Thorpe Road closure

14th Aug 2023Norwich

Location

Thorpe Road, Norwich
Cause

New gas Connection
Responsibility

Cadent
Effective

16/08/2023 - 18/08/2023

Thorpe Road will be closed near to the junction with Riverside Road from Monday 14th August 2023 to Wednesday 18th August 2023 to allow a new gas connection to be made

Between these times we will be unable to serve stops outside the Rail Station, Post Office sorting office and the stops at Rosary Road (Busseys).

Blue line services will operate to and from Morrisons (Albion Way) only. Green line services will operate a diversion via Carrow Road and Koblenz Avenue in both directions.

We apologise to customers affected by this diversion.

A47 Acle-Postwick - X1/7

A47 Acle-Postwick closed Tuesday 23rd April to Friday 2nd May

20:00 –06:00 each night, weeknights only.

Due to National Highways project work, evening X1/7 services will need to divert.

From Yarmouth, serve Acle as normal, Kings Head onto The Street, South Walsham Road, Panxworth Road, through Salhouse& New Rackheath, A1270, Postwick, before turning right at Postwick Interchange to join back onto the A47.

From Norwich, operate the above route in reverse, serving the normal stop at Acle.

Mill Road, Burgh Castle (3/3B/931)

Due to Openreach works taking place on Mill Road in Burgh Castle between 09:00 & 17:00 on Monday 28th April & Tuesday 29th April, our Service 3/3B/931 will all be on diversion.

Service 3/3B/931

Services from Yarmouth should run normal route onto Market Road & Mill Road – but at the end make the left onto Stepshort, then left at the end onto New Road. Circumnavigate the Beccles Road roundabout to pick up the diversion route towards Yarmouth.

Services towards Yarmouth should operate the reverse of the above route, turning right onto Mill Road then right onto Market Road to resume normal route.

AM 931 will not be affected by this closure.
PM 931 should operate via Stepshort & Mill Rd.

We apologise for any disruption to your journey.

A47 Postwick-Great Yarmouth (7/X1)

Due to National Highways work to decrease the speed limit between Postwick & Great Yarmouth, there will be evening closures between Monday 17th March & Friday 23rd May between 20:00 & 06:00 each night.

Postwick to Acle - 17th March to 21st March:
Affected services will operate via South Walsham Road, Salhouse & Postwick Interchange in both directions. The regular stops in Acle will continue to be served.

Acle Straight - 17th March to 23rd May:
Affected services will operate via Filby & Fleggburgh, apart from Monday 24th March to Friday 28th March - where they will be escorted through the closure due to sewer works in Filby.

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

Great Yarmouth - Market Gates Improvement scheme

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 the 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.

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This notice describes the initial position from 6th January until the end of service on Sunday 9th March.

Services 1, 1A, 8, X1, X11, 901 towards JPH/Belton/Lowestoft	These services will operate as normal route to Market Gates, then continue to Regent Street, where the taxi rank is currently located, which will be the main stop for buses towards Gorleston. This will effectively be one long stop (combining the current stops B and C)
Services 1, 1A, 8 towards Caister/Martham	These services will operate as normal route to Stonecutters Way, then continue to Howard Street North, to the front stop opposite the Police Station.
Services X1, X11, 901 towards Norwich	These services will operate as normal route to Stonecutters Way, then continue to Howard Street North, to the rear of the stops outside the Police Station, which will be the main stop for buses towards Norwich.
Services 2, 3, 3B towards Bradwell & Burgh Castle	During this first phase, these services will depart from Stand A (this will be redesignated as Stand F on the shelter for this phase of the works) in Market Gates, outside Poundstretcher. Route is then via Regent Road and King Street, rejoining normal route at St Georges Theatre.
Service 7 towards Norwich/J.P.H.	This service will use the rear of the stops outside the Police Station on Howard Street North on journeys to Norwich, along with Services X1/X11. (The 2320 journey from Norwich will call at Regent Street on its way to Gorleston)

Our services from Martham, Caister & Norwich only will allow passengers to alight at Market Gates. This stop will be to drop passengers off only, all boarding passengers must continue to use the temporary stops as detailed below.

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From Monday 10th March, the works will move onto their next phase - this will entail a further change to our stopping arrangements.

Services 1, 1A, 8, X1, X11, 901 towards JPH/Belton/Lowestoft	These services will operate through Market Gates using the Troll Cart lane, then onto Deneside. Buses will serve the currently disused bus stop on Deneside, by the pet shop. This is instead of the Regent Street stop, that they will no longer serve.
Services 1, 1A, 8 towards Caister/Martham	These services will operate as normal route to Stonecutters Way, then continue to Howard Street North, to the front stop opposite the Police Station.
Services X1, X11, 901 towards Norwich	These services will operate as normal route to Stonecutters Way, then continue to Howard Street North, to the rear of the stops outside the Police Station, which will be the main stop for buses towards Norwich.
Services 2, 3, 3B towards Bradwell & Burgh Castle	These services will operate through Market Gates using the Troll Cart lane, serving a temporary stop just south of "Fish'o'licious". This is instead of the Poundstretcher stop, that they will no longer serve.
Service 7 towards Norwich/J.P.H.	This service will use the rear of the stops outside the Police Station on Howard Street North on journeys to Norwich, along with Services X1/X11. (The 2320 journey from Norwich will call at Deneside on its way to Gorleston)

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.