Please check with your local bus operator for current disruptions and diversions.
April 2024
Coach Services
82 and 83 – Thetford Town
The Woodlands Drive estate has been added to this service on an hourly frequency. The Admirals Way and Harwood Avenue loop has dropped down from a half-hourly to hourly frequency.
90 – Attleborough to Norwich
This service now runs at an increased frequency.
Konectbus
3 and 6 – Watton to Norwich
The Bus Service Improvement Plan has funded additional Sunday journeys for this service, between Watton and Norwich on a subsidised route.
4 and 4A – Swanton Morely to Dereham to Norwich
This service has had minor timetable changes.
5 – Rackheath to Salhouse Road to Norwich
The Bus Service Improvement Plan has funded a service enhancement serving the Rackheath and Salhouse Road new estates along with Mousehold Heath.
5B – Stalham to Norwich
This service’s timetable has been revised; it now just serves Stalham to Norwich. Eaton to the City Centre has been renumbered as 6B to improve punctuality.
6B – Eaton to City Centre
The 5B service has been renumbered to 6B. There is also no longer a through service to Thorpe and Wroxham to improve punctuality.
8 and 8A – North Tuddenham to Norwich
This service has had additional 8A journeys added for the village.
11 – Dereham to Watton
The Bus Service Improvement Plan has funded additional Sunday journeys for this service, between Watton and Norwich on a subsidised route.
11B – Sprowston to City Centre
This service has had minor timetable changes.
21, 22 and 23 – Fakenham to Dereham
These services have had minor timetable changes.
Our Hire
70A – Tunstead to Wroxham
This service has been withdrawn and replaced by Sunbeam 2 which now serves Horstead and Coltishall to Wroxham instead.
March 2024
Feline Travel
North-East Norfolk
All routes for this service have been cancelled as the operator is retiring, the service is being replaced by Sunbeam following a retender.
Konectbus
1 and 2 – Diss to Norwich
This service has had minor time changes and buses now serve the Rail Station in Diss.
11C – Heartsease to City Centre
This service has had a minor re-route within the Heartsease estate.
Peelings
1 – Fakenham to King’s Lynn
The Tuesday only service was withdrawn on the 12th of March. Several travel alternatives are available for most passengers.
Sanders
15-20 – Cromer to Holt
Having had a revised route and timetable, this service now serves Felbrigg Hall between Cromer and Sheringham. Journeys from Little Barningham and Corpusty to Holt have also been added on Fridays. This service also no longer links from service 18.
18, 18A – Cromer to Aylsham to North Walsham
This service has had its timetable revised following a retender. Saturday’s have been withdrawn and the service no longer links to the 16-20 group at Cromer.
34, 34A – Stalham to Bacton to North Walsham
There is a revised timetable for this service following a retender, which includes improved connections to onward services at North Walsham.
834 – Bacton to Gorleston
This service has had a revised route and timing of a college day only service following a retender.
Sunbeam Travel
1 – Aldborough to Aylsham
A new Monday-Friday service is being introduced, connecting Aldborough and Erpingham to Aylsham and onward connections to and from Norwich (these will be numbered 2,3,4 on Tues, Weds, Thurs – see below)
1A – Tuttington to Aylsham
This service has had a revised timetable, and the frequency has been increased to Mondays and Fridays.
1B – Blickling Hall to Wickmere to Aylsham
A new Monday and Friday service offering a link between Aylsham and Blickling Hall and nearby villages into Aylsham, has been added.
2 – Aldborough to North Walsham to Hoveton
This service has been extended to Hoveton to offer a link between North Walsham and Hoveton. Tunstead has also been added to this route.
3 – Aldborough to Wroxham
This service’s timetable has been revised.
3A – Barton Turf to Hoveton
This service’s timetable has been revised.
4 – Aldborough to North Walsham
This service’s timetable has been revised.
4A – Worstead to North Walsham
This service’s timetable has been revised.
West Norfolk Village Link
Villages around King’s Lynn
Pre-book services in West Norfolk have changed to operate Monday to Friday and accept concessionary bus passes. See operator for more details for journey options.
February 2024
First Bus
21/21A – Old Catton to Norwich
This service now runs at an increased frequency during peak times.
