Bus services in the UK operate in a de-regulated (privatised) environment outside of the control of KCC who do not license or contract operators or their services.
Bus operators are able to change or cancel any service by giving 70 days’ notice to the Department for Transport. Operators will make decisions on what services to run, their routes and their frequencies based on commercial and operational considerations notably that the use of the service will cover the costs of operation.
Although operators can make these changes without the permission of KCC who cannot therefore resist them and cannot commit to securing replacement services, the Council are keen to ensure that bus users and other stakeholders are aware of pending changes.
This summary identifies any change to a bus service that has been registered by an operator to take place in June, July, August and September 2025. It includes all changes from minor timetable changes to whole service cancellations.
Other sources of more detailed information including operator’s websites are included at the end of this email and a more descriptive summary of the major changes to services can be found at;
https://www.kent.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/travelling-around-kent/bus-travel/bus-services-in-kent
Summary of Bus Service Changes : June, July, August September 2025
Service Changes Affecting Buses in Kent From 01/06/2025 Until 30/09/2025
Service Operator Route Description Type of Change Reason for Change Start Date
(80, 80B), 81, 81E Stagecoach in East Kent Dover – Sandwich KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 27 July 2025
10, 10A Stagecoach in East Kent Folkestone – Ashford KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 06 July 2025
101 Arriva Kent and Surrey Ltd Gillingham – Maidstone KCC Change Timetable Change 24 July 2025
104, 105 Stagecoach in East Kent Dover – Hythe Operator Change Route and Timetable Change 22 June 2025
133, 633 Arriva Kent and Surrey Ltd Cliffe – Chatham Operator Change Timetable Change 24 July 2025
140, 141, 700 Arriva Kent and Surrey Ltd Chatham – Bluewater KCC Change Timetable Change 24 July 2025
15 Stagecoach in East Kent Dover – Canterbury Operator Change Timetable Change 06 July 2025
175, 176, 177 Arriva Kent and Surrey Ltd Gillingham – Walderslade KCC Change Timetable Change 24 July 2025
18A Stagecoach in East Kent Canterbury – Ashford KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 06 July 2025
190 Arriva Kent Thameside Gravesend – Chatham KCC Change Timetable Change 01 June 2025
2 Stagecoach in East Kent Ashford – Tenterden KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 06 July 2025
258 Hams Travel Kilndown – Uplands College KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 01 September
2025
281 Arriva Kent and Surrey Ltd High Brooms – Rusthall Operator Change Timetable Change 31 August 2025
284 Metrobus Tunbridge Wells – Pembury Hospital Operator Change Timetable Change 07 June 2025
289 Go-Coachhire Ltd Ramslye – Southborough Operator Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
295 Hams Travel Cranbrook – Homewood School Operator Change Service Withdrawn 22 July 2025
3, S3 Go-Coachhire Ltd Locksbottom – Sevenoaks KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
360 Chalkwell Sheerness – Warden Bay KCC Change New Service 20 July 2025
4 Brookline Coaches Aylesford – Bennet Memorial School Operator Change Service Withdrawn 30 August 2025
4 Hams Travel Aylesford – Bennet Memorial School KCC Change New Service 01 September
2025
414, 414A Arriva Kent Thameside South Darenth – Dartford KCC Change Timetable Change 01 June 2025
46 Stagecoach South Guildford – Farnham KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 09 June 2025
477 Arriva Kent Thameside Dartford – Orpington Operator Change Route and Timetable Change 01 June 2025
477 Go-Coachhire Ltd Dartford – Swanley Operator Change New Service 01 September
2025
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Service Operator Route Description Type of Change Reason for Change Start Date
480.490. 491, (497) Arriva Kent Thameside Dartford – Valley Drive Operator Change Route and Timetable Change 01 June 2025
481 Arriva Kent Thameside Riverview Park – Bluewater Operator Change Timetable Change 01 June 2025
482, 483 Arriva Kent Thameside Bluewater – Kings Farm Operator Change Route and Timetable Change 01 June 2025
489 Arriva Kent Thameside Gravesend – New Ash Green KCC Change Service Withdrawn 01 June 2025
489 Go-Coachhire Ltd New Ash Green – Gravesend KCC Change New Service 02 June 2025
5 Arriva Kent and Surrey Ltd Maidstone – Hawkhurst KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 22 June 2025
500 Stagecoach in East Kent Ashford – Dymchurch KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 23 July 2025
503 Stagecoach in East Kent Ashford – William Harvey Hospital KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 06 July 2025
51 Crosskeys Coaches Ltd Folkestone West Station – Harbour Arm Operator Change New Service 19 July 2025
511, 511A, 511B Stagecoach in East Kent Ashford – Lydd KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 06 July 2025
