Christmas & New Year bus times 2025/26

9 months ago Fri 14th Nov 2025

Christmas & New Year bus times 2025/26
If you're traveling with us this festive season, here are the details you need:
DateFestive running times
Tuesday 23 December•    A normal Tuesday service will operate
Wednesday 24 December - Christmas Eve•    A normal Wednesday service will operate (except on Activ8 - journeys at 2050 and 2120 from Andover and 2225 from Salisbury will not run)
Thursday 25 December - Christmas Day•    No buses will run on Christmas Day
Friday 26 December - Boxing Day•    Special timetables will operate on routes Red 1, Red 7, Activ8 & X4 - all special timetables below
•    A Sunday service will operate on the X3
•    No other services will run
Saturday 27 December•    A normal Saturday service will operate
Sunday 28 December•    A normal Sunday service will operate
Monday 29 December •    A normal Monday service will operate on all routes except Activ8 which will run to a Saturday timetable 
•    Wiltshire Connect pre-bookable services will operate but routes 100, 101, 110 and 120 will not operate
Tuesday 30 December•    A normal Tuesday service will operate on all routes except Activ8 which will run to a Saturday timetable 
•    Wiltshire Connect pre-bookable services will operate but routes 100, 101, 110 and 120 will not operate
Wednesday 31 December - New Year's Eve•    A normal Wednesday service will operate on all routes except Activ8 which will run to a Saturday timetable (though journeys at 2050 and 2120 from Andover and 2225 from Salisbury will not run). 
•    Wiltshire Connect pre-bookable services will operate but routes 100, 101, 110, 120 and 211 will not operate
Thursday 01 January - New Year's Day•    Special timetables will operate on routes Red 1, Red 7, Activ8 & X4 - all special timetables below
•    A Sunday service will operate on Stonehenge Tour & X3
•    No other services will run
Friday 02 January•    A normal Friday service will operate on all routes except Activ8 which will run to a Saturday timetable

If you'd prefer to print out these details, or view as a PDF, please see our handy Christmas leaflet.

Special timetables for 26th December and 01 January

The special timetables for Boxing Day and New Year's Day are available below:

Red1 festive timetable

Red7 festive timetable

X4 festive timetable

Activ8 festive timetable

Customer Service Christmas opening hours

Phone lines will be opening as follows:

DayCustomer Services opening hours
Christmas Eve08:30-13:00
Christmas DayClosed
Boxing DayClosed
29-30 December08:00-17:00
New Year's Eve8:30-13:00
New Year's DayClosed
02 January08:00-17:30
Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year from all of the Salisbury Reds team!