X3 bus timetable
16 different bus routes are numbered X3 across the UK and Ireland, run by 16 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.
X3 bus in South East England
3 routes
- X3 Canterbury — Canterbury Bus Station ↔ Maidstone Earl Street Stagecoach South East 60 weekday journeys first 05:30 · last 22:05
- X3 Milton Keynes — Central Railway Station ↔ Airport Bus Station Arriva Beds and Bucks 83 weekday journeys first 04:40 · last 23:45
- X3 Oxford — Barton, Atkinson Close ↔ Abingdon Town Centre, High Street Oxford Bus Company 172 weekday journeys first 05:10 · last 23:25
X3 bus in South West England
3 routes
- X3 Eastington — Eastington (Gloucs) ↔ Dursley (Gloucs) Applegates 2 weekday journeys first 07:30 · last 15:10
- X3 Fareham — Fareham Bus Station ↔ South Parade Pier First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport 54 weekday journeys first 07:25 · last 23:19
- X3 Ringwood — Salisbury ↔ Ringwood morebus 178 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 00:35
X3 bus in East of England
1 route
- X3 Fenstanton — Huntingdon bus station ↔ Hospital Outpatients Whippet Coaches 76 weekday journeys first 05:14 · last 22:40
X3 bus in East Midlands
1 route
- X3 Leicester — Haymarket Bus Station ↔ Market Hall Arriva Midlands 52 weekday journeys first 05:45 · last 21:11
X3 bus in West Midlands
1 route
- X3 Birmingham — The Square Peg ↔ Bus Station National Express West Midlands 114 weekday journeys first 05:35 · last 19:40
X3 bus in Yorkshire & the Humber
1 route
- X3 Doncaster — Doncaster Intc ↔ Sheffield Intc First South Yorkshire 134 weekday journeys first 04:50 · last 23:25
X3 bus in North East England
1 route
- X3 Lingdale — Meadow Dale Court ↔ Bus Station Stand 11 Arriva North East 23 weekday journeys first 06:39 · last 17:54
X3 bus in Scotland
1 route
- X3 Glasgow — GLASGOW Buchanan ↔ Cumbernauld Town Cen Nth First Greater Glasgow 84 weekday journeys first 06:05 · last 23:50
X3 bus in Wales
3 routes
- X3 Baglan — Sunnycroft Roundabout ↔ Maesteg Bus Station First South & West Wales 16 weekday journeys first 07:10 · last 18:05
- X3 Ebbw Vale — Ebbw Vale ↔ Brynmawr Phil Anslow Travel 23 weekday journeys first 07:00 · last 18:00
- X3 Pontypool — Pontypool Town Hall 2 ↔ Cardiff Greyfriars Road GH Stagecoach South Wales 54 weekday journeys first 06:00 · last 23:40
X3 bus in Northern Ireland
1 route
- X3 Derry Londonderry — Foyle Street Bus Station ↔ Dublin Busaras Bus Station Goldliner 5 weekday journeys first 08:00 · last 20:00
Frequently asked questions
Why are there so many different X3 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 X3, and 16 of them do. The X3 in Birmingham has no connection to the X3 in Glasgow: different operator, different road, different timetable.
How do I find the right X3 bus timetable?
Find your part of the country in the list above and open the X3 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 X3 bus the same route in every town?
No. These are 16 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 16 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific X3 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.