24A bus timetable
Looking for the 24A bus? 7 different bus routes are numbered 24A across the UK and Ireland, run by 7 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.
A letter on the end usually marks a variant of the plain-numbered route — a different terminus or a peak-hour extension — and what it stands for is up to the operator. What bus route numbers mean
24A bus in South West England
1 route
- St Austell — St Austell to Fowey via Carlyon Bay Go Cornwall Bus · Sundays only · 08:35–19:32
24A bus in East of England
1 route
- Norwich — Thorpe St Andrew to Queens Hill via Heartsease First Norfolk & Suffolk · not Sundays · 06:30–17:42 · 24 buses a weekday
24A bus in East Midlands
1 route
- Barrow-upon-Soar — Barrow-upon-Soar to Leicester via Birstall, Belgrave Centrebus · weekdays only · 07:10–15:30 · 13 buses a weekday
24A bus in West Midlands
1 route
- Coventry — Coventry to Kenilworth via Finham, Stoneleigh Stagecoach Midlands · not Sundays · 09:25–13:05 · 3 buses a weekday
24A bus in Yorkshire & the Humber
1 route
- Barnsley — Barnsley to Penistone via Thurgoland, Oxspring South Pennine Community Transport · 19:30–22:35 · 4 buses a weekday
24A bus in Scotland
1 route
- Stonehaven — Stonehaven to Stonehaven Barclay Street Stagecoach Bluebird · weekdays only · 09:45–16:55 · 6 buses a weekday
24A bus in Northern Ireland
1 route
- Belfast — Belfast to Lisburn via Malone, Harmony Hill Ulsterbus · weekdays only · 11:45–12:40 · 2 buses a weekday
Frequently asked questions
Where does the 24A bus run?
7 buses are numbered 24A, in Belfast, Coventry, Barnsley, St Austell, Stonehaven, Norwich & Barrow-upon-Soar. Each one is listed above by area, with its timetable, stops and live map.
Why are there so many different 24A 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 24A, and 7 of them do. The 24A in Belfast has no connection to the 24A in Coventry: different operator, different road, different timetable.
How do I find the right 24A bus timetable?
Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 24A 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 24A bus the same route in every town?
No. These are 7 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 7 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 24A for your area.
What does the “24A” in the bus number mean?
A letter on the end usually marks a variant of the plain-numbered route — a different terminus or a peak-hour extension — and what it stands for is up to the operator. It is a convention operators choose to follow rather than a national rule, so check the specific 24A for your area in the list above. See our guide to what UK bus route numbers mean for the letters that are reliable and the ones that are not.
Looking for the next bus rather than a timetable? Stops near you shows live departures. Browse all bus routes, every operator or timetables by town. Data from operators via the DfT Bus Open Data Service — see all sources.