A bus company has announced major changes to offer more regular routes to towns and villages to Norwich.

Previously First Bus passengers travelling from Halesworth to Norwich would have terminated at Bungay, before transferring to continue their journey to the city.

Now the bus company, which serves Norfolk and Suffolk, has introduced a new hourly X41 service travelling directly between Halesworth, Bungay and Norwich.

Daytime journeys will now start and finish in Halesworth, offering a direct hourly service between there and Norwich city centre. 

As a result of the new hourly X41 Charcoal Line service introduced between Halesworth, Bungay and Norwich, 99A buses will now only operate hourly between Southwold and Halesworth.

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The company has also extended the time the Charcoal Line's last bus will leave Norwich to Bungay - before the last bus was 10.30pm and now the last bus leaves at 11.10pm.

The Charcoal Line route between Bungay and Norwich direct on Monday to Saturday will run every half an hour.

The 41 buses will provide an hourly service through Woodton village and Brooke's St Peters Road.

Timetables can be downloaded from First's website.