Red Line Services Costessey

Location

Norwich Road and Breckland Road
Cause

Anglian Water / BT works respectively
Responsibility

Anglian Water / BT
Effective

22/06/2022 - 25/06/2022

Two road closures will affect 23 and 23A Red Line services to varying degrees this week. Details are listed below with diversions.

Service 23 – closure of Breckland Road from 08:00 on Wednesday 22nd June to 17:00 on Friday 24th June 2022 for BT junction box works.

All 23 services between these times will operate as follows-

From Norwich normal route to Dereham Road, past the Wendene roundabout and right onto Richmond Road. At the top turn at the Middleton Crescent roundabout then back down Richmond Road and right onto East Hills Road to resume normal route.

From Longwater normal route to Richmond Road and turn at the Middleton Crescent roundabout. Back down Richmond Road and left onto Dereham Road to resume normal route at the Wendene roundabout.

Service 23A – closure of Norwich Road on Wednesday 22nd June to Friday 24th June 2022 from 19:00 on each of these dates until 06:00 the following morning for Anglian water connection works.

At these times any affected 23A service will follow the 23 route including the diversion listed above.

We apologise to any customers affected by these diversions.

Remembrance Sunday | Service Changes

Owing to Remembrance Sunday Parades across the First Eastern Counties network, some of our services will be subject to disruption on Sunday 10th November.

Attleborough	The 10:00 service from Norwich City Centre will terminate outside The Mulberry Pub. The 11:00 service from Attleborough will start from Attleborough High School.
Bungay	The 13:20 from Norwich City Centre is expected to arrive into Bungay later than normal, but will not need to take any diversion routes. All services towards Norwich will operate as normal.
Dereham	Between 10:15 & 12:00 - we will not be able to serve the Market Place, St Nicholas Street, Sandy Lane or Chestnut Road within Dereham. Services will be using Cowper Road (outside Central Tyre) as an alternative stop for any affected passengers.
Loddon	The 10:20 X21 & 10:50 X21 services from Norwich, and the 10:20 X21 service from Lowestoft will need to remain on the A146, omitting Loddon & Chedgrave. All other services are unaffected.
Norwich City Centre	There will be two parades - the first one between 09:15 & 09:45 will mean that the following services will not be able to serve Castle Meadow. They will use alternative city centre stops, except Blue Line services which will operate from Theatre Street. The second parade will begin at 11am - but will be rolling road closures so we expect minimal delays to our services.
Wymondham	This event will be taking place in & around Wymondham Cross - as a result between 13:45 & 15:30, our 13/14A services will only be operating from the stops at The Chestnuts on Avenue Road.
Thorpe St Andrew	This event will be taking place on Yarmouth Road between Harvey Lane & Thunder Lane, from 10:00 to 13:15. During this time, affected 14A/15 services will operate via Harvey Lane, Heartsease Roundabout & the ring road, resuming normal routes at Thorpe St Andrew Sainsburys.
Caister (delays only)	We are expecting some delays as a rolling road closure will be in place between 10:55 & 11:15 - all services will continue to operate their normal route and will simply wait for the road to reopen.

Please remember that we're offering free bus travel to the Armed Forces community, serving troops, veterans, and cadets on Remembrance Sunday and Remembrance Day (Sunday 10th November and Monday 11th November). Please find out more here.

Finally, our drivers may pull over to observe the two-minute silence at 11am as a mark of respect - your understanding would be appreciated during this time.

The Street, Acle (Coastlink X1/7)

Due to due to resurfacing works & bus stop improvements taking place in the centre of Acle, our evening Coastlink X1 & 7 services will need to take a diversion route between 20:00 & 05:00 each night between Monday 4th November & Sunday 17th November.

During this time, services will not be able to serve any of their normal stops in Acle. Instead, services will operate via the A47, then onto A1064 Old Road to serve the pair of stops at Acle, Hermitage Close (near to The Hermitage) instead of the normal stop at The Kings Head.

