50A bus timetable
Looking for the 50A bus? 10 different bus routes are numbered 50A across the UK and Ireland, run by 10 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
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50A bus in South East England
2 routes
- Colchester — Colchester to Tollesbury via Layer Breton First Essex · not Sundays · at 17:45 · 1 bus a weekday
- Reading — Reading to GreenPark via Whitley, Kennet Island Reading Buses · 05:42–23:05 · 59 buses a weekday
50A bus in South West England
1 route
- Warminster — Warminster circular via Boreham Field FromeBus · not Sundays · 07:55–17:45 · 9 buses a weekday
50A bus in East Midlands
2 routes
- Kettering — Kettering Horsemarket to Rushden George Street Stagecoach Midlands · weekdays only · 06:40–16:35 · 3 buses a weekday
- Louth — Louth to Mablethorpe via Saltfleetby St Peter PC Coaches · not Sundays · 08:50–17:51 · 10 buses a weekday
50A bus in West Midlands
1 route
- Birmingham — Birmingham to Redditch via Digbeth, Wythall Diamond Bus · 06:12–18:58 · 39 buses a weekday
50A bus in Yorkshire & the Humber
2 routes
- Chesterfield — Chesterfield to Sheffield via Middle Handley, Marsh Lane Stagecoach Yorkshire · not Sundays · 06:30–18:15 · 23 buses a weekday
- Leeds — Horsforth to Seacroft via Leeds, Harehills First Leeds · 05:31–23:08 · 60 buses a weekday
50A bus in Wales
1 route
- Caerphilly — Caerphilly to Newport via Bedwas, Gaer Stagecoach South Wales · not Sundays · 06:23–18:30 · 24 buses a weekday
50A bus in Northern Ireland
1 route
- Lurgan — Lurgan to Craigavon via Bleary Ulsterbus · Tuesdays and Thursdays only · 10:30–12:00 · 2 buses a weekday
Frequently asked questions
Where does the 50A bus run?
10 buses are numbered 50A, in Birmingham, Colchester, Reading, Chesterfield, Lurgan, Caerphilly, Kettering, Louth, Leeds & Warminster. Each one is listed above by area, with its timetable, stops and live map.
Why are there so many different 50A 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 50A, and 10 of them do. The 50A in Birmingham has no connection to the 50A in Colchester: different operator, different road, different timetable.
How do I find the right 50A bus timetable?
Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 50A 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 50A bus the same route in every town?
No. These are 10 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 10 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 50A for your area.
What does the “50A” 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 50A 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.