28 bus timetable

40 different bus routes are numbered 28 across the UK and Ireland, run by 38 operators in 11 areas. They are separate services that happen to share a number — pick yours below for its timetable, stops, live map and fares.

28 bus in London

1 route

28 London — Station Terrace ↔ Mapleton Crescent Metroline Travel 199 weekday journeys first 00:06 · last 23:56

28 bus in South East England

8 routes

28 Bedford — Bedford ↔ Bedford Bus Station Stagecoach East 18 weekday journeys first 07:40 · last 17:50
28 Brighton — Imperial Arcade C7 ↔ Cornfield Road North Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company 131 weekday journeys first 00:15 · last 23:45
28 Guildford — Onslow Street ↔ Woking Station Stagecoach South 24 weekday journeys first 06:15 · last 18:35
28 Guildford — Knaphill ↔ Guildford Stagecoach South 1 weekday journeys first 06:15 · last 06:15
28 Harlow — Harlow Town Centre ↔ Harlow, Temp Bus Station, F Central Connect 9 weekday journeys first 08:45 · last 21:48
28 Reading — Central Reading ↔ Henley Reading Buses 141 weekday journeys first 05:05 · last 23:45
28 Southend-on-Sea — Southend, Travel Ce ↔ Basildon Bus Statio First Essex 452 weekday journeys first 04:00 · last 03:00
28 Woking — Woking Railway Station stop2 ↔ Friary Bus Station Falcon Buses 24 weekday journeys first 06:45 · last 18:25

28 bus in South West England

6 routes

28 Bishops Lydeard — Bishops Lydeard, Hi ↔ Butlins Main Gate First Buses of Somerset 40 weekday journeys first 05:40 · last 19:14
28 Fareham — Fareham Bus Station ↔ North Whiteley, Skipper Road First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport 9 weekday journeys first 06:25 · last 17:30
28 Plymouth — Mayflower Street ↔ The George P&R Plymouth Citybus 107 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 23:30
28 Southampton — Central Station ↔ Science Park Bluestar 5 weekday journeys first 07:07 · last 17:50
28 St Austell — Asda ↔ Looe Comm Academy Go Cornwall Bus 23 weekday journeys first 06:58 · last 18:38
28 Taunton — Taunton Castle Way ↔ Wheatstones First Buses of Somerset 40 weekday journeys first 06:20 · last 19:09

28 bus in East of England

2 routes

28 Fakenham — Pudding Norton ↔ Fakenham Sanders Coaches 4 weekday journeys first 10:20 · last 13:30
28 Norwich — City Centre,St Step ↔ Pendlesham Rise,opp First Norfolk & Suffolk 166 weekday journeys first 06:02 · last 23:10

28 bus in East Midlands

5 routes

28 Grantham — Grantham Bus Station (Stand 6) ↔ Stamford Bus Station (Stand 3) Centrebus 15 weekday journeys first 07:35 · last 17:45
28 Leicester — St Margaret's Bus Station ↔ Main Street Arriva Midlands 24 weekday journeys first 05:44 · last 19:25
28 Mansfield — Mansfield Bus Station ↔ Newark Bus Station Stagecoach East Midlands 52 weekday journeys first 05:09 · last 19:22
28 Nottingham — City, Victoria Ctr ↔ Bilborough Nottingham City Transport 280 weekday journeys first 05:00 · last 00:05
28 Sandilands — Sandilands ↔ Grimsby Grayscroft Coaches 2 weekday journeys first 09:25 · last 13:45

28 bus in West Midlands

3 routes

28 Birmingham — Eastfield Road ↔ Scott Arms National Express West Midlands 300 weekday journeys first 05:01 · last 23:40
28 Stratford-upon-Avon — NatWest Bank Stratford-upon-Avon ↔ Four Pools Morrisons Stagecoach Midlands 44 weekday journeys first 05:25 · last 19:08
28 Worcester — Worcester Bus Station ↔ Sixth Form College First Worcestershire 32 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 17:07

28 bus in Yorkshire & the Humber

4 routes

28 Barnsley — Barnsley Town Centre ↔ Pontefract Stagecoach Yorkshire 116 weekday journeys first 05:10 · last 23:20
28 Flawith — Alne Road ↔ Station Road York Pullman 2 weekday journeys first 09:51 · last 12:52
28 Leeds — Leeds City Bus Stn ↔ Adel First Leeds 79 weekday journeys first 04:53 · last 23:06
28 Scarborough — Scarborough ↔ Helmsley East Yorkshire 28 weekday journeys first 06:15 · last 19:55

28 bus in North West England

1 route

28 Warrington — Warrington, Interchange - Stand N ↔ Leigh Bus Station Warrington's Own Buses 25 weekday journeys first 05:54 · last 18:25

28 bus in North East England

2 routes

28 Chester-le-Street — Chester-le-Street South Burns 'Stop L' ↔ Newcastle Eldon Square 'Stand F' Go North East 45 weekday journeys first 06:05 · last 18:20
28 Middlesbrough — Bus Station Stand 11 ↔ Methodist Church Arriva North East 24 weekday journeys first 06:40 · last 18:22

28 bus in Scotland

4 routes

28 Dundee — Asda Myrekirk ↔ Sainsburys Xplore Dundee 133 weekday journeys first 04:27 · last 23:27
28 Dunfermline — Dunfermline Bus Station ↔ Falkirk Melville Street Stagecoach East Scotland 16 weekday journeys first 05:33 · last 21:50
28 Inverness — Inverness Stn Plat 4 ↔ Contin Torrachilty Forest Stagecoach Bluebird 28 weekday journeys first 05:43 · last 22:55
28 Irvine — Broomlands Station Brae ↔ Irvine Riverway Stagecoach West Scotland 87 weekday journeys first 06:48 · last 17:46

28 bus in Wales

4 routes

28 Cardiff — Cardiff Bus Station Cardiff Bus 39 weekday journeys first 06:13 · last 23:00
28 Leadmill — Leadmill ↔ Flint Townlynx 22 weekday journeys first 07:45 · last 18:10
28 Swansea — Swansea Bus Station ↔ Penplas First South & West Wales 59 weekday journeys first 07:20 · last 18:20
28 Swansea — Swansea ↔ Port Mead Adventure Travel 6 weekday journeys first 18:55 · last 22:50

Frequently asked questions

Why are there so many different 28 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 28, and 40 of them do. The 28 in Nottingham has no connection to the 28 in Leeds: different operator, different road, different timetable.

How do I find the right 28 bus timetable?

Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 28 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 28 bus the same route in every town?

No. These are 40 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 38 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 28 for your area.

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.