5A Strensall to Acomb Green
Operated by First York. First bus 06:00, last bus 23:32. 44 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £2.00 to £3.00 — more.
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| Stop | 06:00 | 06:30 | 07:25 | 08:00 | 08:20 | 08:54 | 09:33 | 10:12 | 10:50 | 11:28 | 11:53 | 12:31 | 13:07 | 13:45 | 14:19 | 14:59 | 15:34 | 16:13 | 16:51 |
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| Brecks Lane | 06:00 | 06:30 | 07:25 | 08:00 | 08:20 | 08:54 | 09:33 | 10:12 | 10:50 | 11:28 | 11:53 | 12:31 | 13:07 | 13:45 | 14:19 | 14:59 | 15:34 | 16:13 | 16:51 |
| North Lane (adj) | 06:10 | 06:40 | 07:37 | 08:13 | 08:31 | 09:06 | 09:45 | 10:24 | 11:01 | 11:39 | 12:03 | 12:40 | 13:16 | 13:54 | 14:29 | 15:09 | 15:43 | 16:23 | 17:00 |
| Joseph Rowntree Theatre (o/s Rowntree Theatre) | 06:18 | 06:48 | 07:48 | 08:26 | 08:45 | 09:17 | 09:54 | 10:33 | 11:11 | 11:49 | 12:13 | 12:51 | 13:27 | 14:04 | 14:38 | 15:21 | 15:54 | 16:33 | 17:10 |
| Theatre Royal (EF) | 06:24 | 06:55 | 07:57 | 08:41 | 08:58 | 09:28 | 10:07 | 10:46 | 11:26 | 12:03 | 12:28 | 13:07 | 13:41 | 14:18 | 14:54 | 15:35 | 16:12 | 16:51 | 17:26 |
| Rail Station (Stop RF) | 06:26 | 06:58 | 08:02 | 08:47 | 09:03 | 09:34 | 10:12 | 10:51 | 11:31 | 12:07 | 12:32 | 13:12 | 13:48 | 14:23 | 15:01 | 15:42 | 16:19 | 16:57 | 17:33 |
| Ouse Acres (opp) | 06:34 | 07:07 | 08:15 | 09:01 | 09:14 | 09:44 | 10:23 | 11:02 | 11:42 | 12:18 | 12:43 | 13:24 | 14:00 | 14:36 | 15:16 | 15:56 | 16:33 | 17:11 | 17:46 |
| Acomb Green (adj) | 06:44 | 07:18 | 08:29 | 09:14 | 09:26 | 09:57 | 10:36 | 11:15 | 11:55 | 12:31 | 12:57 | 13:37 | 14:14 | 14:49 | 15:30 | 16:11 | 16:47 | 17:26 | 18:00 |
Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off. 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 5A
Adult single £2.00 to £3.00
Adult single fare table, stage to stage
| £2.60 | Towthorpe | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| £2.60 | £2.60 | Earswick | |||||||||||||||||||
| £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.00 | Avon Drive/New Lane | ||||||||||||||||||
| £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.00 | Huntington School | |||||||||||||||||
| £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.00 | Sleeper Path | ||||||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Link Road | |||||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Bell Farm Avenue | ||||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Haleys Terrace/ Rose Street | |||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Clarence Street/ Walpole Street | ||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.00 | York City Centre | |||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Blossom Street | ||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Holgate Hill | |||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.00 | £2.00 | The Fox Inn | ||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Grantham Drive | |||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Poppleton Road School | ||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Manor Drive North/ Texaco Garage | |||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Plantation Drive/ Low Poppleton Lane | ||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Beckfield Lane | |||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.60 | – | – | Knapton Lane End | ||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Acomb | |
| £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 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £2.00 | £2.00 | The Green, Acomb |
Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is Strensall.
First Bus'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 First York before you travel.
Tickets on the 5A
First York publishes singles on this route for adults.
Adult Single
Ticket types come from First York's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 4 September 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with First York.
