It’s all change on bus routes along the coast to the east of the city next month – including more night buses between Brighton and Eastbourne.
Brighton and Hove Buses is extending the 23 eastwards past Brighton Marina all the way to North Peacehaven, replacing the current 14B and 14C services.
And the N12 night bus will now run hourly seven nights a week.
The 12X between Brighton and Eastbourne will run up to every 12 minutes, with additional early morning and late evening journeys.
Routes 12 and 12A will be combined into a single route, operating as route 12, serving Newhaven Retail Park, Paradise Park and Chyngton. Buses will no longer serve Avis Way (currently served at peak times), with all journeys serving Paradise Park.
The Sunday and Public Holiday timetable for the route 13X will also be enhanced, with buses running every 15 minutes between Brighton and Eastbourne via Birling Gap and Beachy Head. Brighton and Hove Buses says this is the highest frequency the route has ever seen.
Rupert Cox, interim managing director, said: “These routes provide vital connections to local hospitals and universities alike, and so it is hugely important that those services are frequent and reliable.
“Our coastal routes have also been voted some of the most scenic in the UK, and we are excited to be enhancing these connections in time for the summer holidays.”
Service updates will take effect from Sunday 19 July. For more details on what’s changing, click here.
How are you combining the 12 and 12A? Surely either the residents of North Seaford/ Chyngton will lose a service, or the people along the main road between the library and the stop opposite Chyngton Gardens will?
I need to use Cemetary Gates both going towards Brighton and towards Eastbourne for my work commute will I still be able to?
Are they saying no buses going into chyngton at all
You could both click the link at the end of the article and find out!
B&H news isn’t going to go to the ins and outs of individual stops – you need B&H buses for that.
Would be even better of one could run along the lower road by central brighton seafront so people with mobility issues could get down to the promenade or walkway area between the Aquarium and Dukes Mound.
Unfortunately it’s only a single lane open one-way and regularly get queues.
If only they got rid of that massive, barely, used cycle lane.
Perhaps go elsewhere – I do.
Genius increase the route where most passengers between Brighton and Seaford can’t use due to the limited stops. Perhaps next timetable revision will have a route where the bus doesn’t stop at all.