28 Bedford circular via Putnoe, Brickhill
Operated by Stagecoach East. First bus 07:40, last bus 17:50. 12 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £2.50 to £3.00 — more.
Wanted a different 28? 39 other bus routes are numbered 28 elsewhere in the UK — see every 28 bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 07:40 to Riseley Margaret Beaufort School | 08:15 | 09:00 to Kimbolton St Andrew's Lane | 10:05 | 11:00 to Riseley Margaret Beaufort School | 11:35 | 13:00 to Kimbolton St Andrew's Lane | 14:05 | 15:00 to Kimbolton St Andrew's Lane | 16:05 | 17:10 to Riseley Margaret Beaufort School | 17:50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bus Station (Stand Q) | 07:40 | · | 09:00 | · | 11:00 | · | 13:00 | · | 15:00 | · | 17:10 | · |
| Bedford Hospital North Wing (opp) | 07:44 | · | 09:04 | · | 11:04 | · | 13:04 | · | 15:04 | · | 17:15 | · |
| Tweedsmuir Road (opp) | 07:47 | · | 09:07 | · | 11:07 | · | 13:07 | · | 15:07 | · | 17:19 | · |
| Cleat Hill (NW-bound) | 07:52 | · | 09:12 | · | 11:12 | · | 13:12 | · | 15:12 | · | 17:25 | · |
| Baptist Chapel (opp) | 07:58 | · | 09:18 | · | 11:18 | · | 13:18 | · | 15:18 | · | 17:31 | · |
| Bletsoe Church (opp) | · | · | · | · | · | · | 13:24 | · | 15:24 | · | 17:37 | · |
| The Five Bells (opp) | 08:07 | · | 09:29 | · | 11:27 | · | 13:29 | · | 15:29 | · | 17:42 | · |
| Margaret Beaufort School (opp) | 08:09 | · | 09:31 | · | 11:29 | · | 13:31 | · | 15:31 | · | 17:44 | · |
| St Nicholas Church (opp) | · | · | 09:37 | · | · | · | 13:37 | · | 15:37 | · | · | · |
| All Hallows Church (adj) | · | · | 09:43 | · | · | · | 13:43 | · | 15:43 | · | · | · |
| The White Horse (o/s) | · | · | 09:48 | · | · | · | 13:48 | · | 15:48 | · | · | · |
| St Andrew's Lane (near) | · | · | 09:59 | 10:05 | · | · | 13:59 | 14:05 | 15:59 | 16:05 | · | · |
| Wood End Lane (opp) | · | · | · | 10:10 | · | · | · | 14:10 | · | 16:10 | · | · |
| High Street (opp) | · | · | · | 10:14 | · | · | · | 14:14 | · | 16:14 | · | · |
| Margaret Beaufort School (o/s) | · | 08:15 | · | 10:20 | · | 11:35 | · | 14:20 | · | 16:20 | · | 17:50 |
| The Five Bells (o/s) | · | 08:16 | · | 10:21 | · | 11:36 | · | 14:21 | · | 16:21 | · | 17:51 |
| Bletsoe Church (opp) | · | · | · | 10:26 | · | 11:41 | · | 14:26 | · | 16:26 | · | · |
| Baptist Chapel (adj) | · | 08:26 | · | 10:31 | · | 11:46 | · | 14:31 | · | 16:31 | · | 18:01 |
| Cleat Hill (SE-bound) | · | 08:35 | · | 10:40 | · | 11:55 | · | 14:40 | · | 16:40 | · | 18:10 |
| Foxlease (adj) | · | 08:38 | · | 10:43 | · | 11:58 | · | 14:43 | · | 16:43 | · | 18:13 |
| Bedford Hospital North Wing (o/s) | · | 08:43 | · | 10:48 | · | 12:03 | · | 14:48 | · | 16:48 | · | 18:18 |
| Bus Station (Stand Q) | · | 08:50 | · | 10:55 | · | 12:10 | · | 14:55 | · | 16:55 | · | 18:25 |
Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off; one that finishes short of the usual end says where ("to …") — not every journey on this route runs the whole way. A · means that journey does not stop there. Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. Switch a table to All stops for every stop it calls at, or open a stop's own page for live departures there.
Fares on the 28
Adult single £2.50 to £3.00
Adult single fare table, stage to stage
| – | Bedford TC | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £3.00 | £3.00 | Nth Wing Hospital | |||||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | Pemberley Avenue | ||||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | – | £2.50 | Poplar Avenue | |||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | – | – | £2.50 | Brecon Way | ||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | – | – | – | £2.50 | Rowallan Drive | |||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | – | – | £2.50 | Kimbolton Road | ||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Cleat Hill | |||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Thurleigh | ||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Bletsoe | |||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Riseley | ||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Swineshead | |||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | The Deans | ||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Tilbrook | |||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | Kimbolton | ||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Pertenhall | |
| £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | Bowls Club |
Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is Bedford Bus Stn.
