The Potters Arf - Multiple Road Closures and Disruptions

Multiple road closures / disruptions around Stoke on Trent between 05:00 and 16:00 due to The Potters Arf’ taking place this Sunday

Service 38/103

From Waterloo Road diverting via, Potteries Way, Bethesda Street into Hanley.

Outbound won't serve Stafford Street, will use night time route.

Service 43

No service until 13:17.

Service 11

No service on King Street, Anchor Road, Bentilee between 09:15 and 11:40.

09:24/10:46 Inbound to divert from King Street, A50, Meir, Cellarhead, Werrington Road into Hanley.

10.30 Outbound to divert from Twigg street, Parkhall Road, Weston Coyney lights, Weston Coyney Road, Sutherland Road, Uttoxeter Road into Longton Strand. Possible delays until King Street reopens at 11:00.

11.30 Outbound to divert from Twigg Street, Dividy Road to the depot and normal service thereafter.

Service 6/6a

No service on King Street, Victoria Road, Litchfield Street during the times of 09:00 and 11:00.

10:14 Outbound service 6 to divert via, Stoke Road, Station Road, Manor Link, A500, A50, Baths Road, Longton Bus station Stand 1, Baths Road, Longton to the roundabout, Normacot Road.

10:43 Outbound service 6a to divert via, Stoke Road, Station Road, Manor Link, A500, A50, Baths Road, Longton Bus station Stand 1, Baths Road, Longton to the roundabout then normal route.

09:48 Inbound 6A off Longton.

10.13 Inbound 6 off Longton.

10.48 Inbound 6A off Longton, Victoria Road, Litchfield Street.

To divert via Strand, Baths Road, A50, Stoke Road then Hanley via City Road.

Service 8

No service along Hanley Road between 10:00 and 12:00. Buses will divert via Moorland Road and Waterloo Road in both directions. 

Outbound won't serve Stafford Street, instead use the night time route. 05.00 till 16.00.

10:50/11:50 Outbound to use Waterloo Road, Burslem, Moorland Road.

10:15/11:15 /12:15 Inbound to use Moorland Road, Burslem, Waterloo Road, Potteries Way.

Hanley City Centre will be closed from 05:00 until 16:00. Stafford Street will not be used in both directions. All buses will divert via Potteries Way.

Service 25

08:41/09:12 Inbound to use Shelton old road, Stoke road, Potteries Way.

Longton Hall Lane - Diversion (Outbound at 14:58 only).

The 14:58 service from Newcastle Bus Station to Longton will not serve Longton Hall Lane due to congestion issues along this road at the school.

The diverted route will follow Blurton Road and the A50 towards Longton Interchange until further notice.

The service will not serve stops from Blurton adj. to Longton Hall Surgery until Longton Interchange.

All other outbound and inbound routes will not be affected by this change. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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.

Services are expected to be delayed for up to 14 weeks due to works in the area.

Please allow extra time for your journey on this date. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

From the 1st September we'll be introducing some changes to our services. These include cross-city links with our new 38 & 39 services, additional Sunday journeys on our 21, 22 and NEW 43 service as well as minor timetables changes to improve punctuality and reliability.

New timetables can be found HERE.

Service Changes:

• Service 3 has been renumbered to 103 bringing it in line with our 101 (long distance & out of the area). This will run as a standalone service from Hanley - Crewe.
   
• Services 3A / 4 / 4A will be replaced by the 38 clockwise (Newcastle - Kidsgrove - Hanley) and 39 anti-clockwise (Hanley - Kidsgrove - Newcastle). Service 3A, that currently terminates at Butt Lane and Service 4, currently operating between Hanley - Waterhayes, will be replaced by a new 38a operating from Kidsgrove to Waterhayes and a 39a service operating the return journey from Waterhayes - Kidsgrove.

Update 29/8/24 - We've added additional early journeys on our NEW 38 service from Talke Pits toward Butt Lane:

- 05:56

- 06:26

- 06:50

- 07:02

This new service pattern creates new cross-city links between the north of the city and Festival Park. We'll also be running some later journeys Monday - Saturday, creating evening links between Kidsgrove, Newcastle & Hanley.

(Please note: Service 38 will no longer serve Merrial Street in Newcastle due to the building work in the area. This aims to improve reliability, and will be revisited upon the completion of the work.)

• Service 6A will receive an additional journey Monday - Friday from Blythe Bridge at 6:03.
   
• Service 21 will introduce a new Sunday service between Hanley - Trentham, with the first journey from Hanley at 9:40 and from Trentham at 10:10. There will also be minor timetable changes Monday - Friday to improve punctuality.
   
• Service 22 will run with minor timetables changes to improve punctuality, with the last journey on Saturday continuing through to Longton from 1st September. A new Sunday service will operate starting at 9:30 from Newcastle & 10:07 from Longton.
   
• Service 23 will receive minor timetable changes to improve punctuality.
   
• Service 25 will receive timetable changes for the new university term.
   
• Service 43 will introduce a new Sunday service from Hanley - Milton starting from Adams Street in Milton at 9:32, with the first service of the day from Hanley bus station at 10:17.
   
• Service 98 & 99 will receive minor timetable changes to improve punctuality.

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If you have any questions, you can call us on 0345 646 0707,  pop into our Travel Shop in Hanley Bus Station or tweet us @potteriesbuses

The next phase of the Station roadworks will begin 13th August until 30th September. Station road will open one way heading outbound for services.

Outbound 25 will continue using Litchfield Street & Leek Road A52, with a temporary bus stop in place opposite the Royal Mail sorting office. From here, service will turn onto Manor Link Road. 

Inbound 25 and 6C will continue to use Leek Road and the temporary bus stop outside the Royal Mail sorting office, then turning left onto Lichfield Street and into Hanley bus station.

Services 21 and 23 will continue to use the below until 19th August due to works on Glebe Street:

Outbound will be using Stoke Road and then continuing down the road and under the railway bridge at the bottom of Stoke Road. From here, they will operate over the A500 and onto Copeland Street, via the Civic Centre and then normal return to normal route.

Inbound will operate to Stoke Town Centre as normal, then via Hartshill Road, Shelton Old Road, over the A500 and then onto Stoke Road. There will be no service on Station Road heading towards Hanley.

After 19th August: Same diversion as 24 service.

Passengers are advise to allow for extra time on their journeys while these diversions are in place. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.