509A Stansted Airport to Harlow via Takeley, Bishops Stortford

Operated by Arriva Herts and Essex. First bus 07:30, last bus 15:12. 4 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £2.00 to £5.70 — more.

Next towards Harlow from Coach Station (Bay 15): tomorrow 07:30

Next towards Stansted Airport from Temp Bus Station (Stand G): tomorrow 07:41

Timetable

Ends at Temp Bus Station · Monday to Friday · 2 journeys
Stop 07:3014:58
Coach Station (Bay 15) 07:3014:58
The Four Ashes (opp) 07:3715:05
Birchanger Green Services (o/s) 07:4715:14
Parsonage Lane (N-bound) 07:5015:17
Interchange (Stop B) 08:0515:29
High School (opp) 08:2015:37
Spellbrook Lane (S-bound) 08:2315:41
White Lion PH (nr) 08:3015:47
Chippingfield (o/s) 08:4015:57
Temp Bus Station (Stand G) 08:5016:07

Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off. 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.

Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 — check with Arriva Herts and Essex whether this route takes part. Details →

Fares on the 509A

Adult single £2.00 to £5.70 · Child single £1.40 to £2.85

Adult single fare table, stage to stage
£2.80 Takeley Green Man
£2.80£2.80 Thremhall Priory
£2.80£2.80£2.80 Start Hill
£2.80£2.80£2.80£2.80 A120 Svs
£4.70£4.70£2.80£2.80£2.80 Parsonage Estate
£4.70£4.70£2.80£2.80£2.80£2.80 Snowley Parade, Heath Row
£4.70£4.70£4.70£4.70£2.80£2.80£2.80 All Points, B'Stortford
£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£2.80£2.80£2.80£2.80 Whittington Way St James' Pk
£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£4.70£4.70£4.70£4.70£2.80 Spellbrook
£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£4.70£2.80 Leventhorpe Sch
£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£4.70£2.80£2.80 White L/St Rd, Sawbridgeworth
£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£4.70£2.80£2.80 High Wych / Redricks
£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£4.70£2.80£2.80 Beefeater
£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£4.70£2.80£2.80£2.00 Harlow Mill Stn
£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£4.70£4.70£4.70£2.00£2.00 Old Harlow / Jocelyns
£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£2.00£2.00£2.00 1st Ave / Stow
£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£4.70£4.70£4.70£2.00 1st Ave / School Lane
£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£4.70£4.70£4.70£2.00£2.00 Harlow Bus Stn
£2.80£2.80£2.80£4.70£4.70£4.70£4.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70£5.70 Stansted Airport

Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is Takeley.

Arriva UK Bus's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 25 September 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same; singles published above £3.00 cost at most £3.00 if the route takes part in the England fare cap. Fares change — check with Arriva Herts and Essex before you travel.

Tickets on the 509A

Arriva Herts and Essex publishes singles on this route for adults and children.

Adult Single · Child Single

Ticket types come from Arriva Herts and Essex's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 26 September 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Arriva Herts and Essex.

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 Arriva Herts and Essex before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.

Not published yet: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, 28 December, 29 December, 30 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 509A

509A towards Harlow

All 58 stops
  1. Coach Station (Bay 15) Stansted Airport
  2. Coopers Villas (opp) Takeley
  3. Parsonage Rd (S-bound) Takeley
  4. Garnetts (opp) Takeley
  5. Chestnut Way (opp) Takeley
  6. The Four Ashes (opp) Takeley
  7. Mill Court (adj) Takeley
  8. Church Ln (opp) Takeley
  9. The Green Man (opp) Takeley Street
  10. Rayleigh Cottage (o/s) Takeley Street
  11. The Old Mill (opp) Takeley Street
  12. Bury Lodge Lane (adj) Takeley Street
  13. Thremhall Priory (o/s) Birchanger
  14. Spellbrook Motors (adj) Birchanger
  15. Start Hill Garage (o/s) Birchanger
  16. Birchanger Green Services (o/s) Parsonage Estate
  17. Shortcroft (nr) Parsonage Estate
  18. Parsonage Lane (N-bound) Parsonage Estate
  19. Cranwell Gardens (opp) Parsonage Estate
  20. Hurn Grove (opp) Parsonage Estate
  21. Northolt Avenue (opp) Parsonage Estate
  22. Snowley Parade (adj) Parsonage Estate
  23. Cherry Gardens (opp) Bishops Stortford
  24. All Saints' Church (nr) Hockerill
  25. Dane Street (Stop K) Bishops Stortford
  26. Interchange (Stop B) Bishops Stortford
  27. Holy Trinity Church (Stop F) Bishops Stortford
  28. Brazier's Quay (adj) Bishops Stortford
  29. South Mill Arts (o/s) Bishops Stortford
  30. Mulberry Court (opp) Bishops Stortford
  31. Thorley Hill (opp) Bishops Stortford
  32. Pig Lane (nr) Bishops Stortford
  33. Whittington Way (W-bound) Bishops Stortford
  34. Play Area (opp) Thorley Park
  35. High School (opp) Thorley Park
  36. Thorley Wash Grange (opp) Spellbrook
  37. Spellbrook Lane (S-bound) Spellbrook
  38. Tednambury Farm (nr) Spellbrook
  39. Parsonage Lane (opp) Sawbridgeworth
  40. Leventhorpe School (opp) Sawbridgeworth
  41. Station Road (nr) Sawbridgeworth
  42. White Lion PH (nr) Sawbridgeworth
  43. Springhall Road (adj) Sawbridgeworth
  44. High Wych Road (opp) Sawbridgeworth
  45. Pishiobury Drive (adj) Sawbridgeworth
  46. Redricks Lane (opp) Sawbridgeworth
  47. Beefeater (opp) Harlow Mill
  48. Harlow Mill Railway Station (opp) Harlow Mill
  49. Jocelyns (opp) Old Harlow
  50. Chippingfield (o/s) Old Harlow
  51. Mark Hall School (o/s) Old Harlow
  52. Museum (opp) Mark Hall
  53. Mandela Avenue (opp) Mark Hall
  54. The Stow Upper (adj) Mark Hall
  55. Burnt Mill School (opp) Harlow
  56. School Lane (W-bound) Harlow
  57. Park Lane (opp) Harlow
  58. Temp Bus Station (Stand G) Harlow Town Centre

