Hastings Borough Bus Service Changes
Changes to services in Hastings Borough: October 2024 update
Summary of main changes (from 1 September unless otherwise stated):
Conquest Hospital
- Service 21(Malvern Way-Downs Road-Hastings town centre-St Leonards town centre-The Green-Silverhill-Harrow Lane-Conquest Hospital) – New service 321 replaces the section of route between Hastings town centre and Conquest Hospital. Frequency unchanged (half-hourly Mondays to Saturdays daytime, hourly evenings and Sundays). Service 321 will also run to and from Ore Down Farm.
- Service 23 (Hastings town centre-Elphinstone Road-Conquest Hospital) - Renumbered 323, to a revised timetable (remaining approximately hourly). On Sundays the service continues beyond Hastings Station to/from Harley Shute, matching the Monday to Saturday route.
- Service 28 (Conquest Hospital-The Ridge-Malvern Way-Ore village-Westhill-Hastings town centre) –Renumbered 328, to a revised timetable (remaining hourly).
- Service 29 (Hastings town centre-Conquest Hospital-Westfield-Northiam-Tenterden) - Renumbered 329 (for journeys serving Northiam and Tenterden) and 329A (for journeys terminating at Conquest Hospital). Frequency to/from Conquest Hospital remains broadly half-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime and hourly Sundays. There are however fewer Monday to Saturday evening journeys. Stagecoach are no longer able to provide the Monday to Saturday daytime service beyond Conquest Hospital to Westfield, Northiam and Tenterden on a commercial basis. This was due to increased operating costs and insufficient income. Following competitive tendering, East Sussex County Council is funding a replacement service run by Stagecoach, reduced in frequency due to the very limited funding available to the Council. The service to Westfield and Northiam is halved to approximately 90 minutes/every 2 hours, with three of these journeys in each direction also serving Tenterden. The Sunday service to/from Northiam and Tenterden remains every 2 hours.
- Service 95 (Bexhill-Bexhill Hospital-Ninfield-Battle-Conquest Hospital) – Continues to provide a frequency approximately every 2 hours Monday to Saturday daytime, to a further revised timetable from 7 October 2024. Services 94 and 95 in combination offer an hourly frequency between Bexhill town centre, Bexhill Hospital and Conquest Hospital.
- Service 98 (Bexhill, Bexhill-Hastings link road, Hollington and Conquest Hospital) - New service 94 has replaced service 98 journeys on the section of route between Bexhill-Conquest Hospital. Service 94 will not run via Sidley, instead being routed via Bexhill Hospital, Bexhill-Hastings link road, Hollington, Silverhill and Conquest Hospital. It will run approximately every 2 hours Monday to Saturday daytime, in combination with service 95 offering an hourly frequency of service between Bexhill town centre, Bexhill Hospital and Conquest Hospital.
- Service 100 (Conquest Hospital-Silverhill-Bohemia Road-Hastings-Old Town-Ore-Winchelsea-Rye-Lydd) – Continues to provide an hourly Monday to Saturday daytime service, frequency every 2 hours on Sundays. On Sundays service 101 (Hastings-Old Town-Ore-Fairlight-Winchelsea Beach-Rye) extends to/from Conquest Hospital every 2 hours, thereby providing a combined hourly frequency with service 100.
Ore village, Down Farm, Clive Vale
- Service 20 replaced by new service 321. Service 321 runs half-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime and hourly evenings (until approximately 8pm), plus hourly on Sundays. Service 20 currently runs every 20 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime, hourly until late evening, and hourly Sundays. Route unchanged between Down Farm and St Leonards town centre, after which route 321runs to and from Conquest Hospital via The Green and Harrow Lane, instead of to Mayfield Farm via Hollington Tesco.
- Service 22/22C is renumbered service 322 (for the main daily route between Ore, Stonehouse Drive, Hollington Tesco, including evening extensions to Harley Shute) and service 322C (for Sunday daytime journeys serving Harley Shute but not Stonehouse Drive). Revised timetable. Frequency continues to be every 20 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime, hourly evenings and half-hourly Sunday daytime.
- Service 28 (Conquest Hospital-The Ridge-Malvern Way-Ore village-West Hill-Hastings town centre) is renumbered service 328. Timing changes. Frequency remains hourly daily.
- Service 31 route extension introduced in July 2023 between Harley Shute and Hastings town via Filsham Valley, West St Leonards and St Leonards town centre, no longer runs. Replaced by service 331. The frequency of service 331 continues to be hourly, including evenings and Sundays, with minor timing changes.
- Service 100 (New Romney-Camber-Rye-Winchelsea-Icklesham-Hastings Rail Station-Bohemia Road-Silverhill-Conquest Hospital) – Some timing changes. The frequency remains hourly Monday to Saturday daytime with some evening journeys, plus every 2 hours on Sundays.
- Service 101 (Rye-Winchelsea Beach-Pett Level-Fairlight-Hastings Rail Station) - The frequency remains hourly Monday to Saturday daytime with some evening journeys, plus every 2 hours on Sundays.
