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It's that time of the year again already, and we've got loads of great ticket offers for student and kids! Check out our tickets and prices below:

Smart Tickets (under-19)

Ticket Type	Price	Availability
Smart Day*	£2.00	First Bus App & On Bus
Smart Weekly*	£7.00	First Bus App & On Bus
Smart Monthly*	£24.00	First Bus App
Smart Three Monthly*	£60.00	First Bus App

Valid on any operator's service in North Staffordshire

Student (with valid student ID)

Ticket Type	Price	Availability
Pack of 10 Single Trips*	£18.00	First Bus App
FirstMonth Student	£55.00	First Bus App
FirstAnnual Student	£390.00	First Bus App

Valid on all First buses in The Potteries network including Leek, Stafford, Crewe & Cheadle with valid student ID.

Young Person Network (ages 5-15)

Ticket Type	Price	Availability
Young Person First Day*	£5.60	First Bus App & On Bus
Young Person Week*	£18.80	First Bus App & On Bus
Young Person Month*	£60.00	First Bus App & Hanley Travel Shop

Valid on all First buses in The Potteries network including Leek, Stafford, Crewe & Cheadle. You may be asked to present ID

*Tickets can be gifted, allowing you to purchase your child’s mTicket and transfer it directly to their phone. Click here for more information.

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Service 11/11B - Limekiln Bank/Leek Rd

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

Service 6 - Weston Road, Meir

Weston Road in Meir will be closed Monday 29th July until Friday 13th September.

Services will operate via Caverswall Road, looping around Coalville.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Services 21/23/25/6C - Next Phase of Works (until to 30/9/24)

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.

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