525 Stagecoach in East Kent Ashford – Aldington KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 06 July 2025
58, (72) Nu Venture Coaches Wrotham – Maidstone Operator Change Route and Timetable Change 23 June 2025
6, 6H Arriva Kent and Surrey Ltd Tunbridge Wells – Maidstone Operator Change Timetable Change 31 August 2025
6, S6 Go-Coachhire Ltd Sevenoaks – Noahs Ark KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
600, 601 Stagecoach in East Kent Canterbury – Greenhill Operator Change Route and Timetable Change 15 June 2025
601, 602, 603 Nu Venture Coaches Cliffe – Hoo Academy Operator Change Route and Timetable Change 01 September
2025
64 Stagecoach in East Kent Dover – River Operator Change Timetable Change 06 July 2025
666 Stagecoach in East Kent Faversham – Ashford KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 06 July 2025
69 Stagecoach in East Kent Minnis Bay – Cliffsend Operator Change Route and Timetable Change 19 July 2025
7 Nu Venture Coaches Maidstone – Barming Operator Change Service Withdrawn 23 June 2025
82, 82A, 84, 85 Stagecoach in East Kent Upper Deal/Sandown/Worth – Kingsdown KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 27 July 2025
964 Stagecoach in East Kent Ashford – Lenham School KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 06 July 2025
968 Stagecoach in East Kent Ashford – Highworth School KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 06 July 2025
970 Stagecoach in East Kent Willesborough – Homewood School KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 06 July 2025
A London General Dartford – Bluewater KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 16 August 2025
AZ London General Dartford – Gravesend KCC Change Timetable Change 16 August 2025
B, N London General Temple Hill – Gravesend KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 16 August 2025
D Stagecoach in East Kent Dover – Whitfield KCC Change Timetable Change 06 July 2025
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Service Operator Route Description Type of Change Reason for Change Start Date
D12 Go-Coachhire Ltd Swanley – Dartford Grammar Schools Operator Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
D29 Go-Coachhire Ltd Dartford – Swanley Operator Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
D30 Go-Coachhire Ltd Dartford – West Kingsdown KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
E London General Gravesend – Bluewater KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 16 August 2025
F London General Ingress Park – Bluewater KCC Change Timetable Change 16 August 2025
FH1 Faversham Town Council Oare – Faversham Operator Change Route and Timetable Change 03 September
2025
FH2 Faversham Town Council Oare – Faversham – Teynham Operator Change Route and Timetable Change 02 September
2025
L2 Brookline Coaches Headcorn – Lenham School KCC Change New Service 01 September
2025
L2 Starline Headcorn – The Lenham School Operator Change Service Withdrawn 31 August 2025
L3 Brookline Coaches Madginford – Lenham School KCC Change New Service 01 September
2025
L3 Starline Madingford – The Lenham School Operator Change Service Withdrawn 31 August 2025
P1 Stagecoach in East Kent Sturry Road P&R – Canterbury City Centre KCC Change Timetable Change 15 June 2025
P1 Stagecoach in East Kent Sturry Road P&R – Canterbury KCC Change Timetable Change 03 August 2025
S10 Go-Coachhire Ltd Sutton At Hone – Trinity School KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
S12 Go-Coachhire Ltd Trinity School – Crockenhill KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
S2 Go-Coachhire Ltd Sevenoaks – Shoreham KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
S32 Go-Coachhire Ltd Trinity School – Orpington KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
S34 Go-Coachhire Ltd Trinity School – Pratts Bottom KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
S4 Go-Coachhire Ltd Sevenoaks – Shipbourne KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
S41 Go-Coachhire Ltd Trinity School – Edenbridge KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
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Service Operator Route Description Type of Change Reason for Change Start Date
S5 Go-Coachhire Ltd Trinity School – Sevenoaks Weald KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
S7 Go-Coachhire Ltd Westerham – Trinity School KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 01 September
2025
S8 Go-Coachhire Ltd Westerham – Trinity School KCC Change Route and Timetable Change 01 September
2025
T3 Go-Coachhire Ltd Knockholt – Weald of Kent School KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
TW1 Go-Coachhire Ltd Noahs Ark – Bennet Memorial KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
TW3 Go-Coachhire Ltd Swanley – Bennet Memorial School KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
TW4 Go-Coachhire Ltd Westerham – Tunbridge Wells KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
TW6 Go-Coachhire Ltd Knockholt – Tunbridge Wells Schools KCC Change Timetable Change 01 September
2025
X33 Nu Venture Coaches Maidstone – Detling Showground Operator Change Timetable Change 04 July 2025
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