Malvern Way, Downs Road, Hoads Wood Road and Parker Road areas
- Service 21 replaced by new service 324. Service 324 will run hourly Monday to Saturday daytime, evenings and Sundays (service 21 was previously half-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime and hourly evenings). Route unchanged between Malvern Way and Hastings Rail Station, after which route 324 will run via Bohemia Road, Silverhill and Hollington Tesco to Harley Shute (instead of to Conquest Hospital via St Leonards town centre and Harrow Lane).
- Service 328 (the renumbered service 28) continues to serve Malvern Way, linking to Conquest Hospital (via The Ridge) and Hastings Rail Station (via Ore village and West Hill). Service 328 remains hourly, including evenings and Sundays, timings changed.
- Service 331 (the renumbered service 31) continues to serve Ore village, Malvern Way, Parker Road and Hastings town centre. The extended section of service 31 to Harley Shute via St Leonards town centre and West St Leonards, introduced in July 2023, no longer runs. The frequency of service 331 on its remaining part of route is still hourly, including evenings and Sundays, with minor timing changes.
Bohemia Road
- Service 99 - Most journeys no longer serve Bohemia Road and Silverhill, with the service running between Hastings Rail Station, Bexhill and Eastbourne instead.
- Service 100 (New Romney-Lydd-Camber-Rye-Winchelsea-Icklesham-Hastings Rail Station-Bohemia Road-Silverhill-Conquest Hospital). Some timing changes. The frequency remains hourly Monday to Saturday daytime with some evening journeys, plus every 2 hours on Sundays.
- New service 324 provides an hourly Monday to Saturday daytime service along Bohemia Road, offering new links to Hollington Tesco and Harley Shute via Silverhill. Service 324 also runs to Hastings town centre, Downs Road and Malvern Way. On Sunday daytime additional 324 journeys run, providing a half-hourly service between Silverhill, Malvern Way and Hastings Staton.
- Service 349 (Hastings Rail Station-Bohemia Road-Silverhill-Sedlescombe-Bodiam-Hawkhurst). Timetable changes. The frequency remains every 2 hours daily, daytime.
- Route 1066 (Hastings Rail Station-Bohemia Road-Silverhill-Battle-Robertsbridge-Hawkhurst-Wadhurst-Tunbridge Wells). Timing changes. The frequency remains hourly Monday to Saturday daytime plus some evening journeys, and every 2 hours on Sundays.
Pilot Road, Elphinstone Road – Service 23 (Conquest Hospital-Pilot Road-Elphinstone Road-Hastings Rail Station-West St Leonards-Harley Shute) is renumbered 323, to a revised timetable (remaining approximately hourly). On Sundays the service continues beyond Hastings Rail Station to/from Harley Shute, matching the Monday to Saturday route.
West Hill, The Ridge - Service 28 (Conquest Hospital-The Ridge-Malvern Way-Ore village-West Hill-Hastings town centre) is renumbered 328, to a revised timetable (remaining hourly).
Hillside Road, Parkstone Road, Park View, St Helens Road – Service 29 (Hastings town centre-Conquest Hospital-Westfield-Northiam-Tenterden) - Renumbered 329 (for journeys serving Northiam and Tenterden) and 329A (for journeys terminating at Conquest Hospital). Frequency to/from Conquest Hospital remains broadly half-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime and hourly Sundays. There will however be fewer Monday to Saturday evening journeys. Stagecoach were no longer able to provide the Monday to Saturday daytime service beyond Conquest Hospital to Westfield, Northiam and Tenterden on a commercial basis. This was due to increased operating costs and insufficient income. Following competitive tendering, East Sussex County Council now funds a replacement service run by Stagecoach, reduced in frequency due to the very limited funding available to the Council. The service to Westfield and Northiam is halved to approximately 90 minutes/every 2 hours, with three of these journeys in each direction also serving Tenterden. The Sunday service to/from Northiam and Tenterden remains every 2 hours.
The Green, Upper Maze Hill – Service 21(Malvern Way-Downs Road-Hastings town centre-St Leonards-The Green-Silverhill-Harrow Lane-Conquest Hospital) - New service 321 replaces the section of route between Hastings town centre and Conquest Hospital. Frequency unchanged (half-hourly Mondays to Saturdays daytime, hourly evenings and Sundays). Service 321 also runs to and from Ore Down Farm daily.
West St Leonards, Filsham Valley, Harley Shute
- Service 22C, which provides a Sunday daytime service between Harley Shute, Silverhill, St Leonards town centre, Hastings town centre and Ore, is renumbered 322C. It continues to be hourly, with a revised timetable.
- Service 23 (Harley Shute-Filsham Valley-St Leonards Medical Centre-West St Leonards-St Leonards town centre-Hastings town centre-Elphinstone Road-Conquest Hospital) - Renumbered 323, to a revised timetable (remaining approximately hourly). Sunday service 323 continues beyond Hastings Rail Station to/from Harley Shute, matching the Monday to Saturday route. This partly replaces service 31 (see below). There are also additional Monday to Saturday early evening journeys between Hastings Rail Station and Harley Shute, again partly replacing service 31.
