72 Chepstow to Steam Mills via Lydney, Cinderford
Operated by Newport Bus. First bus 06:45, last bus 18:50. 14 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £2.00 to £6.30 — more.
Wanted a different 72? 27 other bus routes are numbered 72 elsewhere in the UK — see every 72 bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 06:45 to Lydney Bus Station | 07:10 to Gloucestershire College | 09:10 | 11:10 | 13:10 | 16:15 to Gloucestershire College | 18:15 to Lydney Bus Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chepstow Bus Station Stand 2 | 06:45 | 07:10 | 09:10 | 11:10 | 13:10 | 16:15 | 18:15 |
| Chepstow Tesco (in) | 06:50 | 07:15 | 09:15 | 11:15 | 13:15 | 16:20 | 18:20 |
| Elm Close (by) | 06:55 | 07:20 | 09:20 | 11:20 | 13:20 | 16:25 | 18:25 |
| Globe Inn (nr) | 07:06 | 07:31 | 09:31 | 11:31 | 13:31 | 16:36 | 18:36 |
| Railway Station (in) | 07:12 | 07:37 | 09:37 | 11:37 | 13:37 | 16:42 | 18:42 |
| Bus Station (in) | 07:18 | 07:47 | 09:47 | 11:47 | 13:47 | 16:52 | 18:48 |
| Orchard Gate (opp) | · | 07:55 | 09:55 | 11:55 | 13:55 | 17:00 | · |
| White Horse Inn (by) | · | 08:03 | 10:03 | 12:03 | 14:03 | 17:08 | · |
| Rising Sun (by) | · | 08:07 | 10:07 | 12:07 | 14:07 | 17:12 | · |
| Lower Ruspidge Stores (after) | · | 08:07 | 10:08 | 12:08 | 14:08 | 17:13 | · |
| Edge Hills Road (before) | · | 08:16 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Bus Station | · | 08:26 | 10:17 | 12:17 | 14:17 | 17:20 | · |
| Community Hospital (opp) | · | 08:29 | 10:19 | 12:19 | 14:19 | 17:22 | · |
| Holy Trinity Church (o/s) | · | · | 10:23 | 12:23 | 14:23 | · | · |
| Lamb Inn (opp) | · | · | 10:27 | 12:27 | 14:27 | · | · |
| Gloucestershire College (nr) | · | 08:31 | · | · | · | 17:24 | · |
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 72
Adult single £2.00 to £6.30 · Child single £1.00 to £4.10
Adult single fare table, stage to stage
| £2.00 | Sedbury | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £2.00 | £2.00 | Elm Close | ||||||||||||||||||||
| £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.70 | Bishton Lane | |||||||||||||||||||
| £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.00 | Woolaston, Wyvern Garage | ||||||||||||||||||
| £3.40 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | Woolaston, Church Lane | |||||||||||||||||
| £3.40 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.00 | Aylburton, Millbrook Green | ||||||||||||||||
| £4.20 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | Taurus Park | |||||||||||||||
| £4.20 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.00 | Lydney Station/Cemetery | ||||||||||||||
| £4.20 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Lydney Bus Station | |||||||||||||
| £4.20 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Lydney, Severn Heights | ||||||||||||
| £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.70 | Purlieu The Willows | |||||||||||
| £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.00 | Blakeney, Hitchens | ||||||||||
| £5.60 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | Brains Green, Triangle | |||||||||
| £5.60 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.00 | Lower Soudley, Hyde Pk Cnr | ||||||||
| £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | Soudley, Dean Heritage Centre | |||||||
| £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.00 | Soudley, The Tump | ||||||
| £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | Ruspidge | |||||
| £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.00 | Cinderford | ||||
| £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Steam Mills Primary School | |||
| £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.70 | Nailbridge | ||
| £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £2.00 | Mitcheldean | |
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.70 | £2.70 | £3.40 | £3.40 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £4.20 | £4.90 | £4.90 | £5.60 | £5.60 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | £6.30 | Chepstow Tesco |
Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is Chepstow Bus Station.
Newport Transport Ltd's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 8 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 Newport Bus before you travel.
Tickets on the 72
Newport Bus publishes singles and day tickets on this route for adults, children and young people.
Adult Single · Taith Sengl 5-15 · Adult Network Rider · Child Network Rider · Youth Network Rider
…and 3 more tickets on this route.
A multi-operator ticket covers this route — it's valid on other companies' buses in the area too, which usually beats buying singles if you change buses.
Ticket types come from Newport Bus's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 8 September 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Newport Bus.
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 Newport Bus 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.
- Tuesday, 29 December 2026 towards Steam Mills: 7 journeys, first 06:45 towards Chepstow: 7 journeys, first 07:22
- Wednesday, 30 December 2026 towards Steam Mills: 7 journeys, first 06:45 towards Chepstow: 7 journeys, first 07:22
Route map
All stops on route 72
72 towards Steam Mills
All 87 stops
- Chepstow Bus Station Stand 2 Chepstow
- Beaufort Square (at) Chepstow
- Davis Court (o/s) Chepstow
- Chepstow Tesco (in) Chepstow
- Wyebank Avenue (corner of) Sedbury
- Rock Villa Lane (by) Tutshill
- Watchtower Way (by) Tutshill
- Elm Close (by) Tutshill
- Bishton Lane (corner of) Tutshill
- Day House Farm (after) Tidenham
- Severndale Farm (opp) Tidenham
- Hanley Lane (after) Wibdon
- Rosemary Lane (after) Wibdon
- Stroat Farm (nr) Stroat
- Ashwell Grange Lodge (by) Woolaston
- Pixie Cottage (by) Stroat
- Wyvern Garage (nr) Woolaston
- Church Lane (after) Woolaston
- Woolaston Inn (o/s) Woolaston
- Woolaston Court (opp) Woolaston
- Swan Inn (after) Woolaston
- Globe Inn (nr) Alvington
- Common Turn (corner of) Aylburton
- Stockwell Lane (opp) Aylburton
- Millbrook Green (corner of) Aylburton
- Taurus Park (nr) Lydney
- Railway Station (in) Lydney
- Cemetery (by) Lydney
- St Mary's Church (opp) Lydney
- The Dean Academy (by) Lydney
- Town Hall (o/s) Lydney
- Bream Road (before) Lydney
- Bus Station (in) Lydney
- Kimberley Drive (opp) Lydney
- Cross Hands (before) Lydney
- Severn Heights (opp) Allaston
- The Willows (nr) Lydney
- Purlieu End Farm (nr) Lydney
- Viney Hill Turn (before) Blakeney
- New Road (corner of) Blakeney
- Orchard Gate (opp) Blakeney
- Highfield (by) Blakeney
- Hitchings (after) Blakeney
- Triangle (on) Brains Green
- Ayleford Turn (opp) Brains Green
- Forest Patch (opp) Bradley Hill
- Holly Tuft (by) Lower Soudley
- Bradley Cottage (opp) Lower Soudley
- Hyde Park Corner (opp) Lower Soudley
- Soudley Primary (opp) Upper Soudley
- White Horse Inn (by) Upper Soudley
- Littledean Walk (opp) Upper Soudley
- The Tump (opp) Upper Soudley
- Rising Sun (by) Ruspidge
- Lower Ruspidge Stores (after) Ruspidge
- Recreation Ground (after) Ruspidge
- Hart Green (opp) Cinderford
- White Hart (by) Cinderford
- Woodlands (opp) Ruspidge
- The Woodlands (after) Cinderford
- Mount Pleasant (after) Cinderford
- Highview Road (before) Cinderford
- Dockham Road (after) Cinderford
- The Oak Field (after) Cinderford
- Severn View (by) Cinderford
- Edge Hills Road (before) Cinderford
- The Royal Foresters (opp) Cinderford
- The Oak Field (opp) Cinderford
- Dockham Road (opp) Cinderford
- Highview Road (after) Cinderford
- Abbots Road (after) Cinderford
- St Stephen's Church (opp) Cinderford
- Belle Vue Centre (opp) Cinderford
- Bus Station Cinderford
- Parragate (by) Cinderford
- Abbotswood Garage (opp) Cinderford
- Community Hospital (opp) Cinderford
- Broadmoor Road (after) Cinderford
- Garage (opp) Steam Mills
- Steam Mills Primaryl (opp) Steam Mills
- Quarry Junction (by) Nailbridge
- Holy Trinity Church (o/s) Harrow Hill
- The Wilderness (by) Plump Hill
- Dockins Hill (nr) Plump Hill
- Jubilee Road (opp) Plump Hill
- Lamb Inn (opp) Mitcheldean
- Gloucestershire College (nr) Steam Mills
72 towards Chepstow
All 90 stops
- Gloucestershire College (nr) Steam Mills
- Lamb Inn (opp) Mitcheldean
- Dunstone Place (opp) Mitcheldean
- New Street (before) Mitcheldean
- Stenders Business Park (opp) Mitcheldean
- Dishes Brook (opp) Mitcheldean
- Mannings Road (opp) Drybrook
- West Avenue (opp) Drybrook
- Hearts of Oak (opp) Drybrook
- Quabbs Road (after) Drybrook
- Memorial Hall (opp) Drybrook
- Bridge Road (nr) Nailbridge
- The Branch (before) Nailbridge
- Steam Mills Primary (by) Steam Mills
- Garage (by) Steam Mills
- Broadmoor Road (before) Cinderford
- Community Hospital (o/s) Cinderford
- Abbotswood Garage (after) Cinderford
- Parragate (opp) Cinderford
- Bus Station Cinderford
- Belle Vue Centre (by) Cinderford
- St Stephen's Church (nr) Cinderford
- Abbots Road (corner of) Cinderford
- Mount Pleasant (opp) Cinderford
- The Woodlands (before) Cinderford
- Woodlands (nr) Ruspidge
- Hart Green (by) Cinderford
- Recreation Ground (opp) Ruspidge
- Lower Ruspidge Stores (opp) Ruspidge
- Rising Sun (opp) Ruspidge
- The Tump (o/s) Upper Soudley
- Littledean Walk (by) Upper Soudley
- White Horse Inn (opp) Upper Soudley
- Dean Heritage Museum (opp) Lower Soudley
- Hyde Park Corner (on) Lower Soudley
- Bradley Cottage (by) Lower Soudley
- Holly Tuft (nr) Lower Soudley
- Forest Patch (on) Bradley Hill
- Ayleford Turn (by) Brains Green
- Triangle (by) Brains Green
- Hitchings (opp) Blakeney
- Highfield (opp) Blakeney
- Orchard Gate (corner of) Blakeney
- New Road (opp) Blakeney
- Viney Hill Turn (after) Blakeney
- Purlieu End Farm (opp) Lydney
- The Willows (by) Lydney
- Severn Heights (nr) Allaston
- Centurion Road (opp) Lydney
- Kimberley Drive (before) Lydney
- Bus Station (in) Lydney
- Bream Road (after) Lydney
- Town Hall (opp) Lydney
- The Dean Academy (opp) Lydney
- St Mary's Church (by) Lydney
- Cemetery (opp) Lydney
- Railway Station (in) Lydney
- Taurus Park (opp) Lydney
- Millbrook Green (opp) Aylburton
- Stockwell Lane (before) Aylburton
- Common Turn (opp) Aylburton
- Globe Inn (opp) Alvington
- Swan Inn (opp) Woolaston
- Woolaston Court (by) Woolaston
- Woolaston Inn (opp) Woolaston
- Church Lane (before) Woolaston
- Wyvern Garage (opp) Woolaston
- Ashwell Grange Lodge (opp) Woolaston
- Stroat Farm (by) Stroat
- Rosemary Lane (before) Wibdon
- Hanley Lane (opp) Wibdon
- Severndale Farm (corner of) Tidenham
- Day House Farm (opp) Tidenham
- Bishton Lane (opp) Tutshill
- Elm Close (nr) Tutshill
- Police Station (o/s) Tutshill
- Police Station (by) Tutshill
- Rock Villa Lane (opp) Tutshill
- Wyebank Avenue (opp) Sedbury
- Chepstow Tesco (in) Chepstow
- Chepstow Bus Station Stand 2 Chepstow
- Day House Farm (opp) Tidenham
- Bishton Lane (opp) Tutshill
- Elm Close (nr) Tutshill
- Police Station (o/s) Tutshill
- Police Station (by) Tutshill
- Rock Villa Lane (opp) Tutshill
- Wyebank Avenue (opp) Sedbury
- Chepstow Tesco (in) Chepstow
- Chepstow Bus Station Stand 2 Chepstow
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 72 bus?
The first 72 departure on weekdays leaves at 06:45 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 72 bus?
The last 72 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 18:50. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 72 bus cost?
Newport Bus's published fares on the 72: adult single £2.00 to £6.30, child single £1.00 to £4.10. Singles published above £3.00 cost at most £3.00 if the 72 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). Newport Bus day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 72 bus?
The 72 is operated by Newport Bus.
Timetable data from Newport Bus via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (Wales feed). Newport Bus last updated their Bus Open Data publications on 1 September 2026. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.