Changes to bus services

From 3 May

• Stagecoach service 767 (Nuneaton - Dordon) will have a route change due to the road re-opening between Hurley and Baxterley.

From 5 May

• New Select Bus service 21 will operate between Cannock, Shoal Hill and Longford estate, Monday to Friday. 
   
• Select Bus service 23 (Cannock - Hednesford) will have a revised route and timetable and continue from Hednesford along Green Heath Road to Pye Green Academy. 

From 11 May to 18 November

Creswell Grove A5013 will be closed at the M6 junction in the Stafford bound direction only.  
Chaserider service 432 will divert inbound via Clanford Road, Seighford and Doxey with no stops being served on this diversion route.  
Creswell Grove and Eccleshall Road in Stafford will be unable to be served by buses towards Stafford during these roadworks and Parkside won't be served on the 0755 journey. 
Passengers from Creswell travelling into Stafford can board heading towards Eccleshall at Creswell Drive. Passengers from Great Bridgford travelling into Stafford can board as usual opposite Jasmine Drive on journeys which don’t operate via Woodseaves. Passenger wishing to travel into Stafford on the journeys which do operate via Woodseaves will need to board at Jasmine Drive heading towards Eccleshall. 
Select Bus services 8/8A provide an alternative service into Stafford for passengers on Eccleshall Road in Stafford.  Outbound journeys from Stafford will be unaffected. 

From 17 May

• Diamond Bus service 401 (Burton - Uttoxeter) will have a revised timetable.

from 18 May to 18 November – update to Creswell Grove roadworks 

Following a change to traffic management for these roadworks Creswell Grove A5013 will be closed at the M6 junction in the Eccleshall direction and re-opened in the Stafford direction.  

From 18th May buses will be able to operate via the normal route on journeys from Eccleshall to Stafford. Journeys serving Sir Graham Balfour School in the morning will be reinstated. 
Buses towards Eccleshall will divert via Doxey and Seighford, and will not stop to pick up or set down until Ladfordfields on journeys via Woodseaves or Great Bridgeford on journeys via Walton Hall. 
Sir Graham Balfour School will continue to be served at 1535, but buses will commence at the school and operate via Stafford Town Centre. Arrivals in Eccleshall will be around 10 minutes later than usual. The later journey from the school will no longer operate. 
Passengers travelling from Stafford to points that are no longer being served on the outbound journey can stay on the bus to Eccleshall and alight on the return journey.  

The revised timetable is available on the Chaserider website: https://www.chaserider.co.uk/service-updates/ 

From 24 May to 5 August 

• Stagecoach service 15 (Tamworth - Hurley) will have a revised route and timetable due to the closure of Hurley Common. 

From 31 May

• National Express service X51 (Cannock - Birmingham) will have a revised timetable. 

From 1 April  

• New Diamond Bus service 10 will operate between Burton and Rough Hay on Saturdays replacing the cancelled Evolve Bus Little Acorn Saturday journeys.  

From 2 April  

• Bus Link will operate service 412 (Hanbury - Burton) with no change to the route or timetable, but will now serve every stop on route rather than being a limited stop service.  

From 4 April  

• Bus Link will operate service 406 (Uttoxeter Circular) on Saturdays.  

From 8 April

• Bus Link service 12E (Burton - Lichfield) has a revised route and timetable due to the long term closure of the A38 Northbound slip road at Streethay.

From 12 April  

• Diamond Bus services 12/12E and X12 (Burton - Lichfield) will have a revised route and timetable due to the long term closure of the A38 Northbound slip road at Streethay.  

From 18 April

• Select Bus trial service 17 (Wheaton Aston - Wolverhampton) will be cancelled due to low patronage figures. 

From 20 April 

• Bus services 875 (Stafford to Wolverhampton) and 876 (Stafford to Cannock) will follow a revised route around Moss Pit.
• Buses travelling from Stafford will operate via: Rising Brook, John Amery Drive, Burton Bank, Wolverhampton Road, Churchill Way, then Burton Bank and Wolverhampton Road.
• Buses travelling towards Stafford will operate via: Wolverhampton Road, Churchill Way, John Amery Drive and Rising Brook

From 26 April  

• Ashbourne Little Bus service 411 (Uttoxeter - Church Leigh circular) will have a revised route and timetable and will now serve Great Gate.  

From 27 April  

• Diamond Bus services 401 and 402A (Burton - Uttoxeter) will have a revised timetable. Bus Link will also be operating a Monday to Friday 401 service between Burton and Tutbury and a 402A service between Burton and Uttoxeter.   
• Services 402 and 402 (Burton - Uttoxeter) will be operated by Bus Link with a revised timetable.  
• Service 405 (Uttoxeter - Olive Park) will be operated by Bus Link with the same route and timetable. 

From 7 March

• Select Bus trial service 873 (Wheaton Aston - Penkridge) will be cancelled due to low patronage figures.

From 9 March

• Stagecoach service 767 (Nuneaton - Dordon) will have a revised timetable, and a slight route change due to roadworks between Hurley and Baxterley. 

From 12 March

• Bus Service 6 (Stafford – Rickerscote, St Peter’s Gardens) will soon have a new route and timetable.

  The bus will now travel along: Queensville, Silkmore Lane, Rickerscote Road, St Peter’s Gardens, Rickerscote Road again, Silkmore Lane, Sidney Avenue, Exeter Street, Silkmore Lane and back to Queensville.

  Buses will leave Stafford, Gaol Square at: 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 16:15.

  They will leave St Peter’s Gardens at: 09:14, 10:14, 11:14, 12:14, 13:14, 14:14 and 16:28.

  The last bus from St Peter's Gardens will operate to Exeter Street only by request.

From 14 March

• D&G Bus service 32A (Uttoxeter - Stoke) will have seasonal timetable revisions.

From 15 March

• Diamond Bus services 19C (Moira - Burton) and 21/21E (Burton - Swadlincote) will revert back to the usual route and timetable following the road re-opening in Linton Heath.

From 27 March until 8 April only – A38 road closure

• Diamond Bus services 12/12E will have a revised timetable and service X12 will have a revised route and timetable. Please see the Diamond Bus website for details.

From 28 March

• Diamond Bus service NMA1 (Tamworth – National Memorial Arboretum) will have seasonal timetable revisions.

From 29 March

• National Express West Midlands service 16 (Wolverhampton - Wombourne - Stourbridge) will have a revised timetable.
• Diamond Bus service 11 (Burton - Anglesey Road) will be cancelled and replaced by the revised service 12.
• Diamond Bus service 12/12E (Burton - Lichfield) will have a revised route and timetable and will serve Anglesey Road.
• Diamond Bus services 25/25A (Dudley - Kidderminster) will have a revised timetable. 
• Service 78/78A (Streetly - Sutton Coldfield) will be operated by Walsall Community Transport. 
• Chaserider service 828A (Stafford - Rugeley) will have a revised timetable and Saturday journeys will be cancelled.  
• Ashbourne Little bus service A53 (Leek - Buxton) will have a revised timetable.

From 30 March

• Evolve Bus service Little Acorn (Burton - Rough Hay) will have a revised route to John Taylor Free School and a revised timetable. Saturday journeys from Burton to Rough Hay will be operated by Diamond Bus as service 10.
• Evolve Bus service Uttoxeter Circle will have a revised route to serve Tesco and a revised timetable. Saturday journeys on the Uttoxeter Circular will be operated by Bus Link as service 406.