This alternative stop is about a 12 min/850m walk from the normal stops in the Kings Head - unfortunately our services are not able to serve anywhere closer to the town centre during this closure.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to your journey, due to these unavoidable works.

Stowmarket Town Centre (88)

Due to a major gas replacement scheme taking place across Bury Street, Tavern Street & Finborough Road between Monday 28th October & Friday 13th December - our Stowmarket Swift 87/87A & 88 will need to take diversion routes in two parts.

Part One (28th October to 8th November) of these works will mean that service 88 will serve the stop at Argos as normal, but will operate onto Bury Street, then onto Bury Road, St Edmunds Road, Windermere Road then as normal onto Onehouse Road, Chilton Way & Northfield View. Heading towards Ipswich, services will omit Bury Street and instead operate via Gipping Way to join normal route at Barnards.

Service 87/87A will instead move to depart from the Argos stop, as an alternative to the Bury Street stop.

On Gipping Way, a temporary stop will be in place at the cycle lane commencement road sign - just before the junction with Union Street West. Service 88 towards Ipswich will operate from here in lieu of Bury Street.

Part Two (11th November to 13th December) of these works will mean that service 88 will serve the stop at Argos as normal, but will operate onto Station Road West, then onto Bury Road, St Edmunds Road, Windermere Road then as normal onto Onehouse Road, Chilton Way & Northfield View. Towards Ipswich, services will be able to operate normal route into Bury Street and as a result, service 87/87A will operate as normal too.

We apologise for any inconvenience these works may cause to your journey, however these works are essential and cannot be delayed any further.

A47 Hopton-Lowestoft (1/X21)

Due to National Highways project work taking place along the A47 between Hopton & Lowestoft on weekday nights only (20:00-06:00), our services will be on diversion between Monday 7th October & Friday 6th December. Please see the table below, which explains the different closures that will be in place as the project progresses. On top of the below diversions, please expect some delays due to these diversion routes and increased traffic levels on them.

Dates	Diversion
Monday 7th October to Friday 11th October	The A47 will be closed between Long Lane roundabout & Tesco roundabout. Services will operate via the A12 & Bentley Drive in both directions, meaning that the Gunton Hall & Blundeston Road stops will not be served.
Monday 14th October to Thursday 17th October	The A47 will be closed between Long Lane roundabout & the Tesco roundabout. Services will operate via the A12 & Bentley Drive in both directions, meaning that the Gunton Hall & Blundeston Road stops will not be served. Additionally, Artillery Way will be closed - services leaving Lowestoft won't be able to serve the Old Nelson Street stop in the town centre.
Friday 18th October to Thursday 7th November	The A47 will be closed between the Tesco roundabout & Hollingsworth Road. Services will operate via Bentley Drive, A12, Oulton Road & Hollingsworth Road to join normal route. The Foxburrow stop won't be served.
Friday 8th November to Wednesday 27th November	The A47 will be closed between Hollingsworth Road & St Peters Street roundabout. Services will operate via Hollingsworth Road, Oulton Road, Church Road & St Peters Street. Stops between Hollingsworth Road & Manor Court will not be served.
Wednesday 4th December to Friday 6th December	There will be no diversions - but please expect delays as we will need to be escorted through the road closure on these evenings.

Additionally, on the following dates - service X21 will be on diversion within Lowestoft.
Monday 14th October to Thursday 17th October - services will leave the town via Katwijk Way & Station Square.
Friday 18th October to Friday 25th October - services will enter the town via A47 & Gordon Road.
Friday 22nd November to Wednesday 27th November - services will enter & leave the town via the Gull Wing Bridge & Denmark Road.

Many thanks for your patience as National Highways undertake these essential maintenance works on the road network.

A154 Felixstowe (X7)

Due to the roundabout construction works taking place on the A154, our Felixstowe Flyers X7 service will need to take a diversion route from Monday 9th September to Sunday 10th November.

This service will need to follow the route of our 75/77s through Walton and into Trimley, before joining the A14 here.

This service will continue to operate non-stop between Felixstowe & Ipswich during these works.

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

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Red Line Services Costessey