Whippet are proposing significant changes to services on routes X3 and 478 from 31st August. At the same time, they’re expecting to take over Stagecoach’s route H (Papworth to the Biomedical Campus and, in future, to Cambridge Railway Station).
On the X3, the proposed service will run hourly between Huntingdon and Addenbrooke’s, via Cambridge Railway Station, seven days a week. This will also provide new earlier and later journeys than the current X3, as well as the reintroduction of a Sunday service. Some buses will serve Oxmoor or Hinchingbrooke Hospital, and some will extend to/from Corby replacing the current route 18 following the same route to similar times. Route changes in Godmanchester and Cambridge will also be introduced.
Some journeys on service 478 will start or finish at Fenstanton routing via the A1307 between there and Godmanchester. Buses will follow the new X3 route in Godmanchester before continuing to Huntingdon and Hinchingbrooke hospital. Buses will generally run every hour Monday to Saturday. Between them, the 478 and X3 will provide a half-hourly frequency between Godmanchester and Huntingdon.
A new X2 service replaces Stagecoach’s route H providing links between Papworth, Cambourne, Trumpington, Addenbrooke’s and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Journeys will extend to Cambridge Railway Station before continuing as route X3 serving the rest of the City Centre.
Full details of the changes, including draft timetables, are on the Whippet website. Any feedback on the what’s proposed should be sent to Whippet, either by email: info@whippet.uk.com or by phone: 01954 230011 (office hours only).
Cambridge Area Bus Users 
Well done Mr Whippet given the importance of Papworth in a growing area and the pressure on the A428 look forward to seeing the proposals coming in
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