Cambridge Bus Route 17: Cambridge to Guilden Morden/(Barley) — Stops, Timetable & Fares (2026)

🚌 Cambridge Bus Route 17 — Cambridge ↔ Guilden Morden/(Barley)

🚌 Route 17: Cambridge ↔ Guilden Morden/(Barley) | 🏢 A2B Bus and Coach | ⏱️ Limited service — 3 departures on weekdays | 💳 £3 fare cap · £2 from Jan 2027 | 📅 Monday to Friday

The 17 is a bus service run by A2B Bus and Coach in the Cambridge area. This page gives the stops in order, an honest summary of the timetable (first and last buses and how often they run, by day), fares and the questions riders ask most.

📋 Route 17 Essential Information

  • Route: 17 — Cambridge ↔ Guilden Morden/(Barley)
  • Operator: A2B Bus and Coach
  • Days: Monday to Friday
  • First / last (weekday): 11:55 – 16:30 from Cambridge
  • Frequency: limited service — 3 departures on weekdays (less frequent early morning and evening)
  • Journey time: around 113 minutes end to end
  • Stops: 114 stops in the main direction (see list below)
  • Fare: single fares capped at £3 (see Fares & Payment)

🗺️ Route 17 Stops

🚏 Stops Towards Cambridge — in order

  1. Barley High Street (SE-bound)
  2. Great Chishill Plaistow Way (near)
  3. Great Chishill, opp Hall Farm
  4. Chrishall, opp School
  5. Chrishall, opp Church
  6. Chrishall, opp Engleric
  7. Chrishall, opp Pinkeneys
  8. Fowlmere Chrishall Road (opp 23)
  9. Fowlmere, opp Chapel Lane
  10. Fowlmere The Butts (near)
  11. Guilden Morden, opp Congregational Church
  12. Guilden Morden Fox Corner (near)
  13. Guilden Morden, opp Church Street
  14. Steeple Morden, opp Trap Road
  15. Steeple Morden Hay Street (S-bound)
  16. Steeple Morden Craft Way (near)
  17. Morden Green, opp The Green
  18. Litlington Silver Street (near)
  19. Litlington, opp New Close
  20. Bassingbourn, opp Park View
  21. Bassingbourn, opp Guise Lane
  22. Bassingbourn Guise Lane (near)
  23. Bassingbourn Park View (near)
  24. Bassingbourn, opp South End
  25. Bassingbourn The Limes (near)
  26. Bassingbourn, opp Elm Tree Drive
  27. Kneesworth Tower Close (near)
  28. Kneesworth Orchard Close (near)
  29. Bassingbourn, opp Cardiff Place
  30. Whaddon Bridge Street (near)
  31. Kneesworth Chestnut Lane (near)
  32. Kneesworth The Red Lion (near)
  33. Kneesworth, opp Tudor Court
  34. Whaddon, opp Bridge Street
  35. Whaddon Chestnut Tree Farm (near)
  36. Meldreth, opp Manor Road
  37. Meldreth, opp Bell Close
  38. Meldreth, opp Elin Way
  39. Meldreth Railway Station (near)
  40. Melbourn, o/s Church
  41. Melbourn, o/s Falconer Court
  42. Melbourn Back Lane (near)
  43. Melbourn Holland Hall (near)
  44. Royston, o/s Tesco
  45. Royston, adj Beverley Close
  46. Royston Gateway
  47. Royston, opp Beverley Close
  48. Royston, opp Rock Road
  49. Royston Railway Station (Stop B)
  50. Royston, adj The Green
  51. Royston, adj Princes Mews
  52. Royston, o/s Town Hall
  53. Royston Bus Station (Stop 1)
  54. Royston, o/s Recreation Ground
  55. Royston, nr St Mary's RC School
  56. Royston, adj Mill Road
  57. Royston, adj Green Street
  58. Royston Roundabout (N-bound)
  59. Melbourn, opp Holland Hall
  60. Melbourn, opp Back Lane
  61. Melbourn, opp Falconer Court
  62. Melbourn Vicarage Close (near)
  63. Melbourn, opp Norgett's Lane
  64. Melbourn Science Park (near)
  65. Melbourn, opp Portway
  66. Shepreth, opp Dunsbridge Turnpike
  67. Fowlmere Long Lane (near)
  68. Fowlmere Cambridge Road (near)
  69. Thriplow, opp Lower Street
  70. Thriplow, opp St Georges Church
  71. Newton War Memorial (NW-bound)
  72. Harston, opp The Paddock
  73. Harston, opp Orchard Close
  74. Harston, opp High Meadow
  75. Harston, opp London Road
  76. Hauxton, opp Church Road
  77. Hauxton St Edmund's Way (near)
  78. Hauxton St Edmund's Church (near)
  79. Hauxton, opp The Lane
  80. Hauxton, opp Jackson Close
  81. Little Shelford Hauxton Road (opp 79)
  82. Little Shelford, opp Moor Close
  83. Little Shelford Church St (near)
  84. Little Shelford, opp High Street
  85. Little Shelford All Saints' Church (near)
  86. Great Shelford, opp Peacocks
  87. Great Shelford, opp Ashen Green
  88. Great Shelford, opp Halatte Gardens
  89. Great Shelford, opp Woollards Lane
  90. Great Shelford, opp Granta Terrace
  91. Stapleford Church Street (near)
  92. Stapleford, opp Poplar Way
  93. Stapleford Haverhill Road (opp 24)
  94. Stapleford Recreation Ground (near)
  95. Stapleford Bar Lane (near)
  96. Stapleford, opp St Andrew's Church
  97. Great Shelford, nr Chaston Road
  98. Great Shelford Orchard Road (near)
  99. Great Shelford Coppice Avenue (near)
  100. Great Shelford, opp Fox Hill
  101. Shelford Bottom Cottages (near)
  102. Cambridge Red Cross Lane (near)
  103. Addenbrooke’s Hospital Bus Station (Bay C)
  104. Cambridge Long Road (near)
  105. Cambridge Perse School (near)
  106. Cambridge, opp Blinco Grove
  107. Cambridge, o/s Hills Rd 6th Form Col
  108. Cambridge, o/s Botanic Gardens
  109. Cambridge Hills Road (NW-bound)
  110. Cambridge, opp St Paul's Road
  111. Cambridge, o/s Downing College
  112. Cambridge Drummer St Bus Station (Bay 9)

