Coastal Reds - Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth's regular local links
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Welcome to Coastal Reds - our networks of regular local bus services all over the towns of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
Running alongside our longer-distance Coastlink and Coastal Clipper, our buses reach all the major parts of these vibrant east coast communities with our full range of great value tickets available across all services, and with easy connections between services at the bus stations in both town centres.
We've split our Coastal Reds timetables and maps into two guides organised by town - you can download these as PDFs for mobile or print at home below.
The Great Yarmouth buses guide includes all of the following services:
2 |
Town Centre Market Gates - Pleasure Beach & Barrack Estate (circular) |
5 |
Town Centre Market Gates - Southtown - Gorleston High Street - Burgh Road - Burgh Castle (circular) |
6/6A |
Town Centre Market Gates - Southtown - Gorleston High Street - Bradwell (includes 6A journeys to/from Belton) |
7 |
Town Centre Market Gates - Caister-on-Sea - Filby - Fleggburgh - Acle - Broadland Business Park - Norwich Rail Station - Norwich Bus Station |
8 |
Caister-on-Sea - Newtown - Town Centre Market Gates - Southtown - Gorleston High Street - Magdalen Estate - James Paget Hospital |
Download your Great Yarmouth buses guide [PDF] here.
The Lowestoft buses guide includes all of the following services:
101 |
Gunton Estate - Town Centre |
102 |
Town Centre - Oulton Road - Oulton Village - Woods Meadow circular |
105 |
Town Centre - Normanston Drive - Oulton Rock Estate circular |
106 |
Town Centre - North Quay - Oulton Broad - Burnt Hill circular |
109 |
Hollow Grove - Whitton Estate - Town Centre |
122 |
Mornings & evenings, Sundays & Public Holidays only Town Centre - Oulton Village - Oulton Rock Estate circular |
Download your Lowestoft buses guide [PDF] here.
If you're travelling to other parts of the local area or further afield using our Coastlink or Coastal Clipper services, then you'll find full details of these, along with timetables, maps and fares, on their own dedicated route pages:
Coastlink X1|X11 : Lowestoft - JPH - Gorleston - Great Yarmouth - Acle - Norwich
Coastlink X2|X21|X22 : Lowestoft - Pakefield - Carlton Colville - Worlingham - Beccles - Loddon - Norwich
Coastal Clipper 1 & 1A : Lowestoft - Corton - Hopton - JPH - Gorleston - Great Yarmouth - Caister-on-Sea - Hemsby - Martham
Coastal Clipper 99 : Lowestoft - Kessingland - Southwold
All single journeys for adults and young people are currently capped at a maximum of £2, as part of HM Government's Single Fare Cap.
Travelling regularly...
We sell a great range of money saving tickets for multiple days or journeys, giving you the flexibility to buy the right ticket to suit when, where and how often you travel. You'll always find the best range of options exclusively on our FREE First Bus App and some can also be bought on board the bus with contactless or even cash...the exact fare is best!
5-day ticket - allows 5 consecutive days unlimited travel - buy on app or on bus
Weekly ticket - allows 7 consecutive days unlimited travel - buy on app or on bus
Flexi-5 - unlimited travel for any 5 days in 14 - buy on app
10-trip ticket - valid for any 10 single journeys in 28 days - buy on app
Monthly ticket - unlimited travel for a whole month - buy on app
The best value options are shown below, but for full details you can visit the fares section of our website.
Travelling together? You'll save with a High5 ticket...
Whether there’s two adults or a family or group of up to five people* our High5 tickets offer great value for a day out by bus. Valid for a day’s unlimited travel in your chosen area...buy on app on on bus.
Great Yarmouth or Lowestoft Town Zones
Great Yarmouth town zone tickets are valid anywhere from Caister-on-Sea in the north, to James Paget Hospital in the south.
Lowestoft town zone tickets are valid anywhere from Gunton Tesco in the north, to Kessingland in the south.
Check out our zone maps to see how far your ticket will take you.
Day |
5-day |
Week |
Flexi-5 |
10-trip |
Month |
First
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| on app or on bus |
on app or on bus |
on app or on bus |
on app | on app | on app | on app | |
| Adult | £5 | £18 | £20 | £20 | £19 | £70 | £66.50 |
| Young Person | £3.70 | £13.50 | £15 | £15 | £14 | £55 | |
| High5 Group | £9 | Monthly subscription ticket - sign up online |
Coastal Zone
Valid on any of our buses, anywhere on the east coast and inland as far as Acle, Beccles & Bungay. Check out our zone maps to see how far your ticket will take you.
Day |
5-day |
Week |
Flexi-5 |
10-trip |
Month |
First
|
|
| on app or on bus |
on app or on bus |
on app or on bus |
on app | on app | on app | on app | |
| Adult | £7 | £23 | £25 | £25 | £24 | £90 | £85.50 |
| Young Person | £5.50 | £17.50 | £19 | £19 | £18 | £70 | |
| High5 Group | £12 | Monthly subscription ticket - sign up online |
And if you're under 20 and in full time education, we offer a range of discounted Student Saver tickets. They're ideal to get to and from school, college or sixth form and give you FREE unlimited travel in the evenings, at weekends and during some holidays too!
Click to download our fare zone maps to see how far you your ticket can take you.
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