Service 98 – Newcastle Street, Middleport

From Tuesday 7th May, the new bus station in Crewe will be in operation.

Prior to this, there is an expected transition period from 19:30 Saturday 4th May until Tuesday 7th May as both bus stations will be closed.

During this time, passengers are advised to board/alight at Prince Albert Street if they would normally do so at the bus station.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

From 08:00 Wednesday 1st May until 16:00 Friday 3rd May, Newchapel Road in Kidsgrove will be closed.

Services will divert via Mount Road, Whitehill Road and Galleys Bank in both directions.

There will be no service along Newchapel Road or at the bottom of Galleys Bank in any direction. Delays are expected.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

On 29th April, part of King Street in Fenton will be closed.

Services will be diverted towards Longton via Duke Street.

Buses towards Hanley / Stoke will be normal route.

From Tuesday 30th April until Thursday 2nd May the other side of King Street in Fenton will be closed.

Services towards Hanley / Stoke will divert via Duke Street.

Buses to Longton will be normal route.

See below our operating times for the upcoming early May bank holiday:

Please click here for our timetables.

From the 28th April, we'll be introducing more weekend and evening services, as well as a new cross-city service. These new services have been financially supported by Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Click here to find out more.

Service 8

A Sunday service is introduced running between Hanley and Ball Green, departing from Hanley at 09:50 to 16:50 hourly and in the opposite direction from Ball Green at 10:15 to 16:15 hourly.

Service 11

An evening service is introduced running hourly between Hanley and Longton, Monday to Friday and Saturday, with the last journey being 23:10 from Hanley to Longton and 22:38 from Longton back to Hanley.

Service 23

A new Sunday service will run between Hanley, Newstead & Wimborne Avenue, departing from Hanley at 09:40, hourly to 16:40 and departing from Newstead from 09:15 to 16:15 hourly.

Services 36 and 36A

A brand new cross-city evening service that will run from Meir Square (36) Meir Park (36A) to Kidsgrove via Hanley and will also serve Longton, Burslem and Tunstall. This service will operate Monday to Friday and Saturday evenings.

Please see below for new timetables:

https://www.firstbus.co.uk/potteries/plan-journey/timetables?date=2024-…

Newcastle Street, Middleport, has been closed due to a building fire and is expected to be closed for 4 weeks.

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