New bus service connecting Ipswich with villages to launch

The 8B service by Ipswich Buses will become Service 18 from Monday as a new late-night bus route is launched <i>(Image: Ipswich Buses)</i>
The 8B service by Ipswich Buses will become Service 18 from Monday as a new late-night bus route is launched (Image: Ipswich Buses)
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A new evening bus link between Ipswich, Great Blakenham and Claydon will begin next week, providing late-night journeys where no service currently operates.

Ipswich Buses’ existing 8B route is being renumbered Service 18 from Monday, September 1, while its current daytime journeys will continue unchanged.

The service runs between Ipswich, Bramford, Great Blakenham and Claydon.

Under the changes, three additional evening buses will run in each direction from Monday to Saturday, at roughly 90-minute intervals until around midnight.

The new journeys will follow the existing route between Ipswich and Bramford before extending through Great Blakenham and Claydon.

In Great Blakenham, buses will serve Chapel Lane, while passengers in Claydon will be able to use stops at Edinburgh Gardens.

All other stops along the extended route will also be served.

Passengers who currently use the 8B are being urged to look out for the new Service 18 number from September 1.

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