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Shepherd's Hill top Bus Stop
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14
The eastbound (towards Woodley) Shepherd’s Hill top bus stop will be out of use from Monday 20 January until Friday 24 January 2020.
This is due to electrical connection work.
Please use the previous bus stop, Earley Power Station, instead.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Closure of Fleet Road
- Affected routes:
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7
The section of Fleet Road between B3010 Kings Road and Church Road will be closed from Monday 20 January until Friday 7 February 2020.
This is for further work by Thames Water.
During this period, Tiger 7 will divert via B3010 Kings Road, Albert Street and Church Road and vice-versa.
Please use alternative bus stops at Avondale Road, Branksomewood Road or The Hart Centre instead.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Manor Farm Road Bus Stops
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greenwave 50a
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greenwave 50b
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greenwave 52a
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greenwave 52b
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greenwave 53a
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greenwave 60a
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greenwave 60c
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greenwave 60e
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greenwave 62a
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63a
The Manor Farm Road bus stops will be out of use from Sunday 19 January until Wednesday 22 January 2020.
This is due to work by Thames Water.
Please use the Central Piazza bus stops instead.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Horncastle Bus Stops
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jetblack
The Horncastle bus stops will be out of use from Wednesday 15 January until Friday 24 January 2020.
This is due to BT Openreach work.
Please use the Greenwood Road or Bath Road/Burghfield Road bus stops instead.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Buckland Road Circle - SSE work
Long Barn Lane and the northern arm of Northumberland Avenue will be closed at Buckland Road Circle between Monday 6 January and Monday 20 January 2020. The closure will also include the northern arm of the roundabout.
Emerald 5 and Services 9 and 91 are diverted as follows:-
Emerald 5
Emerald 5 will be diverted via Canterbury Road, Long Barn Lane, Basingstoke Road and Buckland Road and vice versa.
Buses will observe all bus stops on the diversion.
Service 9
Journeys will operate a revised loop in the Whitley area. From Cressingham Road via Buckland Road, Basingstoke Road, Hartland Road, Whitley Wood Road, Northumberland Avenue, Basingstoke Road and Buckland Road back to Cressingham Road.
Buses will observe all stops on the diversion.
Service 91
This service will terminate at and start from the temporary bus stop in Canterbury Road.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Closure of Kennylands Road
Part of Kennylands Road will be closed from Monday 13 January until Friday 31 January 2020.
This is due to sewer connection work.
Services are diverted as follows:-
Pink 25
This service will be diverted via B481 Peppard Road omitting Kennylands Road and Wood Lane.
Buses will observe all bus stops on the diversion including the temporary bus stop on Peppard Road by Wood Lane junction.
Services 82, 83 and 84
These will be diverted via B401 Peppard Road and Wood Lane and vice-versa.
Buses will observe all bus stops on the diversion.
Football Service F10
This will only use the stops on Peppard Road including the temporary bus stop by Wood Lane junction.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Closure of Arborfield Road
The closure will be lifted from Saturday 21 December 2019 until Sunday 5 January 2020 inclusive. Buses will revert to normal route during that period.
The section of the A327 Arborfield Road east of the Hollow Lane roundabout in Shinfield will be closed from Monday 18 November 2019 until Friday 31 January 2020.
This is to enable Wokingham Borough Council contractors to reconstruct the roundabout using two-way temporary traffic lights.
Leopard services are affected as follows:-
Leopard 3 and 3b
Buses will be unable to serve the School Green bus stops.
Please use the Church Lane or Magpie & Parrot bus stops instead.
Leopard 10
Journeys to/from Albert Close are not affected and will follow normal route.
Journeys scheduled to start or terminate at School Green will turn at the Church Lane roundabout. Buses will start from Church Lane bus stop one minute after the School Green time.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Silver Street Bus Stop
The Silver Street bus stop will be out of use from Monday 19 August 2019 until 31 August 2020.
This is due to work at the adjacent building site.
A temporary bus stop is located about 20 yards further along Silver Street.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Duke Street (King's Road) stop ME
Due to the redevelopment work at the former "Jackson's" department store it has become necessary, on safety grounds, to suspend the Duke Street (King's Road) stop ME bus stop.
lion 4 and X4 and purple 17 will, for the time being, use the adjacent stop MF instead.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
These disruptions could affect future journeys
Closure of The Forbury
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3
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3b
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4
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5
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6
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6a
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7
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9
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10
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11
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13
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14
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17
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19a
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19b
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19c
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21
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21a
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42
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42a
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42x
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greenwave 50
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greenwave 50a
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greenwave 50b
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greenwave 51
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greenwave 52
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greenwave 52a
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greenwave 52b
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greenwave 53
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greenwave 53a
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greenwave 53b
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greenwave 53x
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greenwave 60
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greenwave 60a
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greenwave 60b
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greenwave 60c
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greenwave 60e
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greenwave 60h
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greenwave 60m
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greenwave 60x
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61
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62
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greenwave 62a
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greenwave 63
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63a
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65
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66
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500
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X4
The Forbury will be closed from 7.00am on Monday 20 January until 7.00am on Wednesday 22 January 2020.
This is to enable a permanent repair to be made to a temporary patch in the centre of the road by the side entrance to Forbury Gardens.
During this period, buses will be diverted and will be unable to serve the bus stops at:-
Blagrave Street stop EO (except bronze 11 which will continue to stop here)
Market Place stops MA and MC
Duke Street (King’s Road) stop MF
Huntley & Palmers (going towards Royal Berkshire Hospital)
Please use alternative town centre bus stops in Friar Street or Reading Station area.
Please note that after Reading Station the next bus stop for Royal Berkshire Hospital services will be Eldon Road.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Station North stops NC and ND
Station North stops NC and ND will be out of use between 9.00am and 3.00pm on Tuesday 21 January 2020.
This is to enable aerial towers to be removed for the adjacent building.
Buses normally using these bus stops will use stop NB instead.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Friar Street stop FJ
Friar Street stop FJ will be out of use from 10.30pm on Tuesday 21 January until 6.00am on Wednesday 22 January 2020.
This is to allow for the operation of a cherry picker.
Please use stop FL instead.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
