64 | Aldeburgh​
08/09/2026 19:00 – 09/09/2026 05:00​
Leiston Road is closed for Carriageway Repairs​
08/09 1800 departure from OCM ONLY​ via Linden Road, Saxmundham Road, normal line of route​.
St Botolphs Street, Colchester will be closed for overnight roadworks from 14/09/2026 to 28/09/2026.
- This is a timed road closure: the road will be closed nightly between 20:00hrs and 05:00hrs.
The road closure will impact the following services: 51 / 53/A / 54 / 68
Due to the location of the road closure - the 51 / 53/A / 54 / 68 will be placed on minor diversion routes (the diversion routes will slightly change when the works move to another section):
3 & X3 | Clarendon Road
21/09/2026 until 27/09/2026
20:00 to 05:00 overnight only
Due to the closure of Clarendon Road, services will divert as follows:
via Granada Road in both directions
7S | Shadwell Lane
8th September, 09:30 to 10:30
Due to Shadwell Lane, southbound one-way closure, services will divert as follows:
To Leeds only via Ring Road Moortown, Harrogate Road.
387 & 388 | Field Road and Kings Street
Due to closures on Field Road and Kings Street, Thorne services will divert as follows:
387 will operate the 387A route around South Common in both directions.
388 will divert via the 387A route, Miller Road, Wike Gate Road, Church Balk, and Haynes Road to the normal route.
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Wedgewood Road,Bath will be closed between 0800-1700 on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th September. This will affect services 5 and U4.
Service 5 will operate normal route to Whiteway Circle then divert back along Haycombe Drive, onto Pennyquick and Newton Road resuming normal route at Redland Park.
The following stops will be unable to be served:-North Way to Pennard Court incl.
Please use either Whiteway Circle or Redland Park bus stops instead.
From 20 September, we'll be making some seasonal changes to timetables across Dorset for the winter months.
Most services will continue to operate throughout the winter, with some routes seeing changes to frequencies or running times. The 55 and X52 services will also be paused for the winter period.
Service 1 – Weymouth-Portland
Buses will continue to operate every 15 minutes, Monday to Sunday, maintaining the summer frequency.
Running times have been adjusted to reflect lower levels of traffic during the winter months.
70 | Tuddenham St Martin​
09/09/2026 09:30-15:00​
Tuddenham is shut for Carriageway Repairs.
Services to divert as follows:
Outbound​ via Tuddenham Road, Humber Doucy Lane, Playford Road, Butts Road, Playford, Butts Road, Grundisburgh Road to resume normal line of route​.
Inbound vice versa​.
Witham Street Entertainment Festival returns on Saturday 19th September 2026.
Newland Street, Witham will be closed to traffic from 10:00hrs to 19:00hrs.
Whilst the event is in progress - the 371 will be placed on diversion in both directions via Maldon Road and The Grove.
The following bus stops will not be served in both directions: