The all new fixed and flex Burgess Hill bus route

Tuesday 19th May 2026 Yet another new bus route took to the road last week, and this time it’s on my home turf being in Mid Sussex’s ever expanding town of Burgess Hill. New route 38 is operated by Compass Travel serving part of the major new development of Brookleigh to the north of the town. What makes this bus route unusual is its combination of having a fixed timetable and route during the morning and afternoon peak periods but during the rest of the day, as well as all day on Sundays, it runs to a flexible arrangement in response to demand. The Brookleigh development was formerly known as the Northern Arc (mainly because it’s shape is an arc to the north of the town – as shown on the map below) and includes plans for 3,500 new homes as well as three new schools, sports and recreational facilities, neighbourhood and community centres and medical facilities. This major scheme is being delivered by Homes England which has aquired the land and making it available to developer…