Christmas & New Year timetables Kent & East Sussex 2026

Make your festive journey merry and bright with Stagecoach!

From twinkling lights and festive nights to last-minute gift runs, we’ve got you this Christmas!

Our festive services at the glance…

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Timetables

Monday 21st December

Normal weekday school holiday timetable

Tuesday 22nd December

Normal weekday school holiday timetable

Wednesday 23rd December

Normal weekday school holiday timetable

Thursday 24^th December

Christmas Eve

Normal weekday school holiday timetable with some routes finishing earlier than normal. Select location below for routes finishing early on Christmas Eve:

Canterbury & Herne Bay

Friday 25^th December

Christmas Day

No service

Saturday 26^th December

Boxing Day

No service apart from Canterbury Park & Ride which will operate to a Sunday timetable and the Thanet Loop which will have a special timetable (see below).

Sunday 27^th December

Normal Sunday timetable

Monday 28^th December

Sunday timetables will run

Tuesday 29^th December

Normal weekday school holiday timetable

Wednesday 30^th December

Normal weekday school holiday timetable

Thursday 31^st December
New Year's Eve

Normal weekday school holiday timetable with some routes finishing earlier than normal. Select location below for routes finishing early on New Year's Eve

Canterbury & Herne Bay

Friday 1^st January
New Year's Day

No service

Saturday 2^nd January

Normal Saturday timetable

Sunday 3^rd January

Normal Sunday timetable

Monday 4^th January onwards

Normal weekday school term timetable

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Canterbury & Herne Bay

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Route	Timetable
X3	The last bus from Canterbury Bus Station will be at 19:30. The last bus from Maidstone, Earl Street will depart at 18:55 as normal. The last bus from Sittingbourne Railway Station will depart at 20:35.
400	The last bus from Canterbury Bus Station will be at 20:06. The last bus from Greenhill Roundabout will be at 20:47.
401	The last bus from Canterbury Bus Station will be at 20:36. The last bus from Tankerton, Priest and Sow will be at 20:32.
600	The last bus from Canterbury Bus Station will be at 21:00 and will terminate at Greenhill, Poplar Drive. The last bus from Greenhill Roundabout that will terminate at Canterbury Bus Station will be at 19:56. The last bus from Greenhill Roundabout that will terminate at Eddington will be at 20:56.
602	The last bus from Herne Bay Railway Station will be at 20:28. The last bus from Canterbury Bus Station will be at 20:30.
Uni2	The last bus from Canterbury Bus Station will be at 20:30. The last bus from Hales Place will be at 20:55.

Dover & Folkestone

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Route	Timetable
D	The last bus from Dover Priory Railway Station will be at 21:20. The last bus from Whitfield, Downside to Dover Priory will be at 20:43. There will also be a departure from Downside at 21:42 which terminates at The Archer.
15	The last bus from Dover, Pencester Road will be at 20:30. The last bus from Canterbury Bus Station will be 21:00, with this bus serving New Dover Road Park & Ride at 21:05.
16	The last bus from Folkestone, Middelburg Square will be at 20:43. The last bus from Canterbury Bus Station will be at 20:20, with this bus serving New Dover Road Park & Ride at 20:25.
43	The last bus from Sandwich, Guildhall Street will be at 20:59. The last bus from Canterbury Bus Station will be at 21:05.
71	The last bus from Folkestone, Middelburg Square will be at 20:42. The last bus from Cheriton Post Office will be at 20:49.
105	The last bus from Dover, Pencester Road will depart at 20:15. The last bus from Folkestone, Middelburg Square will be at 20:50.

Thanet

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Timetable

To Canterbury: The last bus departing from Westwood Cross will depart at 18:53. The last bus from Margate Cecil Square will depart at 19:45.

To Thanet: The last bus from Canterbury Bus Station that will terminate at Westwood Cross will depart at 18:30. There will be further departures every 15 minutes terminating at Margate, Cecil Street with the last bus departing from Canterbury at 20:45.

LOOP

The last complete clockwise Loop will depart Margate, Cecil Street at 20:15. A further departure at 20:30 from Margate, Cecil Street will terminate at Westwood Bus Garage.

The last complete anti-clockwise Loop will depart Margate, Cecil Street at 20:15. Further departures every 15 minutes until 21:15. The 20:30, 20:45 and 21:00 departures will terminate at Ramsgate Harbour. The 21:15 departure will terminate at Westwood Bus Garage.

Boxing Day Loop

The first departure on the clockwise Loop will be 07:30 at Ramsgate Harbour and 08:00 at Margate, Cecil Street. From 08:40, the service will run every 30 minutes. The last complete clockwise Loop will depart Margate at 17:10. There will be departures at 17:40 and 18:10 which terminate at Westwood Bus Garage.

The first departure on the anti-clockwise Loop will be 07:19 from Broadstairs, Pierremont Hall and 07:40 from Margate, Cecil Street. Services will run every 30 minutes from 08:45. The last complete anti-clockwise Loop will depart Margate, Cecil Street at 17:45. There will be departures at 18:25 and 18:45 which terminate at Westwood Bus Garage.

Ashford

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Route	Timetable
102	The last bus from Lydd will be at 19:21.
103	The last bus from Folkestone will be at 20:05.
501E	The last bus from Ashford Town Centre will be at 20:33.
502E	The last bus from Kennington will be at 20:15.
502	The last bus from Bridgefield will be at 19:39.
503	The last bus from Ashford International Railway Station will be at 20:15. The last bus from William Harvey Hospital will be at 20:41.

Hastings

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Route	Timetable
98	The last bus from Silverhill will be at 20:50. The last bus from Sidley will be at 20:49.
100	The last bus from Hastings Railway Station will be at 19:30. The last bus from Rye will be at 20:24.
101	The last bus from Hastings Railway Station will be at 18:55. The last bus from Rye will be at 19:05.
300C	The last bus from Hastings Railway Station will be at 20:05. The last bus from Conquest Hospital will be at 20:27.
319	The last bus from Hastings Railway Station will be at 20:26. The last bus from Whatlington Way will be at 19:55.
321	The last bus from Conquest Hospital will be at 21:27. The last bus from Hastings Railway Station will be at 21:20.
322E	The last bus from Harley Shute will be at 20:31. The last bus from Ore will be at 20:35.
328	The last bus from Hastings Railway Station will be at 20:10. The last bus from Conquest Hospital will be at 20:40.
331	The last bus from Hastings Railway Station will be at 20:27. The last bus from Ore will be at 19:53.

Eastbourne

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Route	Timetable
1 / 1A	The last bus from Shinewater to the Town Centre, Hamlands and Hampden Park will be the 1 at 21:15 from Primrose Close. The last bus from Malvern Close to the Town Centre will be the 1 at 21:36. The last bus from the Town Centre to Langney and Shinewater will be the 1A at 21:25.
1B	The last bus from Eastbourne Town Centre to Langney, Stone Cross will be at 20:30. The last bus from Hailsham High Street to Stone Cross, Langney and Eastbourne will be 20:40.
LINK	The last bus from the Town Centre to Hampden Park will be 20:30. The last bus from Langney Shops to the Town Centre via ASDA and Seaside will be 20:33. The last bus from Cornfield Road to ASDA wand Langney will be 20:40, with the last bus to the Hospital and Town Centre leaving Langney Shops at 20:24.
5B	The last bus from Eastbourne Town Centre to Bridgemere and Tesco Roundabout will leave at 21:50. The last bus from Tesco Roundabout and Bridgemere to Eastbourne will depart at 20:05.
8	The last bus from Eastbourne Town Centre to Pevensey will leave at 18:16. The last bus from Pevensey to Eastbourne will depart from Beachlands at 19:23.
51	The last bus from Eastbourne Town Centre to Hailsham and Heathfield will depart at 21:15. The last bus from Heathfield to Tunbridge Wells will be 18:59. The last bus from Tunbridge Wells towards Heathfield, Hailsham and Eastbourne will depart Royal Victoria Place at 19:55. The last bus from Heathfield to Eastbourne will be at 20:38 (21:03 at Hailsham High Street).
99 / 99E	The last bus from Eastbourne to South Harbour, Pevensey, Bexhill and Hastings will depart at 20:15. The last bus from Hastings Station to Bexhill and Pevensey will depart at 20:55.