509A towards Stansted Airport

All 57 stops
  1. Temp Bus Station (Stand G) Harlow Town Centre
  2. Park Lane (adj) Harlow
  3. School Lane (E-bound) Harlow
  4. Burnt Mill School (o/s) Harlow
  5. The Stow Upper (opp) Mark Hall
  6. Mandela Avenue (adj) Mark Hall
  7. Museum (o/s) Mark Hall
  8. Mark Hall School (opp) Old Harlow
  9. Chippingfield (opp) Old Harlow
  10. Jocelyns (adj) Old Harlow
  11. Harlow Mill Railway Station (o/s) Harlow Mill
  12. Beefeater (o/s) Harlow Mill
  13. Redricks Lane (adj) Sawbridgeworth
  14. Pishiobury Drive (opp) Sawbridgeworth
  15. High Wych Road (adj) Sawbridgeworth
  16. Springhall Road (opp) Sawbridgeworth
  17. White Lion PH (opp) Sawbridgeworth
  18. Station Road (opp) Sawbridgeworth
  19. Leventhorpe School (nr) Sawbridgeworth
  20. Parsonage Lane (nr) Sawbridgeworth
  21. Tednambury Farm (opp) Spellbrook
  22. Spellbrook Lane (N-bound) Spellbrook
  23. Thorley Wash Grange (nr) Spellbrook
  24. High School (o/s) Thorley Park
  25. Play Area (adj) Thorley Park
  26. Whittington Way (adj) Bishops Stortford
  27. Pig Lane (opp) Bishops Stortford
  28. Thorley Hill (nr) Bishops Stortford
  29. Mulberry Court (nr) Bishops Stortford
  30. South Mill Arts (opp) Bishops Stortford
  31. Brazier's Quay (opp) Bishops Stortford
  32. Holy Trinity Church (o/s) Bishops Stortford
  33. Riverside (Stop R) Bishops Stortford
  34. All Saints' Church (opp) Hockerill
  35. Cherry Gardens (adj) Bishops Stortford
  36. Snowley Parade (opp) Parsonage Estate
  37. Northolt Avenue (adj) Parsonage Estate
  38. Hurn Grove (nr) Parsonage Estate
  39. Cranwell Gardens (adj) Parsonage Estate
  40. Parsonage Lane (S-bound) Parsonage Estate
  41. Birchwood High School (o/s) Parsonage Estate
  42. Shortcroft (opp) Parsonage Estate
  43. Birchanger Green Services (opp) Parsonage Estate
  44. Start Hill Garage (opp) Birchanger
  45. Spellbrook Motors (opp) Birchanger
  46. Thremhall Priory (opp) Birchanger
  47. Bury Lodge Lane (opp) Takeley Street
  48. The Old Mill (o/s) Takeley Street
  49. Rayleigh Cottage (opp) Takeley Street
  50. The Green Man (adj) Takeley Street
  51. Church Ln (adj) Takeley
  52. The Four Ashes (adj) Takeley
  53. Chestnut Way (adj) Takeley
  54. Garnetts (adj) Takeley
  55. Parsonage Rd (N-bound) Takeley
  56. Coopers Villas (o/s) Takeley
  57. Coach Station (Bay 15) Stansted Airport

Towns & areas on this route

HarlowBishops StortfordStansted AirportTakeleyOld HarlowHarlow Town CentreHockerillThorley ParkParsonage EstateBirchangerSawbridgeworthMark Hall

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 509A bus?

The first 509A departure on weekdays leaves at 07:30 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 509A bus?

The last 509A on weekdays leaves its first stop at 15:12. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 509A bus cost?

Arriva Herts and Essex's published fares on the 509A: adult single £2.00 to £5.70, child single £1.40 to £2.85. Singles published above £3.00 cost at most £3.00 if the 509A takes part in the England fare cap. Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026 (then £2 from 1 January 2027). Arriva Herts and Essex day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 509A bus?

The 509A is operated by Arriva Herts and Essex.

Timetable data from Arriva Herts and Essex via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (South East England feed). Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.