Changes to bus services

from 1 November  

• National Express WM service 5 (Codsall - Wolverhampton) will have a revised timetable.
   
• First Potteries service 7A (Biddulph - Hanley) will have a revised timetable, and evening journeys will be cancelled. D&G service 7A will have a revised route and timetable with additional evening journeys.
   
• First Potteries service 9 (Newcastle - Fegg Hayes) will be cancelled. D&G service 9 (Biddulph - Clayton) will have a revised timetable with additional evening and Sunday journeys.
   
• Diamond Bus service 21 (Burton - Swadlincote) will have a revised route and timetable and will no longer serve Stapenhill or Linton, which will be served by the new Bus Link service 20.
   
• Chaserider service 25 (Pendeford - Wolverhampton) will have a revised timetable.
   
• D&G Bus service 32A (Uttoxeter - Stoke) will change to the Winter timetable.
   
• First Potteries services 38 / 38A / 39 / 39A (Kidsgrove - Newcastle circulars) will have revised timetables.
   
• Service 40A (Hanley - Wedgwood) will be operated by D&G Bus with a revised route and timetable.
   
• New First Potteries service 51 will operate an off-peak Monday to Saturday service between Hanley and Wolstanton
   
• Bus Link service 401 (Burton - Tutbury) will be cancelled.
   
• Bus Link service 402 (Burton - Uttoxeter) will have minor timetable changes and the 1920 journey from Uttoxeter will be withdrawn.
   
• Chaserider 432 (Stafford - Eccleshall) will return to the original route and timetable following the re-opening of Creswell Grove.
   
• First Potteries 501 (Wolstanton - Stoke) will be cancelled and replaced by new service 51.
   
• National Express WM service X3 (Lichfield - Birmingham) will have a revised timetable.
   
• Albatross Coaches service X80 (Derby - Alton Towers) will operate on 2nd November, departing Alton Towers at 1615, and on 6th, 7th and 8th November, departing Alton Towers at 1715 and 2015, only.

from 2 November

• New Bus Link service 20 will operate a half hourly Monday to Saturday service between Burton, Stapenhill, Swadlincote and Linton.
   
• Stanton’s of Stoke service 51 (Wolstanton - Hanley) will operate an increased frequency.
   

from 29 November

• New Chaserider Sunday service 63A will operate hourly between Cannock, Hednesford and Rugeley.

from 23 October 

• The junction at Acorn Inn, Rough Hay is due to re-open. Services 10S, 809, 403A, 402, 810 and 832 will return to the normal route and timetable.

from 26 October 

• New Stanton’s of Stoke service 51 will operate one return journey Monday to Friday between Hanley and Wolstanton Retail Park. 

from 31 October

• Arriva Midlands services 2 (Tamworth - Gilway) will have a revised timetable.
   
• Arriva Midlands services 3 (Tamworth - Coton Green) will have a revised timetable.
   
• Arriva Midlands services 4 (Tamworth - Silverlink) will be cancelled. Leyland Road will be served by service 6. Silverlink Road will be served by service 5.
   
• Arriva Midlands services 5 (Tamworth - Amington) will have a revised route and timetable and will serve Silverlink Road.
   
• Arriva Midlands services 5 / 5A (Stafford - Telford) will have a revised timetable.
   
• Arriva Midlands services 6 (Tamworth - Nuneaton) will have a revised route and timetable. The route will terminate at Ventura Park rather than Dunstall Park and some journeys will divert to serve Leyland Road.
   
• Arriva Midlands service 7 / 7A / 7E (Tamworth - Stonydelph) will have a revised route around Stonydelph and a revised timetable.
   
• Arriva Midlands service 8 (Tamworth - Hockley) will have a revised evening timetable.
   
• New Arriva Midlands service 9 will operate an hourly, off-peak service between Tamworth and Amington Garden village.
   
• Arriva Midlands service 10 (Tamworth - Ventura Park) will be cancelled.
   
• Arriva Midlands service 765 (Tamworth - Lichfield) will have a revised route and timetable. Some journeys will operate via Ventura Park and Dunstall Park.
   
• Arriva Midlands service X38 (Burton - Derby) will have a revised timetable.
   
• Arriva Midlands service X65 (Tamworth - Lichfield) will have a revised timetable.

from 1 September

• Chaserider service 1 (Huntington - Great Wyrley) will have minor timetable revisions.
   
• D&G Bus services 1 / 1A (Audley - Meir) will have minor timetable revisions.
   
• Chaserider service 5 (Codsall - Wolverhampton) will have minor timetable changes in Whitmore Reans.
   