23/24 – Thorpe to Norwich to Costessey
This service has had minor time changes.
X2 / X21/ X22/ 902 – Lowestoft to Norwich
These services have had minor time changes to AM peak journeys.
January 2024
Borderbus
146 – Southwold to Beccles to Norwich
This service now has an additional journey on Saturdays.
Coach Services
90 – Thetford to Norwich
There have been minor time changes to this service to improve punctuality.
Konectbus
6 / 6A – Watton to Wymondham to Norwich
The 6pm journey from Watton to Norwich now diverts via N&NUH. There have been additional journeys added to the 6A between Wymondham and Norwich via Hethersett Kings and Queens Road.
503 – Postwick Park and Ride
This service has now been re-routed into the city centre via Thorpe Road to serve Norwich Train Station and will leave Norwich via the bypass.
512 – Airport Park and Ride to UEA to N&NUH
There have been minor time changes to this service, and this service has also been withdrawn from Hercules Road.
515 – Easton to Airport
There has been an additional journey added to this service, some journeys have been extended to Dereham and withdrawn from Hercules Road.
Sanders
X55 – North Walsham to Norwich
This service now runs at an increased frequency at peak times.
210 / 54 – North Walsham to Badersfield to Norwich
The 210 service has been renumbered to 54. This service now runs at an increased frequency, particularly between Badersfield and Norwich.
December 2023
Coach Services
37E/37D/37T – East Harling to Diss, Thetford and Attleborough
There will be a minor route change on this service in East Harling to better serve the village. The village of New Buckenham will be withdrawn from afternoon journeys due to low usage, now making the journey more direct.
84/86 – Thetford to Bury St Edmunds
This service will operate an increased frequency on Sundays and evenings which has been funded by the Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP).
90 – Thetford to Attleborough to Norwich
This is a new service being introduced which will offer journeys in each direction from the 4th of December.
West Norfolk Community Transport
Rural Dial-a-Bus
Changes have been made to this pre-book service to enable concessionary pass holders to travel for free on the new Village Link West Services from the 18th of December.
November 2023
Konectbus
8/8A – Dereham to North Tuddenham to Norwich
This service will now have additional 8A journeys operating on Saturdays to reflect increased demand. Services will also operate through North Tuddenham village from the 18th of November.
West Norfolk Community Transport
3 – Kings Lynn to North and South Wootton
This service now has an increased frequency of every 20 minutes which has been funded by our Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP).
October 2023
Konectbus
1 – Diss to Long Stratton to Norwich
Tharston has made a return to this route, while Wacton is now being served by the 84. This service has also had minor time changes to improve punctuality.
84 – Norwich to Hempnall to Long Stratton
This service has now been extended to include the village of Wacton, previously served on service 1. This service has also had minor time changes.
Our Bus
808A – Ringland to Longwater Retail Park
This service has been re-routed due to an emergency weight limit imposed on Ringland Bridge.
First Bus
Pink Line 11, 11A, 12 – Norwich to NNUH to Hethersett
This service will now have more evening journeys between the City Centre and Hethersett, via Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Hourly journeys will operate every day, replacing the 13A and 13B journeys to and from the hospital.
Green Line 14, 14A, 15, 15A, 16, 16A
Blofield Heath – Brundall – Little Plumstead – Norwich – Wymondham
East of Norwich
Services have been renumbered to make it easier to identify your destination when travelling to the east of the city.
Services 14 and 14A will operate to and from Dussindale.
Services 15 and 15A will operate to and from Blofield Heath.
Services 16 and 16A will operate to and from Lingwood.
Current services 14A and 14P will be replaced by new services 33 and 33A, which serves Harvey Lane and Dussindale (some journeys only), Great Plumstead, Little Plumstead, South Walsham and Pilson Green.
Southwest of Norwich
There will be new evening and Sunday services to Wymondham and Silfield, and some routes have been extended to Harts Farm and Silfield which has been funded by our Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP). These new journeys will replace services 13A and 13B.
Services 14 and 14A will operate via Hethersett, Tuttles Lane, Sheffield Road and Folly Road to Wymondham Cross. Evening 14A journeys will then also serve Harts Farm and Silfield.
