8A bus timetable
25 different bus routes are numbered 8A across the UK and Ireland, run by 24 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.
8A bus in South East England
3 routes
- 8A Margate — Northdown Park Summerfield Road ↔ Canterbury Bus Station Stagecoach South East 51 weekday journeys first 05:35 · last 19:15
- 8A Rayleigh — Rayleigh, Railway Station ↔ Chelmsford, Retail Market (Stop 2) Central Connect 5 weekday journeys first 10:00 · last 14:30
- 8A Worthing — Marine Parade ↔ Florida Road Compass Travel 16 weekday journeys first 09:28 · last 13:07
8A bus in South West England
1 route
- 8A Stroud — Stroud Cotswold Green 4 weekday journeys first 09:10 · last 17:20
8A bus in East of England
1 route
- 8A Cambridge — Emmanuel Street E5 ↔ Kings Hedges Buchan St Roundabout Stagecoach East 24 weekday journeys first 06:32 · last 18:25
8A bus in East Midlands
1 route
- 8A Northampton — Parklands Thruxton Drive ↔ King's Heath South Oval Shops Stagecoach Midlands 30 weekday journeys first 06:28 · last 20:35
8A bus in West Midlands
5 routes
- 8A Birmingham — Saltley National Express West Midlands 208 weekday journeys first 04:46 · last 23:45
- 8A Rugby — Newbold on Avon ↔ Rugby Clifton Road Stagecoach Midlands 23 weekday journeys first 07:15 · last 19:05
- 8A Stafford — Chell Road ↔ Parkside Primary School Select Bus Services 24 weekday journeys first 05:35 · last 22:11
- 8A Stoke-on-Trent — Hanley Bus Station ↔ Stoney Lane D & G Bus 27 weekday journeys first 07:18 · last 20:40
- 8A Telford — Bus Station ↔ New Road Jct Arriva Midlands 8 weekday journeys first 09:30 · last 16:40
8A bus in Yorkshire & the Humber
2 routes
- 8A Rotherham — Rotherham Town Centre Stagecoach Yorkshire 14 weekday journeys first 05:38 · last 17:44
- 8A Sheffield — Ecclesfield, Monteney Rd ↔ Dyke Vale Road First South Yorkshire 25 weekday journeys first 06:12 · last 18:52
8A bus in North West England
1 route
- 8A Warrington — Warrington, Interchange - Stand K ↔ Appleton Thorn, Village Hall Warrington's Own Buses 2 weekday journeys first 07:52 · last 08:09
8A bus in North East England
2 routes
- 8A Spennymoor — High Street ↔ Town Centre Arriva North East 20 weekday journeys first 07:50 · last 17:43
- 8A Sunderland — Sunderland Interchange 'Stand K' ↔ Washington Galleries 'Stand C' Go North East 4 weekday journeys first 05:21 · last 06:58
8A bus in Scotland
3 routes
- 8A Dunfermline — Dunfermline Bus Station ↔ Alloa Shillinghill 1 Stagecoach East Scotland 38 weekday journeys first 05:17 · last 23:30
- 8A Glasgow — Garrioch Gate ↔ Cumbernauld Road West Coast Motors 2 weekday journeys first 18:55 · last 19:55
- 8A Glespin — Glespin ↔ Lanark Hobson Travel first 09:07 · last 09:07
8A bus in Wales
4 routes
- 8A Aberdare — Aberdare ↔ Cefn Rhigos Davies Coaches 15 weekday journeys first 08:15 · last 22:20
- 8A Cwmbran — Cwmbran Phil Anslow Travel 4 weekday journeys first 09:50 · last 15:50
- 8A Newport — Newport Newport Bus 15 weekday journeys first 06:30 · last 20:15
- 8A Pwllheli — Pwllheli ↔ Nefyn Nefyn 8 weekday journeys first 10:06 · last 17:00
8A bus in Northern Ireland
2 routes
- 8a Belfast — Howard Street ↔ Erinvale Avenue Metro 27 weekday journeys first 06:32 · last 22:41
- 8a Derry Londonderry — Quayside Shopping Centre ↔ Creggan Heights Foyle Metro 20 weekday journeys first 07:50 · last 18:30
Frequently asked questions
Why are there so many different 8A 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 8A, and 25 of them do. The 8A in Belfast has no connection to the 8A in Newport: different operator, different road, different timetable.
How do I find the right 8A bus timetable?
Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 8A 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 8A bus the same route in every town?
No. These are 25 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 24 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 8A 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.