As far as possible, we aim to keep you up to date on our website.
This includes:-
- Franchising feasibility
- New Night services
- April service changes
- New Coach route announced
- Electric bus on test
- Fare changes
- Route '18' descision due
- Marthon Day changes
- Buswatch meeting
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There are still deep concerns about Brighton and Hove Council's LTP5 City plan, and likely problems with the Valley Gardens scheme,
especially with regard to disabled access to buses. To see what was previously written
Click here (this needs updating!).
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General bus information:
The headlines:
- More fare increases have been announced (Also see April newsletter).
- Several new night bus routes have been anounced,
- plus 'Breeze' services start their enhanced summer timetable (see April newsletter for both stories).
- Service 125 will end on 28th April, Cuckmere bus will provide a limited replacement.
- Flixbus are offering a new Brighton to Milton Keynes- serving three Airports.
- Several local bus companies have won a number of awards over the past year, or so.
- From 24th November 25, the service 701 timetable was updated.
All our information is thought to be correct to 6 April 2026.
Many bus fares in the Brighton & Hove area (Stagecoach???) went up in two stages.
On the 31st March some prices
went up, including the weekly tap-On Tap-off fares to £29.80, and the abolition of many return fares. Also see our April Newsletter.
On the 13th April loss of council BSIP support (due to a small reduction of government funding)
has meant support has been withdrawn from most short hop and second stage fares, plus it appears a further 10p added.
These are now £1.80 and £2.90 repectively (the latter is now close government's directly sponsored fares cap, which remains at £3).
However, while the council has retained support for accompanied children, the ordinary child fare has more than tripled to £1.60!.
The council is looking towards targeting a few deprived groups, with any support.
In February, East Sussex County Council removed subsidy from many fares for similar reasons.
One of the bigger loses is the axing of the £6.10 all day East Sussex ticket (and weekly equivalent), which allowed travel on multiple
bus company's services. The nearest equivalent is probably the Discovery ticket at about £10!
So this leaves West Sussex's 16 to 20 fares, as the probably the best local deal for young people
(and even this is said to be under review).
Different bus operators have their own 'tap-on-tap off' system, so paper Saver tickets are better, if you want to travel on
both Brighton & Hove and
Compass Travel buses, in the city. Metrobus and Brighton & Hove Bus systems probably do not share the cap on each other's fares.
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Information by Bus Company:
Brighton & Hove Bus Co.:
From 13th April the Brighton & Hove Bus Company launch new night services N29 and N48. Also it extended the service 1
to Whitehawk and Woodingdean. And introduced summer services on the 77, 78 & 79 'Breeze services'. See April Newsletter for
more details.
Recent awards to the bus company include:
- - Winner of best bus service, for the 1X.
- - Winner of the best use of Technology.
- - Gold- Recruitment and Retention.
- - Gold- Marketing for growth- 1X.
- - Silver - Top City Operator.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Please keep your phone separate from debit cards,
or the system may not know which one to charge!
Click here for Brighton & Hove Bus Company's main website.
Stagecoach: Covering the area between Littlehampton, Worthing, and Brighton (and towards Horsham).
The service 700 from Brighton to Durrington has been enhanced to run 24 hours a day,
seven days a week! From 24th November the service 701 timetable was updated.
Metrobus, south and mid Sussex:
Metrobus won Silver, as the Shire operator of the year, and also won a second silver award,
for the largest introduction of Hydrogen powered buses in the UK. Again Congratulations.
Although with the battery fire (NOT a Hydrogen fire), the bus company may not feel quite so positive about the Hydrogen buses,
as it has needed to create
a borrowed fleet, to make the best of the temporary withdrawal of these buses.
Compass Travel:
Compass Travel took over Big Lemon's supported services 16, 47 and 52- while retaining the service 37/37B.
All eleven new buses have now entered service. Compass Travel is also an award winning bus company-
coming second, to a small operator in the north of England for customer satisfaction. Quite an achievement.
Click here for the Compass Travel's website.
For their real-time information:
Click here.
CTLA & Cuckmere bus services:
We do not generally list changes to Cuckmere bus services, but are providing the following information:
The Cuckmere Valley Rambler bus 47 has restarted at weekends, from the 28th March. Also from 28th April
Compass Travels service 125 will cease, due to the withdrawal of funding. Instead Cuckmere bus will run their
service 25 aditionally on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Brighton & Hove may run a summer service to Drucillas.
Cuckmere bus service 26 links Seaford to Eastbourne, via Alfriston, on Sundays. The bus company
also runs other services covering this area, including the Art shuttle.
Flixbus are offering a new Brighton to Milton Keynes service, via Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton Airports;
in addition to the Brighton to London and Cambridge service.
