Preston Bus network changes from 31 August 2026 03/08/2026
From Monday 31 August 2026, revised timetables will be introduced on Services 6, 8, 16, 19, 23 and 35. Please check your journey before travelling, as some routes and departure times will change.
Timetables will be available online and in print from 17 August 2026.
View the new Preston Bus network map.
6: Penwortham – Preston – Brookfield – Grimsargh – Longridge
Service 6 will be significantly extended, creating a new through service between Penwortham, Preston and Longridge. View full details of the Service 6 changes.
The service will operate between Penwortham Kingsfold Estate and Longridge, via Lower Penwortham, Preston Rail and Bus Stations, Deepdale, Brookfield and Grimsargh. This replaces the current Service 6 between Preston and James Hall Distribution Centre and provides new through journey opportunities across Preston city centre.
During the daytime from Monday to Saturday, we’ll also be increasing the frequency to every 12 minutes, with a half-hourly service provided on Sundays and public holidays. Selected weekday journeys will continue to serve James Hall Distribution Centre, with revised journey times designed around staff shift patterns.
Travelling to James Hall Distribution Centre? Only selected weekday journeys will serve the site. Please check the destination and timetable carefully before travelling.
8: Preston – Moor Nook
A revised timetable will be introduced to improve punctuality, together with additional evening and Sunday journeys.
On weekdays, additional early-evening journeys will be introduced, providing a bus every 15 minutes until 19:45 and every 30 minutes until 2245.
On Saturdays the early evening service is enhanced to operate half-hourly between 1745 and 2245.
On Sundays the daytime service is enhanced to operate every 20 minutes and later journeys are introduced at 1915 and 2015.
16: Preston – Farringdon Park
An additional journey will depart Preston Bus Station at 22:10 on Monday to Saturday evenings.
19: Royal Preston Hospital (RPH) – Preston – Portway P&R – Larches
Following customer feedback and requests for more frequent services around Larches Estate, we are simplifying the route and introducing a revised timetable. From Monday 31 August, all journeys between Royal Preston Hospital, Preston city centre, Portway Park & Ride and Larches will operate as Service 19, giving customers one consistent service across the route.
Buses will continue to operate:
- every 10 minutes during weekday daytimes;
- every 15 minutes during Saturday daytimes; and
- every 30 minutes during evenings and on Sundays.
On weekdays, additional journeys will operate from Royal Preston Hospital every 10 minutes between 1615 and 1825. A new early-morning journey will also leave Larches at 0505, calling at Preston Bus Station at 0530 and arriving at Royal Preston Hospital at 0550.
Important information for Lea customers: Service 19A will no longer operate. Service 31 will continue to provide links from Lea towards Preston city centre. Customers who currently use Service 19A should check the new Service 19 and Service 31 timetables before travelling.
23: Bamber Bridge – Preston – Royal Preston Hospital – Fulwood ASDA
A revised timetable will be introduced from Monday to Saturday, including additional weekday morning journeys and more frequent buses from Fulwood ASDA during the busiest periods.
On weekdays:
- a new journey will leave Fulwood ASDA at 06:58, arriving in Preston at 07:27;
- the existing 07:32 journey from Royal Preston Hospital to Preston will be extended to start from Fulwood ASDA at 07:27; and
- buses will operate more frequently from Fulwood ASDA during the evening peak.
On Saturdays, buses will operate every 10 minutes from Fulwood ASDA during the late afternoon, with this frequency continuing until 17:05.
There are no changes to Sunday journey times.
35: Preston – Tanterton
A revised weekday timetable will be introduced, providing additional early-morning journeys and a more frequent service from Preston during the early evening.
New weekday journeys will depart Tanterton at 05:29 and 06:09, arriving in Preston at 05:48 and 06:28 respectively. An additional journey will also depart Preston at 05:53.
During the early evening, buses from Preston will operate every 15 minutes until 19:30.
There are no changes to Saturday or Sunday journey times.
Other service news: 288: Ashton Lane Ends – Preston North End FC
Working in partnership with Preston North End FC, we are pleased to confirm that football special service 288 will continue operating for the 2026/2027 season, starting with the match against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 22 August. For more information click here. (https://www.prestonbus.co.uk/bus-services/preston-north-end-football-service-288/)
There are no changes to the following services: 19S, 31, 43, 44, 48, 114, 311, 312, 319, 347, and school and college services.