Changes to bus services in Thanet & Dover from Sunday 20 September 2026

24 Aug 2026

From Sunday 20 September 2026, there will be changes to some routes and timetables across Thanet and Dover.

We've reviewed the network to help improve reliability and punctuality across Thanet and Dover. This review will see changes to school journeys based on customer feedback, a number of new services and minor timetable changes on some routes.

In some areas, services have been revised to reflect current passenger numbers and help improve journeys across the wider network.

Find an overview of the changes and links to the new timetables below.

Use our Journey Planner or download the Stagecoach Bus App to help plan your journey based on the below changes.

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Route	Where it goes	Change	Link to new timetable
8 / 8A / 8X	Westwood Cross - Canterbury	The 06:53 journey on route 8 / 8X from Canterbury Monday to Friday will be extended to serve Westwood Cross. The 07:26 8A journey from Northdown Park will be revised to terminate at Birchington Rail Station.	Click here for timetable
9 / 9X	Westwood - Canterbury	A reduced timetable will run on route 9, funded by Kent County Council. 9X journeys will not change except the 16:15 journey from Canterbury will only run on schooldays.	Click here for timetable
18	Canterbury - Hythe	Following customer feedback, the 07:11 school day journey will be extended to start at Seabrook Fountain at 07:00.	Click here for timetable
32	Margate - Minnis Bay	This service will continue the current timetable and frequency, supported by KCC.	Click here for timetable
34	Ramsgate - Margate Rail Station	The 34 timetable has been reviewed and will now operate between Margate Cecil Square, Dane Valley & Westwood Cross hourly. The current section of the route between Westwood Cross and Ramsgate will now be covered by the new route 44. See below for changes to the route which will no longer serve Stirling Way.	Click here for timetable
43 / 43A / 44	43 - St Anselm's School Grounds - Sandwich Guildhall 43A - Canterbury - Sandwich Guildhall 44 - Canterbury - Westwood Cross	The current morning journey between Eastry and Canterbury will be renumbered 989. The current Discovery Park journeys running as service 43 will be renumbered 44 and extended to Westwood Cross via Cliffsend, Ramsgate and Newington. The above journey will include stops currently on the 45/45A which will no longer run. The new 44 route will go directly through the centre of Newington then via New Haine Road and Sainsbury's to Westwood Cross. Together, routes 43 and 44 will provide a bus every 30 minutes between shared sections of the route. Please note each service will run once every hour, so if you're only travelling on the 43 or 44, your bus will be hourly.	Click here for 43 timetable Click here for the 44 timetable Click here for the new 44 route map Click here for the Ramsgate to Westwood Cross section of the 44 route map
45 / 45A	Broadstairs - Dumpton - Ramsgate - Discovery Park - Sandwich	This service will be withdrawn and replaced by service 44 between Ramsgate and Sandwich, as outlined above. Buses will be improved to run every hour instead of every 90 minutes. The 07:41 current 45 service from Westwood Cross and the 15:40 from Sandwich Tech on school days only will be renumbered 945.	Click here for timetable
63	Dover town centre - Tower Hamlets - Elms Vale - Dover town centre	Minor timetable changes.	Click here for timetable
65	Dover town centre - Aycliffe - Dover town centre	Service reduced from half hourly to hourly and revised to terminate at Priory Street.	Click here for timetable
81	Dover - Sandwich	Revised timetable for reliability.	Click here for timetable
944	Cliffsend - Dane Court School	Services delayed 15 minutes in order to better serve Ursuline College.	Click here for timetable
945	Ramsgate - Sandwich	New service replacing the current 45A 07:41 from Westwood Cross and return 15:40 from Sandwich Tech.	Click here for timetable
946	Margate - Broadstairs	Revised to start at 07:15 and to operate via Newington.	Click here for timetable
989	Eastry Old Hospital - Canterbury	New service replacing the current 44 07:16 from Eastry to Canterbury.	Click here for timetable