- Service 31(Ore village-Malvern Way-Parker Road-Hastings Rail Station-West St Leonards-Filsham Valley-Harley Shute) – This route no longer runs between Hastings Station and Harley Shute. It reverts to its pre July 2023 route running between Hastings Station and Ore (as new service number 331). See changes to service 23 above (the renumbered 323) which partly replace service 323 in the early evening and on Sunday.
- New service 322 provides hourly evening journeys for Harley Shute, running via Silverhill, St Leonards town centre, Hastings town centre to/from Ore. These run in place of service 20, but start earlier in the evening.
- New service 324 (Harley Shute-Ironlatch Avenue-Blackman Avenue-Hollington Tesco-Silverhill-Bohemia Road-Hastings town centre-Downs Road- Hoads Wood Road-Malvern Way), runs hourly Monday to Saturday daytime. This service offers new links from Harley Shute to Hollington Tesco and Silverhill.
St Leonards seafront (west of London Road) and Bexhill Road
- Service 98 – Revised route and timetable, running between Hastings, St Leonards, Pebsham, Bexhill and Sidley. Frequency remains 20 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime, hourly evenings and Sundays. The service 98 existing route between Bexhill, Hailsham and Eastbourne is replaced by a separate service numbered 53.
- Service 99 (Hastings-Bexhill-Eastbourne) – Most journeys in Hastings no longer serve Bohemia Road and Silverhill. The service starts/finishes at Hastings Rail Station instead, to a revised timetable. Daytime frequency remains 20 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and hourly Sunday daytime. There is an approximately hourly service until mid evening.
Hollington, Mayfield Farm
- Service 20 (Mayfield Farm-Hollington Tesco-Old Church Road-Silverhill-St Leonards town centre-Hastings town centre-Ore Down Farm) is replaced by new service 319. Service 319 follows the same route as service 20 between Mayfield Farm and Hastings Rail Station, where it terminates. Its frequency is the same (20 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime, hourly evenings and half-hourly Sunday daytime), to a revised timetable.
- Service 22 (Hollington Tesco-Stonehouse Drive-Silverhill-St Leonards town centre-Hastings town centre-Ore Ivy Gardens) is renumbered 322. The Sunday daytime journeys previously numbered 22C (serving Harley Shute instead of Hollington Tesco and Stonehouse Drive) are renumbered 322C. There is no change to the routes or frequencies, some timing changes.
- New service 94 replaces previous service 98 journeys that ran between Bexhill, Bexhill-Hastings link road, Hollington and Conquest Hospital. Service 94 does not run via Sidley, instead being routed via Bexhill Hospital, Bexhill-Hastings link road, Hollington, Silverhill and Conquest Hospital. It runs approximately every 2 hours Monday to Saturday daytime.
- New service 324 (Harley Shute-Ironlatch Avenue-Hollington Tesco-Silverhill-Bohemia Road-Hastings town centre-Downs Road-Hoads Wood Road-Malvern Way), running hourly Monday to Saturday daytime. This service re-introduces a Monday to Saturday daytime service on Ironlatch Avenue. Service 322C provides Ironlatch Avenue with an hourly service on Sunday.
Silverhill
- Service 20 (Mayfield Farm-Hollington Tesco-Old Church Road-Silverhill-St Leonards town centre-Hastings town centre-Ore Down Farm) is replaced by new service 319. Service 319 follows the same route as service 20 between Mayfield Farm and Hastings Station, where it terminates. Frequency unchanged (20 mins Monday to Saturday daytime, hourly evenings, half-hourly Sunday daytime).
- Service 21(Malvern Way-Downs Road-Hastings town centre-St Leonards town centre-The Green-Silverhill-Harrow Lane-Conquest Hospital) – Replaced between Hastings town centre and Conquest Hospital by new service 321. Frequency unchanged (half-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime, hourly evenings and Sundays). Service 321 also runs to and from Ore Down Farm.
- Service 22 (Hollington Tesco-Stonehouse Drive-Silverhill-St Leonards town centre-Hastings town centre-Ore Ivy Gardens) will be renumbered 322. The Sunday daytime journeys currently numbered 22C (serving Harley Shute instead of Hollington Tesco and Stonehouse Drive) will be renumbered 322C. No change to the routes or frequencies, but some timing changes.
- Service 99 (Hastings-Bexhill-Eastbourne). Most journeys no longer serves Bohemia Road and Silverhill.
- Service 100 (New Romney-Lydd-Camber-Rye-Winchelsea-Icklesham-Hastings Station-Bohemia Road-Silverhill-Conquest Hospital). Some timing changes. Frequency remains hourly Monday to Saturday daytime with some evening journeys, plus every 2 hours on Sunday.
