Local Council Supported Bus Routes

Bournemouth & other Local Councils fund or part fund a number of bus routes. These services are not commercially viable and are only able to operate with our support.

Shamrock Buses

  • Route 22 - Kinson, Keeble, Redhill, Slades Farm, Winton, Bournemouth Square.
  • Route 31 - Boscombe Bus Station, Pokesdown, Southbourne, Broadway Loop, Christchurch. (From Monday 26 October 2009 route 31 will serve the new Doctors Surgery in Shelley Park/Manor off Beechwood Avenue).
  • Route 32 - Merley, Poole, Kinson, Keeble, Castle Lane, Castlepoint, Royal Bournemouth Hospital.
  • Route 41 - Throop, Castlepoint, Queens Park, Charminster, (nr.) Bournemouth Rail & Coach Station, Southcote Road, Boscombe, Boscombe Pier.

Yellow Buses

  • Route 21 - Burton, Christchurch, Christchurch Hospital, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Boscombe, Bournemouth.
  • Route 39 - Bournemouth, Boscombe, Littledown Avenue, Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

A combined map of these routes is available to download here (3.93MB PDF).

Council funding also allows some routes to operate on evenings, Sundays and Public Holidays.

Yellow Buses

  • Route 2b - Kinson, Castlepoint, Queens Park, Boscombe to Boscombe Pier.
  • Route 24 - Alum Chine, Westcliff, Bournemouth Square to Bournemouth Rail & Coach Station.