Service Updates

Borough Rd Closure Phase 2 - Diversion Changes to Services 401, 402 & 403 20/01/2026 09:42:24

until at least Friday 23rd January.

Due to the delays being caused by this road closure and traffic lights, there will be changes to the diversion until at least Friday 23rd January.

Services 401, 402 & 403 will Not serve the following Bus Stops:
Union St, Sainsburys (Either Direction)
Station St, Devonshire Arms (Either Direction)
Borough Rd, Railway Station (Either Direction)
King Edward Place (Either Direction)
St Pauls St West (Either Direction)

Alternative Bus Stops are: New St, Bay 3 & Shobnall St, Halcyon Way.

Borough Rd Road Closure - Phase 2 20/01/2026 09:44:45

From 15th January until 15th February 2026

Phase 2 of the Borough Rd Road Closure will commence from 12pm 15th January.

During this closure, services 6, 7, 7A, will be affected as follows:

Non of these services will be able to serve the following stops when departing from New St:
Union St - Outside Sainsbury's
Station St - Outside Devonshire Arms
Borough Rd - Outside Rail Station

Alternative stops are: New St - Normal Stops & Wellington St - Opposite Post Office

In addition:
Service 7 will also serve Lidl, Derby St.

See special seperate notice for details relating 401, 402 & 403

Service 402A will also NOT serve Wellington St - Post Office & Curzon St West.
Only Alternative stop for service 402A is New St or Shobnall Rd (Nr, The Range

Service 827 & 831 are NOT affected by the diversions, but timings may be.

All services heading towards New St, will resume their normal route.

Timetables may be affected by the diversions, please allow additional time for your journey.

Walton on Trent, Main St Closure 08/01/2026 10:04:03

From 6th until 28th January 2026

Main St Walton on Trent will be closed from 6th January, During this time Service 22 will be diverted between Walton on Trent and Drakelow, however no stops will be missed.

After serving Shoulder of Mutton Service will return via Rosliston Rd & Burton Rd to Drakelow, where it will also serve the additional stops on Walton Rd at the Drakelow Estate and turn at the island to return back along Walton Rd.

Linton Heath Closure 05/01/2026 16:55:13

From 5th January until 15th March 2026

Linton Heath will be closed between Burton Rd and Main St from 5th January for mains water works.

During this time Services 19C, 21, 21E and 825 will be affected. The following stops will not be served by any of these services:
Linton Heath, All Stops
Linton Main St, Linton School

Alternative stops are:
A444, Mount Pleasant & Rickmans Corner
Linton Main St, Linton Post Office 

In addition to the above, Route 19C will not serve any stops in Linton at all. The nearest alternatives will be:
A444, Rickmans Corner & Mount Pleasant
Castle Gresley, Mount Pleasant & Bridge St

Service 21 to Burton will cover for the 19C Service through Linton to Castle Gresley.

Due to the length of diversion, temporary timetables will be in place during the closure.

Swadlincote Bus Station Closure 20/01/2026 12:30:16

From 6th January 2026 for approx. 12 weeks

Swadlincote Bus Station will close from 6th January for upgrade works. 

For the duration of the closure, all local bus services will be relocating to two temporary stops located on Civic Way. New departures will be as follows:

		Temporary Stop 1				Temporary Stop 2
2		Derby via Melbourne (Arriva)		4		Burton upon Trent via Newhall & Stanton (Diamond)
8		Burton upon Trent via Newhall & Winshill (Diamond)		21E		Burton upon Trent via Stanton (Diamond)
9		Burton upon Trent via Newhall & Winshill (Diamond)		22		Burton upon Trent via Walton on Trent (Diamond)
19		Burton upon Trent via Newhall & Brizlincote (Diamond)
19A		Burton upon Trent via Newhall & Brizlincote (Diamond)
29		Leicester via Ashby de la Zouch & Coalville  (Arriva)
29A		Leicester via Ashby de la Zouch & Coalville (Arriva)
		Temporary Stop 3				Temporary Stop 4
4		Goseley (Diamond)		21		Burton upon Trent via Linton & Stanton (Diamond)
9		East Midlands Airport via Ashby de la Zouch (Diamond)		21E		Overseal (Diamond)
19		Ashby de la Zouch (Diamond)
19A		Mercia Park (Diamond)
24		Midway (Diamond)

+ All Coach Excursions & Tours Departures on Temporary Stop 1

Updated Diversion Information for Service 8:

The diversion route into Swadlincote has been altered to improve reliability.
Service 8 into Swadlincote will not serve the following stops:
Newhall Rd, St Edwards School.
Darklands Rd, Catholic Church (Still Served By Routes 4, 9, 19 & 19a)
Darklands Rd, Surgery (Still Served By Routes 4, 9, 19 & 19a)

Any Passengers requiring these stops will be allowed to stay on the bus, so that they can be dropped off when the bus leaves to return to Burton.

Closest alternative Bus Stop is Springfield Rd, Springfield Junior School
This will continue for the length of the works.