56 Bus Station stand K ↔ Football Ground

Operated by Arriva North East. First bus 05:54, last bus 20:58. 52 journeys on weekdays.

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

Timetable

Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. For times at your exact stop, open the stop's own page.

towards Football Ground · Monday to Friday towards Football Ground · Saturday towards Football Ground · Sunday towards Bus Station stand K · Monday to Friday towards Bus Station stand K · Saturday towards Bus Station stand K · Sunday
56 towards Football Ground — Monday to Friday (27 journeys)
Bus Station Stand K ··07:2008:3508:5709:4009:5510:4010:5511:4011:5512:4012:5513:4013:5514:4014:5515:4015:5516:5016:5517:5517:5518:5518:5519:5520:55
University - Palatine Centre (E-bound) ··07:3008:4809:0509:5010:0510:5011:0511:5012:0512:5013:0513:5014:0514:5015:0515:5316:0517:0317:0518:0518:0619:0519:0320:0321:03
Tweddle Terrace (S-bound) ··07:3708:5709:1209:5710:1210:5711:1211:5712:1212:5713:1213:5714:1214:5715:1216:0216:1217:1217:1218:1218:1319:1219:1020:1021:10
Church (SE-bound) 05:5407:0407:4409:0409:1710:0410:1711:0411:1712:0412:1713:0413:1714:0414:1715:0415:1716:1216:1717:2217:1718:1718:2019:1719:1520:1521:15
The Cricketers (SW-bound) 05:5607:0607:4609:0609:1810:0610:1811:0611:1812:0612:1813:0613:1814:0614:1815:0615:1816:1416:1817:2417:1818:1918:2219:1919:1620:1621:17
High Street (SW-bound) 06:0207:1207:5209:1209:2310:1210:2311:1211:2312:1212:2313:1213:2314:1214:2315:1215:2316:2016:2317:3017:23·18:27·19:2120:21·
Stobb Cross Road - 1 (SE-bound) 06:0407:1407:5409:1409:2510:1410:2511:1411:2512:1412:2513:1413:2514:1414:2515:1415:2516:2216:2517:3217:25·18:29·19:2320:23·
Cross Keys (W-bound) ························19:3220:32·
Eldon Arms (NW-bound) 06:1307:2308:0309:2309:3310:2310:3311:2311:3312:2312:3313:2313:3314:2314:3315:2315:3316:3116:3317:4117:33·18:38·19:3720:37·
Ravensworth Rd - Shops (NE-bound) 06:1707:2708:0709:2709:3710:2710:3711:2711:3712:2712:3713:2713:3714:2714:3715:2715:3716:3516:3717:4517:37·18:42·19:4020:40·
Town Centre (E-bound) 06:2307:3308:1309:3309:4310:3310:4311:3311:4312:3312:4313:3313:4314:3314:4315:3315:4316:4316:4317:5317:43·18:48·19:4420:44·
Green (W-bound) 06:2907:3908:1909:3909:4810:3910:4811:3911:4812:3912:4813:3913:4814:3914:4815:3915:4816:4916:4817:5917:48·18:54····
Hambleton Road (W-bound) 06:3607:4608:2809:4609:5510:4610:5511:4611:5512:4612:5513:4613:5514:4614:5515:4615:5516:5616:5518:0617:55·19:01····
Bus Station Stand C ··08:42························
Football Ground (N-bound) 06:4807:5808:5509:5810:0710:5811:0711:5812:0712:5813:0713:5814:0714:5815:0715:5816:0717:1317:0718:1818:07·19:13····

