3A bus timetable
27 different bus routes are numbered 3A across the UK and Ireland, run by 25 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.
3A bus in South East England
6 routes
- 3A Canterbury — Canterbury Bus Station ↔ Faversham Court Street Stagecoach South East 3 weekday journeys first 07:40 · last 15:49
- 3A Chatham — Chatham ↔ Otterham Park Nu-Venture 11 weekday journeys first 07:25 · last 17:30
- 3A Eastbourne — Eastbourne Town Centre Gildredge Road ↔ Foot of Beachy Head (nr) Meads Stagecoach South East 31 weekday journeys first 05:50 · last 19:16
- 3A Milton Keynes — Central Railway Station ↔ Amazon Arriva Beds and Bucks 60 weekday journeys first 05:17 · last 22:12
- 3A Newbury — Newbury ↔ Hungerford Library Newbury & District 4 weekday journeys first 11:50 · last 14:50
- 3A Oxford — Oxford City Centre, Railway Station ↔ Littlemore, Kassam Stadium Oxford Bus Company 177 weekday journeys first 04:59 · last 22:45
3A bus in South West England
1 route
- 3A Devizes — Devizes Faresaver 12 weekday journeys first 10:07 · last 18:20
3A bus in East of England
1 route
- 3A Barton Turf — Farm ↔ Roys Department Store Sunbeam Luxury Coaches 2 weekday journeys first 10:35 · last 12:55
3A bus in East Midlands
1 route
- 3A Hucknall — Nottingham ↔ Mansfield Bus Stn trentbarton 168 weekday journeys first 04:45 · last 23:30
3A bus in West Midlands
4 routes
- 3A Leominster — Leominster ↔ Leominster Bus Station Yeomans Travel 1 weekday journeys first 11:00 · last 11:00
- 3A Stratford-upon-Avon — McDonalds Stratford-upon-Avon ↔ College Arms Stagecoach Midlands 4 weekday journeys first 09:20 · last 17:30
- 3A Telford — Burford ↔ Bus Station Arriva Midlands 30 weekday journeys first 06:54 · last 21:26
- 3A West Bromwich — West Bromwich Bus Station ↔ Oldbury Road National Express West Midlands 48 weekday journeys first 06:50 · last 19:15
3A bus in Yorkshire & the Humber
1 route
- 3A Leeds — White Rose Centre ↔ Lidgett Lane First Leeds 111 weekday journeys first 05:42 · last 23:03
3A bus in North West England
4 routes
- 3a Blackpool — Tesco ↔ Park Terminus Blackpool Transport 141 weekday journeys first 06:44 · last 21:41
- 3A Huyton — Wilson Road ↔ Liverpool John Lennon Airport Arriva North West 34 weekday journeys first 04:17 · last 20:37
- 3A Runcorn — Palace Fields ↔ Halton Hospital Arriva North West 18 weekday journeys first 07:55 · last 17:55
- 3A Whitehaven — Whitehaven Lowth St ↔ Mirehouse Shops Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire 48 weekday journeys first 06:18 · last 19:00
3A bus in North East England
1 route
- 3A Hartlepool — Throston Grange Strawberry Apartments ↔ The Fens Barford Close Terminus Stagecoach North East 22 weekday journeys first 06:53 · last 17:49
3A bus in Scotland
3 routes
- 3A Aberdeen — Mastrick ↔ Cove Terminus First Aberdeen 81 weekday journeys first 04:57 · last 23:10
- 3A Badnaban — Badnaban ↔ Ullapool George Rapson Travel 3 weekday journeys first 07:38 · last 15:40
- 3A Perth — Perth Stagecoach East Scotland 3 weekday journeys first 09:55 · last 13:55
3A bus in Wales
2 routes
- 3A Swansea — Swansea Bus Station ↔ Bracelet Bay First South & West Wales 70 weekday journeys first 06:35 · last 22:30
- 3A Swansea — Swansea ↔ Bracelet Bay Adventure Travel 6 weekday journeys first 19:02 · last 22:50
3A bus in Northern Ireland
3 routes
- 3a Bangor — Bangor Bus & Rail Centre ↔ Main Street Ulsterbus 3 weekday journeys first 09:30 · last 17:10
- 3a Belfast — Donegall Square West ↔ School Court Metro 57 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 23:00
- 3a Derry Londonderry — Foyle Street Bus Station ↔ Altnagelvin Hospital Foyle Metro 2 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 19:40
Frequently asked questions
Why are there so many different 3A 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 3A, and 27 of them do. The 3A in Belfast has no connection to the 3A in Perth: different operator, different road, different timetable.
How do I find the right 3A bus timetable?
Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 3A 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 3A bus the same route in every town?
No. These are 27 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 25 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 3A 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.