1 weekday departures from (Barley)/Guilden Morden: first 06:58, last 06:58.

🚏 Stops Towards Guilden Morden/(Barley) — in order

  1. Cambridge Drummer St Bus Station (Bay 9)
  2. Cambridge, opp Downing College
  3. Cambridge, adj St Paul's Road
  4. Cambridge Hills Road (NW-bound)
  5. Cambridge, opp Botanic Gardens
  6. Cambridge, opp Hills Rd 6th Form Col
  7. Cambridge Blinco Grove (near)
  8. Cambridge, opp Perse School
  9. Cambridge, opp Long Road
  10. Addenbrooke’s Hospital Bus Station (Bay B)
  11. Cambridge, opp Red Cross Lane
  12. Shelford Bottom, opp Cottages
  13. Great Shelford Fox Hill (near)
  14. Great Shelford Hinton Way (o/s 148)
  15. Great Shelford, opp Coppice Avenue
  16. Great Shelford, opp Orchard Road
  17. Great Shelford, o/s The Limes
  18. Stapleford, o/s St Andrew's Church
  19. Stapleford, opp Bar Lane
  20. Stapleford, opp Recreation Ground
  21. Stapleford Haverhill Road (o/s 24)
  22. Stapleford Poplar Way (near)
  23. Stapleford, opp Church Street
  24. Great Shelford Granta Terrace (near)
  25. Great Shelford Woollards Lane (near)
  26. Great Shelford Halatte Gardens (near)
  27. Great Shelford Ashen Green (near)
  28. Little Shelford, opp All Saints' Church
  29. Great Shelford Peacocks (near)
  30. Little Shelford High Street (near)
  31. Little Shelford, opp Church St
  32. Little Shelford Moor Close (near)
  33. Little Shelford Hauxton Road (o/s 79)
  34. Hauxton Jackson Close (near)
  35. Hauxton The Lane (near)
  36. Hauxton, opp St Edmund's Church
  37. Hauxton, opp St Edmund's Way
  38. Hauxton Church Road (near)
  39. Harston London Road (near)
  40. Harston High Meadow (near)
  41. Harston Station Road (near)
  42. Harston Primary School (near)
  43. Harston The Paddock (near)
  44. Newton, adj War Memorial
  45. Thriplow St Georges Church (near)
  46. Thriplow Lower Street (near)
  47. Fowlmere, opp Cambridge Road
  48. Fowlmere, opp The Butts
  49. Fowlmere Chapel Lane (near) s
  50. Fowlmere Chrishall Road (o/s 23) s
  51. Heydon, opp Fowlmere Road s
  52. Chrishall, adj Pinkeneys s
  53. Chrishall, adj Engleric s
  54. Chrishall, o/s Church s
  55. Chrishall School (near) s
  56. Great Chishill Hall Farm (near) s
  57. Great Chishill, opp Plaistow Way s
  58. Barley High Street (NW-bound)
  59. Shepreth Dunsbridge Turnpike (near)
  60. Melbourn Portway (near)
  61. Melbourn Science Park (opp)
  62. Melbourn Norgett's Lane (near)
  63. Melbourn, opp Vicarage Close
  64. Melbourn, o/s Falconer Court
  65. Melbourn Back Lane (near)
  66. Melbourn Holland Hall (near)
  67. Royston Roundabout (S-bound)
  68. Royston, opp Green Street
  69. Royston, opp Mill Road
  70. Royston, opp St Mary's RC School
  71. Royston Bus Station (Stop 2)
  72. 09:10
  73. Royston, o/s Recreation Ground
  74. Royston, opp Town Hall
  75. Royston, adj Princes Mews
