Brighton & Hove Regency Route

The Regency Route
The Regency Route
	Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL on route 29A in November 2023
Overview
Operator	Brighton & Hove
Former operator(s)	Arriva Southern Counties; Stagecoach South East;
Routes	Regular 28Brighton – Lewes – Ringmer – Hailsham – Polegate – Eastbourne 29Brighton – Lewes – Uckfield – Crowborough – Tunbridge Wells 29ABrighton – Lewes – Isfield – Uckfield – Heathfield Limited 29BBrighton – Lewes – Ringmer – Uckfield – Crowborough – Tunbridge Wells (1 bus per day each way) 29XTunbridge Wells – Crowborough – Uckfield – Lewes – Brighton (1 southbound bus per day)
Route map
	Kent
	East Sussex
	East Sussex
	Brighton & Hove

The Regency Route is a name given since 1977 to a regular bus service between Brighton in East Sussex and Tunbridge Wells in Kent, both towns with a Regency heritage. The route runs via the East Sussex towns of Lewes, Uckfield and Crowborough.

The Brighton to Tunbridge Wells route is one of few successful examples of bustitution, as it replaced through trains from Brighton via Lewes and Uckfield to Tunbridge Wells withdrawn in the 1960s when the railway lines from Lewes to Uckfield and Eridge to Tunbridge Wells were closed by British Railways. The bus route now provides access to the Lavender Line and the Spa Valley Railway preserved railways which run on lengths of those two railways. The journey from end to end is timed at between 1¾ and 2 hours.

Originally operated jointly by Southdown Brighton & Hove (now Brighton & Hove), Southdown East Sussex (now Stagecoach in East Sussex), and Maidstone & District Motor Services (now Arriva Southern Counties), the service is now operated solely by Brighton & Hove. Since April 2011, Brighton & Hove has used the Regency Route branding for the route 28 service from Brighton to Lewes and Ringmer as well as the 29.