Changes to bus services
Recent and upcoming changes to bus services
Changes to bus services are listed by month, with additional pages for Christmas, New Year and Easter.
Bus services are liable to change at short notice, and any changes will be added throughout the month.
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from 8 October
Diamond Bus routes
- Services 12/12E (Lichfield - Burton) will have some timetable revisions.
from 29 October
Arriva Midlands bus routes
- Service 4 (Tamworth - Silverlink) will have minor timetable revisions.
- Service 5 (Tamworth - Amington) will have a revised evening timetable.
- Service 7 / 7E (Tamworth - Stoneydelph) will have a revised evening timetable.
- Service 8 (Tamworth - Hockley) will have a revised evening timetable.
- Service 65 (Tamworth - Nuneaton) will have minor timetable revisions.
- Service 110 (Tamworth - Birmingham) will have minor timetable revisions.
- Service 786 (Tamworth - Austrey) will have minor timetable revisions.
from 30 October to 3 November only
National Express WM routes
- Service X3 (Lichfield - Birmingham) will have a revised timetable.
- Service X51 (Cannock - Birmingham) will have a revised timetable.
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from 1 September
Notts Derby route
- Seasonal service X52 (Nottingham - Alton Towers) finishes.
from 2 September
Stagecoach routes
- Services 748 (Tamworth - Nuneaton, Sundays) will have a minor route change.
- Services 766/767 (Tamworth - Nuneaton) will have a revised timetable and minor route changes.
from 3 September
Aimee’s Travel route
- New route 115 will operate 1 return journey between Cheddleton and Westwood College on Schooldays only.
Arriva Midlands route
- Service 765 (Lichfield - Tamworth) will have minor Monday to Friday timetable revisions.
Diamond Bus route
- Service 406 (Uttoxeter town circular) will be cancelled and replaced by a Select Bus service.
National Express WM routes
- Service 6 (Walsall - Sutton Coldfield) will have a revised timetable.
- Services 6/6A (Wolverhampton - i54) will have a revised timetable.
- Services 10/10A (Wolverhampton - Perton / Pattingham) will have a revised timetable. Service 10B (Wolverhampton - Codsall) will be cancelled. Codsall will continue to be served by National Express WM service 5.
- Service 15 (Wolverhampton - Merry Hill) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 16 (Wolverhampton - Stourbridge) will have a revised timetable.
- Services 78/78A (Sutton Coldfield - Kingstanding) will have a revised timetable.
- Service X3 (Lichfield - Birmingham) will have a revised timetable.
- Service X51 (Cannock - Birmingham) will have a revised timetable.
Select Bus route
- Service 7 (Stafford - Moss Pit) will have minor timetable revisions.
from 4 September
Arriva Midlands routes
- Services 5/5A/5E (Stafford - Telford) will have a revised timetable.
- Services 9 (Bridgnorth - Wolverhampton) will have a revised timetable.
- Services 64 (Hanley - Shrewsbury) will have a revised timetable.
Chaserider routes
- Services 25/26 (Cannock - Pye Green) will have minor Monday to Friday timetable revisions.
- Service 62 (Cannock - Lichfield) will have minor Monday to Friday timetable revisions.
- Service 63 (Cannock - Rugeley) will have minor Monday to Friday timetable revisions.
- Services 70/71 (Cannock - Wolverhampton) will have minor timetable revisions.
- Service 74 (Stafford - Cannock) will have minor Monday to Friday timetable revisions.
- Service 841 (Stafford - Uttoxeter) will have minor Monday to Friday timetable revisions.
- Services 826/828 (Stafford - Lichfield) will have minor Monday to Friday timetable revisions.
D&G Bus routes
- Services 7 / 7A (Hanley - Kidsgrove / Biddulph) will have Monday to Saturday revisions. Some 7A journeys will serve Packmoor instead of Oxford and will be renumbered as service 7.
- Service 445 (Hanchurch - Madeley) will have a revised timetable.
Diamond Bus routes
- Service 10 (Burton -Rough Hay) will have minor Monday to Friday timetable revisions.
- Services 12 / 12E (Burton – Lichfield) will have minor timetable revisions.
