Eastbourne Borough bus service changes
Summer 2026
- Service number
- Link (was ‘The Loop’)
- Route
- Eastbourne Town Centre-Lewes Road- District General Hospital- Hampden Park-Langney-Asda-Sovereign Centre- Town Centre
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
- Stagecoach on a commercial basis
- Date of change
- Service number
- 1, 1A
- Route
- Shinewater-Langney-Town Centre - Old Town-District General Hospital–Hamlands
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
- Stagecoach on a commercial basis
- Date of change
- Service number
- 1B
- Route
- Hailsham-Stone Cross-Langney-Seaside- Eastbourne Town Centre (also serves Roebuck Park on Mon-Sat evenings)
- Changes to current service
- No change.
- Service provided by
- Stagecoach on a commercial basis apart from Evenings/Sundays funded by development contributions.
- Date of change
- Service number
- 3, 3A
- Route
- Foot of Beachy Head-Meads-Compton Street Congress Theatre Complex (3) Meads Road (3A)-Town Centre
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
-
Stagecoach on a commercial basis expect for
Some Mon - Sat daytimes services funded by ESCC with support of UK Government bus grant. - Date of change
- Service number
- 4
- Route
- Eastbourne Town centre-Old Town- Cherry Garden Road- Hill Road (most journeys continue to/from Town Centre as route 8 serving Eastbourne District General Hospital )
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
- Stagecoach with funding from ESCC, with the help of bus support grant from UK Government.
- Date of change
- Service number
- 5, 5B:
- Route
- 5: Sovereign Harbour North -Bridgemere-Town Centre. 5B Sovereign Harbour North -Sovereign Harbour South- Bridgemere-Town Centre
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
-
Stagecoach on a commercial basis
- Date of change
- Service number
- 6, 6A
- Route
- Langney Shopping Centre-Westham-Stone Cross-Dittons Wood-Polegate-Wannock-Willingdon-District General Hospital-Carew Road- Eastbourne Town Centre
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
-
Stagecoach with support from ESCC funded through UK Government bus grant.
Sunday service funded by development contributions. - Date of change
- Service number
- 7
- Route
- Winkney Farm- Lottbridge Drove-Sovereign Centre-Pier- Town Centre
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
- Stagecoach on a commercial basis
- Date of change
- Service number
- 8
- Route
- Eastbourne Town Centre-Lewes Road- District General Hospital grounds-Sainsbury’s Cross Levels Way-Winkney Farm-Langney-Pennine Way-Stone Cross-Westham-Pevensey-Beachlands
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
-
Stagecoach with support from ESCC through UK Government bus grant funding.
Evening service funded by development contributions. - Date of change
- Service number
- 12, 12A, 12X, N12 12A becomes part of single route 12
- Route
- Brighton-Saltdean-Peacehaven-Newhaven-Paradise Park-Seaford-Chyngton- Seven Sisters Park-Eastbourne
- Changes to current service
- The service will now run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with the N12 operating hourly between Eastbourne and Brighton. Departures from Eastbourne Town Centre will be at 00:50, 02:00, 03:00 and 04:00, following on from a new later service 12 departure at 23:50. From Brighton, N12 journeys will depart Brighton Station hourly from 00:45 to 03:45. Routes 12 and 12A are revised to run as the single route numbered 12 between Eastbourne and Brighton, serving Chyngton in Seaford and Paradise Park in Newhaven. Peak time journeys will no longer run along Avis Way in Newhaven. Monday to Saturday frequency will be 15 minutes between Chyngton and Brighton, 30 minutes to/from Eastbourne, and every 20 minutes on Sunday. 12X frequency increase to every 12 minutes, Monday to Saturday. Earlier morning and later evening trips have been added. The 12X will stop additionally at Slindon Avenue in Peacehaven and Beacon Road in Seaford.
- Service provided by
- Brighton & Hove Buses on a commercial basis
- Date of change
- 19 July 2026
- Service number
- 13X
- Route
- Brighton-Saltdean-Peacehaven-Newhaven-Seaford-East Dean- Birling Gap-Beachy Head-Eastbourne
- Changes to current service
- Improved frequency for the Summer. On Monday to Friday, 5 journeys in each direction and an hourly service on Saturday. On Sunday the service runs every 15 minutes for most of the day.
- Service provided by
- Brighton & Hove Buses on a commercial basis
- Date of change
- 19 July 2026
- Service number
- 24 (Wednesday & Friday)
- Route
- Eastbourne- District General Hospital-Polegate-Wilmington- Drusillas Zoo-Alfriston
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
- Cuckmere Buses with funding from ESCC and the help of bus support grant from UK Government
- Date of change
- Service number
- 25 (Tuesday/Thursday/ Saturday)
- Route
- Lewes-Glynde-Firle-Charleston Farmhouse- Selmeston-Alfriston-Wilmington-Polegate-Wannock- Willingdon village- District General Hospital-Eastbourne
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
- Cuckmere Buses
- Date of change
- Service number
- 26 (Sunday and Bank Holidays)
- Route
- Seaford-Alfriston- Drusillas Zoo-Wilmington-Polegate-Wannock-Willingdon village- District General Hospital-Eastbourne
- Changes to current service
- Seasonal timetable adjustments (16:50 from Seaford to run to Eastbourne, and 18:00 from Eastbourne to Alfriston) reinstated for Summer period until 25 October.
- Service provided by
- Cuckmere Buses
- Date of change
- British Summer Time
- Service number
- 28
- Route
- Eastbourne- District General Hospital-Willingdon-Hailsham- Battle Road- Golden Cross-Laughton-Ringmer-Lewes-Universities-Brighton
- Changes to current service
- No change.
