Public Transport
Welcome to the Public Transport section of the Bedford Borough
Council website.
Here you will find information on a whole range of
transport services available in and around Bedford.
LATEST NEWS
BEDFORD ROUTE 1, 2 AND PARK & RIDE CHANGES
From Monday 30th August 2010 the routes & timetables of
service 1, 2 and Elstow Park & Ride will be revised as
follows:
Route 1 will operate via Kempston Road, Bedford Road, Saxon
Centre (Sainsbury’s) and Kempston High Street and will then run in
an anti clockwise loop via Chantry Road / Avenue, Cherry Walk and
Elstow Road before returning to the town centre via Kempston High
Street and Bedford Road. Ampthill Road will no longer be served by
this service. Route 1 buses will run up to every 12 minutes an a
Monday to Saturday and will NOW run every 30 minutes on Sundays and
Bank holidays.
The Elstow Park & Ride will be revised to call at all bus
stops on Ampthill Road and on a Monday to Friday most buses will
serve Bedford rail station. Park and Ride buses will not serve
Bedford bus station - passengers for Ampthill Road and Elstow Park
& Ride should use the town centre stop on River Street. Buses
will run up to every 10 minutes during peak times an a Monday to
Friday and up to every 15 minutes during the day on a Monday to
Saturday.
As a result of these changes the Elstow Road Fire Station bus
stop will no longer be served.
Click
here for a map of route 1 and Park & Ride from 30th August
2010
Click here for the new route 1 timetable from 30th August
2010
Click here for the new Park & Ride timetable from 30th August
2010
NEW ROUTE 10 IN BEDFORD
From Monday 30th August 2010 Bedford Borough Council in
partnership with Stagecoach will be introducing a new bus route
from Bedford bus station and rail station to the new Woodlands Park
development in Bedford.
Buses will run up to every 30 minutes during the day on Mondays
to Saturdays between Bedford bus station, Bedford rail station,
Park Avenue, Kimbolton Road, Larkway Top, Avon Drive, Tyne Crescent
and the Woodlands Estate approach.
Waveney Avenue and parts of Avon Drive and Tyne Crescent in
Brickhill will now have an even more regular bus service with route
6 buses running up to every 10 minutes and route 10 every 30
minutes.
Click here for the new route 10 timetable and map
from 30th August 2010
ROUTE M50 DIVERSIONS IN SHARNBROOK
Due to roadworks in Sharnbrook route M50 buses will be diverted
and will not serve part of Bedford Road, Templars Way, part of the
High Street or Lodge Road from 22nd July until 1st September.
Route M50 buses will be diverted via Souldrop Road and Church
Lane and will use the bus stops that route 125 buses currently
serve.
Click here for a map
detailing the diversion route and bus stops to use during the
diversion.