Changes from 31st August

A number of changes are being introduced to services in the Cambridge area from 31st August.

Withdrawn services

Stagecoach College services 604, 606 and 607 are being withdrawn. As is the X9 (Cambridge-Littleport direct).

Other changes, in service order (regardless of operator)

Stagecoach 1. The 0747 Saturday journey from Fulbourn Tesco to Arbury is withdrawn.

Stagecoach 7. Following the cancellation of service 607, on schooldays the 0730 from Drummer Street and the 1503 from Pampisford will call additionally at Sawston Village College.

Stagecoach 8A. Frequency on this route is being reduced to hourly, providing just 12 trips a day against the current 24. The first inbound and last outbound trips will operate from/to Rampton. These provide a faster journey time than the Rampton journeys on service 8, and will operate in Histon via the B1049 (providing Mill Lane and Orchard Road with their first buses in some time), and in Cottenham via the village green and Rampton Road.

A2B/Stagecoach 9. Stagecoach are withdrawing from the Cambridge-Ely-Littleport service. A2B will be the sole operator on this route, but the timetable is largely unchanged – except that the first departure from Cambridge will be at 0825 and run only as far as Ely, and the last departure on Saturdays, whilst leaving Cambridge at the same time as at present, runs faster. So if you need to board at an intermediate stop, please check the timetable carefully.

A2B 9A (Ely City). The first and last journeys will both be 35 minutes later than at present, and the 1145 departure wil cease to operate.

Stagecoach 13/13A/X13. Peak-hour journeys will serve the Babraham Institute in both directions. This means that departure times at subsequent stops will be 2 minutes later than at present.

A2B 17. Hertfordshire County Council report that there will be minor changes to this service, partly in response to a request from Melbourn Village College and partly as a result of long-term roadworks and increased traffic. At the time of writing no further information is available about these.

Revised timetables:

For Stagecoach services 1, 7, 8A and 13/13A/X13 revised timetables are available for download from the Stagecoach website. The new timetable for the 9 to/from Ely and Littleport is available at bustimes.org. The revised timetable for the 9A is also available at bustimes.org. The revised timetable for A2B’s service 17 doesn’t seem to be available at time of writing.