Route map

All stops on route 56

56 towards Football Ground

  1. Bus Station Stand K Durham
  2. Millburngate Stand A Durham
  3. Leazes Rd - Underpass Stand A (E-bound) Durham
  4. New Elvet - Three Tuns (S-bound) Durham
  5. St Oswalds Church (SW-bound) Durham
  6. New Inn - Church Street (SW-bound) Durham
  7. University - Palatine Centre (E-bound) Durham
  8. College (SE-bound) Houghall
  9. The Rosetree (SE-bound) Shincliffe
  10. Seven Stars (SE-bound) Shincliffe
  11. Shincliffe Station (SE-bound) High Shincliffe Station
  12. Dallymore Drive (SE-bound) Bowburn
  13. Mary Terrace (S-bound) Bowburn
  14. Tweddle Terrace (S-bound) Bowburn
  15. Co-op Store (SE-bound) Bowburn
  16. Park Hill Estate Park Avenue (SE-bound) Coxhoe
  17. Park Avenue (SE-bound) Coxhoe
  18. Bower Court (SE-bound) Coxhoe
  19. opp Tarka Centre (SE-bound) Coxhoe
  20. Church (SE-bound) Coxhoe
  21. The Cricketers (SW-bound) Coxhoe
  22. Lynn Park Crescent (S-bound) Coxhoe
  23. Bridge Road (SW-bound) West Cornforth
  24. Market Place (W-bound) West Cornforth
  25. Balaclava (SW-bound) West Cornforth
  26. High Street (SW-bound) West Cornforth
  27. Villas (SE-bound) Stobb Cross
  28. Stobb Cross Road - 1 (SE-bound) Stobb Cross
  29. Lichfield Garmondsway (N-bound) Stobb Cross
  30. Lichfield (NW-bound) Stobb Cross
  31. Garmondsway Road (E-bound) Stobb Cross
  32. Laburnum Road (W-bound) Stobb Cross
  33. Lichfield Road (W-bound) Stobb Cross
  34. Villas (SW-bound) Stobb Cross
  35. Villas (NW-bound) Stobb Cross
  36. Thrislington Quarry (S-bound) Mainsforth
  37. The Green (SE-bound) Bishop Middleham
  38. Front Street (W-bound) Bishop Middleham
  39. Cross Keys (W-bound) Bishop Middleham
  40. Mainsforth Road Ends (W-bound) Mainsforth
  41. Village (NW-bound) Mainsforth
  42. Morrison Terrace (W-bound) Ferryhill Station
  43. Eldon Arms (NW-bound) Ferryhill Station
  44. Gladstone Terrace (NW-bound) Ferryhill
  45. Linden Road (NE-bound) Ferryhill
  46. Leisure Centre (NW-bound) Ferryhill
  47. Ravensworth Rd - Shops (NE-bound) Ferryhill
  48. Ravensworth Rd - Raby Road (NE-bound) Ferryhill
  49. Wood Lane - Raby Road (SW-bound) Ferryhill
  50. Wood Lane - Walworth Road (SW-bound) Ferryhill
  51. Manor Farm - Wood Lane (W-bound) Ferryhill
  52. Town Centre (E-bound) Ferryhill
  53. Dean Bank Youth Club (SW-bound) Ferryhill
  54. Dean Bank Hackworth St (SW-bound) Ferryhill
  55. Dean Bank Villas (SW-bound) Ferryhill
  56. Dean Bank Aged Miners (SW-bound) Ferryhill
  57. Academy (SW-bound) Ferryhill
  58. Vicarage (SW-bound) Kirk Merrington
  59. Green (W-bound) Kirk Merrington
  60. Ship Inn (SW-bound) Middlestone
  61. Hereford Street (SW-bound) Leeholme
  62. Chiltern Road (S-bound) Leeholme
  63. Hambleton Road (W-bound) Coundon
  64. Collingwood Street-Greenwells Garth (NW-bound) Coundon
  65. Tees Walk (W-bound) Coundon
  66. Chapel Place (NW-bound) Coundon
  67. Broomside (SW-bound) Coundon
  68. Church Street (NW-bound) Coundon
  69. Allotments (SW-bound) Canney Hill
  70. Clydesdale Lodge (W-bound) Coundon Gate
  71. By-pass (SW-bound) Auckland Park
  72. Durham Road (W-bound) Canney Hill
  73. Market Place (W-bound) Bishop Auckland
  74. Bus Station Stand C Bishop Auckland
  75. Newgate Street Stand C (S-bound) Bishop Auckland
  76. Newgate Street Stand E (S-bound) Bishop Auckland
  77. Newgate St Methodist Ch (S-bound) Bishop Auckland
  78. Newgate Street - Medical Centre (S-bound) Bishop Auckland
  79. General Hospital (S-bound) Bishop Auckland
  80. Cockton Hill Club (S-bound) Bishop Auckland
  81. Cabin Gate (S-bound) Bishop Auckland
  82. Watling Road - Aclet Hotel (S-bound) Bishop Auckland
  83. Watling Road - Lime Grove (S-bound) Bishop Auckland
  84. Football Ground (N-bound) Tindale Crescent