- Service provided by
-
Brighton & Hove Buses on a commercial basis
Eastbourne - Ringmer section funded by development contributions. - Date of change
- Service number
- 36 (Saturday)
- Route
- Berwick Station-Polegate-Westham–Langney- Beachlands
- Changes to current service
- No change.
- Service provided by
- Cuckmere Buses
- Date of change
- Service number
- 37 (Saturday)
- Route
- Beachlands–Langney–Westham- Hailsham
- Changes to current service
- No change.
- Service provided by
- Cuckmere Buses
- Date of change
- Service number
-
39
(Friday- Sunday and Bank Holiday Mon) - Route
- Eastbourne Towner- East Dean- Seven Sisters Park -Litlington-Alfriston- Charleston in Firle-Charleston in Lewes
- Changes to current service
- No change.
- Service provided by
- Cuckmere Buses with funding from a consortium of local arts organisations led by Charleston.
- Date of change
- Service number
- 41 (Tuesday/Thursday)
- Route
- Eastbourne-Wannock-Jevington-Friston- East Dean-Eastbourne
- Changes to current service
- No change.
- Service provided by
- Cuckmere Buses
- Date of change
- Service number
- 43 (Monday)
- Route
- Berwick-Chalvington-Selmeston-Upper Dicker-Hailsham-Polegate- Stone Cross-Langney-Eastbourne
- Changes to current service
- No change.
- Service provided by
- Cuckmere Buses
- Date of change
- Service number
- 44, 44A, 44B (Tuesday/Thursday)
- Route
- Berwick-Wilmington-Polegate-Stone Cross-Langney-Eastbourne
- Changes to current service
- No change.
- Service provided by
- Cuckmere Buses.
- Date of change
- Service number
-
48
(Wednesday and Friday)
- Route
- Eastbourne - Polegate - Hailsham- Deanland Wood Park
- Changes to current service
- Service provided by
- Cuckmere Buses with support from ESCC through UK Government bus grant funding.
- Date of change
- Service number
- 49 (Wednesday seasonal service)
- Route
- Eastbourne-Langney-Westham-Pevensey-Wartling-Science Centre, Herstmonceux Castle
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
- Date of change
- Service number
- 51
- Route
- Eastbourne- District General Hospital-Willingdon-Polegate-Hailsham-Horam-Heathfield-Mayfield-Rotherfield-Town Row- Tunbridge Wells
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
-
Stagecoach on a commercial basis.
The evening service improvement introduced in July 2023, as well as a number of Sunday journeys between Tunbridge Wells, Heathfield and Hailsham, are funded by Development Contributions. - Date of change
- Service number
- 52
- Route
- Sovereign Harbour South-Bridgemere- Eastbourne Town Centre-District General Hospital-Willingdon-Farmlands Way-Polegate-Dittons Wood-Hailsham-Roebuck Park (also serves Anglesey Avenue at Hailsham on Sunday evenings)
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
- Stagecoach on a commercial basis
- Date of change
- Service number
- 53
- Route
- Eastbourne- District General Hospital-Willingdon-Polegate-Hailsham-Herstmonceux-Ninfield-Sidley- Bexhill Hospital-Bexhilll
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
-
Stagecoach on a commercial basis
Sunday service funded by ESCC with Government bus grant. - Date of change
- Service number
- 57, 58 (Schooldays)
- Route
- Asda-Beachlands- Pevensey Bay-Westham-Stone Cross-Dittons Wood-Polegate-Willingdon School
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
- 57: Stagecoach on a commercial basis. 58: Stagecoach with funding from ESCC and the help of bus service support grant from UK Government.
- Date of change
- Service number
- 59 (Schooldays)
- Route
- Shinewater-Langney-Seaside-Town Centre- Ratton School
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
- Stagecoach on a commercial basis
- Date of change
- Service number
- 99, 99E
- Route
- Eastbourne-Pevensey-Bexhill-Hastings (99E journeys also serve Sovereign Harbour South)
- Changes to current service
- Revised evening timetable to meet the needs of shift workers who use the service.
- Service provided by
- Stagecoach on a commercial basis. New evening journeys from April 2026 partly funded by development contributions.
- Date of change
- 26 July 2026
- Service number
- 195 (Wednesday)
- Route
- Waldron-Heathfield-Bodle Street Green-Herstmonceux-Eastbourne
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
- Cuckmere Buses
- Date of change
- Service number
- 196 (Wednesday)
- Route
- Rushlake Green-Cowbeech-Herstmonceux-Eastbourne
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
- Cuckmere Buses
- Date of change
- Service number
- 500
- Route
- Eastbourne- District General Hospital-Willingdon-Polegate-Hailsham-Golden Cross- East Hoathly-Uckfield-Nutley-Forest Row- East Grinstead- Manor Royal Business Park-Gatwick Airport
- Changes to current service
- No change
- Service provided by
- Metrobus on a commercial basis with funding from Gatwick Airport, East Sussex County Council and West Sussex County Council, the two councils helped by development contributions.
- Date of change
- Service number
-
Eastbourne sightseeing
(seasonal service) - Route
- Eastbourne Pier- loop via Seafront-Beachy Head-Birling Gap-East Dean-Town Centre
- Changes to current service
- Dates of operation previously advised for 2026 remain as follows: 27 June to 27 September – Every day. Half-hourly from 10:00 to 18:30 ·28 September to 24 October – Every day. Half-hourly from 10:00 to 17:30 25 October to 1 November – Every day. Half-hourly from 10:00 to 16:30.
- Service provided by
- Brighton & Hove Buses on a commercial basis
- Date of change
- 27 June, 28 September and 25 October 2026