Services 15 and 16 will operate along the main Norwich Road (B1172) directly to Wymondham Cross. Both services will also operate via Harts Farm to Silfield.
Purple Line 36, 36B, 37 – Horsford to Norwich
These services now include additional evening and Sunday journeys between Horsford, the City Centre and Hall Road, it has also been extended in Horsford to include the new Kingfisher Meadow housing development, which has been funded by the Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP).
Red Line 23, 24 – Thorpe St Andrew to Norwich to Costessey
There will be a new hourly evening service, as well as new Sunday journeys to Thorpe St Andrew which have been funded by the Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP).
Monday to Sunday
23A evening journeys from Longwater Retail Park will now operate as an improved service 24B, making hourly journeys to Thorpe St Andrew, Sainsburys.
Sunday
Every Sunday, a new hourly service 24 will operate between the City Centre and Thorpe St Andrew during the day.
Turquoise Line 13, 13A, 13B – Spixworth to Norwich to Attleborough
Services 13A and 13B will be replaced on evenings and Sundays by service 13, which will now operate direct along Norwich Road (B1172) to and from Wymondham Cross, then through to Attleborough.
Hethersett and the Tuttles lane/Sheffield Road area of Wymondham will now be served by the enhanced Green Line services 14, 14A, 15A, 16A.
Spixworth will also benefit from a new hourly service on Sundays.
All changes on this line have been funded by the Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP).
September 2023
The Harling, Wymondham and Wayland flexibuses that were operated by West Norfolk Community Transport are no longer in operation.
Instead, there will be a new South Norfolk flexibus offering pre-book journeys to Wymondham, Thetford, Watton, Attleborough and Diss on set days!
The operator will change from West Norfolk Community Transport to Our Bus. Bookings can be made by calling 08000 351350 or by using our flexibus journey request form.
There are also other pre-book services available in Acle which links to Norwich and Great Yarmouth, and Marlingford area which links to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and onward travel to Norwich City Centre.
Following a review and passenger consultation a number of new timetabled journeys have been introduced to serve the passengers that frequently travelled in the Harling, Wymondham and Wayland flexibus areas. These changes will be made from the 3rd of September 2023.
Please visit individual operator sites for timetables and more information.
New timetabled journeys
Konectbus X3 and 82
These services will now provide transport to Watton, Attleborough and Norwich for the following villages, with improved frequency between Watton and Attleborough.
- Caston
- Griston
- Great Ellingham
- Rocklands
Our Bus 805A
This service will now provide transport to Wymondham on Fridays for the villages of Deopham and Morley.
Our Bus 806 and 806A
These services will provide transport to Longwater Retail Park and Wymondham on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the following villages.
- Little Melton
- Hethersett
- Wymondham
Our Bus 806A
This service will also now provide transport to Wymondham on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the following villages.
- Bawburgh
- Marlingford
- Barford
- Barnham Broom
Our Bus 808
This service will now provide transport to Longwater Retail Park with a connection option to Norwich on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the following villages.
- Little Melton
- Colton
- Marlingford
- Bawburgh
Our Bus 805
This service has been expanded and will now provide transport to Wymondham on Fridays for the following villages.
- East Carleton
- Mulbarton
- Wreningham
- Penny’s Green
- Ashwellthorpe
- Tacolneston
- Bunwell
- Spooner Row
First 37
This service currently delivers a half hourly service providing transportation to Norwich. Mulbarton and Bracon Ash have now been included in the services route.
Coach Services 37D, 37E, 37T
These timetabled services will now be introduced in the following villages.
- Buckenhams
- Banham
- Kenninghall
- East Harling
37D will provide a timetabled journey to Diss on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
37E will provide a timetabled journey to Attleborough Monday-Friday.
37T will provide a timetabled journey to Thetford on Tuesdays.
Coach Services 37D
This service will provide a timetabled journey from Garboldisham to Diss on Wednesdays only. This service still also provides pre-book journeys to Diss on Fridays.
This service will also provide a timetabled journey from the Lophams, Winfarthing and Shelfanger to Diss on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only.
Coach Services 37T
This service will provide a timetabled journey from Bridgham and Brettenham to Thetford on Tuesdays only.
Coach Services 40
This existing service to Thetford has been renumbered to 88 and 89, and will now have improved frequency between journeys and more travel options for the following villages.
