Bus stop suspensions and service diversions for the week ahead – Monday 6th July 2020
Week commencing Monday 6th July 2020 the following bus stop suspensions and service diversions are expected to affect bus services in Buckinghamshire.
Due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic there are a number of changes to Bus Services in Buckinghamshire. Details of affected services and revised timetables can be found on the Buckinghamshire Council website.
Bus Diversions
Whielden Street / Whielden Lane, Amersham : Monday 18th May 2020 to Monday 31st August 2020. Due to a road closure buses will need to divert via the A413 and Gore Hill and will not serve stops on The Broadway, Whielden Street or the Hospital stops on Whielden Lane. For passengers needing to travel to Amersham Hospital a shuttle bus will operate between Gore Hill and the Hospital meeting 1 / 1A journeys. Please see the Amersham Hospital shuttle timetable for details.
Whaddon Road, Newton Longville : Monday 8th June 2020 to Monday 27th July 2020. Due to East-West Rail works this road will be closed during this period. All route 50 buses will enter Newton Longville via Westbrook Avenue and will turn back round at the Crooked Billet. Bus stops on Whaddon Road will not be served.
Chearsley Road, Long Crendon : Monday 22nd June 2020 to Wednesday 8th July 2020. Due to Transport for Buckinghamshire works this road will be closed during this period. From Aylesbury bus route 110 (and the evening 111 journey) will run as normal until Cuddington which it will enter via Cuddington Road / Aylesbury Road, turn down Dadbrook and then divert via the A418 and B4011 into Long Crendon. As such the following areas will not be served:
- Chearsley Village.
- Chearsley Road, Chilton Road or Carters Lane in Long Crendon – please use the stops on the Square or the Bicester Road instead.
- ‘The Green’ stops in Cuddington – please use Dadbrook Road instead.
- The Thame bound ‘Dinton Castle’ stop please use the 280 bus service instead.
A404, Whielden Lane, Amersham : Monday 29th June 2020 to Monday 6th July 2020, 9.00pm to 5.00am each night. Due this closure for works on behalf of HS2, the last bus towards High Wycombe will need to divert via the A355 to Beaconsfield and the London Road into High Wycombe. As such this journey will not serve stops in Old Amersham, Holmer Green, Hazlemere or the Amersham Road in High Wycombe.
Cameron Road, Chesham : Thursday 2nd to Tuesday 7th July 2020. Due to urgent UKPN electrical repairs this road will be closed. Bus routes 71 and 73 will divert via Eskdale Avenue and will be unable to serve stops on Cameron Road, Nalders Road or Manor Way during these days.
Swan Lane, The Lee / Swan Bottom : Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd July 2020. Due to Transport for Buckinghamshire works this road will be closed on these days. After serving stops in Lee Common, bus routes 177 and 190 will divert via Lee Clump Road and will not serve the ‘St John’s Church’ stops in The Lee or the ‘Crossroads’ stops in Swan Bottom.
Ivy Lane, Great Brickhill : Monday 6th July 2020 to Friday 4th September 2020. Due to urgent bridge repairs this road will be closed during this period. From Leighton Buzzard, bus route 162 will divert via Stoke Hammond, the A4146 and Galley Lane, entering Great Brickhill from the north, serving stops on Rotten Row and Pound Hill and then turning up Lower Road to resume the journey to Bletchley (and vice versa towards Leighton Buzzard). The ‘Three Locks’ stops will not be served during this time.
A418, Oxford Road, Stone : Monday 6th to Friday 10th July 2020, 7.00pm to 6.00am. Due to Transport for Buckinghamshire repair works this road will be closed on these nights between Chiltern Avenue and Bishopstone Road. Bus route 280 will divert via Portway and Bishopstone Road, and will not serve the ‘Bugle Horn’ and ‘Rose & Crown’ stops in both directions, or the ‘Village Hall’ stop for journeys towards Aylesbury during these times.
Buckingham Road, Bletchley : Monday 6th July 2020 to Monday 7th December 2020. Due to East-West Rail works by the bridge this road will be closed during this period and Z&S Transport route 50 will divert. From Buckingham Road, the buses will travel via Sherwood Drive, Whalley Drive, Rickley Lane, Whaddon Way, Watling Street and Standing Way to rejoin the normal route at Saxon Street (and vice versa). As such this service will not serve Bletchley Bus Station, passengers for here are advised to alight at the ‘Railway Station’ stops on Sherwood Drive and follow the signs to the bus station.
Wycombe Road, Prestwood : Monday 6th July 2020, 8.30am to 7.00pm. Due to Transport for Buckinghamshire works this road will be closed between these days. From High Wycombe bus route 41 will operate as normal as far as ‘The Common’ stops in Great Kingshill. After this the buses will divert via Heath End Road and Little Kingshill entering Great Missenden via the A413. After serving Great Missenden the buses will continue to Prestwood and turn back round at Lodge Lane and Nairdwood Lane and resume the journey back to High Wycombe via Great Missenden. As such stops between The Common, Great Kingshill and Lodge Lane in Prestwood will not be served.
