Service 98 - Newcastle Street Closure

Location

Newcastle Street
Cause

Road Closure
Responsibility

Severn Trent
Effective

26/09/2022 - 10/10/2022

Newcastle Street is due to close for 2 weeks from Monday 26 September for water repair works. During the closure service 98 will need to divert as follows;

Towards Ball Green

Upon arriving at the roundabout at the bottom of Newcastle Street, buses will turn left towards Tunstall, right at Brownhills School into Westport Road, follow to the end of the road then left back onto normal route.

Towards Newcastle

Once departing Burslem, buses will turn right into Westport Road, follow to the end of the road the turn left and head towards Newcastle.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Service PC6 - Saverley Green

Saverley Green will be closed from Monday 8th July until Friday 12th July.

PC6 will follow PC5 route along Cresswell Road.

Pupils are advised to board near to The Hunters Pub for the bus.

Service 101 - A34 (Hanford)

The A34 in Hanford will be closed outbound on Friday 5th July 20:00 – 06:00, weather permitting.

Buses will be diverting via Church Lane / Wilson Road and Bankhouse Road.

Please allow extra time for your journey on this date.

Service 7A - Wharf Road

Biddulph by the sea will be returning on Saturday 6th July. Sainsburys on Wharf Road will not be served during the below times:

Phase 1 - 10:30 until 12:00

Phase 2 - 12:00 until 18:30

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

21/23/25/6C - Next Phase of Works

Currently in place from Thursday 27th June until Wednesday 27th July.

Outbound 25 will be 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 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 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.

Services 21 and 23 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.

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

Service 98 – Newcastle Street, Middleport

Newcastle Street, Middleport, has been closed due to a building fire.

Service 98 will be diverting via Westport Road.

During this closure, we will be unable to serve the following stops:

Ellgreave Street – Inbound and outbound stops

Reid Street – Inbound Stop

Dale street – Outbound Stop

Lyndhurst Street – Inbound Stop

Burslem Market Place – Outbound stop

Service 3 - Nantwich Road

Nantwich Road, Crewe will be closed from Wednesday 10th July until Tuesday 16th July 19:00 – 23:00.

Buses will be diverting via the A532 and A5078 and rejoin the route at the top of Edleston Road.

There will be no service outside the Train Station, Crewe Road or along Edleston Road in any direction.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Service 98 - Newcastle Street Closure