With the recent introduction of significant speed restrictions along the whole of the Busway – due to last for around 15 months – and a rolling programme of closures, Stagecoach have published a revised timetable to come into effect from Sunday 26th October.
As might be expected – as passengers have already started to experience, even before a revised timetable was prepared – complete trips on both A and B services will take considerably longer. For example, a trip from Hinchingbrooke Hospital to Drummer St will take a minimum of 117 minutes to complete, compared to 105 before the changes. The fastest journey from St Ives Park & Ride to Addenbrooke’s Hospital is now timed at 65 minutes, when previously it was 59. And these are the fastest journeys (based on the Sunday morning timetable). Many journeys will take much longer than these!
The majority of departure times have changed, so please check the revised timetable.
Beyond actual timings, the greatest changes affect the Monday-Friday service, where the off-peak A between St Ives and Cambridge suffers a 50% reduction in frequency, returning to one journey every 20 minutes. Buses are being used to maintain the 10-minute frequency between Trumpington and Addenbrooke’s.
Similarly, the number of southbound trips on the Busway B that continue to Long Road Sixth Form College is being cut. There will be only three journeys to the College instead of six. And, as a result of the extended journey times, the last of these will leave Huntingdon Bus Station at 06.40.
Further information is available from the Stagecoach website (but please note that most of the content of that announcement is specific to the Monday-Friday service – the notice doesn’t explicitly state that).
And a reminder that the revised timetable can be found here!
Cambridge Area Bus Users 