- Service 349 (Hastings Rail Station-Bohemia Road-Silverhill-Sedlescombe-Bodiam-Hawkhurst). Some timing changes. The frequency remains every 2 hours daily, daytime.
- Route 1066 (Hastings Rail Station-Bohemia Road-Silverhill-Battle-Robertsbridge-Hawkhurst-Wadhurst-Tunbridge Wells). Timing changes. The frequency remains hourly Monday to Saturday daytime plus some evening journeys, plus every 2 hours on Sunday.
- Harrow Lane, Sedlescombe Road North
- Service 21(Malvern Way-Downs Road-Hastings town centre-St Leonards town centre-The Green-Silverhill-Harrow Lane-Conquest Hospital) – Replaced between Hastings town centre and Conquest Hospital by new service 321. Frequency unchanged (half-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime, hourly evening and Sunday). The 321 also serves Ore Down Farm.
- New service 94 replaces previous service 98 journeys that ran between Bexhill, Bexhill-Hastings link road, Hollington and Conquest Hospital. Service 94 does not run via Sidley, instead being routed via Bexhill Hospital, Bexhill-Hastings link road, Hollington, Silverhill and Conquest Hospital. Frequency is approximately every 2 hours Monday to Saturday daytime.
- Service 100 (New Romney-Lydd-Camber-Rye-Winchelsea-Icklesham-Hastings Station-Bohemia Road-Silverhill-Conquest Hospital). Some timing changes. The frequency remains hourly Monday to Saturday daytime with some evening journeys, plus every 2 hours Sunday.
Hastings longer distance services from town centre
- Service 29 (Hastings town centre-Conquest Hospital-Westfield-Northiam-Tenterden) - Renumbered 329 (for journeys serving Northiam and Tenterden) and 329A (for journeys terminating at Conquest Hospital). Frequency to/from Conquest Hospital remains broadly half-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime and hourly Sundays. There are fewer Monday to Saturday evening journeys. Stagecoach are were no longer able to provide the Monday to Saturday daytime service beyond Conquest Hospital to Westfield, Northiam and Tenterden on a commercial basis. This was due to increased operating costs and insufficient income. Following competitive tendering, East Sussex County Council now funds a replacement service run by Stagecoach, reduced in frequency due to the very limited funding available to the Council. The service to Westfield and Northiam is halved to approximately 90 minutes/every 2 hours, with three of these journeys in each direction also serving Tenterden. The Sunday service to/from Northiam and Tenterden remains every 2 hours.
- Service 98 (Hastings-St Leonards-Pebsham-Bexhill-Sidley-Ninfield-Herstmonceux-Hailsham-Polegate-Eastbourne). Revised route and timetable, running between Hastings, St Leonards, Pebsham, Bexhill and Sidley. Frequency unchanged between Hastings and Bexhill. Improved 20-minute Monday to Saturday daytime frequency in Sidley (previously 2 per hour). Its route between Bexhill, Hailsham and Eastbourne is replaced by new service numbered 53.
- Service 99 (Hastings-Bexhill-Eastbourne) – Most journeys in Hastings no longer serve Bohemia Road and Silverhill. The service will start/finish at Hastings Station instead, to a revised timetable. Daytime frequency remains 20 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and hourly Sunday daytime. There is an approximately hourly service until mid-evening.
- Service 100 (New Romney-Lydd-Camber-Rye-Winchelsea-Icklesham-Hastings Station-Bohemia Road-Silverhill-Conquest Hospital). Some timing changes. The frequency remains hourly Monday to Saturday daytime with some evening journeys, plus every 2 hours Sunday.
- Service 101 (Rye-Winchelsea Beach-Pett Level-Fairlight-Hastings Station) - The frequency remains hourly Monday to Saturday daytime with some evening journeys, plus every 2 hours on Sundays.
- Service 349 (Hastings Rail Station-Bohemia Road-Silverhill-Sedlescombe-Bodiam-Hawkhurst). Some timing changes. The frequency remains every 2 hours daily, daytime
- Route 1066 (Hastings Rail Station-Bohemia Road-Silverhill-Battle-Robertsbridge-Hawkhurst-Wadhurst-Tunbridge Wells). Timing changes. The frequency remains hourly Monday to Saturday daytime plus some evening journeys, plus every 2 hours on Sundays.
See below for route by route summary of changes
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Service number |
Route |
Changes to current service |
Service provided by |
Date of change |
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7 |
Hastings town centre- Ashford Way |
No change |
Run by Stagecoach with funding from ESCC |
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20 |
Ore Down Farm-Old Town-Hastings town centre- St Leonards-Silverhill-Hollington Tesco-Mayfield Farm |
The section of route between Ore Down Farm, Old Town and Hastings town centre is replaced by new service 321(see below). The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency changed to 30 minutes (currently 20 minutes). Service 20 between Hastings town centre, St Leonards town centre, Silverhill, Hollington Tesco and Mayfield Farm continues to run on its previous frequency, although re-numbered 319 with revised timings (see below). |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. The service improvements are funded by UK Government until March 2026, following ESCC’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding |
1 September 2024 |
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21 |
Malvern Way-Downs Road-Hastings town centre- St Leonards-The Green-Silverhill-Conquest Hospital |
New service 321 (see below) replaced service 21 between Hastings town centre and Conquest Hospital. The section of route between Malvern Way, Downs Road and Hastings Station is replaced by new service 324 (see below), which also serves Bohemia Road, Silverhill, Hollington Tesco, Blackman Drive, Ironlatch Avenue and Harley Shute.
