Buses of Cambridge

It can be hard to find out about buses. This is an unofficial website with some information about the buses of Cambridge UK, plus links to Google maps of the various bus routes. I have tried to make it as accurate as I can by looking at the official maps and timetables. If you find any mistakes on it, please contact me, Jo Edkins, at jo.edkins.bus@gwydir.demon.co.uk

• Bus tickets
• Google maps and timetables
• Common destinations and buses going there
• Official Cambridge bus websites

Bus tickets

All the following prices are as of Sept 2009. You buy bus tickets from the driver. Park & Ride bus tickets may be bought from machines in the Park & Ride carparks (and they are cheaper that way). Most buses in Cambridge are run by Stagecoach. There are two types, Park & Ride, and the Citi buses. The Dayrider ticket is valid for one day’s unlimited travel on Stagecoach buses within the city and costs £3.30. A single ticket will probably cost less than this, but most returns cost more, so you will automatically be given a Dayrider. However a return ticket from a Park & Ride carpark to the centre and back is subsidised, and costs £2.50 from the driver or £2.20 from a ticket machine in the carpark. But if you start from the centre and travel to the carpark and back, i.e. in the opposite direction, this is not subsidised and will be a normal Dayrider ticket (£3.30). If going outside the city, then you may need a Dayrider Plus ticket costing £5. There are also various season tickets. See Park & Ride and other bus tickets for up-to-date and complete information.

The "Addenbrooke's bus" is now run by Stagecoach (it didn't used to be). It runs from the Trumpington Park & Ride site to Addenbrooke's Hospital. It costs £2 for a return ticket - see Addenbrooke's website. It will eventually be replaced by phase 2 of the guided busway.

If you use a Whippet bus, then they have their own price structure (which doesn't seem to be easily available!) Dayrider and other Stagecoach tickets will not be accepted.

There is a free city centre bus.

If you are over 60, you can apply for a bus pass which will let you travel free on all buses after 9.30am.

Bus timetables and Google maps

There are plenty of buses which travel from Cambridge to villages and towns round. I have not tried to cover these. Try the county council bus timetables by location. I am concentrating on the buses that serve Cambridge itself. Citi 4 goes all the way to St Neots, so I have only covered the city part of the route. I have made up Google maps for the Cambridge bus routes (see below). You can look up a map of buses going through or round Cambridge here. You can look up individual maps and timetables on the Countu Council website here.

in the Google map shows a stop marked in the timetable. Zoom in for the other bus stops, or . Click on a stop for its name. Click on the bus route for details, including timing.