- Service 19A (Burton - Mercia Park) will have a revised timetable and a revised route to serve a loop around Mercia Park.
- Service 20 (Tamworth - Mercia Park) will have a revised timetable and a revised route to serve a loop around Mercia Park.
- Service 402A (Burton – Uttoxeter) will have minor Monday to Friday timetable revisions.
- Service 818 (Fradley – Friary School) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 821 (Swadlincote – Castle Gresley) will be cancelled.
- New service 831 will operate 1 return journey between Hilton, Burton and John Taylor Free School on Schooldays only.
First Potteries route
- Services 3 / 3A (Hanley - Crewe) will have a revised timetable.
Lichfield City Coaches routes
- New service 81 will operate 1 return journey between Edingale and John Taylor High School on Schooldays only.
- New services 82 / 84 will operate between Tamworth, Elford, Edingale and Clifton Campville, Monday to Friday.
- New service 88 will operate between Tamworth and Drayton Bassett on Tuesdays only.
Select Bus routes
- Services 813 / 878 (Stafford - Wolverhampton) will have a revised route and timetable for additional journeys to serve Rodbaston College.
- Service 817 / 817A (Rodbaston College services) will operate a revised route and timetable. The 817 morning journey will commence from Uttoxeter and the afternoon journey will continue from Rugeley to Abbots Bromley and Uttoxeter rather than Stafford. Service 817A (Wed only) will operate terminate in Rugeley rather than Stafford and also operate via Lichfield.
- Service 406 (Uttoxeter town circular) will be operated by Select Bus instead of Diamond Bus with some timetable revisions.
from 18 September
Lichfield City Coaches routes
- Service 81 (Edingale - Tamworth) will have revised times. The morning journey will depart from Edingale School at 0750, arriving at John Taylor High School at 0840. The afternoon journey will leave John Taylor School at 1600 and arrive at Edingale at 1655.
from 24 September
First Potteries route
- Service 25 (Hanley - Keele) will have a revised timetable.
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From 31 August
LA Travel routes
- New service 105 will operate 1 return journey between Handsacre and Netherstowe School on Schooldays only.
- New service R3 will operate 1 return journey between Fazeley and Rawlett School on Schooldays only.
- New service R4 will operate 1 return journey between Fazeley and Rawlett School on Schooldays only.
- New service R15 will operate 1 return journey between Drayton Bassett and Rawlett School on Schooldays only.
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From 2 July
D&G Bus routes
- Service 1A (Audley - Meir) will have a revised timetable. The 0626 and 1641 journeys from Longton and the 1910 journey from Newcastle, Monday to Friday, will be extended to serve Wood Lane. There will be additional journeys from Wood Lane towards Meir at 0709, 0809 and 1825, Monday to Friday.
- New service 7 will operate between Hanley and Kidsgrove on Sundays, to partly replace the cancelled First Potteries service.
Journeys will depart from Hanley Bus Station at 1125, 1325, 1525 and 1725 and from Kidsgrove, King Street at 1035, 1235, 1435 and 1635.
- New service 7A will operate between Hanley and Oxford, Bowman Grove Monday to Saturday and between Hanley and Biddulph on Sundays.
Journeys will depart Hanley Bus Station at 0810, 0840 and then at 20 and 50 minutes past each hour until 1750 Monday to Friday and at 0850, then 20 and 50 minutes past each hour until 1720 on Saturdays.
Journeys will depart Oxford Grove at 0725, 0755, 0840 and then at 20 and 50 minutes past the hour until 1720 Monday to Friday and at 20 and 50 minutes past the hour from 0820 until 1650 on Saturdays.
On Sunday journeys will depart from Hanley Bus Station at 1025, 1225, 1425 and 1625 and from Biddulph, Wharf Road at 0931, 1131, 1331 and 1531.
- New service 18 will operate between Hanley, Leek and Buxton on Sundays, replacing the cancelled First Potteries service from Hanley to Leek.
Journeys will depart from Hanley Bus Station at 1015, 1245, 1545 to Leek and Buxton and at 1815 to Leek only.
