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The 554 bus

Towards Keswick one way and Carlisle the other: 109 stops, run by Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire. Every stop has its own page with the times from it and the last bus home.

When it runs

First and last departure from the start of each direction, by day type. The stop pages carry every time.

Towards Keswick Bus Station

DayFirstLast
Saturday08:4510 journeys19:40
Sunday08:458 journeys17:10
Friday09:008 journeys17:10
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday09:008 journeys17:10
Listed dates only06:204 journeys06:52

Most journeys run through to Wigton Newsagents; some end at Keswick Bus Station. From Bus Station (Ca), 57 stops.

Towards Carlisle Bus Stn

DayFirstLast
Saturday10:1510 journeys21:13
Sunday10:158 journeys16:55
Friday07:1411 journeys18:45
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday07:1411 journeys18:45
Listed dates only08:352 journeys08:35

Most journeys run through to Carlisle Bus Stn; some end at Wigton Throstles. From Bus Station (K), Keswick, 56 stops.

Stops for walkers

The stops our walking pages name, in route order, with what starts there. Every stop on the route has a page; the full order is below.

Towards Keswick Bus Station

All 57 stops towards Keswick Bus Station, in order
  1. Bus Station (Ca)
  2. Temp Stand M
  3. Pugin Street
  4. Scawfell Road
  5. Dunmail Drive
  6. Richardson Street
  7. Cemetery
  8. Crematorium
  9. Pirelli Factory
  10. Clover Fields
  11. Lingy Close road end
  12. Lowmill road end
  13. Nestle Factory
  14. St Michael's School
  15. Barras Close
  16. Cardewlees
  17. Nealhouse
  18. By Pass
  19. Fairfield
  20. Stonehouse Park
  21. The Ship Inn
  22. The Paddocks
  23. Moorend Farm
  24. Thompsons Corner
  25. Bankend
  26. Low Whinnow
  27. Crofton
  28. Knox Wood road end
  29. Thornby road end
  30. Carlisle Bridge
  31. Howrigg Bank
  32. Christies Newsagents
  33. Medical Centre
  34. Brindlefield
  35. Red Dial
  36. Oddfellows Arm
  37. Tredoran Road
  38. Highfield House
  39. Kirkland Green
  40. The Old School House
  41. North Lakes Caravan Park
  42. road end
  43. Castle Inn
  44. Trafford Caravan Park
  45. Village turn
  46. High Side, Bassenthwaite Lake
  47. Ravenstone Hotel, Bassenthwaite Lake
  48. Long Side Plantation, Bassenthwaite Lake
  49. Osprey View Point, Bassenthwaite Lake
  50. Rose Cottage, Bassenthwaite Lake
  51. Lyzzick Hall Hotel
  52. Millbeck road end, Portinscale
  53. Applethwaite road end, Portinscale
  54. Thrushwood, Keswick
  55. The Pheasant, Keswick
  56. Crosthwaite Road, Keswick
  57. Bus Station (K), Keswick

Towards Carlisle Bus Stn

All 56 stops towards Carlisle Bus Stn, in order
  1. Bus Station (K), Keswick
  2. Pheasant, Keswick
  3. Thrushwood, Keswick
  4. Common Hill, Portinscale
  5. road end, Portinscale
  6. Lyzzick Hall Hotel
  7. Dodd Wood, Bassenthwaite Lake
  8. Osprey View Point Car Park, Bassenthwaite Lake
  9. Long Side Plantation, Bassenthwaite Lake
  10. Ravenstone Hotel, Bassenthwaite Lake
  11. High Side Farm, Bassenthwaite Lake
  12. Village turn
  13. Trafford Caravan Park
  14. Castle Inn
  15. road end
  16. North Lakes Caravan Park
  17. Park Road
  18. Kirkland Green
  19. Highfield House
  20. Solway View
  21. Ascona
  22. Red Dial Farm
  23. Sandale
  24. Medical Centre
  25. Throstles Nest
  26. Howrigg Bank
  27. Carlisle Bridge
  28. Thornby road end
  29. Knox Wood road end
  30. Crofton
  31. Low Whinnow
  32. Bankend
  33. Thompsons Corner
  34. The Paddocks
  35. Village Green
  36. The Ship Inn
  37. The Paddocks
  38. By Pass
  39. turn
  40. John's Plaice
  41. Barras Close
  42. St Michaels School
  43. Caldew School
  44. Nestle Factory
  45. Lingy Close road end
  46. Clover Fields
  47. Cummersdale Grange
  48. Crematorium
  49. Cemetery
  50. Richardson Street N
  51. Dunmail Drive
  52. Scawfell Road
  53. Stanhope Road
  54. Market Hall
  55. Chapel Street
  56. Bus Station (Ca)

Change here for

Services that share a stop with the 554, and the fells whose nearest stop is on them. From the same stop data, not a timetable: check the connection before you rely on it.

