Monday 26th August 2024 | Bank Holiday Service Levels

Princes Street Ipswich will be closed 1000hrs to 1600hrs Saturday 17th August 2024, between Burrell Road and Civic Drive, between the above times, to Prevent disorder and safely control crowd movement during the football game between Ipswich Town FC and Liverpool FC

During this time we will need to divert our services as follows; 

Services 66 66A towards the Railway Station will operate as normal and then continue onto Franciscan Way, ahead Grey Friars Road,

then right onto Bridge Street, right Burrell Road to the train station.

Service 66 66A towards Martlesham Heath will divert left Ranelagh Road right London Road, ahead Handford Road to Civic Drive and line of route.

Service 800 will divert via Civic Drive and Handford Road in both directions. 

We will also have additional Park & Ride Services provided for Supporters that will terminate at Civic Drive, from either direction, and then run back out of service to the Park & Ride Site that it commenced from, therefore please check that you are on the correct service 800 if you wish to continue on your journey past the Football Stadium. 

We apologise for the inconvenience to your journey, during this time. 

The annual Run Norwich 10k Road Race will take place this year on Sunday 8th September 2024 and as a result many roads in and around the city centre will be closed to traffic at various times which will cause disruption to all services to and from the city centre.

• The main bus stops in the City Centre at Castle Meadow, Red Lion Street and Theatre Street will not be served until around 13:00. 
• Similarly we will be unable to serve stops in Tombland, Anglia Square and Prince of Wales Road until 13:00.
• We will also be unable to serve Norwich Rail Station until around 11:00.

Our services will be taking various diversion routes depending on which roads are closed during the morning and below is a guide to where buses will depart and terminate in the City Centre. All services will allow passengers to board and alight at all stops on the diversion route. 

Some roads may reopen slightly ahead of schedule but to ensure that our passengers know where buses will be leaving from, we will be operating these diversions until the times stated.

In addition to these changes we anticipate some delays to services due to general traffic congestion caused by the road closures. We would advise passengers to allow extra time to make your journey.

Service	Details of arrival and departure points
	From start of service until 10:15 - Journeys from the direction of Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital and towards Sprowston will use Stand N Norwich Bus Station. Journeys from Sprowston and towards Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital will use temporary stops in Duke Street  10:15 – 13:00 - All journeys will arrive and depart from Stand N Norwich Bus Station After 13:00    -  All Journeys will arrive and depart from usual stops in City Centre
	From start of service until 10:15 - Journeys from the direction of Attleborough and towards Spixworth will use Stand P Norwich Bus Station. Journeys from Spixworth and towards Attleborough will use temporary stops in Duke Street  10:15 – 13:00 - All journeys will arrive and depart from Stand P Norwich Bus Station After 13:00    -  All Journeys will arrive and depart from usual stops in City Centre
	From start of service until 13:00 – All journeys will operate to and from the temporary stops in Duke Street.       After 13:00  - All Journeys will arrive and depart from usual stops in City Centre
	From start of service until 13:00 – All journeys will operate to and from the temporary stops in Duke Street.       After 13:00  - All Journeys will arrive and depart from usual stops in City Centre
	From start of service until 13:00 – All journeys will operate to and from the temporary stops in Duke Street.       After 13:00  - All Journeys will arrive and depart from usual stops in City Centre
	From start of service until 13:00  - Will arrive and depart from STAND P in Norwich Bus Station  Please note that the Rail Station will not be served before 11:00 After 13:00 - will arrive and depart from usual stops in City Centre
	From start of service until 13:00 – All journeys will operate to and from the temporary stops in Duke Street.       After 13:00  - All Journeys will arrive and depart from usual stops in City Centre
	From start of service until 13:00 – All journeys will operate to and from the temporary stops in Duke Street.       After 13:00  - All Journeys will arrive and depart from usual stops in City Centre
	08:15 – 10:30 – Services will be unable to serve St Stephens Street and will instead operate to and from Stand F in Norwich Bus Station After 10:30 - All Journeys will arrive and depart from usual stops in City Centre
	08:15 – 10:30 – After serving Cringleford Interchange services will follow a diversion route to Norwich Bus Station After 10:30 - All Journeys will resume usual route to and from Norwich

Sandringham Avenue will be closed between Monday 2nd September 2024 and Friday 20th September 2024 to allow Gas Main works to take place. 

Service 8 will therefore need to divert up Northgate Street, along Caister Road and then via Barnard Crescent & Barnard Avenue to line of route towards Caister. The same diversion will be taken in reverse. 

We apologise for the inconvenience to your journey. 

Due to works being carried out by Norfolk County Council at Lynn Road, Tilney High End from Tuesday 13th August 2024 until Friday 16th August 2024, our excel services A and C will be unable to serve the following stops in both directions - 

• School Road, Tilney High End
• Shelter, Terrington St John

We apologise to all customers affected by this diversion which is outside of our control.

Please note that on Monday 26th August (Summer Bank Holiday), we will be operating a Sunday schedule.

Please plan ahead and refer to timetables: Route maps | First Bus 

The previously repaired sinkhole on Gertrude Road has now re-appeared, and Norfolk County Council have closed the road for safety reasons as a result.
The current estimate for the road to re-open is Wednesday 21st August - however this is very provisional, please check back here for any further updates.

During this time, services will operate the full length of Mousehole Avenue, then make the left onto Silver Road.

We apologise for any disruption this may cause to your journey. 

Beccles Town Centre & Old Market Place Bus Station will be closed off to all traffic from 1245hrs to 1530hrs Sunday 18th August to allow Beccles Carnival & Parade to take place. 

During this time Bus services will be diverted from Ingate back out via the A146 Beccles bypass to line of route at Gillingham, in both directions. Unfortunately during this time X21 & X22 will be unable to serve Gillingham or Beccles Town Centre. 

We apologise for the inconvenience to your journey. 

Church Street Saxmundham will be closed between 0930hrs and 1500hrs, each day, Wednesday 14th August 2024 to Friday 16th August 2024. 

Service 64 will therefore be diverted via Sternfield and Friston to Leiston in both directions during this time. 

We apologise for the inconvenience to your journeys. 

Gloucester Avenue Lowestoft will be closed between 0930hrs and 1530hrs Thursday 15th August 2024 to allow BT to replace a telegraph pole. 

Service 102 will be on a small diversion via Orwell Drive into Claydon Drive and line of route. 

Woodbridge Road Grundisburgh will be closed from Monday 12th August 2024 to Friday 20th September 2024 for Junction Improvement works near Thorpe Hall Farm. 

Service towards Woodbridge should operate via Boot Street and Great Bealings, omitting Culpho and Grundisburgh in both directions, but then turn left Woodbridge Road and right onto the B1079 to line of route.

Service towards Ipswich same diversion in reverse

Suffolk County Council will be providing a Shuttle service for displaced passengers, linking up with our services at Tuddenham. The Minibus Service will be scheduled as below.