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Changes to bus timetables and routes


This page contains information about upcoming changes to bus timetables and routes.

County Durham Christmas and New Year 2024/25 travel summary

Date

Service 

Tuesday 24 December 2024

Buses will operate a Monday to Friday timetable - most routes will stop running between 6.00pm and 8.00pm.

Stagecoach service 59 will operate a Saturday timetable - last journey from Durham 6.40pm to terminate at Trimdon, last journey from Hartlepool 6.15pm terminates at Trimdon.

Wednesday 25 December 2024

Christmas Day - no service except National Express

Thursday 26 December 2024

Boxing Day - no service except:

GNE 21 operating a special timetable between Newcastle and Chester le Street only.

Please visit GNE website for further information.

Friday 27

December 2024

Saturday timetable will operate.

If route does not normally run a Saturday timetable, a Monday to Friday service will operate.

Saturday 28

December 2024

Normal Saturday timetable will operate.

Sunday 29 December 2024

Normal Sunday timetable will operate.

Monday 30

December 2024

Saturday timetable will operate.

If route does not normally run a Saturday timetable, a Monday to Friday service will operate.

Tuesday 31

December 2024

Buses will run to a Saturday timetable - most routes will stop running between 6.00pm and 8.00pm.

If route does not normally run a Saturday timetable, a Monday to Friday service will operate, with most routes stopping early between 6.00pm and 8.00pm.

Wednesday 1

January 2025

New Year's Day - no service except National Express.

Thursday 2

January 2025

Normal service resumes.

For further timetable information please visit Bus timetable information or the relevant operator websites.

Bishop Auckland bus station

Bus services will operate from Tenters Street, Newgate Street and Market Place while the new bus station is being constructed.

Map showing location of Bishop Auckland temporary bus stops

Saddler Street, Former B&M Store - stand A

ServiceDestination / RouteOperator
9Woodhouse Close EstateWeardale
81 / 81ASouth Church/Auckland Park/Coundon GrangeHodgsons
87 (daytime)College/Escomb Village/Witton Park/Toft HillHodgsons
88Toronto/Witton-le-Wear/HamsterleyWeardale
89College/Etherly Dene/Escomb VillageHodgsons

Tenters Street - stand B

ServiceDestination / RouteOperator
6Spennymoor/Tudhoe/DurhamArriva
35ACoundon/Chilton/Ferryhill/Kirk Merrington/SpennymoorHodgsons
56Coundon/Kirk Merrington/Ferryhill/Coxhoe/DurhamArriva
X21Spennymoor/Durham/Chester-le-Street/NewcastleGo North East
87 (evening)College/Escomb Village/Witton Park/Toft HillHodgsons

Newgate Street, Specsavers - stand C

ServiceDestination / RouteOperator
1Shildon/Heighington/DarlingtonArriva
5Shildon/Newton Aycliffe/DarlingtonArriva
85Barnard CastleWeardale

Newgate Street - stand D

ServiceDestination / RouteOperator
101Crook/Wolsingham/Frosterley/Stanhope/CowshillWeardale
101Morrisons/ASDAWeardale
104Canney Hill/Binchester/Byers Green/NewfieldHodgsons
108Hunwick/Sunnybrow/WillingtonWeardale
109Hunwick/Sunnybrow/Willington/OakenshawWeardale

Newgate Street, British Heart Foundation - stand E

ServiceDestination / RouteOperator
1Howden-le-Wear/Crook/Tow LawArriva
6West Auckland/Ramshaw/Cockfield/Barnard CastleArriva
56Tindale CrescentArriva
X21West AucklandGo North East

Market Place, The Stanley Jefferson, Sportsmans Inn

ServiceDestination / RouteOperator
B66BlackpoolJim Hughes
B66NewcastleJim Hughes

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