Woodway, Lacey Green : Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th July 2020, 9.00am to 7.00pm. Due to Transport for Buckinghamshire works this road will be closed on this day. Bus route 300 will divert via the A4010 and Bradenham Wood Lane, and will not serve stops on Woodway, in Lacey Green or on New Road, Walters Ash between these times.
Kingsmead Road, Loudwater : Monday 6th to Monday 13th July 2020, 7.30am to 4.30pm. Due to Transport for Buckinghamshire works this road will be closed on these days. Bus route 35 will need to divert via Station Road and the A40 London Road. as such stops on Abbey Barn Road and Kingsmead Road will not be served during these times.
London Road East, Amersham : Wednesday 8th July 2020. Due to Transport for Buckinghamshire works this road will be closed on this day and bus route 105 will need to divert. After serving the London Road stops in Chalfont St Giles the buses will divert via Vache Lane, Nightingales Lane, Cokes Lane and White Lion Road, resuming normal route at Woodside Road (and vice versa). As such stops on Amersham Road, London Road East and Stanley Hill will not be served.
Sunnybank, Marlow : Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th July 2020. Due to Transport for Buckinghamshire works this road will be closed and routes 155, 158 and 160 will not be able to serve here on these days.
A413 Amersham Bypass and A404 Amersham Road, Penn Street : Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th July 2020, 8.30am to 7.00pm. Due to Transport for Buckinghamshire works these roads will be closed on this days. Buses will divert at follows:
- Services 1 and 1A will travel from High Wycombe as normal to the ‘Browns Road’ stops in Holmer Green then divert via Earl Howe Road, right onto the A404, B474 through Hazlemere, Penn and Knotty Green, Ledborough Lane and the A355 resuming normal journey at Gore Hill. As such stops at ‘The Pond’, The Common, Sheepcote Dell Road, Amersham Road and Whielden Lane will not be served on these days.
- Service 73 will not serve stops in Whielden Lane, A404, Penn Street, Winchmore Hill or the ‘Hill Meadow’ stop in ColesHill. Instead buses will travel to Coleshill via the A355 and turn back round after serving the Red Lion stops.
Lansdowne Road, Chesham : Thursday 9th July 2020, 7.30am to 4.30pm. Due to Transport for Buckinghamshire works this road will be closed on this day. Buses will divert via Vale Road and the Greenway and will not serve Addison Road, Lansdowne Road, Lynton Road or Lyndhurst Road during these times.
Ickford Road, Shabbington : Friday 10th July 2020, 8.30am to 7.00pm. Due to Transport for Buckinghamshire works this road will be closed on this day. As such service 110 will divert and will not be able to serve Ickford and Worminghall on these days.
Swan Lane, The Lee / Swan Bottom : Friday 10th July 2020. Due to Transport for Buckinghamshire works this road will be closed on these days. After serving stops in Lee Common, bus routes 177 and 190 will divert via Lee Clump Road and will not serve the ‘St John’s Church’ stops in The Lee or the ‘Crossroads’ stops in Swan Bottom.
Wingrave Road, Aston Abbotts : Saturday 11th July 2020. Due to UKPN works this road will be closed on this day. As such bus route 165 will divert via the A418 and will not serve Cublington or Aston Abbotts.
Bus Stop Suspensions
Valley Road, Hughenden Valley : Monday 29th June 2020 to Tuesday 7th July 2020 (excluding the weekend). Due to Transport for Buckinghamshire works the two ‘Coombe Lane’ stops will be suspended during this period. Passengers are advised to use the ‘Cryers Hill Road’ stops, also located on Valley Road, instead.
Oxford Road, Denham : Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Saturday 1st August 2020. Due to works on behalf of Affinity Water the two ‘Oakside’ stops will be suspended during this period. Passengers are advised to use the ‘Knighton Way Lane’ stops, also located on the Oxford Road, instead.
Rushmere Lane and Jason’s Hill, Chesham : Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Tuesday 14th July 2020. Due to urgent Affinity Water repairs the three stops around this junction will be suspended during this period and Jason’s Hill will be closed between 1 to the 3 July 2020. During the closure Bus routes 71 and 73 will divert via Rushmere Lane and Lye Green Road. Passengers are advised to wait at the temporary stops provided on Rushmere Lane.
Penn Road, Knotty Green : Tuesday 7th July 2020. Due to Affinity Water works the ‘Red Lion PH’ stop towards Beaconsfield will be suspended on this day. Passengers are advised to wait where safe away from the works and hail clearly to the bus driver to stop.
A412, Denham Avenue, Denham : Wednesday 8th July 2020, 8.00am to 4.00pm. Due to works on behalf of Telent Technology Services the ‘Village Road’ stop for journeys towards Denham Green will be suspended at these times. Passengers are advised to use the ‘Old Rectory Lane’ stop instead.
Wycombe Road, Prestwood : Wednesday 8th to Friday 10th July 2020. Due to works on behalf of Affinity Water the ‘Sixty Acres Road’ stop for journeys towards Great Missenden will be suspended on these days. Passengers are advised to use the ‘Village Hall’ stop instead.
Penn Street, Penn : Friday 10th to Thursday 16th July 2020. Due to UKPN works the ‘School Lane’ stop will be suspended on these days. Passengers are advised to use the ‘Vicarage’ stop instead.
*Source of information : Buckinghamshire Council.