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Commercial service provided by Stagecoach.
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1 September 2024 |
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22,22C |
Ore-Hastings town centre- St Leonards-Silverhill-Stonehouse Drive-Hollington Tesco (22C Sunday daytime journeys also serve Harley Shute) |
Services renumbered to service 322 and 322C. No change to routes and service frequency remains the same, with some timing changes.
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Commercial service provided by Stagecoach.
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1 September 2024 |
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23 |
Harley Shute-Filsham Valley-St Leonards Medical Centre- West St Leonards- Hastings town centre-Elphinstone Road-Pilot Road-Conquest Hospital |
Service renumbered to service 323 (see below). There are timetable changes. |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. ESCC funds the Hastings town centre-Conquest Hospital section.
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1 September 2024 |
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23B |
Hastings town centre- St Leonards-Harley Shute-Hollington-Conquest Hospital |
The morning peak journey from Hastings Station to Conquest Hospital was renumbered 323B and now follows the standard route via Havelock Road and Hastings seafront to St Leonards Christchurch, instead of running via Bohemia Road and Church Road. Minor timing changes. The schooldays journey from Silverhill to St Leonards Academy is renumbered 324. It runs up to 5 minutes earlier than the previous 23B timings. |
Run by Stagecoach with funding from ESCC for the morning journey to Conquest Hospital. The schooldays journey from Silverhill to St Leonards Academy is a commercial service.
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1 September 2024 |
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27 |
Hastings town centre- Linton Road
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No change. |
Run by Stagecoach with funding from ESCC |
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28 |
Hastings town centre- West Hill-Ore- Conquest Hospital |
Service renumbered to service 328 (see below). Some timing changes.
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Service provided by Stagecoach. Monday to Saturday service is operated commercially. The Sunday service is funded by ESCC. |
1 September 2024 |
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29 |
Hastings-St Helen’s- Conquest Hospital-Westfield- Broad Oak-Northiam-Tenterden |
Journeys running between Hastings and Northiam or Tenterden were renumbered to service 329. Journeys running only between Hastings and Conquest Hospital were renumbered to service 329A (see below). The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency is reduced between Conquest Hospital, Northiam and Tenterden (see service 329 below for more information). |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. Some journeys on the section of route north of Conquest Hospital are funded by ESCC. The evening and Sunday service improvements are funded by UK Government until March 2026, following ESCC’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding. |
1 September 2024 |
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31 |
Clifton Road-Frederick Road-Ore village-Malvern Way-Parker Road- Hastings town centre- St Leonards town centre- West St Leonards- St Leonards Medical Centre-Filsham Valley-Harley Shute |
Service 31 was replaced by new service 331 between Clifton Road and Hastings Station (see below).
The route extension introduced in July 2023 between Hastings Station and Harley Shute via West St Leonards and Filsham Valley no longer runs due to high cost and relatively low use. Service 323 (the new number for service 23) continues to serve West St Leonards, St Leonards Medical Centre, Filsham Valley and Harley Shute. Service 323 has some additional evening journeys and a new Sunday service over this section.
Harley Shute is provided with new service 324 (see below), running to/from Hastings via Ironlatch Avenue, Hollington Tesco, Silverhill and Bohemia Road, on an hourly frequency Monday to Saturday daytime. |
Run by Stagecoach with funding from ESCC.
