Christmas and New Year Bus Services 2023/24

All areas

  • Location
    Potteries
  • Cause
    Christmas & New Year Services
  • Responsibility
    First Bus
  • Effective
    23/12/2023 - 02/01/2024

Discover things to do this Christmas in the Potteries here

We'll be operating a revised service level over the Festive Season - you can see details below.

Saturday 23 December Normal Saturday service
Christmas Eve, Sunday 24 December Sunday service with buses finishing early 

Christmas Day, Monday 25 December

No service
Boxing Day, Tuesday 26 December No service 
Wednesday 27 December

Saturday service (service 8 will not operate)
Thursday 28 December Saturday service (service 8 will not operate)
Friday 29 December Saturday service (service 8 will not operate)
Saturday 30 December  Saturday service
New Year's Eve, Sunday 31 December Sunday service with buses finishing early
New Years Day, Monday 1 January  No service
Tuesday 2 - Friday 5 January  Monday to Friday 'non school day' service (service 25 will operate a vacation timetable
Saturday 6 January Normal Saturday service
from Sunday 7 January Normal service resumes

Last buses on Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve

  Last bus to   Last bus from  
Service 3  Crewe from Hanley 1830 Crewe to Hanley  1829
Service 3A Talke from Hanley  1800 Talke to Hanley  1823
Service 4 Newcastle from Hanley  1808 Newcastle to Hanley  1743
Service 4A Talke from Hanley  1838 Kidsgrove to Hanley  1735
Service 6 Coalville from Hanley  1713 Coalville to Hanley   1654
Service 6A Blythe Bridge from Hanley 1740 Blythe Bridge to Hanley 1723
Service 6C No service on Sundays      
Service 7 No service on Sundays      
Service 7A No service on Sundays      
Service 8 No service on Sundays      
Service 11 Newcastle from Hanley   1730 Newcastle to Hanley   1724
Service 11B No service on Sundays      
Service 18 No service on Sundays      
Service 21 No service on Sundays      

Service 22

 No service on Sundays      
Service 23 Blurton from Hanley  1655 Blurton to Hanley  1623
Service 25 Keele from Hanley  1830 Keele to Hanley  1836
Service 25 Keele from Newcastle  1858 keele to Newcastle  1836
Service 37 Longton Market St.  1649 Lymedale 1815
Service 98 No service on Sundays       
Service 99 No service on Sundays       
Service 101 No service on Sundays