King Street - 36A

17th Jan 2025Stoke-on-Trent

Location

King Street
Cause

Road Works
Effective

17/01/2025 - 18/01/2025

Due to the overnight closure of the railway bridge at King Street, services are diverted from 21:00 on Friday the 17th of January until 5:00 on Saturday the 18th of January.

Services are diverted as follows:

SERVICE	DIRECTION	DIVERSION ROUTE
36A	Meir Park	Normal route along King Street towards Longton as far as March Road (M&M on the corner) then diverting via March Road, Portland Road, Marlborough Road, Upper Cross Street then rejoining normal route in Market Street.
36A	Hanley	Normal route to the end of The Strand then at Market Street divert via Anchor Road, Upper Cross Street, Marlborough Road, Clarence Road, King Street then back to the normal route.

Bus stop closures - 18

Due to ongoing works, the following stops are closed along the 18 route as follows:

Leek Highway Depot, Ladderedge (opposite) is suspended for 1 day on the 14th of January only.

Methodist Church, Leek Road (opposite and adjacent to Methodist Church) are suspended from the 13th to the 14th of February.

Spencer Avenue, Leek Road (adjacent to Spencer Ave) are suspended from the 10th to the 12th of February.

Diverted Services - 21, 23

Services 21 & 23 are diverted due to ongoing route issues.

Services towards Stoke are diverted via Stoke Road to the Railway Bridge, then via Copland Street into Stoke.

Services towards Hanley are diverted via Hartshill Road, Shelton Old Road & Stoke Road in Hanley.

King Street - 36A

Due to the overnight closure of the railway bridge at King Street, services are diverted from 21:00 on Friday the 17th of January until 5:00 on Saturday the 18th of January.

Services are diverted as follows:

SERVICE	DIRECTION	DIVERSION ROUTE
36A	Meir Park	Normal route along King Street towards Longton as far as March Road (M&M on the corner) then diverting via March Road, Portland Road, Marlborough Road, Upper Cross Street then rejoining normal route in Market Street.
36A	Hanley	Normal route to the end of The Strand then at Market Street divert via Anchor Road, Upper Cross Street, Marlborough Road, Clarence Road, King Street then back to the normal route.

Station Road - 25

Due to road works on Station Road blocking passage, 25 services are continuing to divert via Litchfield Street and Leek Road.

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

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.