Christmas & New Year bus times 2024/25
2 months ago
Below is a rundown of how our buses will run across the festive period:
| Date | Services |
| Monday 23 December | Normal Monday timetables |
| Tuesday 24 December - Christmas Eve | Saturday timetables on all routes except for 40A, 40C, 42, 110, 120, 217, X5 and X76 which will run a normal Tuesday timetable Last journeys on all routes will depart between 1910 and 2050 - please see below Extra morning journeys will be provided on 1B, 2, 5, 11, 13 and 17 - please see below |
| Wednesday 25 December - Christmas Day | No buses will run on Christmas Day |
| Thursday 26 December - Boxing Day | Sunday timetables for all services except for service 80 which will not run |
| Friday 27 December | Saturday timetables on all routes except for 40A, 40C, 42, 217, X5, X20 and X76 which will run a normal Friday timetable Routes 110 and 120 will not run |
| Saturday 28 December | Normal Saturday timetables |
| Sunday 29 December | Normal Sunday timetables |
| Monday 30 December | Saturday timetables on all routes except for 40A, 40C, 42, 217 and X76 which will run a normal Monday timetable Routes 110 and 120 will not run Extra morning journeys will run on routes 1B, 2, 5, 11, 13 and 17 - please see below |
| Tuesday 31 December - New Year's Eve | Saturday timetables on all routes except for 40A, 40C, 42, 217 and X76 which will run a normal Tuesday timetable Routes 110 and 120 will not run Extra morning journeys will run on routes 1B, 2, 5, 11, 13 and 17 - please see below Last journeys on all routes will depart between 1910 and 2050 - please see below Please check swindonbus.co.uk/christmas for details |
| Wednesday 01 January - New Year's Day | No buses will run on New Year's Day |
| Thursday 02 January | Normal Thursday timetables |
If you'd prefer to print out these details, or view as a PDF, please see our handy Christmas leaflet.
Extra morning buses on 27th, 30th and 31st December 2024:
| Service 1B | An extra journey will depart at 0820 from Faringdon Road to Sparcells |
| Service 2 | An extra journey will depart from Bus Station at 0538 to Covingham, Cornmarsh Way An extra journey will depart Covingham, Ravenscroft at 0550 to Bus Station |
| Service 5 | An extra journey will operate from Park North at 0514 to Faringdon Road and Orbital Park |
| Services 11/12 | An extra journey will operate from Taw Hill at 0507 to Princes Street and Wichelstowe The 0625 journey from Princes Street to Oakhurst will backstart from Wichelstowe at 0603 |
| Services 13/14 | An extra journey will operate on service 13 at 0515 from Eldene Centre to Bus Station |
| Service 17 | An extra journey will operate from Penhill at 0505 to Regent Circus and Park South An extra journey will operate from Park South at 0532 to Regent Circus and Bus Station |
| Service 17A | The 17A will not be running. Customers for Kembrey Park should use the 17 service to/from the Poplar Avenue East stop, which is a short distance from the site |
Last bus times for routes on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve:
| Route | Last service on both Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve |
| 1 | 1943 from Grange Park Subway to Bus Station 2035 from Bus Station to Great Western Hospital 2012 from Great Western Hospital to Faringdon Road/Middleleaze/Ramleaze 2031 from Faringdon Road to Middleleaze/Ramleaze 2050 from Great Western Hospital to Faringdon Road |
| 1A | 2015 from Ramleaze/Middleleaze to Bus Station 1942 from Great Western Hospital to Faringdon Road/Ramleaze/Middleleaze 2001 from Faringdon Road to Ramleaze/Middleleaze |
| 1B | 2011 from Faringdon Road to Sparcells, Peatmoor and Shaw 2027 from Sparcells to Bus Station |
| 2 | 2020 from Bus Station to Covingham 2032 from Covingham to Bus Station |
| 5 | 2016 from Orbital Park to Bus Station and Park North 2040 from Regent Circus to Park North 2019 from Park North to Faringdon Road and Orbital Park 2043 from Faringdon Road to Orbital Park 2049 from Park North to Faringdon Road |
| 11 | 1956 from Oakhurst to Princes Street and Wichelstowe 2030 from Princes Street to Wichelstowe 1938 from Wichelstowe to Bus Station (see Route 12 for connecting Oakhurst bus) 1910 from Princes Street to Taw Hill (see Route 12 for later Oakhurst bus) |
| 12 | 1912 from Oakhurst to Princes Street and Great Western Hospital (there is a later 1956 ser 11 from Oakhurst into town) 1945 from Princes Street to Great Western Hospital 2012 from Great Western Hospital to Princes Street and Oakhurst 2033 from Princes Street to Oakhurst |
| 13/14 | 2000 from Bus Station to Eldene (13) 2015 from Eldene to Bus Station (13) 2030 from Bus Station to Liden (14) 2043 from Liden to Bus Station (14) |
| 15 | 1937 from Bus Station to Oakhurst 1954 from Orbital Park to Bus Station |
| 17 | 2018 from Penhill to Regent Circus and Park South 2037 from Regent Circus to Park South 2010 from Park South to Regent Circus and Penhill 2030 from Regent Circus to Penhill 2044 from Park South to Bus Station |
| 22 | 1935 from Barnfield to Princes Street and Okus 1950 from Princes Street to Okus 2004 from Okus to Faringdon Road and Barnfield 2021 from Faringdon Road to Barnfield |
Customer Service Christmas opening hours
Phone lines will be opening as follows:
| Day | Customer Services opening hours |
| Christmas Eve | 08:30 - 13:00 |
| Christmas Day | Closed |
| Boxing Day | Closed |
| 27 December | 08:30 - 17:00 |
| 28 - 29 December | Closed |
| 30 December | 08:30 - 17:00 |
| New Year's Eve | 08:30 - 14:00 |
| New Year's Day | Closed |
| 02 - 03 January | 08:30 - 17:30 |