56 towards Bus Station stand K

  1. Football Ground (N-bound) Tindale Crescent
  2. Club - Watling Road (E-bound) Tindale Crescent
  3. Watling Road - Bakery (NE-bound) Bishop Auckland
  4. Watling Road - Aclet Hotel (N-bound) Bishop Auckland
  5. Watling Road - Lime Grove (N-bound) Bishop Auckland
  6. Cockton Hill Club (N-bound) Bishop Auckland
  7. Cabin Gate (N-bound) Bishop Auckland
  8. Railway Station bus stop (N-bound) Bishop Auckland
  9. General Hospital (N-bound) Bishop Auckland
  10. Newgate St Methodist Ch (N-bound) Bishop Auckland
  11. Newgate Street - Medical Centre (N-bound) Bishop Auckland
  12. Bus Station Stand D Bishop Auckland
  13. Market Place (E-bound) Bishop Auckland
  14. Durham Road (E-bound) Canney Hill
  15. Allotments (NE-bound) Canney Hill
  16. Clydesdale Lodge (E-bound) Coundon Gate
  17. Broomside (NE-bound) Coundon
  18. Church Street (SE-bound) Coundon
  19. Chapel Place (SE-bound) Coundon
  20. Collingwood Street-Greenwells Garth (SE-bound) Coundon
  21. Hambleton Road (E-bound) Coundon
  22. Chiltern Road (N-bound) Leeholme
  23. Hereford Street (NE-bound) Leeholme
  24. Ship Inn (NE-bound) Middlestone
  25. Green (E-bound) Kirk Merrington
  26. Vicarage (NE-bound) Kirk Merrington
  27. Academy (NE-bound) Ferryhill
  28. Dean Bank Villas (NE-bound) Ferryhill
  29. Dean Bank Aged Miners (NE-bound) Ferryhill
  30. Dean Bank Newcomen Street (NE-bound) Ferryhill
  31. Dean Bank Hackworth St (NE-bound) Ferryhill
  32. Dean Bank Youth Club (NE-bound) Ferryhill
  33. Manor Farm - Wood Lane (NE-bound) Ferryhill
  34. Town Centre (D) Ferryhill
  35. Wood Lane - Walworth Road (NE-bound) Ferryhill
  36. Raby Road (S-bound) Ferryhill
  37. Ravensworth Rd - Raby Road (SE-bound) Ferryhill
  38. Ravensworth Rd - Shops (W-bound) Ferryhill
  39. Leisure Centre (SE-bound) Ferryhill
  40. Skipton Close (SE-bound) Ferryhill
  41. Linden Road (SW-bound) Ferryhill
  42. Lambton Road (SE-bound) Ferryhill
  43. Gladstone Terrace (SE-bound) Ferryhill
  44. Eldon Arms (SE-bound) Ferryhill Station
  45. Morrison Terrace (E-bound) Ferryhill Station
  46. Mainsforth Road Ends (SE-bound) Mainsforth
  47. Village (NE-bound) Mainsforth
  48. Front Street (E-bound) Bishop Middleham
  49. The Green (NW-bound) Bishop Middleham
  50. Cross Keys (E-bound) Bishop Middleham
  51. Stoneybeck (NE-bound) Bishop Middleham
  52. Mainsforth Road Ends (NW-bound) Mainsforth
  53. Thrislington Quarry (N-bound) Mainsforth
  54. Villas (NE-bound) Stobb Cross
  55. Stobb Cross Road - 1 (SE-bound) Stobb Cross
  56. Garmondsway Road (E-bound) Stobb Cross
  57. Lichfield Garmondsway (N-bound) Stobb Cross
  58. Lichfield (NW-bound) Stobb Cross
  59. Lichfield Road (W-bound) Stobb Cross
  60. Laburnum Road (W-bound) Stobb Cross
  61. Villas (NW-bound) Stobb Cross
  62. Library (NW-bound) West Cornforth
  63. High Street (NE-bound) West Cornforth
  64. Market Place (E-bound) West Cornforth
  65. Bridge Road (NE-bound) West Cornforth
  66. Lynn Park Crescent (N-bound) Coxhoe
  67. The Cricketers (NE-bound) Coxhoe
  68. Cornforth Lane (E-bound) Coxhoe
  69. Adj Tarka Centre (NW-bound) Coxhoe
  70. Church (NW-bound) Coxhoe
  71. Bower Court (NW-bound) Coxhoe
  72. Park Avenue (NW-bound) Coxhoe
  73. Park Hill Estate Park Avenue (NW-bound) Coxhoe
  74. Co-op Store (NW-bound) Bowburn
  75. Mary Terrace (N-bound) Bowburn
  76. Tweddle Terrace (N-bound) Bowburn
  77. High-Low Grange Farms (NW-bound) Bowburn
  78. Dallymore Drive (NW-bound) Bowburn
  79. Shincliffe Station (NW-bound) High Shincliffe Station
  80. Seven Stars (NW-bound) Shincliffe
  81. College (NW-bound) Houghall
  82. The Rosetree (NW-bound) Shincliffe
  83. University - Palatine Centre (W-bound) Durham
  84. New Inn - Church Street (NE-bound) Durham
  85. St Oswalds Church (NE-bound) Durham
  86. New Elvet - Three Tuns (NW-bound) Durham
  87. Leazes Road - Millburngate Bridge (W-bound) Durham
  88. Bus Station Stand K Durham

Service history & registered changes

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

DurhamBishop AucklandFerryhillBowburnCoxhoeWest CornforthCoundonAuckland ParkTindale CrescentKirk MerringtonStobb CrossLeeholme

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 56 bus?

The first 56 departure on weekdays leaves at 05:54 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 56 bus?

The last 56 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 20:58. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 56 bus cost?

Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026 (then £2 from 1 January 2027). Arriva North East day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 56 bus?

The 56 is operated by Arriva North East.

Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.