Longwater Lane, Old Costessey (Red 23A/24B & 31)

To allow a new water connection to be made sections of London Road South (as well as short sections of Cliff Road and Carlton Road) will be closed between Monday 6th January 2025 and Friday 10th January 2025

Local bus services X2, X21 and 99 operating from Lowestoft along Kirkley Cliff Road are unaffected.

Service X22 from Lowestoft will operate as usual long Kirkley Cliff Road but will be unable to turn right into Cliff Road. These services will then - 

• Continue straight ahead to the end (Kensington Road)
• At this junction turning right and immediately left into Kirkley Park Road
• Follow to the end turning left into Carlton Road and resuming usual line of route

Local bus services X2, X21 and 99 towards Lowestoft will divert as follows-

• Usual route along London Road South as far as Baptist Church and then left into Kirkley Park Road, following this to the end.
• At the junction left on to Carlton Road
• At the traffic lights right on to Tom Crisp Way (A12)
• At the roundabout, second exit towards town centre
• At the next roundabout resuming the usual line of route taking the second exit on Belvedere Road.

Local bus service X22 towards Lowestoft will operate as usual to the end of Long Road and then turn left on to Tom Crisp Way and follow the diversion used by the other services.

We apologise to any customers affected by this diversion.

Due to National Highways vegetation clearance, the A47 will be closed between Honingham Roundabout & Toftwood Interchange from Monday 6th January to Friday 10th January. These will be evening closures between 20:00 & 06:00 only - daytime services will be unaffected.

During this time, our services will operate via Mattishall Road - which unfortunately means they will be unable to serve Hockering.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Due to repairs taking place to Starston Bridge, it will be closed continuously from Monday 6th January to Friday 17th January. 

This will affect our Purple Line 36A/36B services, which will need to operate via Station Road, South Green & Rushall Road. As a result, we will be able to maintain service to the Pulhams - but will unfortunately not be able to serve Starston.

There will be revised stopping points in Pulham St Mary to enable us to follow this diversion route. The stops listed below will be the only stops served. All others will be suspended for the duration of these works.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, but hope that our ability to continue serving the Pulhams will minimise the impact of these essential works.

Due to further Cadent gas works taking place on Longwater Lane in Old Costssey from Monday 6th January to Friday 24th January, our Red Line 23A/24B will need to operate up Norwich Road as far as Kabin Road - and will then run non-stop from there to Roundwell Medical Centre via Norwich Road & Dereham Road. Services towards the city will follow the above diversion in reverse.

Service 31 will operate the above diversion, but turn around using Richmond Road, East Hills Road & Longwater Lane to maintain a service to Roundwell Medical Centre stops.

We apologise for the inconvenience that this cause, as Old Costessey will once again lose all bus services.

Due to improvement works taking place to the main hospital roundabout, the arm towards Cringleford will be closed continuously from Monday 6th January to Saturday 25th January.

As a result, our Pink Line 11/11A/12 services will only be able to serve Cringleford Interchange before then operating directly to the Hospital via Thickthorn Interchange, the A47 & Old Watton Road.

As a result, we will not be able to serve Cringleford Heights for the duration of this closure. Any customers intending to travel from here are advised to head to the Hospital or Cringleford Interchange to pick up their service.

We apologise for any inconvenience these works may cause to your journey.

From Monday 6th January 2025, the majority of stops at Market Gates will be suspended while work to convert the bus station to 2-way operation takes place. This work is expected to be completed by May but works may take longer than planned.

There will be lane closures through Market Gates applying to all traffic, which will happen in phases.

This notice describes the initial position from 6th January – there will be further updates as work progresses.

The following schoolday only services are also affected as follows - 

Service 901

This will use the rear of the stops outside the Police Station on Howard Street North towards Norwich, along with Services 7/X1/X11, and Regent Street on its journey to Gorleston.

 Service 931

This will use the Regent Street stop towards Gorleston; on it’s return trip it will operate as per services X1/X11 to Howard Street North.

A summary of these changes is included in the map below together with suggested walking routes to alternative stops.

We apologise to all customers affected by this disruption to your bus services.

We will confirm details of stopping arrangements after these works are concluded, within the next couple of months.

Due to the traffic displaced by a road closure on Waterloo Road, we are experiencing higher than normal levels of congestion around Magdalen Road/Anglia Square. This road closure/scheme will be in place until mid-March, however we are hoping for less congestion after Christmas.

Our Pink & Orange Line services are most impacted by this, with services around peak times operating up to 20 minutes behind schedule.

Download our app to live track your bus, for the most up-to-date travel information during these unpredictable delays.

Our operations team will continue trying to mitigate the delays caused by these works, and we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.