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Due to various resurfacing projects taking place along the A1064 between Acle & Caister, between Monday 11th December & Saturday 16th December, 23:20 Coastlink X1 service from Norwich will need to take a diversion route.

This service will need to operate directly along the A47, omitting Fleggburgh, Filby & Caister.

Passengers wishing to travel to these destinations will need to make their own arrangements, as we will be unable to serve them on this service.

We apologise for any inconvenience these roadworks may cause to your journey.

Due to installation of a new gully taking place on New Road, Excel A & B services will need to take a diversion route between Tuesday 5th December to Friday 8th December. Our services will not be able to serve Tilney High End during this closure, buses will instead operate via the A47 and Church Road in Terrington St John.

We will not be able to serve our normal stops in Terrington St John, so temporary stops will be provided for eastbound services on Main Road, west of the junction with Church Road. The westbound stop will be located on Church Road, near to the junction with Main Road. Services will wait at these stops until their booked departure time from Terrington St John.

We apologise for any disruption that these works may cause to your journey. 

London Road South Lowestoft has been closed for Emergency Gas Repairs. 

Service X2, X21 & 99 will be diverted towards Lowestoft Bus Station left onto Carlton Road and right Tom Crisp Way to line of route at Asda. 

Service X22 towards Lowestoft will divert from Long Road left onto Tom Crisp Way to line of route at Asda. 

Norwich services are not effected. 

We apologise for the inconvenience to your journey

Lound Road Blundeston will be closed between Tuesday 12th December 2023 to Thursday 14th December 2023 to allow Essex & Suffolk Water to carry out Water Utility works. 

Service 982 will therefore need to divert via Church Road and Flixton Road in both directions. Pupils will need to walk along to Church Road and Short Road to catch the service. 

We apologise for the inconvenience to your journey 

Avondale Road Gorleston will be closed between Monday 4th December 2023 to Friday 15th December 2023 for Gas main works. 

Service 1 & 1A will therefore be unable to serve Avondale Road and will be diverted via Victoria Road and Park Road in both directions. 

We apologise for the inconvenience to your Journeys. 

Yarmouth Road Lowestoft will be affected by Highways Carriageway Works until the 18th December 2023.

During this time Temporary Traffic lights will be in place during the day and we will have three overnight closures from Monday 4th December 2023 to Thursday 7th December 2023 between 2000hrs and 0600hrs. 

During the overnight closures Service 1 & X1 will be diverted via Hollingsworth Road, Oulton Road and St Peters Road in both directions. 

We apologise for the inconvenience caused to your journeys.

kennedy Avenue Gorleston will be closed for Gas works Monday 20th November 2023 to Friday 1st December 2023. 

Service 8 will therefore be on a diversion in and out of the James Paget Hospital but will not miss any stops

We apologise for any inconvenience to your journey.

BUSES WILL BE OPERATING AS NORMAL ON W/C 30TH OCTOBER & 6TH NOVEMBER. ALL VILLAGES WILL BE SERVED.

Due to carriageway works by Highways England from Monday 25th September 2023 to Saturday 24th February 2024, which will close the A47 between Dereham & Swaffham, our Excel service will need to take a diversion between 20:00 & 06:00. These works will only be taking place on weekdays - services will operate as normal on Saturday & Sunday evenings.

This will only affect the Excel A services that depart Peterborough at 19:40 and Norwich at 19:40.

These services will be unable to serve any stops in Scarning, Wendling, Little Fransham or Necton and will additionally be unable to serve Dereham, Sandy Lane & Chestnut Road stops or Swaffham, Pedlars Meadow stops due to the road closures. Passengers intending to alight at these places will need to make alternative arrangements to complete their journey.

Additionally, due to the length of the diversion route our buses will need to take, these services are expected to complete their diversions running up to 30 minutes late.

We apologise for any disruption these roadworks may cause to your journey with us.

Due to the Heartsease Roundabout Scheme, our Green Line 14A & Red Line 24A services will be on diversion from Monday 11th September 2023 until Wednesday 24th April 2024. Other Red Line services may be susceptible to minor delays, but will not need to take any diversions. 

Service 14A will not be able to serve Gordon Avenue, Heartsease Inn, Aerodrome Road & Woodside stops in either direction during this closure.
Service 24A will not be able to serve Aerodrome Road, Woodside, Beechwood Drive & Post Office stops in either direction during this closure.

Passengers should use nearby alternative stops during this time. Drivers have been informed to allow passengers to board at stops on their diversion routes.
We apologise for any inconvenience these roadworks may cause to your journey. 

Acle New Road, Great Yarmouth will be closed from Monday 20th November 2023 to Friday 1st December 2023 for overnight works, between 2000hrs & 0600hrs. 

During this time our  X1/1 services will be diverted via Filby in both directions. 

We apologise for the inconvenience to your journeys.