Mayday Bank Holiday Bus Services for 2014
Posted on May 4, 2014
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Not long after Easter, we find ourselves enjoying another bank holiday weekend so bus services are set to deviate from their normal Monday timetables and I have collected what I can find out about what is to be offered here. In essence, it is a case of mainly observing Sunday timetables though there are exceptions that may be pleasant surprises for you.
Service Changes
Here’s a list of areas or companies and the sort of service levels that they plan to offer on the Mayday Bank Holiday for 2014:
Bus Éireann
Mainly a Sunday service with some additional alterations.
Cardiff Bus
Sunday service
Cheshire East
Mainly a Sunday service
Coach Services (Thetford)
Sunday service: only routes 80, 82, 83, 85 & 86 will be served.
Dorset
Mainly a Sunday service level and they have a bus timetables collection too if you need to check further.
First Essex
Sunday service
Lothian Buses
Saturday service
Merseyside
Essentially a Sunday service and they have more information for anyone who needs it.
Oxford Bus Company
This company has its special timetable for the Easter and Mayday bank holidays. Some services operate to a Sunday timetable, others as if it was a normal Monday and some not at all.
Pennine Motors
Saturday service
Preston Bus
Sunday service
Ridgways of Glamorgan
No service
South Yorkshire
Mainly a Sunday service
Stagecoach Manchester & Wigan
Sunday service
Strathclyde
Essentially, this centres on Glasgow but should apply to anywhere on the western side of Scotland’s central belt. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has a summary of services for the Mayday Bank Holiday on their website.
Trent Barton
Sunday service
Vale of Glamorgan
Mainly a Sunday service with the only exceptions being Cardiff Airport services 905 and T9. They are running to a normal weekday timetable.
West Midlands
Sunday service. Network West Midlands have more information if you need it.
West Yorkshire
Metro have a leaflet containing the details you would need.
Yellow Buses (Bournemouth)
Sunday services with routes 1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 2B, 3, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6, 24 and A1 operating.
Nothing for you above?
If none of the above cover your area, Traveline always remains a useful port of call and their national or regional websites are listed below:
Scotland Wales Cumbria & Northeast England
Yorkshire
East Midlands, England
West Midlands, England
East Anglia
Southeast England Southwest England
Hope you have a good one, whatever you do.