East of England

A47 EASTON ROUNDABOUT - confirmation of route 4 diversion & ticket acceptance

26th Jun 2026 - 31st Dec 2026

We have finalised our plans for the upcoming National Highways partial closure of the Easton Roundabout. Full details are available at https://www.central-connect.co.uk/easton-roadworks, but have additionally been summarised below for your convenience.

In summary:
- Service 4/4A will continue to serve Easton as normal, but from 1st July services towards Norwich cannot serve Marlingford Road. From 1st August, all services cannot serve Marlingford Road. Services 4/4A will accept all FirstBus tickets for travel to/from Easton, either towards Dereham or towards Longwater & Norwich.
- Service 8C will accept FirstBus tickets for travel to/from Easton College only, to support affected college students.
- The last 8 service (23:30 Rail Station/23:40 Bus Station Mon-Sat, 18:50 Rail Station/19:00 Bus Station Sun & Holidays) will serve Easton on request to any FirstBus ticket holders, to ensure nobody gets stranded in the city after the last 4 & Excel have both left.
- In September, we will look to introduce new service 34, allowing a 30 minute off-peak frequency between Easton and Norwich to bring the frequency back towards what it was. We will also look at modifications to service 4's timetable to better suit student and commuter arrival times in Norwich. We will announce more details in due course.

We know that these National Highways works will be extremely disruptive to bus users in Easton, and hope that while not perfect, our mitigations with the announcement of service 34 and Norfolk County Council's funding for Excel ticket acceptance help to keep you connected as best as possible through these works.

Reduced service on the 8

Today 10:40 - 22:00

There is a reduced service on the 8, the following will not run:

2002hrs Toftwood to City
2110hrs City to Dereham

Sorry for the inconvenience

Timetables currently unavailable

31st Aug 2026 onwards

Online timetables are currently unavailable or out of date for services 10 & 11/11A in Norfolk. Please see https://www.central-connect.co.uk/servicechanges-aug26 for PDF timetable downloads in the meantime.

Timetables currently unavailable

31st Aug 2026 onwards

Online timetables are currently unavailable or out of date for services 10 & 11/11A in Norfolk. Please see https://www.central-connect.co.uk/servicechanges-aug26 for PDF timetable downloads in the meantime.

Service 19 - unable to serve North Tuddenham until further notice

27th Apr 2026 onwards

Due to National Highways works to upgrade the A47 to a dual carriageway, they have implemented a full road closure on Lyng Road, between Lyng & North Tuddenham.

As a result, service 19 will operate via Elsing, the A1067 & B1077 through Swanton Morley and will not be able to serve stops in North Tuddenham as a result. All other stops will be served as normal.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to your journey.

ROCKLAND ST MARY Bramerton Lane - emergency road closure affecting service 65

3rd - 9th Sep 2026

Due to emergency Anglian Water works taking place on Bramerton Lane, service 65 will be modified until further notice, with services operating as follows.

The 07:23 & 09:23 from Claxton and 13:10 & 18:20 from Norwich will operate as normal into Surlingham, serving all stops before operating via Bramerton Road/Surlingham Road. We will be unable to serve the stops listed above on this journey. The 13:10 & 18:20 journeys will not be able to serve the 'School Lane' stop in Surlingham but will serve all other stops.

The 09:00 from Norwich, plus the 13:50 & 19:00 from Claxton will operate non-stop between the triangle junction at the north of Bramerton through to the Surlingham Lane stops in Rockland St Mary, with no service to the above stops.

The 10:10, 11:10, 12:20, 14:25, 16:10 & 17:25 from Norwich, plus the 10:34, 11:34, 12:34, 14:49, 16:39 & 17:49 from Surlingham will all be operating on a revised loop. Services will operate between Bramerton & Surlingham directly via Surlingham Road/Bramerton Road. **These journeys will be unable to serve any stops in Rockland St Mary, as well as the stops listed above**

Any passengers from Bramerton are advised that all services will be stopping at the triangle junction of Surlingham Road/Kirby Road/The Street and are advised to wait here for their bus service.

We apologise for the continued disruption to your bus service, unfortunately in this instance we have no notice of the closure and have had to work quickly to put this plan in place.

YAXLEY Mellis Road - closed from Monday 20th July to Friday 16th October

20th Jul 2026 - 16th Oct 2026

UPDATED 06/08/2026 @ 16:00: A shuttle bus will be provided between Mellis (Railway Tavern) & Diss, departing at 09:18. Departs Diss Bus Station at 13:30 to Mellis (Railway Tavern). This will start from Monday 10th August and will operate on Mondays to Fridays (but not on Bank Holidays). This service is likely to operate with a small minibus or people carrier which will either say Simonds or Central Connect on the side.

Due to an extensive project of Essex & Suffolk Water works taking place between Yaxley & Mellis on the Mellis Road, it will be closed from Monday 20th July to Friday 16th October.

During this time, service 75A will be unable to serve Mellis, Wortham or Palgrave, but will continue to serve Yaxley for the duration of the works. Passengers from Wortham or Palgrave should use service 70 for the duration of these works.

We apologise for any inconvenience these works may cause to your journey.

Run Norwich - Sunday 6th September 2026 - extra buses on Park & Ride PR2 from Harford

1st - 6th Sep 2026

We will be running additional buses between Harford and the Bus Station for the Run Norwich event. First departure from Harford Park & Ride will be at 07:05 with buses every 10 minutes until 09:15 when the normal Sunday timetable will continue. Between Norwich Bus Station and Harford additional return buses will operate from 11:05 and every 10 minutes until 14:45 when the normal Sunday timetable will continue.
Standard Park and Ride fares will be in operation.