Journeys towards Hanley will depart from Leek at 0935 and from Buxton Market Place at 1135, 1435 and 1705.
- New service 101 will operate between Hanley and Stafford on Sundays, to partly replace the cancelled First Potteries service.
Journeys will depart from Stafford, Chell Road at 1015, 1215, 1415, 1615 and 1815 and return from Hanley at 0915, 1115, 1315, 1515 and 1715.
First Potteries routes
- Service 3 (Kidsgrove - Crewe) will have a revised timetable, with some evening journeys withdrawn.
- Service 3A (Talke - Hanley) will have a revised timetable, with some evening journeys withdrawn.
- Service 4 will operate a revised timetable between Hanley and Chesterton, Audley roundabout only Monday to Saturday and between Hanley and Newcastle on Sundays. Additional journeys on D&G Bus service 1A will be extended to serve Wood Lane.
- Service 4A (Kidsgrove - Hanley) will have a revised timetable, with some evening journeys withdrawn.
- Service 6A (Blythe Bridge - Hanley) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 7 (Kidsgrove - Hanley) will have a revised timetable. The Sunday service will be withdrawn and replaced with a new D&G service.
- Service 7A (Biddulph - Hanley) will have a revised timetable. The Sunday service will be withdrawn and replaced with a new D&G service.
- Service 11 (Newcastle - Hanley) will have minor timetable revisions.
- Service 18 (Leek - Hanley) will have a revised timetable. The Sunday service will be withdrawn and replaced with a new D&G service between Hanley, Leek and Buxton.
- Service 25 (Keele - Hanley) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 101 (Stafford - Hanley) will have a revised timetable, with the Sunday service withdrawn. The Sunday service will be withdrawn and replaced with a new D&G service.
National Express WM routes
- Services 6 / 6A (Wolverhampton - i54) will have a revised timetable.
From 7 to 10 July only
- Chaserider service X10 will operate between Lichfield, Burton, Swadlincote and Moira for Timber Festival.
From 22 July
Select Bus route
- Service 36 (Lichfield - Aldridge) will be cancelled and a replacement service operated by Chaserider.
From 23 July
Arriva Midlands routes
- Service 5 (Tamworth - Amington) will have minor timetable revisions.
- Service 65 (Tamworth - Nuneaton) will have minor timetable revisions.
- Service 765 (Tamworth - Lichfield) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 785 / 786 (Tamworth - Austrey) will have a revised timetable.
- Service X65 (Tamworth - Lichfield) will have a revised timetable.
Chaserider route
- New service 36 will operate hourly between Walsall, Aldridge and Lichfield, Monday to Saturday, to replace the cancelled Select Bus service.
High Peak routes
- Services 442/441 (Ashbourne - Buxton) will have a revised timetable and slight route revisions in Harpur Hill.
National Express WM routes
- Service 6 (Walsall - Sutton Coldfield) will operate a revised summer timetable.
- Service 6 / 6A (Wolverhampton - i54) will operate a revised summer timetable.
- Service 10 / 10A / 10B (Wolverhampton - Perton) will operate a revised summer timetable.
- Service 15 (Wolverhampton - Merry Hill) will operate a revised summer timetable.
- Service 16 (Wolverhampton - Stourbridge) will operate a revised summer timetable.
- Service X3 (Lichfield - Birmingham) will operate a revised summer timetable.
- Service X51 (Cannock - Birmingham) will operate a revised summer timetable.
Trent Barton route
- Villager service (Burton - Derby) will have a revised timetable and slight route revisions in Derby.
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from 19 June
- Diamond Bus East Midlands service 10 (Burton - Rough Hay) will have a revised Monday to Friday timetable.
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From 7 May
- Diamond Bus East Midlands X11 service (Witton - Burton) will be cancelled.
From 9 May
- The overnight roadworks on the A38 will finish and Diamond Bus services 12/12E will return to the normal route with slight timetable amendments.
From 17 May
- Uttoxeter Road in Blythe Bridge will re-open and First Potteries service 6A will return to the normal route.
From 22 May
- Service 401 (Diamond Bus East Midlands, Burton - Uttoxeter) will have a revised Monday to Friday timetable and a route change to serve Dove Valley Park.
