Additional changes made by Stagecoach to the new service 51 and 54 timetables
Service 51 – Mondays to Saturdays
In order to address concerns that with the exception of early morning journeys, there was not a suitably timed journey to arrive in Heathfield from the south before 09:00, the journey that was proposed to depart Eastbourne, Gildredge Road, at 08:05 on Mondays to Fridays will start at 07:45 and serve stops through to Heathfield up to 20 minutes earlier than intended. Scheduled arrival time at the Fire Station is 08:51. The journey will then continue at 08:57 to Tunbridge Wells, serving all stops on this section 10 minutes earlier than originally proposed. This journey will also run earlier than proposed on Saturdays with departure from Eastbourne, Gildredge Road, at 07:55. The journey will run 10 minutes earlier than originally intended with scheduled arrival time at Heathfield Fire Station being 08:53. As on Mondays to Fridays, the journey will depart the Fire Station at 08:57 to Tunbridge Wells and serve stops over this section up to 12 minutes earlier than previously intended.
Service 54 – Mondays to Fridays
In order to provide a suitable peak-hours journey for passengers from the Roebuck Park area to travel to/from Hailsham and Eastbourne, particularly to access school/college, the service 54 journey that was proposed to start at Uckfield Bus Station at 07:30 will depart 07:20. This is 5 minutes earlier than the current departure time. The journey will serve all stops through to Upper Horsebridge slightly earlier than at present. The journey, which will be numbered 54B, will then double-run to serve Roebuck Park (07:57) before resuming the standard revised 54 route into Hailsham and on to Eastbourne.
The service 54 journey that was proposed to operate at 06:10 from Eastbourne to Uckfield will be altered to depart at 06:00 and operate 10 minutes earlier throughout.
Stagecoach has incorporated these revised journey times on the timetables on its website, here: www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-12/03/2025-17:48:09:834
