Christmas 2024
Christmas is fast approaching, and we know that you all want to know what our services will be doing over the Festive period so you can make plans.
Whether you are visiting family and friends, heading to town for a shopping spree, socialising or still needing to get to work, our buses will help get you there over the Christmas period.
We are still finalising our Christmas timetables for each route, but we can share a summary of what the service level is over the Christmas period for your bus route, which can be found below.
Full information including last buses on Christmas Eve and timetables for boxing day will be available very shortly – keep an eye on our social media.
summary by day
The summary below shows a day-by-day guide to what service level you can expect on our network throughout the Christmas period.
Christmas Eve (Tues 24 Dec)
Generally, most buses are running their normal Monday to Friday service throughout the day, however, they will finish early with last buses around 7/8pm. On our emerald 5 and 6, purple 17, claret 21 and yellow 26 routes, buses will run a little later until around 11pm.
Christmas Day (Wed 25 Dec)
There will be a special service on Flightline 703 with buses running hourly between Slough and Heathrow Terminal 5 from 4am until 11pm. .
No buses will run on any other route - our employees will all be having a well earned rest!
Boxing Day (Thurs 26 Dec)
Most of our services will have a special service based on their Sunday times from around 9am until around 6pm. The London Line 701/702 will operate additional buses fast between Reading, Slough and London all day as there are no trains scheduled to run.
Football services will operate for the 3pm kick-off, but special fares will apply.
Fri 27 Dec and Sat 28 Dec
Most services will run to their Saturday timetables, except hospital park & ride 300 and Mereoak Park & Ride 600, which will still use their normal weekday timetables on the Friday.
Sun 29 Dec
Buses will run to their normal Sunday timetables.
Mon 30 Dec
Most services will run to their Saturday timetables, except hospital park & ride 300 and Mereoak Park & Ride 600, which will still use their normal weekday timetables.
Tues 31 Dec
Most services will run to their Saturday timetables, except hospital park & ride 300 and Mereoak Park & Ride 600, which will still use their normal weekday timetables There will also be extra late night buses on purple 17.
Wed 1 Jan 2024
Most services will run to their Sunday timetables.
Thurs 2 Jan
Buses return to their normal timetables.
your route-by-route guides – coming soon (then update once… updated!)
Click on your route below to find the day-by-day guide plus last buses on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day timetables (plus New Year's Eve timetable for purple 17).
route | timetable |
jet black 1 | coming soon |
lime 2/2a | coming soon |
leopard 3 | coming soon |
lion 4/X4 | coming soon |
emerald 5 | coming soon |
emerald 6/6a | coming soon |
buzz 9 | coming soon |
ruby 10 | coming soon |
bronze 11 | coming soon |
orange 13/14 | coming soon |
sky blue 15 | coming soon |
sky blue 16 | coming soon |
purple 17 | coming soon |
buzz 18 | coming soon |
little oranges 19a/b/c | coming soon |
claret 21 | coming soon |
pink 22 | coming soon |
berry 23/24 | coming soon |
pink 25 | coming soon |
yellow 26 | coming soon |
little berries 27/29 | coming soon |
aqua 28 | coming soon |
royal blue 33 | coming soon |
azure 43 | coming soon |
greenwave 50 | coming soon |
hospital 300 | coming soon |
Winnersh 500 | coming soon |
Mereoak 600 / 650 | coming soon |
the London Line 701 / 702 | coming soon |
Flightline 703 | coming soon |