From 28 May until 3 June only
- National Express West Midlands service X3 (Lichfield - Birmingham) will be operating a revised timetable during half term week.
On 29 May only
- A revised timetable will operate on Chaserider service 60 (Lichfield - Cannock).
- A revised timetable will operate on Chaserider services 826/828 (Lichfield - Stafford).
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Good Friday 7 April
- A normal Friday timetable will operate on:
- All Aimee’s Travel services.
- Arriva Midlands X38 service.
- ABennett’s Travel service 123.
- Diamond Bus East Midlands services 1 and 20.
- Kinver Community Bus.
- Select Bus services 11/11A, 36, 67, 103, 104 and 875A.
- Stanton’s of Stoke services 60 and IN2.
- All Trent Barton services
- A Saturday timetable will operate on:
- All Arriva Midlands services, except X38.
- Bennett's Travel services 102/102A
- Chaserider services.
- D&G Bus services 1/1A, 9, 16, 32A, 32X, 108 and X41.
- Diamond Bus services 76/76A/76B.
- All Diamond Bus East Midlands services not listed as M-F service or special Good Friday timetables.
- All First Potteries services.
- All National Express WM services, except X3.
- Select Bus services 7, 8/8A, 9, 12, 242, 875 and 877/878.
- All Stagecoach services.
- A special Good Friday timetable will operate on:
- Diamond Bus East Midlands services 8, 9, 12/12E and 401.
- National Express WM service X3.
- Moorland Connect will operate between 0900 and 1700.
- No service will operate on:
- Border Car DRT.
- Chaserider services 1 and 10.
- D&G Bus services 8A, 32, 33, 35, 85, 93, 94/94A/94B, 100 and 318.
- High Peak Bus services 442/441.
- Notts Derby service X52.
- Select Bus services 67 and 23/23A.
Saturday 8 April
- Normal Saturday services will operate.
Easter Sunday 9 April
- Normal Sunday services will operate, except
- Moorlands Connect will operate between 0900 and 1700 only.
Monday 10 April
- Sunday services will operate, except
- D&G Bus service 100 will operate a Saturday service.
- Moorlands Connect will operate between 0900 and 1700 only.
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from 1 April
- Service 318 (D&G Bus, Alsager - Congleton) will operate on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays only.
- Service X41 (D&G Bus, Uttoxeter - Alton Towers) will have a revised route in Uttoxeter.
from 3 April
- Services 826/828 (Stafford - Lichfield) will have minor timetable revisions on early morning journeys.
- Service X3 (National Express WM, Lichfield - Birmingham) will have a revised timetable until 14 April only.
- Seasonal service X52 will commence between Nottingham, Derby and Alton Towers, operated by Notts Derby Bus. This will operate one return journey, Monday to Friday.
from 8 April
- Service 25 (National Express West Midlands, Wolverhampton - Pendeford) will have a revised route due to the end of roadworks in Wolverhampton.
From 16 April
- New service 78/78A will be operated by National Express WM, Monday to Saturday, between Kingstanding and Sutton Coldfield, via Streetley.
from 17 April
- Service 5 / 5A / 5E (Arriva Midlands, Stafford - Telford) will have minor timing revisions.
- Service 9 (Arriva Midlands, Bridgnorth - Wolverhampton) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 19 (Diamond Bus EM, Burton - East Midlands airport) will have a revised timetable with additional 19A journeys Monday to Friday operating between Burton and Mercia Park.
- Service 110 (Arriva Midlands, Tamworth - Birmingham) will have a revised timetable.
- New service 445 (D&B Bus) will one return journey on schooldays only, between Hanchurch, Whitmore and Madeley.
- Service 785 (Arriva Midlands, Tamworth - Austrey) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 875 (Select Bus, Stafford - Cannock) will have minor timetable revisions on college day journeys.
from 23 April
- Service 85 (Newcastle - Nantwich) will have a minor service revision, affecting the morning Marshfield to Crewe journey only.
- Service 101 (First Potteries, Stafford - Hanley) will have a revised timetable.