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 First York 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 5A
5A towards Acomb Green
All 59 stops
- Brecks Lane Strensall
- The Old Station Strensall
- Northfields (opp) Strensall
- Strensall Library (opp) Strensall
- Middlecroft Drive (opp) Strensall
- Melcombe Avenue (opp) Strensall
- Knapton Close (adj) Strensall
- Barley Rise (opp) Strensall Camp
- Strensall Camp (o/s) Strensall Camp
- Strensall Park (o/s) Towthorpe
- Towthorpe Moor Lane (adj) Towthorpe
- Earswick Grange (o/s 346 Strensall Rd) Earswick
- Foss Bank Farm (opp) Earswick
- Earswick Village (opp) Earswick
- Avon Drive (adj) Huntington
- Memorial Hall (o/s) Huntington
- Linden Close (opp) Huntington
- North Lane (adj) Huntington
- North Moor Shops (opp) Huntington
- Huntington WMC (opp) Huntington
- Mill Hill (o/s 546 H'ton Rd) Huntington
- Huntington School (o/s) Huntington
- St Andrew's Church (opp) Huntington
- Alexander Avenue (adj) Huntington
- Meadowfields Drive (opp) Huntington
- Yearsley Grove (opp River Foss) Huntington
- Bell Farm (adj) Huntington
- Yearsley Bridge (opp Mallard Landings) Heworth
- Haley's Terrace (o/s 15) Clifton
- Joseph Rowntree Theatre (o/s Rowntree Theatre) Clifton
- Haxby Road School (o/s) The Groves
- Walpole Street The Groves
- York St John University (opp Union Terrace) York
- Gillygate (o/s 56) York
- Theatre Royal (EF) York
- Station Road (CE) York
- Rail Station (Stop RF) York
- Blossom Street (BC) York
- Cambridge Street (opp Mount Ephraim) York
- Holgate Hill (adj Holgate Bridge Gardens) Holgate
- Fox Inn (opp) Holgate
- Holgate Park (opp) Holgate
- Grantham Drive (adj) Holgate
- Seldon Road (opp) Holgate
- Malvern Avenue (adj) Holgate
- Ouse Acres (opp) Acomb
- Plantation Drive (opp) Acomb
- Wheatlands Grove (adj) Acomb
- Low Poppleton Lane Beckfield Lane
- Beckfield Lane End Beckfield Lane
- Norman Drive (opp) Beckfield Lane
- The Green Tree (o/s) Beckfield Lane
- Turnberry Drive (opp) Beckfield Lane
- Runswick Avenue (adj) Beckfield Lane
- St Aidan's Church (o/s 83) Acomb
- Ridgeway (opp 90) Acomb
- Acomb Methodist Church (opp) Acomb
- Acomb Church Hall (opp) Acomb
- Acomb Green (adj) Acomb
5A towards Strensall
All 58 stops
- Acomb Library (o/s) Acomb
- Acomb Methodist Church (adj) Acomb
- Ridgeway (o/s 88) Acomb
- St Aidan's Church (opp 83) Acomb
- Runswick Avenue (opp) Beckfield Lane
- Turnberry Drive (adj) Beckfield Lane
- The Green Tree (opp) Beckfield Lane
- Norman Drive (adj) Beckfield Lane
- Newlands Drive Beckfield Lane
- Low Poppleton Lane (adj) Acomb
- Wheatlands Grove (opp) Acomb
- Plantation Drive (adj) Acomb
- Cranbrook Avenue (opp) Acomb
- Malvern Avenue (opp) Holgate
- Seldon Road (adj) Holgate
- Grantham Drive (opp) Holgate
- Holgate Park (o/s) Holgate
- Fox Inn (adj) Holgate
- Holgate Hill (opp Hollybank House) Holgate
- Cambridge Street (adj) York
- Blossom Street (BA) York
- Rail Station (Stop RB) York
- Station Avenue (Stop RM) York
- Exhibition Square (ED) York
- Theatre Royal (EB) York
- Gillygate (o/s SA Citadel) York
- York St John University (adj Union Terrace) York
- Clarence Gardens (o/s) The Groves
- Haxby Road School (opp) The Groves
- Joseph Rowntree Theatre (opp Rowntree Theatre) Clifton
- Haley's Terrace (opp 9) Clifton
- Yearsley Bridge (adj Mallard Landings) Heworth
- Bell Farm (opp) Huntington
- Yearsley Grove (adj River Foss) Huntington
- Meadowfields Drive (adj) Huntington
- Alexander Avenue (opp) Huntington
- St Andrew's Church (o/s) Huntington
- Huntington School (opp) Huntington
- Mill Hill (o/s 539 H'ton Rd) Huntington
- Huntington WMC (o/s) Huntington
- North Moor Shops (o/s) Huntington
- North Lane (opp) Huntington
- Memorial Hall (opp) Huntington
- Avon Drive (opp) Huntington
- Earswick Village (adj) Earswick
- Foss Bank Farm (adj) Earswick
- Earswick Grange (opp 346 Strensall Rd) Earswick
- Towthorpe Moor Lane (opp) Towthorpe
- Strensall Park (opp) Towthorpe
- Queen Elizabeth Barracks (opp) Strensall Camp
- Strensall Camp (opp) Strensall Camp
- Barley Rise (adj) Strensall Camp
- Knapton Close (opp) Strensall
- Melcombe Avenue (adj) Strensall
- Middlecroft Drive (adj) Strensall
- Strensall Library (o/s) Strensall
- Northfields (adj) Strensall
- Brecks Lane Strensall
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 5A bus?
The first 5A departure on weekdays leaves at 06:00 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 5A bus?
The last 5A on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:32. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 5A bus cost?
First York's published fares on the 5A: adult single £2.00 to £3.00. The 5A 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. First York day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 5A bus?
The 5A is operated by First York.
Timetable data from First York via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (Yorkshire & the Humber feed). Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.