18A bus timetable
9 different bus routes are numbered 18A across the UK and Ireland, run by 9 operators in 7 areas. They are separate services that happen to share a number — pick yours below for its timetable, stops, live map and fares.
18A bus in South East England
1 route
- 18A Canterbury — Canterbury Bus Station ↔ Ashford Park Street Stagecoach South East 2 weekday journeys first 06:57 · last 16:15
18A bus in East of England
1 route
- 18A Cambridge — Drummer St bus station ↔ Woodfield Lane Whippet Coaches 9 weekday journeys first 09:20 · last 18:00
18A bus in East Midlands
1 route
- 18a Nottingham — Beastmarket Hill (B1) ↔ Rectory Gardens CT4N 14 weekday journeys first 09:13 · last 15:15
18A bus in West Midlands
2 routes
- 18A Coventry — Pool Meadow Bus Station ↔ Trevor Close National Express Coventry 22 weekday journeys first 06:45 · last 18:02
- 18A Nuneaton — Nuneaton Bus Station A3 ↔ Coleshill Coleshill School Stagecoach Midlands 2 weekday journeys first 07:25 · last 15:20
18A bus in Yorkshire & the Humber
1 route
- 18A Sheffield — Sheffield Intc ↔ Hillsborough Intc First South Yorkshire 24 weekday journeys first 06:02 · last 22:17
18A bus in North East England
1 route
- 18A Newcastle upon Tyne — Byker ↔ St Marys Catholic School Stagecoach North East 1 weekday journeys first 07:20 · last 07:20
18A bus in Scotland
2 routes
- 18A Aberdeen — Hareness Circle ↔ Dyce First Aberdeen 10 weekday journeys first 05:40 · last 17:24
- 18A Glasgow — City Centre, Douglas St ↔ Gardenhall, Lidl First Greater Glasgow 82 weekday journeys first 05:13 · last 23:32
Frequently asked questions
Why are there so many different 18A buses?
Route numbers in the UK are chosen locally — by the operator, or by the local transport authority that tenders the service — not from any national list. Nothing stops two towns hundreds of miles apart both running a 18A, and 9 of them do. The 18A in Glasgow has no connection to the 18A in Nottingham: different operator, different road, different timetable.
How do I find the right 18A bus timetable?
Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 18A that starts or finishes near you — each one links to its full timetable, every stop, a live map and its fares. If you know the stop you'll be waiting at, searching for the stop name instead gives you the next departures from that exact stop, which is more reliable than any timetable.
Is the 18A bus the same route in every town?
No. These are 9 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 9 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 18A for your area.
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