New Carousel Buses services from 28th July 2024

 

Following the news that Arriva will be closing their High Wycombe and Aylesbury depots after the last service on Saturday 27th July 2024, we are pleased to advise that we have stepped in to provide replacement services in and around Buckinghamshire from Sunday 28th July 2024. Many of the routes are the same as Arriva, but some timetables and route numbers have changed.

You can see the main details below and download the new timetables. To see where each bus goes, please click here to download a detailed map of our town routes in the High Wycombe area. The new Carousel network map is available here.

 

Current Arriva Service	Current Route	New Carousel Service	Details
2	High Wycombe - Booker	32 32A	We have joined Arriva's routes 2 and 12 together to restore the cross town links between Micklefield, the London Road and Booker as Carousel service 32. As a result, times have been revised throughout, with new early morning journeys on weekdays and an increase in the Saturday frequency from up to every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes. On Sundays, there is an improved service with earlier and later buses. Late evening and Sunday buses continue to operate via St Hugh's Avenue and Roebuck Avenue and at these times, operate as service 32A.
3	High Wycombe - Desborough Castle	33	We have joined Arriva's routes 3 and 13 together to restore the cross town links between Totteridge and Desborough Castle as Carousel service 33. As a result, times have been revised throughout, with a more regular service in the morning peak on weekdays, and more buses in the late evening. The Monday to Saturday service now operates up to every 15 minutes from both Totteridge and Desborough Castle (previously up to every 20 minutes from Totteridge with Arriva). On Sundays, we are operating earlier and later journeys.
5A	High Wycombe - Flackwell Heath - Wooburn Green - Bourne End	36S	We are operating our service 36S to the same times as Arriva's 5A (from their 19th May timetable), with no change to the routeing.
6	High Wycombe - Flackwell Heath - Bourne End	36	We are operating our service 36 to the same times as Arriva's 6 (from their 19th May timetable), with no change to the routeing.
6A	Penn - High Wycombe - Flackwell Heath - Bourne End	31S	We are operating our service 31S to the same times as Arriva's 6A (from their 19th May timetable), with no change to the routeing.
7	High Wycombe - Wooburn Green - Bourne End - Maidenhead	37	We are operating our service 37 to the same times as Arriva's 7 (from their 19th May timetable), with no change to the routeing.
7A	High Wycombe - Wooburn Green - Bourne End	37S	We are operating our service 37S to the same times as Arriva's 7A (from their 19th May timetable), with no change to the routeing.
10	High Wycombe - Downley	30	Will are operating a similar level of service to Arriva's 10 service on Mondays to Saturdays, but the times are revised throughout the day. On Sundays, we have initially commenced operating an hourly service.
11	High Wycombe - Penn	31	Will are operating a similar level of service to Arriva's 11 service, but the times are revised throughout the day.
12	High Wycombe - Micklefield	32 32A	We have joined Arriva's routes 2 and 12 together to restore the cross town links between Micklefield, the London Road and Booker as Carousel service 32. As a result, times have been revised throughout, with new early morning journeys on weekdays and an increase in the Saturday frequency from up to every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes. On Sundays, there is an improved service with earlier and later buses. Late evening and Sunday buses continue to operate via St Hugh's Avenue and Roebuck Avenue and at these times, operating as service 32A.
13	High Wycombe - Totteridge	33	We have joined Arriva's routes 3 and 13 together to restore the cross town links between Totteridge and Desborough Castle as Carousel service 33. As a result, times have been revised throughout, with a more regular service in the morning peak on weekdays, and more buses in the late evening. The Monday to Saturday service now operates up to every 15 minutes from both Totteridge and Desborough Castle (previously up to every 20 minutes from Totteridge with Arriva). On Sundays, we are operating earlier and later journeys.
800	High Wycombe - Marlow - Henley - Lower Shiplake - Reading	800 (no change)	We are operating to the same times as Arriva, with no change to the routeing.
850	High Wycombe - Marlow - Henley - Twyford - Reading	850 (no change)	We are operating to the same times as Arriva, with no change to the routeing.
X80	High Wycombe - Marlow - Henley	X80 (no change)	We are operating to the same times as Arriva, with no change to the routeing.

From the same date, Carousel service 4 has been renumbered 34, with no change to the route or timetable.

Fares and Tickets

All of the above services are part of the Government's national £2 fare cap scheme, so this continues to be the maximum fare you will pay for a single journey.

Our existing range of Carousel Zone day, week and period products continue to be issued and accepted on all of our services, and include the new routes that we have started operating from 28th July 2024. To find out more about our Zone tickets, please click here or download our app.

FreeFlow "Tap On Tap Off" is available on all services, with automatic capping in place to ensure that you don't pay more than the cost of a day ticket for the area that you travelled in, if this is less than the total cost of the single fares. Simply “tap on” the driver's ticket machine at the start of each journey and “tap off” at the end of each journey using a contactless payment method. To find out more about FreeFlow, please click here.

Wycombe SMARTzone and Reading All-Bus multi operator ticketing products continue to be valid on the new Carousel network, mirroring the current areas of validity. 

You can find our new network map here, which shows the zone boundaries for all Carousel routes, so you can easily identify which product best suits your needs.

If you hold an Arriva period product that was not previously valid for use on our services, this is not valid on Carousel services from 28th July. Arriva are advising customers who hold these tickets to request a refund here: https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/help/contact-us