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24th April 2012 - From this Sunday (29th April 2012) Services 49/50 (Kettering - Rushden - Bedford) will be changing (new timetable now online). This service currently does a local bus service 17 within Kettering, to the General Hospital and Leisure Pool, between 49/50 journeys. As part of the change, the service will run through end-to-end as 49/50 rather than 17 then changing to a 49/50. To ensure the service compiles with UK Drivers Hours legislation (and does not fall into the more stringent EU requirements) the service will be split at Kettering - thus bus will leave Bedford as a Kettering 50, then change the display to read Leisure Pool 50 or something similar. It does mean now that through fares will be availabile from Rushden and Bedford to Kettering General Hospital, during off peak hours.

16th April 2012 - our Annual General Meeting will take place at Bedford Central Library (meeting room) on Saturday 16th June 2012, at 10.15. Our Guest Speaker will be Mr Stephen Morris, General Manager of Bus Users UK.

12th April 2012 - some changes will apply around Cranfield with Buses 1, 17 and 158 replaced by a faster Service 45 by Grant Palmer, which will run fast to Milton Keynes. Click here to download the new timetable for Service 45 around Cranfield, or click here to download the complete timetable and atlas-style map for all bus services in Milton Keynes. Around the same time (outwith our patch normally), further changes are happening around Leighton Buzzard - click here to download the complete new CRC timetbale book. There is also one for the Dunstable area.

 

12th April 2012 - Further to the message below about the 755/757, also added to the Timetables page is one for new EasyBus Service EB9.

12th April 2012 - Megabus.com services to Europe were mentioned here last month. The stop in Milton Keynes has been relocated to Kingston Centre.

14th March 2012 - it's been a little while since this page was updated, clarifying a number of matters. The Service 28 timetable we previously had for download turned out to be replaced without warning, so the issue which we had in good faith turned out to be incorrect. Click here to download a corrected version. Centrebus's timetable for Services 188 & 190 changed twice since publication - with the third change happening before the second one could take effect. Once again, the timetable, as far as we know, can be downloaded here.

 

14th March 2012 - fancy going from Bedford to Brussels by bus, with only one change? Megabus.com is now advertising a new direct service from Leicester via Milton Keynes Coachway (for X5 or 40 to Bedford), central London, and onto Brussels and Amsterdam. Fares are on sale from £1 + 50p booking fee at www.megabus.com/uk and you can see a timetable for Megabus Europe services via this link. Timetables for X5/40 are on the Timetables page.

 

14th March 2012 - outwith our normal patch, but still within the former county of Bedfordshire is Arriva GreenLine Services 755/757 between Luton and London Victoria. Following passenger growth, the timetable is being enhanced in May, from 3 to 4 coaches per hour over the main section of route. In April, Arriva Luton changes to Services 31, 60 and 70 see Arriva's Sunday Service 60 renumbered 31, and changes to these routes too, from 1st April. New editions of these are on our Timetables page.

 

31st January 2012 - our Timetables page has been updated to reflect this week's changes, and adding a couple of new ones. Looking ahead to next week, Arriva are making some changes to services in North Buckinghamshire, including some to Leighton Buzzard, Milton Keynes and Luton - click here for all the information. LINK REMOVED - NOW DEAD

8th January 2012 - further to previous entries about Services 6 & 28, you can now download new timetables for Service 6 or Service 28 LINK REMOVED AS TIMETABLE INCORRECT - SEE 14th MARCH 2012 ENTRY via those links, or via our Timetables page. You can also download a summary of the Go-Whippet Coastal Services for 2012, or you can download full timetables from this link.

 

1st January 2012 - Happy New Year for 2012!

 

1st January 2012 - forthcoming changes for early 2012. Stagecoach in Bedford Service 6 will be revised at Woodlands, and will terminate at the roundabout at the entrance to the estate - see this announcement from Bedford Borough Council. Minor changes to Grant Palmer Service 28 to follow in the coming days. Grant Palmer Service 74 has been withdrawn, and replaced by a new Service 72. Grant Palmer Service 202 will now be operated from Centrebus. Toward the end of January, Centrebus Service 82 between Hitchin and Biggleswade will be merged with Services 188/190 in the Biggleswade and Sandy areas. This will remove the link to Hitchin station, and some estates in Hitchin. These will be replaced with other services, change at Hitchin town centre. Our Timetables page has been revised and updated with all of these - although the timetable for Service 28 was not ready at the time of uploading this information - and Service 6 may only be a change of timing point location.

 

1st January 2012 - BABUS's Bulletin Board is now "try before you buy" - you don't need membership to view the public pages. Members get to post, as well as to acccess specifically members-only content. Feel free to browse the Bulletin Board, and do apply for Bulletin Board membership if there is something you'd like to say - either as a member or a visitor.

 

1st January 2012 - we have also updated the range of Links on our Links page, and uploaded the Christmas 2011 newsletter.

 

Looking for the older stuff? It's on the new Archive News page - and also see our Newsletter archive.