Local Bus Services

70 / 70A

Route 70 operates on Mondays to Saturdays, providing fast and direct links between Diss and Bury St Edmunds via Botesdale, Stanton, Ixworth, and Great Barton. Buses run hourly all day. At school times, buses serve SET Ixworth School, Thurston Community Collect, West Suffolk College, and St Benedict's Catholic School - these buses are numbered 70A. These will arrive and depart from Stand 7 at Bury St Edmunds Bus Station.

For 70 / 70A Route Map, please click here.

For full timetable information, please click here.

73 / 73A

Route 73 operates on Mondays to Fridays, connecting Garboldisham, Stanton, and Bury St Edmunds via a wide range of intermediate villages. This service is operated with financial support from Suffolk County Council.

For full timetable information, please click here.

Route 73A operates on schooldays only, connecting Garboldisham, Coney Weston, Stanton and Ixworth to Thurston Community College.

Full timetable and Thurston Community College Term Dates can be found here.

81

Route 81 operates on Mondays to Saturdays, linking Diss, Scole and Harleston, with extensions to Bungay and Beccles. This route now offers an hourly service between Diss and Harleston and serves the new housing developments on Menham Lane in Harleston. This service is operated with financial support from Norfolk County Council.

Routes 81 and 82 provide a combined half-hourly frequency between Diss Bus Station, Diss Railway Station, and Scole on weekday daytimes.

For 81 Route Map, please click here.

For full Monday-Friday timetable information, please click here.

For full Saturday timetable information, please click here.

82

Route 82 operates hourly on Mondays to Saturdays, linking Roydon, Diss, Scole, Dickleburgh and Long Stratton with Norwich, stopping at Harford Tesco, Norwich City College and Norwich Bus Station. On weekdays at peak times buses continue beyond Norwich Bus Station to Castle Meadow and Prince of Wales Road.

Evening buses run on this route six days a week with financial support from Norfolk County Council and HM Government's Bus Service Improvement Plan. On Sundays, one bus a day in each direction operates between Diss and Norwich.

Route 82 is part of the Norwich Park and Ride network. Combined with PR2, a bus every 15 minutes is available between Harford P&R and Norwich City Centre.

For current 82 timetable, please click here.

For 82 / PR2 Route Map, please click here. For 82 / PR2 timetable, please click here. (Valid from 30th March 2025)

Timetable and further details of the PR2 can be found on our Norwich Park & Ride page.

83 and 84

Routes 83 and 84 operate on Mondays to Fridays, providing local links into Diss from. Pulham Market, Pulham St Mary, Roydon, and Bressingham. These services are operated with financial support from Norfolk County Council.

For 83 Route Map, please click here. For full 83 timetable, please click here.

For 84 Route Map, please click here. For full 84 timetable, please click here.

110, 112, 113 and 114

Routes 110, 112, 113 and 114 operate on Mondays to Saturdays, linking Diss and Eye with Ipswich via a wide range of intermediate villages. These services are operated with financial support from Suffolk County Council.

For 110 Monday to Friday timetable, please click here.

For 112 Monday to Friday timetable, please click here .

For 113 Monday to Friday timetable, please click here .

For 114 Monday to Friday timetable, please click here.

Saturday services continue as per Monday-Friday timetable. Full weekend timetables coming soon

37A and 86 Saturdays only

On Saturdays, we operate routes 37A and 86 on behalf of Norfolk County Council.

Service 37A operates between Diss and Norwich via South Lopham, East Harling, and several other villages. On Mondays to Fridays, this route is operated by Coach Services. Click here to see the timetable on the Coach Services website.

For our timetable, please click here.

Service 86 operates between Alpington and Norwich. On Mondays to Fridays, this route is operated by Our Hire. Click here to see the timetable on the Our Hire website.

For our Saturday timetable, please click here.

School Bus Route 371

School bus route 371 connects Larling, East Harling, Kenninghall, Banham, and Winfarthing with Diss High School. This service operates on school days only but is open to the general public and is not restricted to school students. This route is excluded from the £2 fare scheme, and single fares are not available on board. To travel on this service, either purchase a Network Day ticket on board the bus or use Network Week, Month or Three Month tickets (available via the myTrip app).