Bus Services and BSIP
Bus Services and BSIP
The award of funding from Government for bus services has allowed improvement in frequencies between major towns in Hertfordshire on a ‘turn-up-and-go’ basis.
From January 2024, this has been achieved with the following corridors benefitting:
Hemel Hempstead to St Albans
- Up to four buses an hour between Hemel Hempstead and St Albans on routes 302 and 721.
Hemel Hempstead to Watford
- Up to six buses an hour between Hemel Hempstead and Watford on routes 20 and 322.
Hertford to Welwyn Garden City and St Albans
- Hertford to Welwyn Garden City increases from two to four buses an hour on routes 323, 324 and 724, offering connections at Welwyn Garden City with frequent services to St Albans.
Stevenage to Welwyn Garden City and St Albans
- Up to three buses an hour between Stevenage and St Albans, four between Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City on routes 301, 908 and 725.
Stevenage to Hertford
- There are buses up to every half an hour between Stevenage and Hertford on routes 390 and the new 907.
Watford to St Albans
- Up to four buses an hour between Watford and St Albans on routes 321, 724 and 725.
Route/corridor specific improvements are as follows:
- Route 908 provides additional buses between Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City every hour.
- Route 721 includes a new limited stop direct link between Luton and Hemel Hempstead up to every 30 minutes, offering new links between Harpenden and Hemel Hempstead. In addition a new direct link from King Harry Lane in St Albans to Hemel Hempstead, St Albans and to Stevenage. The service operates along full length of St Albans Road in Hemel Hempstead
- Route 725 provides a new limited stop direct link every hour between Stevenage, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead and Rickmansworth. Quicker link between Welwyn Garden and St Albans via Parkway in Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield Galleria.
- From March 2024, Route 9A/9B/9C/9D provides a new half hourly service between Stevenage and Bedford, and link important destinations along the route, including Shortstown, Cotton End, Haynes, Shefford, Clifton, Henlow, Arlesey, Ickleford and Hitchin.