing Day services are from 8am to between 6 & 7pm
Oh yeah, Merseytravel will operate a special service on Christmas Day between 12pm & 5pm
www.stagecoachbus.com
Oh yeah, Merseytravel will operate a special service on Christmas Day between 12pm & 5pm
- Sunday 24th Dec – normal Sunday services, with an earlier finish. Last trips will generally operate no later than 7pm.
- Monday 25th Dec – no services will operate, except for special Merseytravel contracted routes in the Liverpool City Region only.
- Tuesday 26th Dec – Special limited timetables will operate on some of our routes in Chester, Wirral, Liverpool and South Lancashire areas.
- Wednesday 27th Dec – In most areas, Saturday timetables will be in operation. Some routes will have additional earlier morning buses where we feel the Saturday timetable is too limited. On Wirral, and Cheshire, normal weekday timetables will be in operation.
- Thursday 28th Dec – In most areas, Saturday timetables will be in operation. Some routes will have additional earlier morning buses where we feel the Saturday timetable is too limited. On Wirral, and in Cheshire normal weekday timetables will be in operation.
- Friday 29th Dec – In most areas, Saturday timetables will be in operation. Some routes will have additional earlier morning buses where we feel the Saturday timetable is too limited. On Wirral, and in Cheshire normal weekday timetables will be in operation.
Saturday 30th - Normal Saturday timetables will be in operation. - Sunday 31st Dec – Sunday timetables will be in operation with an earlier finish. Last trips will generally operate no later than 7pm.
- Monday 1st Jan – No services will operate, with the exception of Maghull circulars (31-33) and Football buses for the Liverpool FC home game.
- Tuesday 2nd Jan – A normal service will operate and services will return to normal patterns of operation.
ServiceUpdatesArticle
www.stagecoachbus.com
SW Buses
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Cardiff Bus have also published their services over the Christmas and New Year period - https://www.cardiffbus.com/christmas-new-year-holiday-bus-services
dvboy
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National Express Bus: https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/service-updates/christmas-2023-new-year-2024-services
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Wychwood93
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morebus; https://www.morebus.co.uk/christmas
317 forever
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I notice from these that on Boxing Day First will be operating in Sheffield but not Leicester or Potteries. Maybe the difference is that Sheffield is in a Metropolitan area, South Yorkshire.
It is ironic that Stagecoach are operating in Liverpool on Christmas Day but not New Year's Day as such.
It is ironic that Stagecoach are operating in Liverpool on Christmas Day but not New Year's Day as such.
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