Metrobus launches the new service on Saturday (9 May) connecting Eastbourne, Uckfield and local villages with Gatwick Airport.
The 500 will also serve Hailsham, East Hoathly, Maresfield, Nutley, Forest Row and East Grinstead.
Buses will be operating 24/7 and will replace the existing services 54 between Eastbourne and Uckfield and the 261 between Uckfield and East Grinstead.
The maximum adult fare of £3 will apply to this route.
£800k granted for Crowborough asylum site policing
The Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne, has successfully secured £795,898.55 in Home Office funding to manage the ongoing operational costs of policing the Crowborough asylum seeker accommodation site.
Veterans walk 100 miles for The Gurkha Welfare Trust
JANE Slater and John Wilton are both aged 84 - and decided they wanted to walk to raise funds for people desperate for water.
Council responds to Government decision to pursue extension of Crowborough Army Training Camp use
Wealden District Council is deeply disappointed by the Government’s decision to pursue the extension of the use of Crowborough Army Training Camp and remains clear that large-scale accommodation sites are not the right approach for either local residents or those seeking asylum.
Schoolgirl shot with BB gun at Uckfield bus station
Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses after a 13-year-old schoolgirl was shot with a BB gun at Uckfield bus station
Gas cylinder explodes in heat at caravan site in Hailsham
No one was injured after a gas cylinder exploded in the intense heat at a caravan site on Downash Road in Hailsham.
Person taken to hospital after crash on A27 Pevensey Bypass
A single-vehicle crash on the A27 Pevensey Bypass on Wednesday, 24 June 2026, resulted in one person being taken to the Conquest Hospital with minor injuries.
The Sussex family who have helped RNLI for 100 years
The Sussex family that has supported the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) for over a century is the Guy family from Eastbourne
Mims Davies MP comments on new South East Water CEO, John Halsall
“I welcome that South East Water has chosen their new CEO and urge a swift and effective handover"
Solid Gold Saturday with Chris Copeland playing The Love I Lost by Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
Your soundtrack from the 60s to the 90s playing Daddy Cool/The Girl Can't Help by Darts
