Travelling to Oaklands College?
Travelling to Oaklands College, St Albans for September 2025
01/09/2025
A number of these changes are being made in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council, and they affect school movements. The biggest change in the St Albans area is the changes to route 601. We have replaced route 601 between St Albans and Hatfield with additional journeys on route 602. This service will now operate every 15 minutes Monday to Friday. The section between Borehamwood and St Albans will be replaced by a new service operated under contract to Hertfordshire County Council by Red Rose route 362. The link to this timetable is below:
Students travelling from Welwyn Garden City can no longer catch the route 601. The best way to travel will be to catch route 653 and then change onto route 602 at Hatfield Rail Station
Route 653 departs Welwyn Garden City Bus Station at 0725, 0755 and 0825. These journeys arrive at Hatfield Rail Station at 0752, 0821 and 0846. Route 602 departs Hatfield Rail Station at 0756, 0831 and 0856, arriving at Oaklands at 0825, 0852 and 0902.
Students can travel all the way on the 653, but this journey is longer as it serves the De Havilland Campus. Route 602 operates every 15 minutes most of the day, and buses can connect at Hatfield Rail Station for return in the evening.
If students sign up to the Uno Oaklands app, they can get discounted travel. The zone 1 day ticket for £1.50 is valid on any Uno service all day; therefore, changing buses at Hatfield Rail Station does not mean they have to pay again.
More info:
Busing it from Borehamwood
Route 601 no longer operates. Students can catch route 362 to St Albans and change onto route 602, which operates every 15 minutes
Students can also catch route 644 to Hatfield College Lane Campus and change onto route 602 at this location.
Route 644 departs Borehamwood Tesco at 0737, it arrives at the Forum at 0757, students can change onto route 602 here at 0807, arriving at Oaklands at 0819.
There is also a later connection leaving Borehamwood at 0859, arriving at the Forum at 0925, route 602 is at 0936, arriving at Oaklands at 0951
Coming back
Route 602 leaves Oaklands at 1528 and arrives at the Forum at 1546, the 644 departs the Forum at 1600 and arrives in Borehamwood at 1617
The next connection leaves Oaklands at 1655 and arrives at the Forum at 1710, and connects with the 644 at 1715 and arrives in Borehamwood at 1735.
Busing from St Albans
Route 602 departs St Peter's Street every 15 minutes to Oaklands College. Departures are at 0745, 0800, 0815, and 0830. 0845 and 0900, the journey takes 23 minutes.
Route 602 also departs St Albans City Rail Station every 15 minutes, the journey takes 10 minutes with departures at 0753, 0811, 0826, 0841, 0856 and 0911.
Buses return at similar intervals in the evening to St Peter's Street in St Albans, and to the St Albans City Rail Station.
Ticketing
Students can get discounted fares by downloading the Uno Oakland app. Students will need to upload a picture of their Oaklands 2025/26 bus pass, which is pink. If you load up last year's, we cannot authorise the discount. As soon as you have uploaded this pass, we can authorise your access to the offers
Oaklands Zone 1 Day ticket is £1.50
Oaklands Zone 1&2 Day Ticket is £2.40
Oaklands 7-day ticket is £15
If you have any further questions, please contact our customer services team by emailing unobus@herts.ac.uk