Every new bus service coming to Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford and Leamington this week

New bus services across Nuneaton, Rugby, Leamington and Stratford will appear on timetables from this weekend. The changes to services, revealed by warwickshire-county-council>Warwickshire County Council and Stagecoach, come into effect between Saturday (May 25) and June 14.

Cash to pay for the changes has been funded through the central government’s Bus Service Improvement Plan Plus (BSIP+). it will pave the way for services including new evening services as well as improvements to reliability, ensuring buses turn up when they are meant to.

It includes better access between Nuneaton and Coventry, as well as from parts of Atherstone to Ventura Park. In Rugby, there will be more Sunday services and some journeys in Leamington and Stratford have been re-timed.

Full list of the new services

Nuneaton

• Service 148: New additional Sunday evening journeys between Nuneaton & Coventry. Starts 25 May

• Service 5B: New evening service providing evening links between Bermuda Park, Nuneaton town centre, Chapel End, Camp Hill and The George Eliot Hospital, with the last bus also serving Ansley and Arley. Starts 25 May

• Service 65A: New service, Fridays and Saturday evenings at 2020 & 2220 Ventura Park-Tamworth-Polesworth-Dordon-Wood End-Piccadilly-Hurley-Kingsbury (run by Arriva). Starts 14 June

Rugby

• Service 4: Following a council review the Sunday services will be revised to run every 30 minutes. Starts 25 May 2024.

• Service 4A: A new evening service with later buses supporting those working or socialising in the evening. The last buses from the town centre to both Brownsover and Bilton will now be at 2234.

• Service 63: The morning journey leaving Leamington at 07:04 will leave 12 minutes earlier to help improve reliability during the morning. Starts June 1, 2024

• Service 64: The morning journey will leave 8 minutes earlier at 0545 from Rugby. Starts June 1, 2024

• Service 961: The 0813 will depart at 0810 with more time to complete the journey reflecting local traffic conditions. Starts June 1, 2024

Leamington & Stratford

• Service 1: evening services retimed. Some journeys extended to Jaguar Land Rover at Gaydon via Bishops Tachbrook and Lighthorne Heath, replacing service 77 at these times. On Fridays & Saturdays, one journey will provide a late evening service through to Southam. Starts May 25, 2024.

• Service X18: Following the great success of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s trial of an evening service running Thursday to Saturday between Stratford-upon-Avon and Coventry, the council has stepped in to fund this Monday to Saturday securing it for the future. Starts May 25, 2024.

• Service 75A: New evening services running Friday and Saturday from Stratford rail station and town centre to Lower Quinton with one journey extending to Shipston. Starts May 25, 2024.

• Service 77: evening journeys after 8.30pm replaced by enhanced service 1. Starts May 25, 2024.

• Service 63: The morning journey leaving Leamington at 07:04 will leave 12 minutes earlier to help improve reliability during the morning. Starts June 1, 2024

• Service 64: The morning journey will leave 8 minutes earlier at 0545 from Rugby. Starts ^{June 1, 2024}

• Service 247A: Additional journey Fridays and Saturday evenings 2230 Redditch-Studley-Alcester-Bidford; returning 23h15 (run by Diamond)