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1 September 2024 |
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70 (College Days) |
Rye-Bexhill College
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Minor timing changes to improve punctuality. |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. |
1 September 2024 |
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73,74, (Schooldays)
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ARK Alexandra Academy school services |
The morning journeys run earlier at the request of ARK Alexandra Academy. Timings have also been adjusted to improve punctuality. |
Run by Stagecoach with funding from ESCC. |
1 September 2024 |
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94,94A |
Bexhill-Bexhill Hospital-Sidley-Coombe Valley Way-Hollington Tesco-Silverhill-Conquest Hospital (journeys numbered 94A do not serve Silverhill) |
New service 94/94A replaced service 98 journeys between Bexhill, Sidley, Glovers House, Combe Valley Way, Hollington Tesco and Conquest Hospital. Service 94/94A is generally every 2 hours Monday to Saturday daytime (service 98 was previously hourly, Monday to Saturday) and additionally serves Bexhill Hospital and Silverhill in Hastings. Services 94/94A and 95 combined provide an hourly Monday to Saturday daytime frequency between Bexhill, Bexhill Hospital and Conquest Hospital. |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. |
1 September 2024 |
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95 |
Little Common (school journeys)-Bexhill-Battle-Conquest Hospital |
Service 95 continues to run generally every 2 hours Monday to Saturday, but to a further revised timetable from 7 October (to improve punctuality). Service 95, combined with new service 94/94A (see above) provides an hourly Monday to Saturday daytime frequency between Bexhill, Bexhill Hospital and Conquest Hospital. |
Run by Stagecoach with funding from ESCC. |
7 October 2024 |
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98, 98A |
Hastings-Pebsham-Bexhill-Sidley, then either Ninfield-Herstmonceux-Hailsham-Polegate-Eastbourne or via Combe Valley Way to Hollington Tesco and Conquest Hospital |
Route and timetable changed to improve timekeeping. Route revised to run between Hastings town centre, Pebsham, Hastings town centre and Sidley. One morning peak journey continues to run from Ninfield to Hastings via Bexhill. At the request of Bexhill Academy, school journeys no longer enter their school grounds. Pupils will need to alight at the Turkey Road ‘Hornbeam Road’ bus stop in morning and wait at the ‘Turkey Road’ bus stop in Southlands Road in the afternoon. Service 98 is replaced between Bexhill, Ninfield, Herstmonceux, Hailsham, Polegate and Eastbourne by new route 53. Service 94 running every 2 hours Monday to Friday daytime replaces section between Bexhill, Sidley, Glovers House, Coombe Valley Way, Hollington and Conquest Hospital, (see above), also serving Bexhill Hospital and Hastings Silverhill. No change to the frequency improvements introduced from 23 July 2023: - 20 minute Monday to Saturday daytime frequency between Hastings and Bexhill (was 30 minutes before July 2023); - New hourly Monday to Saturday evening service between Hastings and Sidley; - Earlier Sunday morning journeys. |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. The service improvements are funded by UK Government until March 2026, following ESCC’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding. |
1 September 2024 |
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99 |
Hastings-Bexhill-Pevensey-Eastbourne |
Timing changes. Most journeys no longer serve Silverhill and Bohemia Road in Hastings. No changes to the frequency improvements introduced from 23 July 2023: - new Monday to Saturday evening journeys between Hastings town centre and Silverhill; - Sunday daytime frequency doubled to 30 minutes. |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach |
1 September 2024 |
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100 |
Conquest Hospital-Hastings-Guestling-Icklesham-Winchelsea-Rye-Lydd-New Romney |
Minor timing changes, including to the new Monday to Saturday evening journeys introduced from 23 July 2023. The afternoon timetable is revised to better cater for pupils travelling home from Rye College.
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Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. The evening and Sunday service improvements are funded by UK Government until March 2026, following ESCC’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding. |
1 September 2024 |
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101 |
Hastings-Fairlight-Winchelsea Beach-Rye (also serves Conquest hospital evenings and Sundays) |
Revised timetable. Service 101 no longer serves Guestling Bradshaw Primary School on schooldays. Service 347 (see below) will serve the school instead.
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The Monday to Saturday service is operated commercially by Stagecoach with the Sunday service funded by ESCC. The evening service improvements are funded by UK Government following ESCC’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding. |
1 September 2024 |
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319 |
Hastings Rail Station-St Leonards- Silverhill-Hollington Tesco-Mayfield Farm |
This new service 319 replaced service 20 between Hastings town centre and Mayfield Farm. No change to route. Revised timings but no change to service frequency. The new evening journeys, including Sunday evening journeys, introduced from 23 July 2023, continue. |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. The service improvements are funded by UK Government until March 2026, following ESCC’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding. |
1 September 2024 |
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321 |
Ore Down Farm-Old Town-Hastings Rail Station-St Leonards town centre-The Green-Harrow Lane-Conquest Hospital |
New service 321 replaced service 20 between Ore Down Farm and Hastings Rail Station, and service 21 between Hastings Station and Conquest Hospital. The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency is 30 minutes (previously 20 minutes). The evening service was reduced due to the low level of use, with the last bus towards Down Farm being 20:16 from Hastings Station. The Sunday daytime frequency remains hourly. The improved service to and from Conquest Hospital, introduced in July 2023, continues. These include a later Saturday evening journey, and new Sunday early morning and evening journeys. These assist Conquest Hospital staff working shifts. |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. The service improvements are funded by UK Government until March 2026, following ESCC’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding. |
1 September 2024 |
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322,322C |
Ore-Hastings town centre- St Leonards-Silverhill-Stonehouse Drive-Hollington Tesco (322C Sunday daytime journeys serve Ironlatch Ave and Harley Shute instead of Stonehouse Drive) |