- Mundford
- Cranwich
- Feltwell
Coach Services
37D, 37E, 37T – East Harling area to Diss, Thetford and Attleborough
There will be a new service introduced partly replacing the pre-book Flexibus service. There will be journeys to Diss on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, journeys to Thetford on Tuesdays, and journeys to Attleborough on Thursdays. There will also be afternoon journeys into Attleborough Monday to Friday.
Coach Services and Simonds 37A – East Harling to Buckenhams to Ashwellthorpe to Norwich
This service will remain direct to Norwich. The route in Norwich will serve Hall Road, Ring Road, and Ipswich Road on all journeys. There will be minor changes to the timetables, and additional journeys will be added for some villages. The operators will remain the same, with Coach Services Monday to Friday, and Simonds on Saturdays.
First Bus
40 – Bungay to Poringland to Norwich
The Sunday service run by Konectbus is now changing to First Bus. This means there will be an improvement in frequency, making this an hourly service which has been funded by the Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP).
Konectbus
Konectbus and Simonds 1: Diss – Gissing – Forncett – Long Stratton – Norwich
The operator of this service has now changed to Konectbus on Saturdays. The 5:45pm departure from Norwich and 6:18pm connection at Hempnall has been withdrawn due to minimal usage by passengers per journey. Wacton has now been added to this service, and some journeys will now extend to Castle Meadow.
3 and 6 – Watton to Norwich
The operator of these services has now changed from Konectbus to First Bus. This service will now run with an improved hourly frequency which has been funded by the Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP).
4 and 4A – Swanton Morley to Dereham to Norwich
This service has had minor time changes.
5B – Stalham to Norwich to Eaton
Journeys to Hethersett Academy from Cringleford and Little Melton have now been added to this service.
11 and 11A – Swaffham to Watton to Dereham
There has been a revised routing in Swaffham and Watton, and 11A has now been extended to Bradenham.
11B – Sprowston to City Centre
There has been a minor revision to peak morning times to improve service reliability.
14 – Watton to Dereham
This service has now been extended back to Watton to cater for school students.
17 – Bradenham to Dereham
This service has had minor time changes.
18 – Lyng to Dereham
There will be a new Tuesday and Friday service serving Lyng, Elsing, North Tuddenham and Billingford replacing the Nortax Taxibus.
21, 22, 23, 121 – Fakenham to Dereham
This service has now been extended to Fakenham through Colkirk or Great Ryburgh and more journeys have been added with funding from the Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP).
X3 and 82 – Attleborough to Great Ellingham to Watton
This service now has an improved frequency which has been funded by the Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP). This service also provides journeys into either town including onward connections to Norwich.
84 – Hempnall to Shotesham to Norwich
This service now includes additional shopping journeys to Long Stratton. A link to Poringland has been retained following passenger feedback. There have also been minor route and time changes to this service.
503 – Postwick Park and Ride
There is now a 20-minute service being reintroduced Monday to Saturday.
512 and 515 – Airport to UEA to NNUH
There is a revised route in Hellesdon which now serves Hercules Road.
Nortax Taxibus
Various journeys to Longwater retail park and Dereham
Foulsham and Lyng have replacement journeys to Norwich, which is now provided by Sanders 24, 42 and 43, this has already been in place since April 3rd.
The Friday route from areas in Billingford and Lyng to Dereham will be replaced by a Tuesday and Friday service 18 which is provided by Konectbus.
The operator of journeys to Longwater will now be Our Bus and has now been expanded to include more journeys. There will now be a link from Wymondham, Hethersett and Little Melton to Longwater on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (Service 806), and from Costessey, West End and Ringland area on Tuesday and Thursday (Service 808A).
Connections to Norwich are still available on Tuesdays and Thursdays for passengers from the Colton and Marlingford area (Service 808).
Little Melton has now been added to the service Monday to Friday.
Our Bus
85 – Rockland Circular to Norwich
The operator of this service has now changed to Konectbus. There will be no changes to timetables.
86 – Beccles to Wheatacre to Thurlton to Alpington to Norwich
The morning journey will be re-timed and re-routed via Poringland and Arminghall and will arrive in Norwich at 8:15am making it more suitable for Framingham Earl, College students and traditional work times.
