Christmas & New Year Buses 2025/26

As we approach the festive season, below we've put all the information you'll need about your local bus services during the Christmas period so you can plan your travel with us wherever and whenever you need it.

This year, there will be some slight variations to our services between the Christmas and New Year periods depending on where on our network you're travelling...you'll find full details below.

You can find timetables for all of our bus services (with maps and fares information) on our timetables page.

We'd like to wish all of our passengers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


Norwich & Excel services

up to Tuesday 23rd December 2025 Normal services
Wednesday 24th December 2025 CHRISTMAS EVE Saturday service with last buses at around 7pm*
Thursday 25th December 2025 CHRISTMAS DAY No Service
Friday 26th December 2025 BOXING DAY

Limited service** on 11, 21, 23, 25, 26, and 37.

Download Boxing Day timetables [PDF] ⇒

Saturday 27th December 2025 Saturday services
Sunday 28th December 2025 Normal Sunday service
Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th December 2025 Saturday service
Wednesday 31st December 2025 NEW YEARS EVE Saturday Service with last buses at around 7pm*
Thursday 1st January 2026 NEW YEARS DAY No Service
Friday 2nd January 2026 Saturday service
from Saturday 3rd January 2026 Normal services resume

Costessey Park & Ride 510 will run a normal Monday-Friday service except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Years Day. The 511 will stop operating at the end of Friday 20th December 2024, and return on Thursday 2nd January 2025. Service 509 will also run a normal Monday-Friday service except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Years Day.

*Download details of early last buses on Xmas Eve and New Years Eve for Network Norwich & excel [PDF] ⇒


Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, and Ipswich services

up to Tuesday 23rd December 2025 Normal services
Wednesday 24th December 2025 CHRISTMAS EVE Normal service with last buses at around 6pm*
Thursday 25th December 2025 CHRISTMAS DAY No service
Friday 26th December 2025 BOXING DAY No service
Saturday 27th to Tuesday 30th December 2025 Normal services
Wednesday 31st December 2025 NEW YEARS EVE Normal service with last buses at around 6pm*
Wednesday 1st January 2025 NEW YEARS DAY No service
from Friday 2nd January 2025 Normal services resume

*Download details of early last buses on Xmas Eve and New Years Eve for Coastal Area services [PDF] ⇒

*Download details of early last buses on Xmas Eve and New Years Eve for Ipswich Reds services [PDF] ⇒