Stagecoach's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 1 September 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with Stagecoach East before you travel.
Christmas & bank holidays
These dates are not the usual timetable for the day they fall on. They come from the operator’s published data, which for Christmas and New Year is often late or incomplete, so check with Stagecoach East before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.
Not published yet: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 28 December, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Operators often publish festive timetables only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
Route map
All stops on route 28
28 towards Bedford Bus Station
All 70 stops
- Bus Station (Stand Q) Bedford
- St Peters Street (NE-bound) Bedford
- Bedford Hospital North Wing (opp) Bedford
- St Michaels Road (adj) Bedford
- Ellis Road (opp) Bedford
- Putnoe Lane (opp) Putnoe
- Poplar Avenue (adj) Putnoe
- Putnoe Heights (opp) Putnoe
- Tweedsmuir Road (opp) Putnoe
- Brecon Way (o/s) Brickhill
- Lowther Road (opp) Brickhill
- Foxlease (opp) Brickhill
- Tamar Road (adj) Brickhill
- Mowsbury Car Park (opp) Brickhill
- Cleat Hill (NW-bound) Ravensden
- Wayside Farm Park (opp) Ravensden
- Oldways Road (opp) Ravensden
- Butler Street (adj) Ravensden
- Wood End (N-bound) Ravensden
- Robins Folly (adj) Thurleigh
- Baptist Chapel (opp) Thurleigh
- St Peters Church (adj) Thurleigh
- Bourne End Lane (adj) Bletsoe
- Bletsoe Church (opp) Bletsoe
- The Old White Horse (o/s) Riseley
- The Five Bells (opp) Riseley
- Keysoe Road (opp) Riseley
- Bowers Lane (opp) Riseley
- Margaret Beaufort School (opp) Riseley
- High Street (adj) Swineshead
- St Nicholas Church (opp) Swineshead
- Brook Lane (adj) Upper Dean
- All Hallows Church (adj) Upper Dean
- Shay Lane (adj) Upper Dean
- Chestnut Farmhouse (opp) Lower Dean
- The White Horse (o/s) Tilbrook
- Church Lane (near) Tilbrook
- Castle Gardens (opp) Kimbolton
- St Andrew's Lane (near) Kimbolton
- Wood End Lane (opp) Pertenhall
- High Street (opp) Swineshead
- Margaret Beaufort School (o/s) Riseley
- Bowers Lane (adj) Riseley
- Keysoe Road (adj) Riseley
- The Barns (opp) Riseley
- The Five Bells (o/s) Riseley
- The Old White Horse (opp) Riseley
- St Peters Church (opp) Thurleigh
- The Close (adj) Thurleigh
- Baptist Chapel (adj) Thurleigh
- Robins Folly (opp) Thurleigh
- Wood End (S-bound) Ravensden
- Butler Street (opp) Ravensden
- Oldways Road (adj) Ravensden
- Wayside Farm Park (o/s) Ravensden
- Cleat Hill (SE-bound) Ravensden
- Mowsbury Car park (adj) Brickhill
- Tamar Road (opp) Brickhill
- Foxlease (adj) Brickhill
- Lowther Road (adj) Brickhill
- Brecon Way (o/s) Brickhill
- Tweedsmuir Road (adj) Putnoe
- Putnoe Heights (adj) Putnoe
- Poplar Avenue (opp) Putnoe
- Ellis Road (adj) Bedford
- Balmoral Avenue (adj) Bedford
- St Michaels Road (opp) Bedford
- Bedford Hospital North Wing (o/s) Bedford
- Bedford Bowls Club (o/s) Bedford
- St Peters Street (SW-bound) Bedford
Service registration & registered changes
- Service change effective 31 May 2026 To amend Route, Stopping Places and Timetable.
- Service change effective 30 March 2025 To amend Route, Stopping Places and Timetable.
- Service change effective 20 October 2024 To amend Route, Stopping Places and Timetable.
- New service effective 1 August 2024 New Service.
Registered as financially supported by a local authority (Bedford Borough Council).
From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. Registration PF0000459/308 · Changes in Bedford County Council · All service changes →
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 28 bus?
The first 28 departure on weekdays leaves at 07:40 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 28 bus?
The last 28 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 17:50. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 28 bus cost?
Stagecoach East's published fares on the 28: adult single £2.50 to £3.00. The 28 is confirmed by GOV.UK as part of the national fare cap, so a single costs at most £3 until 31 December 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Stagecoach East day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 28 bus?
The 28 is operated by Stagecoach East.
Timetable data from Stagecoach East via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (South East England feed). Registered with the Traffic Commissioner as PF0000459/308. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.