Revised University/Whippet U service from Monday 2nd October

Significant changes to the University’s “Universal” (or “U”) service are taking place on Monday 2nd October.

Two distinct services are being created, to be known as “U1” and “U2”.

U1 is essentially the same as the extended version of the current service – the one that calls at Girton Corner (but only a very few times a day at present). Throughout most of the day alternate services will extend to/from Girton Corner, but otherwise follow the existing route (except that journeys towards Girton Corner call adjacent to Eddington Sainsbury’s and not across the road).

U2 takes a different route between Grange Road and Queen’s College, serving the whole of Grange Road and Barton and Newnham Roads between Grange Road and Silver Street. Omitting, therefore, West Road. Some U2 journeys extend to/from Girton Corner.

One other significant change is that weekend services will again serve the Biomedical Campus (as happened during the Covid pandemic).

Overall frequency remains unchanged. Services from the Biomedical Campus continue to serve Homerton College (and Hills Road more generally) whilst the northbound lane of the southern section of the Busway remains closed to buses.

The service is operated by Whippet on behalf of the University of Cambridge.

The new timetable – and a handy route map for those unfamiliar with the area – is available from the Whippet website.