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from 6 March until 6 May
- Service 12E (Diamond Bus EM, Burton - Lichfield) will operate a revised timetable during overnight roadworks on A38. Some early morning and late journeys will be diverted via Yoxall and Kings Bromley.
from 13 March
- Service 841 (Chaserider, Stafford - Uttoxeter) will have revised peak morning journeys.
from 18 March
- Services 32A / 32X (D&G Bus, Uttoxeter - Hanley) will have a revised timetable, and slight route revisions around Hanley.
- Seasonal service X41 will commence between Stafford, Uttoxeter and Alton Towers, operated by D&G Bus. This will operate one return journey, Monday to Saturday, when Alton Towers is open to the public.
from 23 March
- Service 4 (National Express West Midlands, Wolverhampton - i54) will have a revised route due to the end of roadworks in Wolverhampton.
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from 6 February until 18 August
- There will be roadworks on Station Street in Burton, including a one-way closure. Services towards New Street will divert via Mosley Street and Moor Street. Services away from New Street towards the Rail Station will divert via Moor Street and Cross Street. The bus stops at Sainsburys on Union Street, and opposite Devonshire Arms on Station Street, won’t be served.
from 13 February
D&G Bus routes
- Service 85 (Newcastle - Nantwich) will have a minor service revision, affecting the morning Marshfield to Crewe journey only.
from 20 February
Chaserider routes
- Service 1 (Huntington - Great Wyrley) will have minor timetable revisions.
- Service 3 (Cannock - Brownhills) will have minor timetable revisions.
- Service 63 (Cannock - Rugeley) will have minor timetable revisions.
- Service 74 (Cannock - Stafford) will have minor timetable revisions.
- New service 405 will operate half hourly Monday to Saturday between Uttoxeter town centre and Olive Park.
- Service 432 (Stafford - Eccleshall) will have minor timetable revisions.
- Service 826 (Stafford - Lichfield) will have minor timetable revisions.
- Service 841 (Stafford - Uttoxeter) will have a revised timetable.
National Express WM route
- Service X3 (Lichfield - Birmingham) will have a revised timetable between 20 and 24 February only.
from 22 February
National Express WM route
- Service 4 (Wolverhampton - i54) will have a revised route in Wolverhampton due to roadworks
from 27 February
D&G Bus routes
- Service 100 (Stone - Hanley) will have minor timetable revisions.
from 28 February
National Express WM route
- Service 25 (Wolverhampton - Pendeford) will have a revised route in Wolverhampton due to roadworks
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From 1 January
Chaserider routes
- Service 60 (Cannock - Lichfield) will have slight timetable revisions.
- Service 70 (Cannock - Wolverhampton) will have a revised timetable and service 70A will have a revised route.
- Service 71 (Cannock - Wolverhampton) will have a revised timetable and will only serve Cannock to Essington on Saturdays.
D&G Bus routes
- Service 8A (Endon - Hanley) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 32/32A/32X (Uttoxeter - Hanley) will have a revised timetable.
National Express West Midlands routes
- Service 5 (Codsall - Wolverhampton) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 6 (Walsall - Sutton Coldfield) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 15 (Merry Hill - Wolverhampton) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 16 (Stourbridge - Wolverhampton) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 25 (Wolverhampton - i54) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 937 will operate between Brownhills and Birmingham only and no longer serve Chasetown and Boney Hay.
- Service X3 (Birmingham - Lichfield) will have a revised timetable.
- Service X51 (Cannock - Birmingham) will have a revised timetable.
From 3 January
Aimee’s Travel routes
- Service 109 (Leek – Macclesfield) will have a revised route and timetable.
- Services 165 / 166 (Leek town circulars) will have a revised route and timetable.
Arriva Midlands routes
- Service 5/5A/5E (Stafford - Telford) will have minor timetable revisions.
- New service 11 will operate half hourly Monday to Saturday between Tamworth town centre and Dunstall Park.
- Service 110 (Tamworth - Birmingham) will have a revised timetable.
From 4 January
- Crewe Bus station will be temporarily closed so services 85 (D&G Bus, Newcastle - Nantwich) and 3/3A (First Potteries, Crewe - Hanley) will operate a revised route in Crewe.