• D&G Bus service 7 (Kidsgrove - Hanley) will have a revised timetable.
   
• D&G Bus service 7A (Biddulph - Hanley) will have minor timetable revisions.
   
• D&G Bus services 8A (Endon - Hanley) will have minor timetable revisions.
   
• New Select Bus service 9S will operate a return trip on schooldays between Colwich, Great Haywood, Hixon and Weston Road Academy.
   
• Service 18 is a new Monday to Saturday service between Perton and Codsall, operated by National Express WM. This service will operate half hourly Monday to Friday and hourly on Saturdays.
   
• Chaserider service 25 (Wolverhampton - Pendeford) will have minor timetable revisions and a route change in Wolverhampton.
   
• Aimee’s Travel service 30A (Leek - Cheadle) will have a revised route and timetable, it will now operate as a circular route continuing from Cheadle back to Leek via Cheddleton in the mornings and starting from Leek via Cheddleton to Cheadle in the afternoons.
   
• D&G Bus services 32/32A/32X (Uttoxeter - Hanley) will have minor timetable revisions.
   
• D&G Bus services 34 (Newcastle - Bradwell) will have minor timetable revisions.
   
• D&G Bus service 35 (Newcastle - Chesterton) will have a revised route and timetable.
   
• Chaserider service 60 (Lichfield - Cannock) will have a revised Sunday timetable.
   
• Service 64 (Hanley - Market Drayton) will be operated by D&G Bus with timetable and slight route revisions.
   
• Chaserider service 74 (Stafford - Cannock) will have minor timetable revisions.
   
• D&G Bus services 94 (Newcastle - Congleton) will have minor timetable revisions.
   
• D&G Bus service 95 (Biddulph - Audley) will have a revised route and timetable and no longer serve Wood Lane.
   
• D&G Bus service 102 (Stone - Swynnerton / Norton Bridge) will have a revised route and timetable with additional school journeys from Stone to Eccleshall.
   
• Services 103/104 (Stone - Eccleshall/Barlaston) will be operated by Carolean Coaches. 
   
• D&G Bus services 104 (Newcastle - Hanley) will have minor timetable revisions.
   
• Service 151 is a new hourly, Monday to Saturday service between Stone and Rugeley, serving Aston Lodge, Burston, Sandon, Weston, Hixon and Great Haywood. This will be a 12-month trail service operated by Chaserider.
   
• Select Bus 812 (Coven - Wolgarston) will have a revised timetable.
   
• Chaserider services 826 / 828 / 828A (Stafford - Lichfield) will have a revised Monday to Saturday timetable. 
   
• Chaserider services 828A (Stafford - Rugeley) will have minor timetable revisions.
   
• Select Bus service 875 (Stafford - Cannock) will have a slight timetable and route change with some journeys diverting to serve Rodbaston College.
   
• Select Bus service 876 (Stafford - Wolverhampton) will have a slight timetable and route change with the 1201 bus from Wolverhampton diverting to serve Rodbaston College on Wednesdays.
   
• Select Bus service 878 (Stafford - Coven) will have a revised route and timetable.
   
• New Select Bus service 880 will operate a return trip on schooldays between Wheaton Aston, Bishops Wood, Brewood, Coven and Wolgarston High School.
   
• D&G Bus service A (Stone - Aston Lodge) will be cancelled. Aston Lodge will instead be served by the new Chaserider service 151 between Stone and Rugeley.
   
• D&G Bus service K (Chesterton - Keele) will have a revised timetable with less frequent journeys on Saturdays and during Keele University holidays.
   
• Seasonal Arriva Midlands Service DM1 (Birmingham - Drayton Manor Park) finishes.
   

• Seasonal Arriva Midlands Service TZ2 (Lichfield - Twycross Zoo) finishes.

   

from 1 September to 23 October – Acorn Inn roadworks

• The junction at Acorn Inn, Rough Hay will be closed for roadworks. Services 10S, 809, 810 and 832 will be operating a revised route and timetable during this period. Services 402A and 403 will divert via Anslow. Details and timetables are available on the Bus Link website: https://www.buslink.uk/news

on 6 September only

• Chaserider service 828 (Stafford - Lichfield) will operate a revised timetable leaving 5 minutes later from Stafford.

from 13 September

• Service 828 (Stafford - Lichfield) will be operated by Carolean Coaches on Sundays with a revised timetable.

from 26 September to 1 November

• Albatross Bus service X80 (Derby - Alton Towers) will operate additional journeys during Scarefest.