  76. Royston, opp The Green
  77. Royston Railway Station (Stop A)
  78. Royston, nr Orchard Road
  79. Royston, adj Rock Road
  80. Royston, adj Beverley Close
  81. Royston Gateway
  82. Royston, opp Beverley Close
  83. Royston, o/s Tesco
  84. Kneesworth Tudor Court (near)
  85. Kneesworth, opp The Red Lion
  86. Kneesworth, opp Chestnut Lane
  87. Bassingbourn, opp Cardiff Place
  88. Melbourn, opp Holland Hall
  89. Melbourn, opp Back Lane
  90. Melbourn, opp Falconer Court
  91. Melbourn, opp Church
  92. Meldreth, opp Whitecroft Road
  93. Meldreth Elin Way (near)
  94. Meldreth Bell Close (near)
  95. Meldreth Manor Road (near)
  96. Whaddon, opp Chestnut Tree Farm
  97. Whaddon Bridge Street (near)
  98. Bassingbourn Cardiff Place (near)
  99. Kneesworth, opp Orchard Close
  100. Kneesworth, opp Tower Close
  101. Bassingbourn Elm Tree Drive (near)
  102. Bassingbourn, opp The Limes
  103. Bassingbourn South End (near)
  104. Bassingbourn, opp Park View
  105. Bassingbourn, opp Guise Lane
  106. Bassingbourn Guise Lane (near)
  107. Bassingbourn Park View (near)
  108. Litlington New Close (near)
  109. Litlington, opp Middle Street
  110. Litlington, opp Silver Street
  111. Morden Green The Green (near)
  112. Steeple Morden, opp Craft Way
  113. Steeple Morden Trap Road (near)
  114. Guilden Morden, opp Congregational Church

3 weekday departures from Cambridge: first 11:55, last 16:30.

🎫 Fares & Payment

  • Fare cap: single fares on this service are capped at £3 under the England national fare cap — the cap falls to £2 from 1 January 2027. See BusUpdate’s fare cap guide.
  • Paying: most operators in this area accept contactless bank cards and mobile payment as well as cash; smaller community operators may differ — check with A2B Bus and Coach for this route.
  • Day tickets: if you make several journeys, ask the driver about A2B Bus and Coach day tickets, which can beat paying capped singles.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What time is the first 17 bus from Cambridge?
On weekdays the first 17 leaves Cambridge at 11:55.

What time is the last 17 bus?
On weekdays the last 17 from Cambridge is at 16:30 (the last bus from Guilden Morden/(Barley) is at 16:30).

How often does the 17 run?
Limited service — 3 departures on weekdays on weekdays; the service runs monday to friday.

How much is the fare on the 17?
Single fares are capped at £3 under the England fare cap (£2 from 1 January 2027).

Timetable & stop data: bustimes.org (open data — Bus Open Data Service / Traveline / NaPTAN), extracted and verified October 2026. Independently compiled by the BusUpdate editorial team; confirm time-sensitive details with A2B Bus and Coach before travelling. See also: buses in Cambridge on BusUpdate.

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