On Saturday September 10th 2022, Dorset will be hosting Stage 7 of the Tour of Britain Bicycle Race.

The official time of the race is from 04:00 onwards, however the race will only affect our services from 04:00 until approximately 13:15.

Services X3 X85 & X87

M8 Junction 15 on slips

To allow for works on Thursday 8th September & Friday 9th September between 20:00hrs overnight until 06:00hrs the M8 eastbound Junction 15 on slips will be closed.

City Red 7 timetable change from Sunday 11 September 2022

From Sunday 11 September 2022, the City Red 7 timetable on all days will be amended to try and help with the severe delays that the service is currently experiencing, due to the road works at Thomas Lewis Way/St Denys Road. You can view and download the new timetable below:

Click here to download or view the latest City Red timetable.

On Monday 5 September 2022 until 14 October road works will be in place on Kingsclere Avenue.
Over the 6 weeks the bus stops at Drayton Road and Winchfield Close may be closed to allow these works to take place safely. During these closures please use an alternative stop. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused during these works.

Westbury Road in Upton Scudamore will be closed to service D1 from 07:00 on Monday 19th September and will remain fully closed until 19:00 on Sunday 2nd October for carriageway works.

Service D1 heading towards Warminster instead of turning right into Westbury Road will carry on along the A350 to the roundabout and onto Bath Road to resume normal route at the junction of The Close and High Street.

Service D1 heading towards Bath will operate the reverse of the above.

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Night time closure ONLY of Westerhall Road at 20:00 > 06:00hrs on:

Thursday 8th Septemeber > Tuesday 13th September 2022.

This will affect our services 2, 4, 10, X51 & X54.

We will be unable to serve any of the following stops:

All outbound stops from Hotel Prince Regent > Morrisons.

All inbound stops from Morrisons > Lennox Street.

Greenhill outbound & inbound.

Melcombe Avenue inbound.

Buses travelling at this time of night will take the following diversions:

Services 87 and 74B are unable to serve along Belle Vue Road, Wivenhoe due to an unexpected road closure.

The services will therefore divert via Rectory Road and Rectory Hill until further notice.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused.