First Bus services in Norwich to change at end of October

First Bus is changing routes and timings from the end of the month which will affect Pink Line, Green Line, Purple Line, Red Line and Turquoise Line services.

Here are all the changes bus users need to know about from October 29.

Pink Line 

More evening journeys will be provided on the Pink Line to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital via Hethersett and the city centre.

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Additionally, hourly journeys will operate every day, replacing 13A and 13B journeys to and from the hospital.

Green Line

Green Line services in the east of the city will see some routes to Silfield and Harts Farm extended, with the introduction of new evening and Sunday journeys. 

Route numbers for services in Dussindale, Blofield and Lingwood have also been changed.  

Services 14 and 14A will operate to and from Dussindale (Image: First Bus)

Services 14 and 14A will operate to and from Dussindale, services 15 and 15A will operate to and from Blofield Heath and services 16 and 16A will operate to and from Lingwood.

Current services 14A and 14P will be replaced by 33 and 33A, serving Harvey Lane and Dussindale, Great Plumstead, Little Plumstead, South Walsham and Pilson Green.

Services 16 and 16A will operate to and from Lingwood (Image: First Bus)

Journeys from Norwich to Wymondham are also changing to "provide new journey opportunities" to people who live in Harts Farm and Silfield, as well as the introduction of new evening and Sunday services to Wymondham and Silfield.

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Services 14 and 14A will operate via Hethersett, Tuttles Lane, Sheffield Road and Folly Road to Wymondham Cross.

Evening 14A journeys will then also serve Harts Farm and Silfield.

Journeys from the city centre towards Wymondham are also changing (Image: First Bus)

Services 15 and 16 will operate along the main Norwich Road directly to Wymondham Cross and will go via Harts Farm to Silfield.

A small number of 15A and 16A journeys will also operate via Hethersett, Tuttles Lane, Sheffield Road and Folly Road to Wymondham Cross. 

Purple Line

Extra evening journeys have been added to the Purple Line as well as an extension to Horsford services to include the Kingfisher Meadow development.

From Monday to Saturday, the 8.01pm 36B service from Long Stratton will continue through Horsford, with an extra service at 9.37pm from St Stephens Street to Horsford.

Horsford services will be extended to the Kingfisher Meadow development (Image: First Bus)

Additionally, two journeys will operate from Horford to Harleston each evening.

On Sundays, timetables to and from Horsford are completely revised with new services to and from Hall Road.

Red Line

The Red Line is offering a new evening hourly service, as well as new Sunday journeys to Thorpe St Andrew.

From Monday to Saturday, evening 23A journeys from Longwater Retail Park will operate as a 24B hourly service through to Thorpe St Andrew Sainsbury's. 

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A new hourly 24 service will operate every Sunday between the city centre and Thorpe St Andrew during the day.

Then evening 23A journeys from Longwater Retail Park will operate as service 24B hourly through to Thorpe St Andrew Sainsbury's. 

Turquoise Line

Services 13A and 13B will be replaced on evenings and Sundays by service 13 which operates directly along Norwich Road to and from Wymondham Cross, then to Attleborough.

The Turquoise Line will see changes as part of the wider review of services in the area (Image: First Bus)

Hethersett and the Tuttles Lane area of Wymondham will now be served by Green Line services 14, 14A, 15A and 16A.

Spixworth will also see a new hourly service on Sundays.