Services 322 and 322C are the new numbers for services 22 and 22C. No change to routes and service frequency remains the same, with some timing changes. Service 322 journeys seven nights a week and now extend from Hollington Tesco to/from Harley Shute. The improved Sunday service, introduced in July 2023, remains. |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. The Sunday service improvements are funded by UK Government until March 2026, following ESCC’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding |
1 September 2024 |
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323 |
Harley Shute-Filsham Valley-St Leonards Medical Centre- West St Leonards- Hastings town centre-Elphinstone Road-Pilot Road-Conquest Hospital
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Service 323 is the new number for service 23, running to a revised timetable. Monday to Saturday daytime the service continue to be generally hourly. Between Hastings Station and Harley Shute there are some additional early evening journeys to replace some of the former service 31 journeys at these times. The Sunday service running between Conquest Hospital and Hastings Rail Station is extended to Harley Shute to replace service 31 (service 31 is renumbered 331 to run between Hastings Station and Ore 331 – see below). There is a revised hourly timetable. The following improvements introduced from 23 July 2023 remain: - Earlier Monday to Friday journeys between Hastings town centre and Conquest Hospital. - New Sunday daytime hourly service between Hastings town centre and Conquest Hospital. |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. ESCC funds the Hastings town centre-Conquest Hospital section. The service improvements are funded by UK Government until March 2026, following ESCC’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding. |
1 September 2024 |
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323B
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Hastings town centre- St Leonards-Harley Shute-Hollington-Conquest Hospital
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Service 323B is the new number for the service 23B journey from Hastings Station to Conquest Hospital via Harley Shute. It is revised to follow the standard route via Havelock Road and Hastings seafront to St Leonards Christchurch instead of running via Bohemia Road and Church Road. Minor timing changes. |
Run by Stagecoach with funding from ESCC for the morning journey to Conquest Hospital.
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1 September 2024 |
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324 |
Malvern Way-Downs Road-Hastings town centre-Bohemia Road-Silverhill-Hollington Tesco-Blackman Avenue-Ironlatch Avenue-Harley Shute |
This new service replaced service 21 between Malvern Way, Downs Road and Hastings town centre. Monday to Saturday daytime service 324 runs hourly, resulting in a reduced frequency for Malvern Way and Downs Road compared to half-hourly service 21. It also replaced service 31 in Harley Shute at this time, in doing so reinstating a service along Ironlatch Avenue and new links between Harley Shute, Hollington Tesco and the Silverhill area. One service 324 journey replaced the schooldays 23B morning journey to St Leonards Academy, serving Mayfield Farm at 08:18. The evening and Sunday service 324 runs hourly between Malvern Way and Silverhill, with an extra hourly Sunday daytime service between Hastings Station and Silverhill. See new services 322/322C for evening and Sunday journeys linking Hastings town centre, St Leonards, Silverhill, Hollington, Ironlatch Avenue and Harley Shute. The later evening journeys serving Malvern Way, introduced in July 2023, will continue. |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. The evening service improvements are funded by UK Government until March 2026, following ESCC’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding. |
1 September 2024 |
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328 |
Hastings town centre- West Hill-Ore- Conquest Hospital |
Service 328 is the new number for service 28. Revised timetable, though still hourly from early morning to mid evening on seven days a week. The new daily mid evening journeys and Sunday morning journeys, introduced from 23 July 2023, continue and are to assist Conquest Hospital staff working shifts. |
Service provided by Stagecoach. Monday to Saturday service is operated commercially. The Sunday service is funded by ESCC. The service improvements are funded by UK Government until March 2026, following ESCC’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding |
1 September 2024 |
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329 |
Hastings-St Helen’s- Conquest Hospital-Westfield-Broad Oak-Northiam-Tenterden |
329 is the new number for service 29 journeys serving Westfield, Northiam and Tenterden. For information about the service locally between Hastings Station and Conquest Hospital see service 329A (below). Stagecoach wew no longer able to provide a Monday to Saturday daytime service north of Conquest Hospital due to increased operating costs and low passenger numbers. Some of the daytime journeys have been funded by East Sussex County Council (the later evening journeys and Sunday service were introduced in July 2023 with funding from UK Government following East Sussex County Council’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding). East Sussex County Council and Kent County Council have very limited funding so the replacement service is less frequent. The new Monday to Saturday daytime frequency between Conquest Hospital, Westfield and Northiam is halved to about 90 minutes/every 2 hours. Peak journeys between Hastings and Northiam are largely unchanged. The 18:22 journey from Hastings to Northiam is retimed to 18:50 and the 20:02 is withdrawn. Evening journeys from Northiam to Hastings are retimed. The replacement for the Kent section of route serving Newenden, Rolvenden and Tenterden provides three return journeys, Monday to Saturday daytime. The Sunday daytime service between Hastings, Northiam and Tenterden is unchanged at every 2 hours. |
Funded by ESCC and by UK Government (until March 2026) following ESCC’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding. |
1 September 2024 |
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329A |
Hastings-St Helen’s- Conquest Hospital |
329A is the new number for service 29 journeys running between Hastings Station, St Helen’s and Conquest Hospital. In combination with new service 329 (see above) between Hastings Station, St Helen’s and Conquest Hospital there continues to be a half-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime service and an hourly Sunday service. Revised timetable. The Monday to Saturday evening service is reduced after around 8pm. |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. |
1 September 2024 |
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331 |
Clifton Road-Frederick Road-Ore village-Malvern Way-Parker Road- Hastings town centre- |
Service 331 replaced route 31 between Clifton Road and Hastings Rail Station. The route extension beyond Hastings Station, to/from Harley Shute via West St Leonards and Filsham Valley, was withdrawn. See service 323 for some replacement Monday to Saturday evening journeys and a Sunday service. Service 331 follows the same route as service 31 on its route between Clifton Road and Hastings Station. It also continues to run hourly Monday to Saturday daytime and evenings, plus Sunday daytime. |
Run by Stagecoach with funding from ESCC.
