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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. Last bus home is shown only where we have checked it; some stops have times only.

From the operator: Stagecoach’s service updates for Kendal and the Lakes (diversions and cancellations).

Where the 554 buses are now

Buses reporting a position now, each drawn at the stop it is nearest to. The line is the order of the stops, not the distance between them, so this shows how far along a bus is and not where it is on the road. 19 of 38 journeys in the timetable follow this line. A bus running a different variation of this route is on the map below but not on this line, because it is not calling at these stops. Nothing here predicts an arrival.

    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. How often it has run lately was not measured for this build; the map above shows what is reporting now.

    When it runs

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

    Towards Keswick Bus Station from Carlisle Bus Station

    DayFirstLast
    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 4 journeys from here; 4 more start part-way09:0016:30
    Friday 4 journeys from here; 4 more start part-way09:0016:30
    Saturday 5 journeys from here; 5 more start part-way08:4519:00
    Sunday 4 journeys from here; 4 more start part-way08:4516:30
    Listed dates only 2 journeys from here; 2 more start part-way06:2006:20

    Journeys end at Wigton Newsagents or at Keswick Bus Station, in equal numbers. From Carlisle Bus Station, 57 stops.

    Towards Carlisle Bus Stn from Keswick Bus Station

    DayFirstLast
    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5 journeys from here; 6 more start part-way10:3518:00
    Friday 5 journeys from here; 6 more start part-way10:3518:00
    Saturday 5 journeys from here; 5 more start part-way10:1520:30
    Sunday 4 journeys from here; 4 more start part-way10:1516:10
    Listed dates only none from here; 2 start part-way——

    Most journeys run through to Carlisle Bus Stn; some end at Wigton Throstles. From Keswick Bus Station, 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.

    Dates this timetable does not run as shown

    • Saturday and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and Listed dates only and Listed dates only journeys (64) 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
      The feed marks the normal pattern as not running on these dates and does not say what replaces it; check Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire for those days.
    • Sunday journeys (16) do not run on:
      1 December 202624 December 202625 December 202626 December 20261 January 2027
      The feed marks the normal pattern as not running on these dates and does not say what replaces it; check Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire for those days.
    • 16 extra Sunday journeys run on:
      28 December 202626 March 202729 March 20273 May 202731 May 2027
    • 3 extra listed-date journeys run on:
      2 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 (28 earlier dates passed)
    • 3 extra listed-date journeys run on:
      6 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 (7 earlier dates passed)

    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.