From 7 January
First Potteries route
- Service 25 (Keele - Hanley) will have a revised timetable for the start of Keele university term.
From 14 January until 17 May - road closure in Blythe Bridge
- Uttoxeter Road in Blythe Bridge will be closed from the level crossing to Cheadle Road. First Potteries service 6A will terminate at Grindley Lane.
From 30 January
Select Bus routes
- Service 7 (Stafford - Moss Pit) will have a revised timetable.
- Service 9 (Stafford - Highfields) will have a revised route and timetable.
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This is a summary of the bus services operating over this period. Please contact Traveline 0871 2002233) or the bus operator for more detailed information, including exact last journey times.
Monday 19 to Friday 23 December
Normal Monday to Friday School holiday services will operate, except:
- National Express West Midlands services will operate a modified Monday to Friday timetable.
Christmas Eve
A Saturday service will operate, except:
- High Peak services 441/442 will operate a Monday to Friday timetable.
- Most National Express West Midlands services will operate a modified timetable with reduced afternoon frequencies.
Most evening services will finish early, except:
- Most National Express West Midlands services will continue until around 10pm.
Christmas Day
No bus services.
Boxing Day
No services, except:
- Chaserider AV2 service from Cannock to Aston Villa FC.
- Most National Express West Midlands services in Staffordshire will operate a modified Sunday service, except service 25 which won't operate.
Bank Holiday Tuesday 27 December
A normal Sunday service will operate, except:
- D&B Bus service 100 will operate a Saturday timetable.
- Moorlands Connect won’t operate.
Wednesday 28 to Friday 30 December
Normal Monday to Friday services will operate on:
- All Aimee’s Travel services..
- Ashbourne Community Transport service 411.
- Border Car Dial-a-Ride service.
- Chaserider services 1 and 10.
- D&G Bus services 33, 35, 93 and 318.
- Diamond East Midlands services 1 and 20.
- Moorlands Connect Dial-a-Ride service.
- Select Bus services 11/11A, 23/23A, 36, 67, 103 and 104.
- Stanton’s of Stoke services 60 and IN2.
- Trent Barton service X38 on 28 December and 29 December
A Saturday service will operate on:
- All Arriva Midlands services.
- All Chaserider services, except 1 and 10.
- D&G Bus services 1/1A, 8A, 9, 16, 32X, 85, 94, 100 and 108.
- Diamond Bus services 76/76A/76B and 125.
- Diamond East Midlands services 2, 6, 10, 11, 17, 18, 21. 22, 31, 32, 402/402A/403, 406 and X12.
- High Peak services 441/442.
- All National Express West Midlands services, except 10/10A/10B(Perton)
- Select Bus services 7, 8/8A, 9, 12, 242, 875 and 875A
- All Stagecoach services
- Trent Barton services Swift, Villager and V3 on 28 December to 30 December and service X38 on 30 December.
No service will operate on:
- D&G Bus services 32/32A and 94A/94B.
- Diamond Bus service 580.
- Diamond East Midlands service 4.
Special timetables will operate as follows:
- An enhanced Saturday service will operate on Diamond East Midlands services 8, 9, 12/12E and 401.
- An enhanced Saturday service will operate on First Potteries services.
- A modified Monday to Friday service will operate on National Express West Midlands services 10/10A/10B(Perton).
- Select Bus service 878 will operate hourly between Brewood and Wolverhampton, and also Saturday journeys into Stafford.
New Year’s Eve
A Saturday service will operate on all routes.
Most evening services will finish early, except:
- All National Express West Midlands services will operate a full Saturday timetable.
- Trent Barton service X38 will operate a full Saturday timetable.
New Year’s Day
No Services, except:
- First Potteries special service for Stoke City FC.
- All National Express West Midlands services will operate a Sunday timetable.
Bank Holiday Monday 2 January
A normal Sunday service will operate, except
- D&B Bus service 100 will operate a Saturday timetable.
- Moorlands Connect won’t operate.
From Tuesday 3 January
Normal services will resume.