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Services back to regular routes after earlier diversion
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Due to a car broken down on Lowestoft Road, Paulsgrove,
Services 2 & 3 are to divert between QA to Paulsgrove shops via Cavell Drive, Sevenoaks Road, Southampton Road, Allaway Avenue, Washbrook Road and picking up normal route at Ludlow road.
This is ONLY affecting services heading towards Paulsgrove Shops.
Until further notice.
Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester is closed for roadworks, on a daily basis, from Monday 28th April to Friday 2nd May 2025.
The road is to be closed from 09:30hrs each morning and is to re-open from 14:30hrs each afternoon.
Due to the location of the road closure - the 54 service will divert via Hawthorn Avenue, Bromley Road and Longridge.
The following bus stop(s) will not be served:
Commercial St- Surface Dressing
16th May between 09:30 - 15:30
Weather Permitting
Service 65 towards City:
From Morley Town Hall, Right Wellington St (Cobbled Road), Left Queensway, Left Corporation St, Left Fountain St resuming route from traffic lights.
Service 65 towards Gildersome:
Normal Route.
Monkswood - Surface Dressing
25th April between 09:30 - 15:30
Weather Permitting
49 service towards Monkswood:
Remain Wetherby Rd, 4th exit at roundabout back to Wetherby Rd terminating at the second stop for Kentmere Gate.
49 service towards City:
Resume service from WetherbyRd/ Kentmere Gate.
All stops on diversion will be observed.
Swinnow Road - Surface Dressing
27th April between 09:30 - 15:30
Weather Permitting
Service 4 4F towards Pudsey:
From Wickes roundabout 2nd exit to Pudsey Rd, Right at traffic lights to Hough Tree Rd/Swinnow Ln, Resume route from Swinnow Rd traffic lights/Coop
Service 4 4F towards City:
From Swinnow Rd Coop, Swinnow Ln, Pudsey Rd at traffic lights, 2nd exit at roundabout to resume route.
All stops on diversion will be observed.
Bridge Street- Surface Dressing
26th April between 09:30 - 15:30
(Road Works on High Street) Buses unable to get through Road Work Area -Temp lights and signage on Narrowest Part of Road.
52 services Towards Tingley:
Diverting via Fountain Street, Chartists Way - around roundabout. Terminating Chartists Way.
Corporation St & Fountain St -Surface Dressing
16th May between 09:30 - 15:30
Weather Permitting
Service 52 Towards Tingley:
From Morley Town Hall, Right Wellington St (Cobbled Road), Left Queensway, Left Corporation St, 2nd exit Chartists Way, 3rd exit High St, Left Britannia Rd resuming route.
Towards City:
Normal Route.
Temporary Route Diversions, Routes E2,
Thursday 1st May until Saturday 3rd May.
Evenings only 2000 - 0600 each night.
Due to a partial road closure in Brockhurst Road, route E2, will be diverted as follows:
Route E2 will divert via:
Elson Road, St Thomas’s Road, Grove Road, The Crossways and Forton Road to Ann’s Hill Road in both directions.
The services below are experiencing cancellations and delays due to operational issues:
The 13:55, service 2 will not run from James Paget Hospital
The 15:00, service X2 from Lowestoft to Norwich
Apologies for the inconvenience caused.
Updated at 15:02