ServiceShared stopsAlight for
X413 e.g. Bus Station (K), Keswickno fell we hold has its nearest stop on it

Where the 554 buses are now

    Positions are the operator's own reports to the national feed, read once a minute; each shows how old it is and leaves the map after ten minutes. A position is not a promise of arrival. Buses have reported on 5 of the last 7 days.

    Dates this timetable does not run as shown

    • Saturday journeys (20) do not run on:
      1 December 202624 December 202625 December 202626 December 202628 December 20261 January 202726 March 202729 March 20273 May 202731 May 2027
    • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday journeys (19) do not run on:
      1 December 202624 December 202625 December 202626 December 202628 December 20261 January 202726 March 202729 March 20273 May 202731 May 2027
    • Friday journeys (19) do not run on:
      1 December 202624 December 202625 December 202626 December 202628 December 20261 January 202726 March 202729 March 20273 May 202731 May 2027
    • Sunday journeys (16) do not run on:
      1 December 202624 December 202625 December 202626 December 20261 January 2027
    • 16 extra Sunday journeys run on:
      28 December 202626 March 202729 March 20273 May 202731 May 2027
    • Listed dates only journeys (3) do not run on:
      1 December 202624 December 202625 December 202626 December 202628 December 20261 January 202726 March 202729 March 20273 May 202731 May 2027
    • 3 extra listed-date journeys run on:
      7 September 20268 September 20269 September 202610 September 202614 September 202615 September 202616 September 202617 September 202621 September 202622 September 202623 September 202624 September 202628 September 202629 September 202630 September 20261 October 20265 October 20266 October 20267 October 20268 October 202612 October 202613 October 202614 October 202615 October 202619 October 202620 October 202621 October 202622 October 20262 November 20263 November 20264 November 20265 November 20269 November 202610 November 202611 November 202612 November 202616 November 202617 November 202618 November 202619 November 202623 November 202624 November 202625 November 202626 November 202630 November 20262 December 20263 December 20267 December 20268 December 20269 December 202610 December 202614 December 202615 December 202616 December 202617 December 20265 January 20276 January 20277 January 202711 January 202712 January 202713 January 202714 January 202718 January 202719 January 202720 January 202721 January 202725 January 202726 January 202727 January 202728 January 20271 February 20272 February 20273 February 20274 February 20278 February 20279 February 202710 February 202711 February 202722 February 202723 February 202724 February 202725 February 20271 March 20272 March 20273 March 20274 March 20278 March 20279 March 202710 March 202711 March 202715 March 202716 March 202717 March 202718 March 202722 March 202723 March 202724 March 202725 March 202712 April 202713 April 202714 April 202715 April 202719 April 202720 April 202721 April 202722 April 202726 April 202727 April 202728 April 202729 April 20274 May 20275 May 20276 May 202710 May 202711 May 202712 May 202713 May 202717 May 202718 May 202719 May 202720 May 202724 May 202725 May 202726 May 202727 May 2027
    • Listed dates only journeys (3) do not run on:
      1 December 202624 December 202625 December 202626 December 202628 December 20261 January 202726 March 202729 March 20273 May 202731 May 2027
    • 3 extra listed-date journeys run on:
      11 September 202618 September 202625 September 20262 October 20269 October 202616 October 202623 October 20266 November 202613 November 202620 November 202627 November 20264 December 202611 December 202618 December 20268 January 202715 January 202722 January 202729 January 20275 February 202712 February 202726 February 20275 March 202712 March 202719 March 202716 April 202723 April 202730 April 20277 May 202714 May 202721 May 202728 May 2027

    Source: Department for Transport, Bus Open Data Service (GTFS), Open Government Licence v3.0; timetable published 5 September 2026, valid to 31 July 2027, pulled 12 September 2026; version 20260905_024839. This page is generated from that file; it does not know about roadworks or diversions.