Changes to Bus Services in Emmer Green

Following discussions with the Council and Reading buses we have obtained agreement to divert the existing number 28 bus route to serve Courtenay Drive and Kidmore End Road on the anti-clockwise section. There will also be two new stops on the 24 route in Kiln Road and Cavendish Road. The number 28 provides a service to Prospect Street and Gosbrook Road in Caversham, as well as to central Reading.

The new arrangements with the number 28 will begin from Monday 18th January, subject to the agreement of the Traffic Commissioner.

A summary of the changed 28 route is:
From Friar Street via Station Road, Reading Bridge, George Street, Gosbrook Road, Prospect Street, Peppard Road to Emmer Green Pond. Then the bus will do a loop via Kiln Road, Marchwood Avenue, Tower Close, Peppard Road, Courtenay Drive, Kidmore End Road, and back onto Peppard Road at The Pond stop, before returning to Reading via the outbound route. (Stops in Reading remain as currently, serving Blagrave Street and Gun Street southbound and St Mary’s Butts, Friar Street, Station Road northbound.)

Departures from Courtenay Drive (top stop) will be at 9.15, 10.55, 12.35, 2.15, arriving at Prospect Street at 9.24, 11.04, 12.44, 2.24, and Blagrave Street 7 minutes after that.

Residents can continue to return from Reading and Caversham by route 24 every 20 minutes throughout the day. Route 28 runs Monday – Friday only, (and will run on Mondays - Fridays between Christmas and New Year when other buses revert to a Saturday service)