We have our own college bus routes around the Fenland region, serving both the King's Lynn and Wisbech campuses.
If you're aged 16 - 18 at the start of your course and studying a full-time course, you may be able to use one of our college buses, which serve a number of towns and villages around the Fenland area.
A CWA college bus pass costs £200 per term.
If you are eligible for our financial support scheme, we may be able to cover the cost of a bus pass for you.
This includes eligible students from households with an annual income below £50,000, as well as looked after children and care leavers. To apply for financial support, click here.
If you are not eligible for financial support, you will need to pay £200 per term if you are allocated a place on one of our college buses.
Bus pass options
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Available CWA buses and timetables
The college will be operating the following routes for the 2026 - 2027 academic year.
Our college buses operate once in the morning, arriving in time for the college day, and once in the afternoon after lessons have finished. Select a route below to see its stops and timetable.
These are paid college bus services. A CWA bus pass costs £200 per term unless the cost is covered through our financial support scheme. You must apply for and be allocated a space before travelling on one of these services and you must have an allocated bus pass to board.
Please arrive at your bus stop at least 5 minutes before the scheduled departure time.
Wisbech campus
CWA6 – Chatteris to Wisbech campus
CWA5 – Tydd St Giles to Wisbech campus
King's Lynn campus
Travelling to King's Lynn? To be eligible for one of the CWA routes to King's Lynn, you must be studying a course at King's Lynn which is not also offered at our Wisbech campus.
CWA1 – March to King's Lynn campus
CWA1B – Fenland villages to King's Lynn campus
This journey includes a change at Wisbech Horsefair. The CWA1B minibus connects with the CWA1 service to King's Lynn. The services wait for each other, so you should not be left at the bus station if one of the services is delayed.
Before you travel
- You must display your bus pass when boarding. You'll be awarded a bus pass once you've been allocated a place and enrolled,
- A CWA college bus pass costs £200 per term unless the cost is covered through our financial support scheme.
- Please arrive at your stop at least 5 minutes before the scheduled time.
- College buses operate once in the morning and once at the end of the college day.
- Spaces on all CWA college buses are limited.
These private buses are managed by the college and operated by local bus companies. There are a limited number of spaces on each bus, so we encourage you to complete an application as soon as possible.
Places will be prioritised based on your ability to access the college using alternative public transport. For example, students travelling from areas where there is no suitable public transport route to their campus will receive greater priority.
Following this, places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Due to the limited number of spaces, you may be offered a pass for a public bus instead of a place on one of the college's own routes.
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Public bus options
The following public bus routes serve the King's Lynn and Wisbech campuses from Fenland.
Unlike our college buses, you can pay to use these services each day. They do not come directly onto the college campus. Termly or yearly passes may also be available directly from the bus operator.
First excel - Thorney Toll | Guyhirn | Wisbech | Walsoken | King's Lynn
Stagecoach 46 - March | Ring's End | Tydd St Giles | Newton | Parson Drove | Leverington | Murrow | Guyhirn | Wisbech St Mary | Wisbech
Lynx X46 - Three Holes | Upwell | Outwell | Emneth | Elm | Wisbech | Walsoken | King's Lynn
How do I apply?
The application process is different depending on your household income.
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My household income is less than £50,000 per year
If your household income is below £50,000 per year, you can apply for financial support. If you are eligible, this can cover the full cost of your college bus pass, meaning you will have nothing to pay for the bus.
You can complete an application for financial support through our online financial support portal.
On the portal, you'll also be able to make changes to your application, upload supporting evidence and see payments and documents relating to your application.
GO TO THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT PORTAL
To start using the portal, you'll need to log in using your student email address and password.
Your student email address is your student number followed by @edu.cwa.ac.uk, for example
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .We'll be in touch with further details about your bus pass once your application has been processed.
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My household income is £50,000 or more per year
If you are not eligible for financial support, a CWA college bus pass costs £200 per term.
You can request a space on one of our buses by completing the following application form:
Completing the application does not guarantee you a place on a CWA college bus. If you are allocated a space, you will be sent details of how to pay the £200 charge for your first term.
Spaces on our buses are limited. Places will be allocated based on:
- Your location and alternative transport options. We will prioritise applications from March, Chatteris and the CWA1B stops where suitable public transport options are more limited.
- Your chosen campus and course. For example, if you have applied to King's Lynn and live in Wisbech but the same course is also offered at Wisbech, you will not be prioritised for a place on the King's Lynn bus.
Following these criteria, applications will be prioritised on a first come, first served basis.
If you are allocated a space, we'll send you information about paying for your first term's bus pass before the start of your course.