Buses in Lowestoft in the English county of Suffolk provide public transport in and around the town. Buses were first introduced in the town by

Lowestoft Corporation Tramways Lowestoft Corporation Tramways was the operator of the electric tramway system that served Lowestoft from 22 July 1903 until 8 May 1931. History A notice was published in the London Gazette on 23 November 1900 stating the intention of Lowesto ...

in 1927 and replaced original tram services by 1931. The corporation became

Waveney District Council Waveney may refer to: * River Waveney, a river that forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, England * Waveney District, a local government district in Suffolk, England * Waveney (UK Parliament constituency) * Waveney class lifeboat, a class ...

in 1974 and bus services taken over by Eastern Counties in 1977.Lowestoft Corporation Transport
Peter Gould. Retrieved 16 January 2013. The bus garage is on Rotterdam Road is still standing. After

bus deregulation Bus deregulation in Great Britain was the abolition of Road Service Licensing outside of Greater London for bus services. This began in 1980 with the abolition of Road Service Licensing for long-distance bus services and was extended into local ...

in 1986 a range of operators took over services. In 2013 bus services in the town were operated by

First Eastern Counties First Eastern Counties is a bus operator providing services in Norfolk and Suffolk in eastern England. It is a subsidiary of FirstGroup. It has seven depots which are part of five operating areas spread out across East Anglia. The five operatin ...

, Anglian Bus and Coaches, Nightingales of Beccles, Belle Coaches and Ambassador Travel.Lowestoft & surrounding area
, Suffolk onboard, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 16 January 2013. Routes within the town generally operate along key corridors linking the town centre with areas around the edge of the town.Lowestoft transport strategy
, Suffolk County Council, 29 June 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2013. Services generally operate regularly during the day, becoming significantly less frequent during the evening. Some services, such as an orbital route around the town, are part funded by public money.Lowestoft's £6.25m for transport but no third road bridge
BBC Suffolk news website, 13 October 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2013. Bus services tend to be focussed on the bus station in the town centre, although the redevelopment of

Lowestoft railway station Lowestoft railway station (formerly Lowestoft Central) serves the town of Lowestoft, Suffolk, and is the eastern terminus of the East Suffolk Line from and is one of two eastern termini of the Wherry Lines from (the other being ). Lowestoft i ...

aims to make the station a key interchange for bus routes as well.Lowestoft railway station's £1m interchange work
BBC Suffolk news website, 25 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013. Traffic congestion, especially difficulty crossing Lake Lothing which cuts the town in two, can cause delays to bus services. Bus routes also connect the town to

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

, Great Yarmouth and

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

as well as to surrounding villages and market towns and tourist destinations such as

Pleasurewood Hills Pleasurewood Hills is a theme park on a site between Corton and Gunton, near Lowestoft, Suffolk. History The park was created by entrepreneur Joe Larter in 1983 as a small American-themed family attraction, containing a miniature railway, C ...

.Lowestoft bus services receive revamp in push towards sustainable transport
''Eastern Daily Press'', 12 May 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.

Anglian Bus

Anglian Bus, formed in 1981, was a bus service that ran services in Lowestoft until November 2017 when the company merged with KonectBus. The service provided the 601 route in the town, which later changed to the 61, then 7 and back to 61. At first it ran between the Lowestoft Bus Station and Market Gates in Great Yarmouth. The route then expanded to include

Kessingland Kessingland is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located around south of Lowestoft on the east coast of the United Kingdom. It is of interest to archaeologists as Palaeolithic and Ne ...

and

Southwold Southwold is a seaside town and civil parish on the English North Sea coast in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk. It lies at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is ...

. A new route that shadowed the 61, called the 61A, was formed that took passengers straight to

and into the park. This route was discontinued not long after it was formed. 61 merged with 7, the service taking passengers from Great Yarmouth to

, to provide one long route from

via Lowestoft and Yarmouth. A year or so later, the two routes separated again.

First Eastern Counties

is a division of

FirstGroup FirstGroup plc is a British multi-national transport group, based in Aberdeen, Scotland.Excel ExCeL London (an abbreviation for Exhibition Centre London) is an exhibition centre, international convention centre and former hospital in the Custom House area of Newham, East London. It is situated on a site on the northern quay of the ...

franchise, runs between Lowestoft and

via Great Yarmouth and Acle as well as three feeder routes for the Excel: X2, X21 and X22, which run on a more direct route to Norwich and includes rural towns and villages such as Barnby and Loddon. Coastal Clippers, 1A, 1 and 99, also depart from the bus station.

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