There will be an additional departure at 3pm from Norwich to Bergh Apton and Alpington.
There will also be an additional 3:20pm journey to Norwich from Bergh Apton and Alpington.
There will be an additional journey from Thurlton to Norwich, operating all year round which was previously only in operation during the school holidays.
This service now includes a shopping journey from Seething to Loddon at 9:00am – 10:08am.
Bergh Apton and Alpington has now been connected to Poringland.
There is now an improved service for Arminghall.
Saturday journeys for Bergh Apton and Alpington into Norwich have now been added.
There has been a revised route in and out of Beccles to better serve supermarkets.
806 – Wymondham to Hethersett to Little Melton to Longwater
There is now a new Monday, Wednesday, and Friday service to Longwater Retail Park.
806A – Barford area to Wymondham
There is now a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday service for Bawburgh, Marlingford, Barford, Barnham Broom and Wicklewood to Wymondham.
808 – Colton and Marlingford area to Longwater
There is now a revised timetable for the Tuesday and Thursday service from Little Melton, Bawburgh, Marlingford and Colton to Longwater Retail Park with connections to Konect 4 to the City Centre.
808A – Ringland, Costessey West End area to Longwater
There will be a new Tuesday and Thursday service for Ringland, Costessey West End and Taverham to Longwater retail park.
Marlingford Flexibus – Marlingford, Little Melton, Colton and Bawburgh
A new pre-book service has been introduced which is aimed at commuters. This service will provide a link to the NNUH at 7:50am and 5:45pm.
Sanders
X6 and 6 – North Walsham to Great Yarmouth
7:40am from Ormesby to North Walsham has now been extended back to Great Yarmouth. There has also been a 6:25am ex added from North Walsham on college days to Great Yarmouth.
9 and 9A – Holt to Fakenham
The 7am journey has been re-timed to 6:50am to maintain connections to Lynx bus to King’s Lynn.
22 – North Elmham to Fakenham
There has been a route withdrawn from North Elmham due to the KC21 extension. Beeston has also been added to this route.
Coasthopper – Wells to Cromer
The 5:20pm service from Wells to Cromer is now operating all year round. There is also an additional 7:28am service from Cromer to Wells which has been added to the route.
Holt Hopper – Holt Town service
This service has been withdrawn as specific funding has expired and unfortunately this service was not used enough to reapply for funding.
44 – Holt to Sheringham to Norwich
There has been a route revision in Holt to serve Nightjar Road, this was previously served by the Holt Hopper.
Semmence
1 – East Harling to Diss (Saturday service only)
This service has been withdrawn as there will be new journeys added on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on the 37D providing the same journey to Diss.
There will also be additional journeys to Attleborough on the 37E and Thetford on the 37T. 37A will continue to operate in similar villages on Saturdays to Norwich.
584 and 17 – Pulhams to Diss (584) and Bressingham Circular (17)
The operator for this service has now been changed to Simonds. There has been a minor re-time to enable passengers to visit Pulham surgery.
805 and 806 – Wymondham Market Day Circulars
These services have been withdrawn and replaced by more frequent services to Wymondham. The 805 service has been expanded to serve more villages and there has been a new 805A service added for Deopham and Morley.
A new Monday, Wednesday, and Friday service to Wymondham for villages on the 806 route which has previously been served by the flexibus.
Simonds
581 – Diss to Harleston to Bungay to Beccles
There has been a re-timing of some journeys to better suit typical work hours in Diss, and there have been some changes to the afternoon timetable to reflect the change in finish times at Bungay High School.
West Norfolk Community Transport
South Norfolk Flexibus – Pre-book transport to Diss, Thetford, Watton, Attleborough and Wymondham
Many villages currently served by the flexibus will now have timetabled journeys to nearby towns. A pre-book service will only remain in villages where usage has been low and is not practical to timetable journeys.
Visit [New services in the Harling, Wymondham, and Wayland area] for more information.
See passenger notices for details of travel options.
The operator has changed from West Norfolk Community Transport to Our Bus. Bookings can be made by calling 08000 351350 or by using our flexibus journey request form. Please visit Flexibus and other pre-book schemes for more information.