Brighton & Hove Regency Route

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The Regency Route
Brighton & Hove Regency Enviro400 MMC.jpg
Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC on route 28 in August 2025
Overview
Operator Brighton & Hove
Former operator(s)
Routes
Regular
28
BrightonLewesRingmerHailshamPolegateEastbourne
29
BrightonLewesUckfieldCrowboroughTunbridge Wells
29A
BrightonLewesIsfieldUckfieldHeathfield
Limited
29B
BrightonLewesRingmerUckfieldCrowboroughTunbridge Wells (1 bus per day each way)
29X
Tunbridge WellsCrowboroughUckfieldLewesBrighton (1 southbound bus per day)
Route map

Contents

BSicon lDAMPF.svg National Rail logo.svg Tunbridge Wells
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Kent
East Sussex
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BSicon lDAMPF.svg National Rail logo.svg Eridge
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Boarshead
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Crowborough
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Poundgate
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Heathfield
Heron's Ghyll
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Cross-in-Hand
Five Ash Down
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Blackboys
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Framfield
National Rail logo.svg Uckfield
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Little Horsted
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Halland
BSicon lDAMPF.svg Isfield
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BSicon exSTR.svg
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Raystede
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Ringmer
National Rail logo.svg Lewes
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Laughton
Falmer
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Golden Cross
East Sussex
Brighton & Hove
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Lower Dicker
National Rail logo.svg Sussex University
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Lower Horsebridge
National Rail logo.svg Moulsecoomb
BSicon HST.svg
BSicon GRZ.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
Hailsham
Brighton University (M)
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BSicon BHF.svg
Polegate National Rail logo.svg
Elm Grove
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BSicon GRZ.svg
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Willingdon
National Rail logo.svg Brighton
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Eastbourne National Rail logo.svg
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The Regency Route is a name given since 1977 to a regular bus service between Brighton in East Sussex and Tunbridge Wells in Kent, both towns with a Regency heritage. [1] The route runs via the East Sussex towns of Lewes, Uckfield and Crowborough.

The Brighton to Tunbridge Wells route is one of few successful examples of bustitution, as it replaced through trains from Brighton via Lewes and Uckfield to Tunbridge Wells withdrawn in the 1960s when the railway lines from Lewes to Uckfield and Eridge to Tunbridge Wells were closed by British Railways. [2] The bus route now provides access to the Lavender Line and the Spa Valley Railway preserved railways which run on lengths of those two railways. The journey from end to end is timed at between 1¾ and 2 hours.

Originally operated jointly by Southdown Brighton & Hove (now Brighton & Hove), Southdown East Sussex (now Stagecoach in East Sussex), and Maidstone & District Motor Services (now Arriva Southern Counties), the service is now operated solely by Brighton & Hove. Since April 2011, Brighton & Hove has used the Regency Route branding for the route 28 service from Brighton to Lewes and Ringmer as well as the 29.

History

Current services

The Regency Route currently consists of the following services: [6]

These services combine to give an off-peak service of a bus every 10 minutes in each direction between Brighton and Lewes on weekdays and Saturdays, and a bus every 20 minutes in each direction on Sundays.

References

  1. Kaye, David (2006). Old Buses. ISBN   978-0-7478-0650-9 . Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  2. Luke, Dylan; Steer, Jim; White, Peter. "3.0 – Case studies: single route Interurban Bus services". Interurban Bus: Time to raise the profile (PDF) (Report). Greengauge21. p. 23. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  3. Lewes, Uckfield, Newhaven and Seaford to get Brighton night buses Worthing Herald
  4. "Regency Route Extension". Brighton & Hove Buses. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  5. "September Service Updates". Brighton & Hove Buses. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  6. "Regency Route Map" (PDF). Brighton & Hove. Retrieved 18 September 2023.