On this page, you'll find details of future bus service changes.
When a bus operator tells us they are changing a service and the change has been agreed by The Traffic Commissioner, or when we are changing a Merseytravel supported bus service, we'll list it on this page.
This is a live page and service details can change, please check back for up-to-date information.
We've grouped service changes by area, please scroll down the list to see if your service is changing.
| Route | Changes | Timetable |
| Routes 1 and X1 Liverpool - Chester | Weekday, Saturday and Sunday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service. Last bus to be extended to Bromborough all week | 1 and X1 |
| Routes 4 and 4A Liverpool ONE - Dingle/Sefton Park circulars | Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 4 and 4A |
| Route 19 Liverpool - Gillmoss, Croxteth, Kirkby or Kirkby Admin | Weekday and Saturday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service. Due to the additional running time in the AM and PM peaks the service frequency reduced in places from 12 minutes and 15 minutes. | 19 |
| Route 53 Liverpool - Crosby | Sunday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 53 |
| Routes 54 and 54A Liverpool - Thornton | Weekday, Saturday and Sunday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service. Weekday, School Day only, 3 afternoon journeys re-routed along Moor Lane, Crosby, to avoid congestion on Chesterfield Road at school times. On school holidays journeys will follow normal route. | 54 and 54A |
| Routes 55 Liverpool - Old Roan | Saturday, Journeys departing Liverpool 5 mins later | 55 and 55D |
| Routes 58 and 58A Liverpool - Netherton | Route amended to serve Commutation Row inbound and outbound | 58 and 58A |
| Route 60 Bootle - Aigburth Vale | Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 60 |
| Routes 61, 61A and 61B Bootle - Aigburth Vale | Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 61 |
| Route 61 Liverpool - Halton Hospital | Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 61 Halton |
| Route 62 Allerton (Penny Lane) - Bootle (North Park) | Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 62 |
| Route 75 Liverpool - Halewood | Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 75 |
| Route 76 Liverpool - Halewood | Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 76 |
| Route 78 Halewood - Liverpool | Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 78 |
| Routes 79 and 79C Liverpool - Halewood or Murdishaw | Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 79 and 79C |
| Routes 80 and 80A Liverpool - Speke or John Lennon Airport | Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 80 and 80A |
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Routes 81 and 81A Bootle - Speke or John Lennon Airport |
Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 81, 81A and 881 |
| Route 82 Liverpool - Liverpool South Parkway or Speke | Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 82 |
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Route 82A Liverpool - Murdishaw |
Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 82A |
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Routes 86, 86A and 86C Liverpool - Cildwall, Garston, Liverpool South Parkway or Liverpool John Lennon Airport |
Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service, Timetables back to being the same Monday to Friday, currently there is a different Friday timetable compared to Monday to Thursday. | 86, 86A and 86C |
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Routes 121, 214 and 215 Aintree Station - Broadway and Cavendish Drive or Aintree Hospital to Lavender Way |
Services transferred from Cumfy Bus to Huyton Travel, linked to April tender round award | 121, 214 and 215 |
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Route 135 Aintree Station - Bootle |
Services transferred from Cumfy Bus to Huyton Travel, linked to April tender round award | 135, 136 and 235 |
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Route 144 Bootle - Litherland circular |
Weekday & Saturday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 144 |
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Route 217 Bootle or Kirkby Bus Station to Huyton or Halewood |
Weekday daytime, Journey times revised across the daytime timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 217 and 217A |
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Route 239 Prescot - Broadgreen Hospital circular |
Services transferred from Cumfy Bus to Hattons, linked to April tender round award | 239 |
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Routes 245, 246 and 247 Huyton circulars |
Services transferred from Cumfy Bus to Huyton Travel, linked to April tender round award | 245, 246 and 247 |
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Route 297 St Helens - Kirkby |
Service transferred from Cumfy Bus to Hattons, linked to April tender round award | 297 |
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Route 345 Liverpool - Waddicar or Kirkby Merseyrail Station |
Route amended to serve Commutation Row inbound and outbound. Saturday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 345 |
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Route 500 Liverpool John Lennon Airport - Liverpool circular |
Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 500 |
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Route 800 Speke - Liverpool Freeport |
Weekday, Journey times revised and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 800 |
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Route 827 Old Swan - Kirkby |
Services transferred from Cumfy Bus to Huyton Travel, linked to April tender round award | 827 |
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Route 838 Hunts Cross - Liverpool Freeport |
Services transferred from Cumfy Bus to Peoples Bus (Tender Round) - Retimed to be 15 minutes Earlier | 838 |
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Route 870 Old Swan - Huyton Industrial Estate |
Services transferred from Cumfy Bus to Huyton Travel, linked to April tender round award | 870 |
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Route 898 Page Moss - Kirkby Admin circulars |
Updated 23 March 2024: Following the recent public engagement carried out on the 898 service (AM Journeys) operated by Huyton Travel, we are pleased to advise that the service will be maintained until 19th May 2024. We will update you in the coming weeks if the service will be maintained past the 19th of May 2024. |
To be confirmed |
| Route | Changes | Timetable |
| Route 725 Prescot Road - Maricourt School | Weekday, Journey times revised and given more running time to improve reliability on the serviceMaricourt | Maricourt Catholic High School from 21 April 2024 |
| Route 737 Seaforth Station - Maghull High School | Weekday, PM Journey times revised to improve reliability on the service | Maghull High School from 21 April 2024 |
| Route | Changes | Timetable |
| Routes 28 and 28A St Helens - Blackbrook circular and St Helens - Haydock Industrial Estate |
Updated 23 March 2024: Following the recent public engagement carried out on the 28/28A service operated by Hattons, we are pleased to advise that the service will be maintained until 19th May 2024. We will update you in the coming weeks if the service will be maintained past the 19th of May 2024. |
To be confirmed |
| Route 297 | Service transferred from Cumfy Bus to Hattons, linked to April tender round award | 297 |
| Route | Changes | Timetable |
| Route 787 City Road - Rainford High School | Weekday, PM Journey times revised to improve reliability on the service | Rainford High School from 21 April 2024 |
| Route 733 Sutton Academy Leisure Centre - Thatto Heath | The afternoon 733 journey now starts at Sutton Academy Leisure Centre, Internal Road at 1445, times are unchanged. |
Sutton Academy from 21 April 2024 |
| Route | Changes | Timetable |
| Routes 1 and X1 Liverpool - Chester | Weekday, Saturday and Sunday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service. Last bus to be extended to Bromborough all week | 1 and X1 |
| Routes 38 and 38A West Kirby - New Ferry, Bromborough, Mill Park or Eastham Ferry | Weekday and Saturday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 38, 38A and 38B |
| Routes 41 and 42 Eastham Rake - Arrowe Park Hospital | Weekday, Journey times revised across the timetable and given more running time to improve reliability on the service | 41 and 42 |
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