Registered local bus service

PK0000141/72

6

Historical registration: not listed in the publisher’s current RegisteredOnly snapshot. This does not establish today’s timetable or vehicle allocation.

Service
6
From
Maidstone Town Centre
To
Barming
Via
QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE, KINGS HILL, RYARSH, MAIDSTONE
Effective
4 January 2026
Status
Cancelled

Registration history

22 records

Publisher-supplied variations, newest variation number first. Differing rows with the same variation number are preserved; no missing historical changes are reconstructed.

#21 · Cancelled

Effective
4 January 2026
Received
19 November 2025

6 · Maidstone Town CentreBarming

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE, KINGS HILL, RYARSH, MAIDSTONE

cancellation

Operating between Maidstone Town Centre and Barming given service number 6 / 578 effective from 04 January 2026.

#20 · Withdrawn

Effective
29 September 2025
Received
24 July 2025

6 · Maidstone Town CentreBarming, Tonbridge Road

Variation to timetable Remove 578 service

#19 · Registered

Effective
1 September 2025
Received
2 July 2025

6 · Maidstone Town CentreBarming

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE, KINGS HILL, RYARSH, MAIDSTONE

Variation to timetable

Operating between Maidstone Town Centre and Barming given service number 6 / 578 effective from 01 September 2025. To amend Timetable.

#18 · Registered

Effective
12 June 2024
Received
1 May 2024

6 · Maidstone Town CentreBarming

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE, KINGS HILL, RYARSH, MAIDSTONE

Variation to timetable

Operating between Maidstone Town Centre and Barming given service number 6 / 578 effective from 12 June 2024. To amend Timetable.

#17 · Registered

Effective
13 February 2023
Received
1 February 2023

6 · Maidstone Town CentreBarming

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE, KINGS HILL, RYARSH, MAIDSTONE

Route and timetable variation services 78 and 88 removed with pm 78 renumbered 578

Operating between Maidstone Town Centre and Barming given service number 6 / 578 effective from 13 February 2023. To amend Route and Timetable.

#16 · Registered

Effective
23 October 2022
Received
25 August 2022

6 · Maidstone Town CentreBarming

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE, KINGS HILL, RYARSH, MAIDSTONE

Monday to Friday 78 off peak timetable deleted

Operating between Maidstone Town Centre and Barming given service number 6 / 78 / 578 effective from 23 October 2022. To amend Timetable.

#15 · Registered

Effective
28 August 2022
Received
22 July 2022

6 · Maidstone Town CentreBarminghttps://iuweb.app.olcs.dvsacloud.uk/licence/20230/bus/598703/details/quality/

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE, KINGS HILL, RYARSH, MAIDSTONE

Monday to Friday

Operating between Maidstone Town Centre and Barminghttps://iuweb.app.olcs.dvsacloud.uk/licence/20230/bus/598703/details/quality/ given service number 6 / 78 / 578 effective from 28 August 2022. To amend Route and Timetable.

#14 · Registered

Effective
17 February 2020
Received
6 January 2020

6 · Maidstone Town CentreBarming

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Monday to Friday

Operating between Maidstone Town Centre and Barming given service number 6 / 78 / effective from 17 February 2020. To amend Timetable.

#13 · Registered

Effective
18 November 2019
Received
3 October 2019

6 · Maidstone Town CentreBarming

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Monday to Friday

Operating between Maidstone Town Centre and Barming given service number 6 / 78 / effective from 18 November 2019. To amend Route and Timetable.

#12 · Registered

Effective
1 September 2019
Received
17 July 2019

6 · Maidstone Town CentreBarming

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Monday to Friday

Operating between Maidstone Town Centre and Barming given service number 6 / 78 / effective from 01 September 2019. To amend Route and Timetable.

#11 · Registered

Effective
3 June 2019
Received
18 April 2019

6 · PemburyPembury

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Monday to Friday

Operating between Pembury and Pembury given service number 6 / 506 / 78 effective from 03 June 2019. To amend Timetable.

#10 · Registered

Effective
3 September 2018
Received
18 July 2018

6 · PemburyPembury

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Monday to Friday

Operating between Pembury and Pembury given service number 6 / 506 / 78 effective from 03 September 2018. To amend Timetable.

#9 · Registered

Effective
18 June 2018
Received
20 April 2018

6 · PemburyPembury

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Monday to Friday

Operating between Pembury and Pembury given service number 6 / 506 / 78 effective from 18 June 2018. To amend Timetable.

#8 · Registered

Effective
11 March 2018
Received
14 February 2018

78 · PemburyPembury

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Monday to Friday

Operating between Pembury and Pembury given service number 78 / 6A / 6 effective from 11 March 2018. To amend Route and Timetable.

#7 · Registered

Effective
22 January 2018
Received
27 November 2017

78 · PemburyPembury

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Monday to Friday

Operating between Pembury and Pembury given service number 78 / 6A / 6 effective from 22 January 2018. To amend Timetable.

#6 · Registered

Effective
4 September 2017
Received
10 July 2017

78 · PemburyPembury

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Monday to Friday

Operating between Pembury and Pembury given service number 78 / 6,6A effective from 04 September 2017. To amend Route and Timetable.

#5 · Registered

Effective
22 May 2017
Received
22 May 2017

78 · BARMINGMAIDSTONE

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Monday to Friday

Operating between BARMING and MAIDSTONE given service number 78 effective from 22 May 2017. To amend Route and Timetable.

#4 · Registered

Effective
8 April 2016
Received
5 February 2016

78 · BARMINGMAIDSTONE

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Vary route and timetable

Operating between BARMING and MAIDSTONE given service number 78 effective from 08-Apr-2016. To amend Route, Stopping Places and Timetable.

#3 · Registered

Effective
9 June 2014
Received
14 April 2014

78 · BARMINGMAIDSTONE

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Operating between BARMING and MAIDSTONE given service number 78 effective from 09-Jun-2014. To amend Route and Timetable.

#2 · Registered

Effective
12 August 2013
Received
17 June 2013

78 · BARMINGAYLESFORD

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Amend timetable

Operating between BARMING and AYLESFORD given service number 78 effective from 12-Aug-2013. To amend Timetable.

#1 · Variation

Effective
Not published
Received
Not published

78 · BARMINGAYLESFORD

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Mondays to Fridays Daytime only 6 journeys

#0 · Registered

Effective
8 April 2013
Received
11 February 2013

78 · BARMINGAYLESFORD

via QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE

Mondays to Fridays Daytime only 6 journeys

From: BARMING To: AYLESFORD Via: QUEENS ROAD & MAIDSTONE Name or No: 78 Service Type: Normal Stopping, Hail & Ride Effective Date: 08-Apr-2013 Other Details: Mondays to Fridays Daytime only 6 journeys

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