Easter Bus Service Information
All areas
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Effective07/04/2023 - 10/04/2023
Hop on, Hop off our Easter Services!
We'll be operating the following services over the Easter Holiday Period.
Friday 7th April (Good Friday): Saturday service
Saturday 8th April: Saturday service
Sunday 9th April (Easter Sunday): Sunday service
Monday 10th April (Easter Monday): Sunday service
Heading out with friends or family? Get unlimited travel all weekend for 5 people for just £8.50* with a Weekender group ticket on the First Bus app.
*valid for travel within the Potteries area
Travel Alerts
Grindley Lane - 6A, 36A
Grindley Lane in Meir Heath is closed until Tuesday 24th December.
Buses will only be able to serve half of Sandon Road (as far as Kingsmead), Sandon Road, Grindley Lane Roundabout, Meir Park.
In both directions.
6A, 36A, PC5, PC7, PC9 - Grindley Lane closure
Grindley Lane – Meir Heath is closed
7th December - 24th December
Services affected: 6A, 36A, PC5, PC7, PC9
Diversions as follows:
6A/ 36A towards Meir Park:
Normal route to Sandon Road, then around the Green, turning back on to Sandon Road, A50 come off the A50 at the slip road sign posted Cheadle / Stone, at the roundabout turn onto Grindley Lane, Whitestone Road to resume normal route.
6A/ 36A towards Hanley:
Normal route to Meir Park, then via Whitestone Road, A50, come off the A50 at the slip road sign posted Leek / Stone, at the roundabout turn left onto Sandon Road, go around the Green, turning on to Sandon Road and Broadway.
PC5:
Needs to pick up the Pupils at the Windmill off Sandon Road that usually catch PC9. They will be waiting around the corner.
PC7:
Miss out Potters Bar. Start at the bottom of Sandon Road and collect the pupils off PC9 then straight to Hilderstone Road.
PC9:
Start at Weston Coyney Road pick up PC7 pupils, then down the A50 and pick up the pupils at Springcroft School then pick up all the Pupils at Potters Bar (PC7s also) Then out of Meir Park to Blythe Bridge and resume the normal service.
*PC6, PC8 are unaffected.
Service Changes from 5 January 2025
From Sunday 5th January 2025, we're introducing some timetable changes following on from customer feedback received when the September changes went live. These timetable changes are to help keep buses to run on time and improve the service we provide on services 38 and 39.
The new timetables can be found here.
Services 7/7A City Centre - Kidsgrove/Biddulph
Minor timetable changes to timing points along the route.
Service 21: City Centre - Trentham
Changes are being made to the Monday to Friday timetable. There will be no changes to the Saturday or Sunday timetable.
Service 22: Newcastle - Longton
Changes are being made to the Monday to Friday timetable. There will be no changes to the Saturday or Sunday timetable.
Service 23: City Centre Newstead
Changes are being made to the Monday to Friday timetable. There will be no changes to the Saturday or Sunday timetable.
Service 37: Longton - Hanley - Lymedale Business Park
New timetable introduced Monday to Sunday
Services 98/99: Newcastle - Ball Green/Chell Heath
Changes are being made to the Monday to Friday timetable. There will be no changes to the Saturday timetable
Services 38/39, 38A/39A: Kidsgrove - Hanley - Newcastle - Kidsgrove/Waterhayes
New timetable introduced Monday to Sunday. Services 38A/39A will now serve Shelton Boulevard.
Service 101: Hanley - Stafford
new Monday to Friday and Saturday timetable
103: Hanley - Crewe
New timetable introduced Monday to Sunday
College Road - 21 & 23
College Road is closed until further notice.
Services 21 and 23 will be impacted for the foreseeable future until closures have been resolved, the following diversions will be in place:
Outbound Services (to Stoke):
Diverting via Stoke Road, Copland Street back to normal routing.
Inbound Services (to Hanley):
Diverting via Hartshill Road, Shelton Old Road and Stoke Road back to normal routing.
25 - College Road closure
From Monday 30th September, College Road will be closed to the 25 services until further notice.
25 services to Keele will divert via Stoke Road and Station Road.
25 services to Hanley will be the same as it is currently via Leek Road.
Christmas and New Year Bus Services 2024/25
Discover things to do this Christmas in the Potteries here
We'll be operating a revised service level over the Festive Season - you can see details below.
Monday 23 December | Normal Monday service |
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Christmas Eve, Tuesday 24 December | Saturday service with buses finishing early (service 8 will operate the Monday to Friday timetable) |
Christmas Day, Wednesday 25 December |
No service |
Boxing Day, Thursday 26 December | No service except for the Stoke City FC buses which will operate |
Friday 27 December |
Saturday service (service 8 will operate the Monday to Friday timetable) |
Saturday 28 December | Saturday service |
Sunday 29 December | Normal Sunday service |
Monday 30 December | Saturday service (service 8 will operate the Monday to Friday timetable) |
New Year's Eve, Tuesday 31 December | Saturday service with buses finishing early (service 8 will operate the Monday to Friday timetable) |
New Years Day, Wednesday 1 January | No service |
Thursday 2 January | Normal service resumes |
Last buses on Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve
Last bus from | Last bus from | |||
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Service 6 | Hanley | 1740 | Coalville 1746/ Parkhall 1643/ Blyth Bridge 1808 | |
Service 6A | Hanley | 1800 | Blythe Bridge | 1808 |
Service 6C | ||||
Service 7 | Hanley | 1732 | Kidsgrove | 1816 |
Service 7A | Hanley | 1700 | Biddulph | 1747 |
Service 8 | Hanley | 1805 | Ball Green | 1725 |
Service 11 | Hanley - Newcastle 1735/ Hanley - Dividy Rd | 1840 | Newcastle | 1720 |
Service 11B | Hanley | 1720 | Cowley Way | 1739 |
Service 18 | Hanley | 1747 | Leek | 1732 |
Service 21 | Hanley | 1752 | Man in Space | 1748 |
Service 22 |
Newcastle | 1743 | Longton | 1756 |
Service 23 | Hanley | 1802 | Wimbourne Avenue | 1802 |
Service 25 | Hanley - Keele | 1751 | Keele to Hanley | 1747 |
Service 25 | Hanley - Newcastle | 1807 | Newcastle - Hanley | 1818 |
Service 38 | Butt Lane | 1634 | Butt Lane - Hanley | 1738 |
Service 38A | Butt Lane - Audley Road | 1650 | Butt Lane - Hanley | 1723 |
Service 39 | Kidsgrove - Hanley | 1723 | Kidsgrove - Newcastle | 1753 |
Service 39A | Audley - Butt Lane | 1710 | Butt Lane - Hanley | 1742 |
Service 98 | Newcastle | 1743 | Ball Green | 1740 |
Service 99 | Newcastle | 1759 | Chell Health | 1720 |
Service 101 | Hanley | 1707 | Stafford | 1734 |
Service 103 | Hanley | 1718 | Crewe | 1727 |