Peterborough Bus Route X1: Peterborough to Cambridge — Stops, Timetable & Fares (2026)
🚌 Peterborough Bus Route X1 — Peterborough ↔ Cambridge
🚌 Route X1: Peterborough ↔ Cambridge | 🏢 Whippet Coaches | 🗓️ Limited service — see times below | 💳 £3 fare cap · contactless | 📅 Monday to Saturday (no Sunday service)
The X1 is a Peterborough intercity/county bus service run by Whippet Coaches. This page gives the stops in order, an honest summary of the timetable (first and last buses and how many journeys run, by day), fares and the questions riders ask most. We summarise published timetables — we do not publish invented per-stop times.
📋 Route X1 Essential Information
- Route: X1 — Peterborough ↔ Cambridge (via Huntingdon)
- Operator: Whippet Coaches
- Days: Monday to Saturday (no Sunday service)
- First / last (weekday): 08:25 – 17:30 from Cambridge Parkside
- Weekday journeys: 4 from Cambridge Parkside + 5 from Peterborough Westgate
- Journey time: up to around 85 minutes end to end
- Stops: 3 stops in the main direction (see list below)
- Fare: single fares capped at £3 (see Fares & Payment)
🚏 Stops
Cambridge – Huntingdon – Peterborough — stops in order
- Cambridge Parkside (Bay 18)
- Huntingdon Bus Station (Bay 3)
- Peterborough Tesco (Stop G)
Peterborough – Huntingdon – Cambridge — stops in order
- Peterborough Westgate (Stop Y)
- Huntingdon Bus Station (Bay 3)
- Cambridge Parkside (Bay 18)
Note: bustimes publishes timing points only for the X1 (the operator supplies no open timetable feed), so this list shows the timing-point stops — Cambridge Parkside, Huntingdon Bus Station and Peterborough — rather than every intermediate stop.
📖 About Route X1
The X1 “Blue Arrow” is Whippet’s intercity coach service linking Peterborough (Westgate) with Cambridge (Parkside), calling at Huntingdon Bus Station on the way. It is a limited-stop run of about 70–85 minutes — the direct intercity bus link between the two cities.
Only a handful of journeys run each day (4–5 each way on weekdays and Saturdays) and there is no Sunday service, so this is a plan-around-it service rather than a turn-up-and-go one. A new X1 timetable started on 30 March 2026.
🎟️ Fares & Payment
Single fares are capped at £3 under the England national fare cap (confirmed to run until March 2027), so no single journey on this service costs more than £3. Contactless payment is accepted by the operators on this corridor; operator day and period tickets may be cheaper for return or multi-bus days, and PlusBus rail add-ons are valid in the Peterborough and Cambridge PlusBus zones.
⏰ Timetable Summary
- Monday to Friday: 08:25 first / 17:30 last from Cambridge Parkside; 06:45 first / 18:50 last from Peterborough Westgate
- Saturdays: 08:30 first / 17:15 last from Cambridge Parkside; 07:15 first / 18:30 last from Peterborough Westgate
- Sundays: no service
Times above summarise the current published timetable — individual journeys can start or finish at intermediate points, and school-day/college-day variations apply on some services. Always check the live timetable with Whippet Coaches before travelling.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What time is the first and last X1 bus?
On weekdays the first bus leaves at 08:25 and the last at 17:30 from Cambridge Parkside. Weekend times differ — see the timetable summary above.
How much is the fare on the X1?
No single fare costs more than £3 under the England fare cap (to March 2027). Contactless payment is accepted.
Does the X1 run on Sundays?
No — the X1 runs Monday to Saturday only on the current timetable.
Where do I catch it in Peterborough?
From Queensgate Bus Station or Westgate in the city centre — see the stop lists for the exact departure point in each direction.
Route & timetable data: bustimes.org (open data), October 2026 via bustimes.org (Bus Open Data Service / operator data), cross-checked against the Ring 1 inventory and Whippet Coaches’s published information (go-whippet.co.uk), verified October 2026. Independently compiled by the BusUpdate editorial team; confirm time-sensitive details with the operator before travelling. See also: Peterborough bus routes & guides on BusUpdate.