Bedford Area Bus Users Society

Bedford Area Bus Users Society

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22nd August 2011 - Bookings have now opened for County Connect, which is a demand-responsive bus service operated by Centrebus for Northamptonshire County Council & Lincolnshire County Council. In our area, the Nene Valley Service C16 will also stretch into Bedford Borough, covering Melchbourne, Yeilden & The Knottings. The website opened today with information. You can also download the User Guide (with two free journey vouchers!) and the Nene Valley Information Leaflet from our website. These can also be downloaded from our new Timetables listing - look under C.

21st August 2011 - changes have now happened across Bedford. We now have a wide range of current - and forthcoming - timetables for download on the Timetables page.

21st August 2011 - Spring 2011 and Summer 2011 Newsletters added for download, and updates to our Links page to reflect the operators we cover.

21st July 2011 - Major changes - with some substantial improvements in certain areas - will be occuring to bus services around Bedford borough from 21st August 2011. You can download the BABUS response here. There was originally a downloadable complete timetable file, but this has been replaced with updated information on the Timetables page. For the updated list of most changes, click here.

12th May 2011 - Our telephone and fax numbers have changed! See the "Contact Us" page.

12th May 2011 - As part of the forthcoming Milton Keynes area changes, the current Services 1, 1A, 1B, 1C from Arriva/MK Metro between Bletchlety, Milton Keynes, Newport Pagenell, Lavendon or Astwood and Bedford will now run as far as Lavendon (except on Sundays, when the 1 will continue as 1A to Bedford). Stagecoach Pluto P1 between Bedford, Lavendon and Northampton will be revised to display Service 41, and run via Olney once more. In addition, Stagecoach will operate a new Service 40, between Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell, Astwood and Bedford, replacing Arriva 1-1C. You can download the new Arriva 1/1A timetable, and the new Stagecoach 40/41 timetable.

12th May 2011 - Stagecoach services 404 and 406 to/from Huntingdonshire were due for withdrawn from 17th April 2011. As a short-term measure, a replacement contract has been awarded to Go-Whippet. You can download a new timetable here - this includes all the new West Hunts routes, inc. to/from other towns.

29th March 2011 (corrected 1st April 2011) - Cedar Coaches Service 152 will be split into two different services. Route 152 will remain in operation between Bedford, Tilbrook and Kimbolton (also Stonely on school/peak time journeys), but the section beyond to St Neots will now be covered by a new Service 150 by Nene & Ouse Valley CT. This has been done at the behest of Cambs County Council, who wanted to take the St Neots end under their own control. A composite timetable showing all journeys on this corridor has been put together by our webmistress, and you can download a copy here.

29th March 2011 - A new service from The Villager will start today, and provide a service every Tuesday and Thursday from Willington and Great Barford to/from Tesco, Goldington Road. Click here to download an information flyer.

29th March 2011 - Central Bedfordshire Council have produced a set of five new timetable books, to reflect the changes to the network across the area from yesterday (28th March). You can also download these as PDF's here - choose from Biggleswade & Sandy Bus Timetable, Dunstable Bus Timetable, Flitwick Ampthill and Cranfield Bus Timetable, Shefford and Stotfold Bus Timetable, Leighton Buzzard, Linslade and Woburn Bus Timetable, or the complete network map.

31st January 2011 - All the 2010 Newsletters can now be downloaded from the Membership page.

8th September 2010 - We have recently been hard at work analysing the bus stop provision in both Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire Council areas. In the latter, we have recently completed a comprehensive audit. You can download our summary of provision in Central Bedfordshire, plus individual local files for Potton District, Biggleswade & Sandy, Arlesey, Shefford and Clophill, Blunham and Northill, Ampthill, Flitwick Maulden and Harlington, Cranfield, Marston Vale and Silsoe, as well as an Index. Do let us know your views on local bus stop and shelter provision.

8th September 2010 - Some additional links have been added.

3rd September 2009 - Some timetable links have been added, in addition to the timetable information that can be found via the sites on the links page.

14th May 2009 - some back issue Newsletters added - these can be downloaded via the Membership page.

5th May 2009 - new Bulletin Board now open. If you have any problems in signing up, please email Suzy.