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School transport delays and disruptions

The table shows delays of 15 minutes or more that have been reported to us.

If your transport is running more than 15 minutes late and the table is showing no reported delays for the route, contact us on 01305 224011 so that we can investigate the delay.

Reported delays on school transport

 

 
School transport area Update

Beaminster                                              

B4 diversion. 28th September-2nd October - road closure that is in place between Halstock and Corscombe

As a result of this the B4 school service will divert between Halstock and Corscombe in both directions. Any students requiring the service between this location will need to board/alight from The Fox Inn. - As a result, the service will be expected to run approximately 25 mins late at a minimum.

To mitigate many students becoming unnecessarily late the B1 school service will collect all students from Mosterton (AM ONLY) to get to school before academic day beginning. 

  
Bere Regis

No reported delays

Blandford

No reported delays
Dorchester

30/09/2026 - 06/10/2026 CR5 - Due to an emergency road closure in Godmanstone the CR5 will be unable to serve Godmanstone, Cerne Abbas, Mintern Magna or Lyons Gate. 

 

CR5 - Closure of various roads for Pack Monday Fair, 15:00 on Sunday 11th October to 23:59 on the 12th October 2026.

During this closure, we will not serve Digby Road and Sherborne Station. The nearest stop will be near the junction of Horsecastles and Acreman Street.

02/10/2026 CR8 - Due to road works, please expect delays of 25 minutes. 

30/09/2026 - 06/10/2026 D3 - Due to a road closure in Godmanstone the D3 will be unable to complete in full. 
AM route will be normal until Cerne Abbas, then the route ill go back on to the old Sherborne Road and into Charlton Down then back on as normal. 
This will apply to the afternoon journey also.

The stops below cannot be accessed,
Nether Cane, Godmanstone, Forston Cottages, Whatcombe Farm & Forston Grange. 
Pax requiring these stops can use Cerne Abbas or Charlton Down. 

Ferndown and West Moors

No reported delays
Gillingham

GL02 – 04/11/2026 to 06/11/2026

Road Closure Scotchey Lane. The closure is until 4pm on each day.

Unfortunately, Dorset can't allow access through (Around 15:40) then the route will have to wait till 4pm.

This will cause some students to arrive home a little later than normal.

Lyme Regis

No reported delays

Lytchett Minster and Sandford

No reported delays

Shaftesbury

No reported delays

Sherborne

No reported delays

  

Sturminster Newton

No reported delays
Swanage

No reported delays

Weymouth and Portland

No reported delays
Wimborne

05/10/2026 - 07:30 - Due to the 24hr road closure on the Q11 route all this week, we will not be able to serve Edmondsham (Village Hall) and Edmondsham (Pump) and Brambles Farm stops.

The first stop we can serve is Daggons Road (Woodside)
Wareham

No reported delays