Service 8 | Market Gates | Disruption

The A47 will be closed between Easton and Dereham from 20:00 on Friday 14th November 2025 until 06:00 on Monday 17th November 2025. This will impact on all excel services on the Friday evening and all day Saturday. Services on Monday should be unaffected unless there is an overrun on the planned works beyond 06:00

All excel services will be on diversion which will result in the following impacts for passengers 

• Norwich Rail Station will not be served after 20:00 on the Friday and will not be served all day Saturday​​​

• In Norwich, stops at Castle Meadow, Lime Tree Road and Cringleford Interchange will not be served​​

• In Dereham stops at Wellington Road, Cowper Road and all stops along Norwich Road will not be served.​​

• Stops in Easton and Hockering will not be served

Journeys will operate via Horsford, Great Witchingham, Bawdeswell, Billingford and North Elmham into Dereham and the same route on the return journeys. This will result in longer journey times and potential delays as it is likely that there will be a significant increase in traffic on these roads displaced from the A47.

Passengers are advised to allow extra time to complete their journeys.

We apologise to all passengers affected by this change to our services which is outside our control.

An extensive series of overnight closures between 10th November 2025 and 29th November 2025 will mean that all the A47 between Acle and Great Yarmouth will be closed each night from 20:00 until 06:00 the following morning.​​

Service X1  journeys operating at these times will operate from Market Gates as far as Fullers Hill Roundabout and then via North Quay and Lawn Avenue to Caister Road.​They will then operate along the service 7 route through Caister, Filby, Fleggburgh, Billockby to Acle where the normal line of route will be resumed.​​

Services towards Great Yarmouth will follow this diversion in the reverse direction.​

We apologise for any inconvenience and passengers should be aware that journeys will take longer than usual 

A series of closures in various phases in Long Road and Elm Tree Road to replace gas mains, starting on Monday 10th November 2025 will affect X2, X21, X22 and 980 services. For the first phase of the works the following diversions will be implemented. As work progresses updates will be posted 

​X2 / X21​

Services towards Lowestoft will be unaffected ​

Services from Lowestoft  will follow the usual route as far as Bloodmoor Roundabout but will then operate via Tom Crisp Way and then turning left into Blackheath Road and follow around on to Long Road. ​Then via Westwood Avenue​ and Colville Road​. Then via Elm Tree Road (southbound) to resume the usual route on  Ashburnham Way to resume usual line of route.​

Services X2 and X21 will observe all stops on diversion and in particular those at the top end of Long Road which X22 will not be able to serve.

X22​

Services towards Lowestoft will follow the usual line of route as Bloodmoor Roundabout but then on to Tom Crisp Way.​ Then on to Blackheath Road bearing left on to Carlton Road to resume usual line of route.​

Services from Lowestoft  ​will follow the usual line of route as far as Carlton Road then via Tom Crisp Way to  Bloodmoor Roundabout, resuming usual line of route on Ribblesdale. ​

The stops at Andaman Surgery, Aldwyk Way and the stop south of Westwood Avenue will not be served for the duration of this closure.

980 (College service)

All journeys will follow the same diversion as X2 and X21.

We apologise to all customers affected by these diversions and will update this message when further information about the next phase of the closures is available.

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Yellow Line 28, 29, X29 Services

Due to roadworks expected to last until 1st December in Drayton, we will be experiencing delays of up to 30 mins and possible service cancellations as a result.

To allow for the completion of existing works there will be changes to stopping arrangements & some closures affecting services from Monday 3rd November to Friday 19th December (estimated). Any updates relating to this will be added to this page as the project develops - please check back frequently if you use the bus interchange.

During these works there will be temporary changes to stopping arrangements in Cringleford Interchange which will apply to all bus services by all operators.

The stops at Stand B & Stand C will both be suspended to allow a safe working area - Stand B will be relocated north-west of the Dragonfly Way roundabout, and Stand C will be relocated onto the shelter at Stand A. Signage will be in place to direct passengers to the correct bus stops, and bus times will be unchanged.

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

Owing to Norfolk County Council works, Jellicoe Road will be closed from Monday 27th October for around 6 weeks.

During the closure, Service 8 will be diverted as follows:

Towards Caister: between Northgate Street and Caister, operating direct via Caister Road as per Service 1. 

Towards James Paget Hospital: between Caister and Sandringham Avenue/North Denes Road, operating via Caister Road, Barnard Crescent and Barnard Avenue. Drivers will observe stops on Caister Road, and the temporary stop on Barnard Avenue, close to the Beatty Road junction.

We apologise to all customers affected by this diversion.

Hargham Road, Attleborough will be closed to all traffic from Monday 27th October 2025 to Friday 19th December 2025 to allow for work by Cadent to replace the gas mains.

As a result all Turquoise line services (13 and X13) will be unable to complete their usual route and will be on diversion for the duration of the closure.

All services will operate as usual as far as Sainsburys and then continue along London Road turning into Dodds Road to resume the usual route via Hargham Road and New Road.

As a result the stops at Shrub Close, Olland Road and Dodds Road will not be served for the duration of the closure.

We apologies to all customers affected by the diversion of our services.

Coast Road Corton will be closed to all traffic from Monday 20th October 2025 until Sunday 30th November 2025 meaning that our services 1 and 1A will have to follow a diversion route.

Journeys towards Lowestoft will follow their usual route until Potters Resort and then divert via Longfulans Lane to rejoin the A47. They will then follow a diversion route around Corton to ensure that as many stops as possible are served. Journeys in this direction may take slightly longer than usual and passengers are advised to consder this when planning journeys.

Journeys towards Great Yarmouth will serve Corton using the diversion route and then rejoin the A47 towards Hopton. To ensure that Hopton is served all journeys will follow the Lowestoft-bound route towards Potters Resort and then return to the A47 via Longfulans Lane.

Passengers in Hopton wishing to travel towards Great Yarmouth are asked to wait at the stop opposite to the usual one as the bus will be travelling in the opposite direction from usual around Hopton.

Passengers are also advised that the stop on Station Road (behind Asda) will NOT be served for the duration of this closure. Passengers should wait at the nearest stop just past the White Hart Public House.

We apologise to all customers for the disruption to journeys which is outside our control.