Which bus companies run in Dorset?

morebus (83 routes), First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset (26 routes), Damory Coaches (8 routes), South West Coaches (7 routes), Salisbury Reds (6 routes) and Axe Valley Mini-Travel (6 routes), and 6 smaller operators.

What are the busiest bus routes in Dorset?

the 1 (Southwell – Weymouth), the 2 (Weymouth – Littlemoor), the 10 (Poundbury – Weymouth), the m1 (Poole – Littledown) and the m2 (Poole – Southbourne).

Where are the main bus stations in Dorset?

Bus Station, Poole, Bournemouth Station, Lansdowne, Bournemouth Pier, Bournemouth University, Talbot Heath and Bus Station, Boscombe.

How can I see live bus times in Dorset?

StopToStop shows the next departures from every stop in Dorset, with live times for buses already on the road (from their positions, via the Department for Transport's Bus Open Data Service), and a live map of every bus.

Buses in Dorset

149 bus routes, run by 12 bus companies, serve 224 towns and villages and 1,999 stops across Dorset. Timetables, live departures and journey planning for all of them.

Main towns

Bournemouth 81 routes
Poole 75 routes
St Leonards 66 routes
Christchurch 28 routes
Weymouth 19 routes
Charminster 18 routes
Dorchester 16 routes
Kingston 16 routes
Upton 16 routes
Easton 15 routes
Gillingham, Dorset 15 routes
Sherborne 14 routes
Bridport 11 routes
Gravel Hill 10 routes
Lyme Regis 10 routes
Wimborne Minster 10 routes
Leigh Park 9 routes
Ferndown 8 routes
West Parley 8 routes
Beaminster 7 routes
Blandford 6 routes
Corfe Mullen 6 routes
Shaftesbury 6 routes
Bear Cross 5 routes

Bus stations and interchanges

Busiest routes

1: Southwell – Weymouth First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset
2: Weymouth – Littlemoor First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset
10: Poundbury – Weymouth First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset
m1: Poole – Littledown morebus
m2: Poole – Southbourne morebus
8: Weymouth – Chickerell First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset
4: Weymouth – Preston First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset
1A: Somerford – Bournemouth morebus
5: Kinson – Bournemouth morebus
X3: Ringwood – Salisbury morebus
CR2: Shaftesbury – Gillingham South West Coaches
U1: Lansdowne – Talbot Heath morebus

Bus companies

morebus 83 routes
First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset 26 routes
Damory Coaches 8 routes
South West Coaches 7 routes
Salisbury Reds 6 routes
Axe Valley Mini-Travel 6 routes
National Express 4 routes
First Buses of Somerset 3 routes
Somerset Council 2 routes
Linkrider Coaches 2 routes
FlixBus 1 route
FromeBus 1 route

All towns and villages

Questions

Which bus companies run in Dorset?: morebus (83 routes), First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset (26 routes), Damory Coaches (8 routes), South West Coaches (7 routes), Salisbury Reds (6 routes) and Axe Valley Mini-Travel (6 routes), and 6 smaller operators.
What are the busiest bus routes in Dorset?: the 1 (Southwell – Weymouth), the 2 (Weymouth – Littlemoor), the 10 (Poundbury – Weymouth), the m1 (Poole – Littledown) and the m2 (Poole – Southbourne).
Where are the main bus stations in Dorset?: Bus Station, Poole, Bournemouth Station, Lansdowne, Bournemouth Pier, Bournemouth University, Talbot Heath and Bus Station, Boscombe.
How can I see live bus times in Dorset?: StopToStop shows the next departures from every stop in Dorset, with live times for buses already on the road (from their positions, via the Department for Transport's Bus Open Data Service), and a live map of every bus.

Timetables from the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), updated Tuesday, 27 October 2026. Stop details from NaPTAN. Train timetables contain data from Network Rail, licensed under the Open Government Licence; live train times from National Rail. Times are UK local time and can change at short notice: check before you travel.

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