Travel the Season

Festive Activities

With the festive spirit in full swing across the Potteries and plenty of events, we're ready and waiting with our buses to get you right there for no more than £2 a single journey.  So, get ready, get set, and bus it to all the festive fun across the City with First Bus.

Looking for our Christmas Eve and New Year's service hours? Click >> here

Festively good ticket deals 🤑

  • Potteries Group* - All day unlimited weekday travel for any 5 people, £11
  • Potteries Weekender* - Unlimited travel for any 5 people, valid from 18:00 on Friday until the end of Sunday, £8.50
  • Affordable fares scheme: Smart Day Adult, £4.80, Smart Weekly Adult, £12, Smart Monthly Adult, £42 - find out more >> here.
  • £2 adult standard fare, available via cash, card or tap on tap off.

*valid within the Potteries area only

Tap 💳

  • Paying with TOTO couldn't be easier, when you Tap On, Tap Off, we'll work out the best value fare for your journeys throughout the day. Never pay more than a single, two-trip ticket, day or week fare.
  • Buy your ticket in advance on the First Bus app and store in the apps wallet.
  • Buy on board from the driver with your contactless card or with cash.

Download our FREE First Bus App to make your journey more convenient 📱

Have everything you need to travel at your fingertips!

  • Plan your journey
  • Buy your tickets on the app
  • Track the bus to your stop
  • See live seat availability on your bus before it arrives at your stop!

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Christmas Light Switch on, 27 November, Trentham Shopping Village 🎅

It's the most wonderful time of the year... Kick start the festive season with a wonderful light switch on, featuring a Christmas parade that is celebrating 50 years of the first moon landing with an out of this world theme. The event will finish with Santa himself on hand to switch on the lights.

Accessible via the 101 service.

Winter Wonderland, 22nd November - 5th January 🎅

Walking in a winter wonderland... Celebrate the ultimate festive experience in Stoke this festive season at Winter Wonderland. It's packed with ice skating, fair ground rides, food and drink, Santa's grotto and a licensed bar

Accessible via: all Hanley services, located on Lichfield Street.

It's not Christmas without a panto... 🎄

From 1st December, Stoke-on-Trent will be showing some of the best most beloved pantos, including sleeping beauty and the Christmas Carol. Available to view at the Regent Theatre.

Accessible via all Hanley services.