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1 September 2024 |
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342 (Schooldays) |
Hastings-Westfield-Broad Oak-Udimore-Rye |
The 342 journeys from and to Hastings were withdrawn due to very low use. Service 100 provides an alternative service for Rye College pupils serving Conquest Hospital, Harrow Lane, Silverhill, Bohemia Road, Hastings town centre, Old Town and Ore village. Rye College pupils living in Udimore and Broad Oak will be able to access school using revised service 313 journeys. |
This service is run by Stagecoach with funding from ESCC
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1 September 2024 |
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347 |
Pett-Guestling-Hastings |
Route and timetable revised to serve Guestling Bradshaw Primary School in the morning and afternoon on schooldays (the morning journey is in place of serve 101). The morning journey starts from Ore Co-op at 08:01 and runs via Fairlight (Commanders Walk at 08:07), Pett Level Road, then Chick Hill (at 08:19) and Pett Road. After stopping at Guestling Bradshaw School the bus then continues to Hastings via Guestling Green and Ore. The afternoon journey from the school also takes this route, in the reverse direction, to Chick Hill, Fairlight and Ore. |
Service run by Stagecoach with funding from ESCC.
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1 September 2024 |
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349 |
Hastings-Sedlescombe-Bodiam-Sandhurst-Hawkhurst |
The first journey from Hastings Station was revised to depart at 06:27 and no longer serves Conquest Hospital, instead following the route of all other journeys. Timing changes to other journeys to improve punctuality. |
Service run by Stagecoach with funding from ESCC. |
1 September 2024 |
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359 (Schooldays) |
Hastings-St Richards Catholic College |
Timing changes of up to 5 minutes to the morning journey to improve punctuality. |
Run by Stagecoach with funding from ESCC. |
1 September 2024 |
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360 (College Days) |
Etchingham-Robertsbridge-Sedlescombe-St Leonards-Bexhill College |
Service 360 will be reviewed once patronage for the new college year has been established. This is an expensive service to provide and there is a need for ESCC to keep costs within budget. Route 1066 (see below) on college days provides a morning journey to Bexhill College from Hawkhurst, Hurst Green, Robertsbridge, Whatlington, Battle and Hastings. |
Run by Rambler Coaches with funding from ESCC. |
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361 (College Days) |
Peasmarsh- Northiam -Westfield- Bexhill College |
Re-routed in the Hastings area via Sedlescombe Road North, Old Harrow Road and Ashbrooke Road, instead of The Ridge West and Battle Road. This is due to roadworks in relation to the permanent closure of Junction Road to motor vehicles. Service 361 will be reviewed once patronage for the new college year has been established. This is an expensive service to provide and there is a need for ESCC to keep costs within budget. |
Run by Rambler Coaches with funding from ESCC. |
4 September 2024 |
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384 (Schooldays) |
Hastings-Battle-Robertsbridge Community College |
Timing changes to the afternoon journey to improve punctuality. |
Commercial service provided by Stagecoach. |
1 September 2024 |
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1066 |
Hastings-Battle-Mountfield or Whatlington-Robertsbridge-Hurst Green-Hawkhurst-Flimwell-Ticehurst-Wadhurst-Frant- Tunbridge Wells
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Route and timetable changes, with service frequency remaining the same. Only schooldays journeys serving Battle Claverham College are now routed via St Leonards town centre, with all other journeys changed to follow the standard route in Hastings serving Bohemia Road. In Tunbridge Wells on schooldays a 1066 journey serves Old West Station at 07:25 and after Tunbridge Wells town centre is routed via Hawkenbury (depart United Reformed Church 07:43). This is so pupils attending Uplands Academy continue to have a service following Hams Travel’s withdrawal of their service U19. From Uplands Academy a 1066 journey is amended to depart Wadhurst, The Greyhound at 15:18. There are timing changes to other journeys too. The improvements, from July 2023, continue. These being a morning peak journey extended beyond Hastings to Bexhill College on college days, new Monday to Saturday evening journeys and new Sunday service every 2 hours. |
Service run by Stagecoach with funding from ESCC and a contribution from Kent County Council. The service improvements are funded by UK Government, until March 2026, following ESCC’s successful bid for Bus Service Improvement Plan funding.
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1 September 2024 |