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.
Full information for our Christmas services can be found below. This includes a day-by-day breakdown of our service level by route over the period; including details of last buses on Boxing Day, Christmas Day times for Flightline 703, Boxing Day timetables and New Year's Eve times for purple 17.
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 8/9pm. 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 2025
Most services will run to their Sunday timetables.
Thurs 2 Jan
Buses return to their normal timetables.
your route-by-route guides
Click on your route below to find the day-by-day guide plus last buses on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day timetables (plus Christmas Day for Flightline 703 and New Year's Eve timetable for purple 17).