5A bus timetable
29 different bus routes are numbered 5A across the UK and Ireland, run by 26 operators in 10 areas. They are separate services that happen to share a number — pick yours below for its timetable, stops, live map and fares.
5A bus in South East England
3 routes
- 5A Hove — Hardwick Road ↔ Craignair Avenue Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company 136 weekday journeys first 00:08 · last 23:58
- 5A Oxford — Oxford City Centre, Speedwell Street ↔ Minchery Farm, Carpenter Close Oxford Bus Company 97 weekday journeys first 06:00 · last 23:50
- 5A Whitstable — South Tankerton Tesco ↔ Seasalter Lucerne Drive East Stagecoach South East 5 weekday journeys first 09:33 · last 13:33
5A bus in South West England
4 routes
- 5a Bath — Bath Bus Station ↔ Twerton Mill First Bristol, Bath & the West 43 weekday journeys first 05:37 · last 01:10
- 5A Crediton — Crediton opp Tesco Metro ↔ Okehampton Market Street Stagecoach South West 22 weekday journeys first 06:12 · last 19:09
- 5A Exeter — Exeter Bus Station ↔ Crediton opp Museum Stagecoach South West 18 weekday journeys first 06:50 · last 18:42
- 5A Plymouth — Royal Parade ↔ Charnhill Way Plymouth Citybus 103 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 23:30
5A bus in East of England
1 route
- 5A St Ives — St Ives Morrisons ↔ St Ives Bus Station Stephensons of Essex 21 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 19:40
5A bus in East Midlands
4 routes
- 5A Derby — Derby Arriva Derby 34 weekday journeys first 06:10 · last 20:00
- 5A Leicester — Haymarket Bus Station ↔ Windsor Street Arriva Midlands 40 weekday journeys first 06:20 · last 19:25
- 5A Nottingham — City Loop ↔ Edwalton Nottingham City Transport 12 weekday journeys first 09:50 · last 14:56
- 5A Whittlesey — Herald Way ↔ Hampton Serpentine Green Stagecoach East 126 weekday journeys first 04:40 · last 23:07
5A bus in West Midlands
3 routes
- 5A Dudley — Evolve Campus ↔ Blaze Park Terminus National Express West Midlands 6 weekday journeys first 05:43 · last 18:00
- 5A Nuneaton — Nuneaton ↔ Nuneaton Bus Station A2 Stagecoach Midlands 36 weekday journeys first 06:05 · last 20:45
- 5A Telford — Bus Station ↔ Guildhall Shopping Centre Arriva Midlands 59 weekday journeys first 05:53 · last 22:38
5A bus in Yorkshire & the Humber
2 routes
- 5A Leeds — Leeds City Centre ↔ Leeds Albion St First Leeds 44 weekday journeys first 05:46 · last 22:26
- 5A York — Strensall ↔ Acomb Green First York 66 weekday journeys first 06:00 · last 23:32
5A bus in North West England
3 routes
- 5a Blackpool — Amy Johnson House ↔ Bibby Drive Blackpool Transport 50 weekday journeys first 06:44 · last 18:44
- 5a Staining — Bibby Drive ↔ Halfway House Blackpool Transport 42 weekday journeys first 08:20 · last 18:29
- 5A Warrington — Warrington, Interchange - Stand K ↔ Sale Metrolink Station Warrington's Own Buses 28 weekday journeys first 05:08 · last 19:16
5A bus in Scotland
4 routes
- 5A Dumfries — Dumfries, Calside Road ↔ Crichton, Campus DGC Buses 3 weekday journeys first 07:20 · last 07:50
- 5A Dundee — Ninewells Hospital ↔ Inchcape Place Xplore Dundee 56 weekday journeys first 05:25 · last 23:35
- 5A Glenrothes — Rimbleton Primary School ↔ Railway Station Moffat & Williamson 15 weekday journeys first 09:00 · last 16:00
- 5A Inverness — Queensgate A ↔ Inverness Retail Park Tesco Stagecoach Bluebird 32 weekday journeys first 06:20 · last 22:40
5A bus in Wales
2 routes
- 5A Blackwood — Blackwood Connect2 4 weekday journeys first 09:25 · last 13:45
- 5A Cwmbran — Cwmbran ↔ Cwmbran Bus Station Stagecoach South Wales 38 weekday journeys first 07:07 · last 18:25
5A bus in Northern Ireland
3 routes
- 5a Belfast — Donegall Square West ↔ Braniel Metro 121 weekday journeys first 05:02 · last 23:26
- 5a Derry Londonderry — Foyle Street Bus Station ↔ Bards Hill Foyle Metro 29 weekday journeys first 07:30 · last 21:30
- 5a Newtownards — Gibson's Lane ↔ Killinchy Street Ulsterbus 25 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 20:45
Frequently asked questions
Why are there so many different 5A 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 5A, and 29 of them do. The 5A in Belfast has no connection to the 5A in Nottingham: different operator, different road, different timetable.
How do I find the right 5A bus timetable?
Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 5A 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 5A bus the same route in every town?
No. These are 29 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 26 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 5A for your area.
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