Phases B and D of the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s Histon Road improvements project commence on Monday 29th June (Phase A comprises the work already taking place at the junction with Victoria Road). This involves closing Histon Road to all inbound traffic (including buses, therefore) between Kings Hedges Road and Victoria Road. According to the project website work can be expected to carry on until summer 2021.
Services affected are the Citi 8, Busway B, and X8.
The Citi 8 will divert via Kings Hedges Road, Arbury Road, Mere Way, Carlton Way, Gilbert Road, Milton Road and Victoria Avenue.
The Busway B will operate from Histon on the route normally taken by the A – i.e. via CRC and the Science Park, heading to the City Centre along Milton Road. So it will omit the Shire Hall and Round Church Street stops (the latter is currently closed, but was otherwise due to reopen in early July).
The X8 is replaced by an additional Citi 8 service.
An additional service will be provided for local users of the Histon Road and Orchard Park areas. This service, the 8H, will leave from Emmanuel Road and follow the existing outbound Citi 8 route as far as the Kings Hedges Road junction, then head to Orchard Park (where it will operate via an anti-clockwise loop of Chieftain Way, Circle Drive and Chariot Way to Arbury Road), continuing via Mere Way, Carlton Way, Gilbert Road, Milton Road and Victoria Avenue to the City Centre. Note, though, that the 8H operates only Monday-Saturday daytimes. There’s no evening or Sunday service.
For more information on the bus service revisions, go to the Stagecoach announcement, which includes a useful map of the diversions.
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