St Helens Service Changes - April 2023
Following a short period of consultation, we can now confirm the changes to the St Helens network, which will take place on Sunday 16 April 2023.
Please see below for details of changes and any relevant information on alternative options. Links to timetables will be added as they are completed.
Service | Operator | To - From | Overview of Confirmed Change |
12 | Huyton Travel | St Helens – Ravenhead Retail Park | Operator Change (Sundays) |
17 | Arriva (daytime) & Huyton Travel (eve & Sundays) | Chain Lane - St Helens - Widnes | Evenings & Sundays revised to match Arriva commercial registration to serve Locketts Road, Widnes & operate via Chalon Way West & Chalon Way East |
Eves & Sun frequency Chain Lane to St Helens Town Centre – 120 mins | |||
St Helens Town Centre – Widnes- Hourly | |||
Timetables revised | |||
28 | Hattons | St Helens Circular via Blackbrook & St Helens Hospital | Working with operator to improve service & possibly re-route to enable more patronage |
29 | Huyton Travel | St Helens Town Centre – Rainhill Station | New service introduced to replace withdrawn 39A |
Evening & Sunday link between Rainhill Station, Clock Face Road, St Helens Hospital, Jackson Street and St Helens Town Centre. | |||
33 | Huyton Travel | St Helens – Sutton Heath Circular | Operator Change (evenings only) |
35/35A | Huyton Travel | St Helens – Gillars Green | Operator Change (evenings & Sundays) |
37 | Huyton Travel | St Helens – Eccleston Circular | Sunday Service withdrawn |
38A | Arriva | St Helens – Rainford Circular | Operator Change. Evenings & Sundays frequency increased to every 60 minutes |
39 | Huyton Travel | St Helens – Newton-le-Willows | Extended to terminate at Newton-le-Willows Rail Station (previously terminated at Newton Hospital). |
Operates of an evening & Sunday – replacing withdrawn 141 service. | |||
Evening & Sunday service will not serve Jackson & Gaskell Street – new 29 route will serve Jackson Street | |||
39A | Huyton Travel | St Helens – Rainhill Station | Withdrawn – replaced by 29 |
60 | Huyton Travel | St Helens Circular | Revision to timetable |
137 | Huyton Travel | St Helens - Billinge | 15:04 trip rerouted to assist with school patronage from St Augustine’s High School. |
Implemented from January 2023 and will replace withdrawn 748 service. | |||
141 | Huyton Travel | St Helens - Earlestown | Withdrawn – replaced by 39 |
152 & 315 | Huyton Travel | St Helens – Southport via Ormskirk | Revised 152 service to operate from St Helens to Rainford, Ormskirk and terminate at Southport. |
Joint service with Lancashire that will replace withdrawn 315 service. | |||
153 | Huyton Travel | St Helens – Eccleston Circular | Operator change |
152 & 157 | Peoples Bus | Rainford - Ashton | Operator Change |
156 | Huyton Travel | Garswood – St Helens | Operator Change |
0758 journey from Garswood withdrawn. Frequency improved to hourly. | |||
289 | Huyton Travel | St Helens - Prescot | Operator Change |
315 | Lancashire CC | Southport - Ormskirk | Service merged with 152. |
329 | Arriva | St Helens - Warrington | Evening service introduced |
602 | Huyton Travel | Newton - Ashton | Frequency increased to every 60 minutes |
360 | Arriva | Warrington - Wigan | Times changed throughout |
654 | Peoples | Newton-le-Willows – St Edmund Arrowsmith & Byrchall | Operator Change |
654 | MD Bus & Coach | St Edmund Arrowsmith & Byrchall - Wargrave | Introduce new afternoon service to mirror morning service. |
700 | Hattons | Prescot – Rainhill High School | Operator Change |
708 | Stagecoach | Prescot Bus Station – Rainhill High School | Operator Change |
713 | Arriva | Queen’s Park Primary School | Withdrawn – no patronage |
705 | Ogdens | Parish Primary School | Withdrawn – no patronage |
757 | Stagecoach | Cowley High – Longridge | Revised to depart at 15:30 and extend to terminate at Merton Bank Road |
706 | Stagecoach | Merton Bank – Cowley College | Operator Change |
706 | Peoples Bus | Longridge – Cowley College | Operator Change |
706 | Peoples Bus | Cowley College – Merton Bank Road | Operator Change & retimed to depart at 1530 |
708 | Stagecoach | Rainhill High School – Prescot Bus Station | Operator Change |
709 | Huyton Travel | Rainhill High School – Toll Bar | Operator Change |
710 | Huyton Travel | Toll Bar – Rainhill High | Operator Change |
710 | Huyton Travel | Rainhill High School – Toll Bar | Operator Change |
715 | Stagecoach | Allanson Street – Berrys Lane | Operator Change |
716/726 | Stagecoach | Lowfield Lane - Cowley High School | Operator Change |
717 | Stagecoach | Clinkham Wood – Holy Cross Primary | Operator Change |
719 | Stagecoach | Thatto Heath – St Cuthbert’s High | Operator Change |
719 | Stagecoach | St Cuthbert’s High School – Elephant Lane | Afternoon route extended to Elephant Lane to mirror morning service and at request of school. |
Operator Change | |||
720 | Stagecoach | Clock Face Road – St Cuthbert’s High School | Operator Change |
720 | Stagecoach | St Cuthbert’s High – Clock Face | Operator Change |
720 | Stagecoach | St Cuthbert’s High – New Street | Operator Change |
722 | Peoples | Hope Academy – West End Road | Operator Change |
725 | Peoples | Newton-le-Willows – Hope Academy | Operator Change |
716/726 | Stagecoach | Cowley High – Elton Head Road | Rerouted to mirror morning service and renumbered to 726 |
Operator Change | |||
733 | Stagecoach | Thatto Heath – Sutton Academy | Operator Change |
733 | Stagecoach | Sutton Academy – Thatto Heath | Operator Change |
741 | Peoples | Carmel College – Newton Station | Operator Change |
742 | Huyton Travel | Platt Bridge – Carmel College | Operator Change |
742 | Peoples Bus | Carmel College – Platt Bridge | Operator Change |
743 | Huyton Travel | News Lane – De La Salle / Carmel College | Operator Change |
743 | Huyton Travel | Carmel College – Ormskirk Road | Operator Change |
743 | Stagecoach | De La Salle High – News Lane | Operator Change |
748 | Hattons | Trent Road – St Augustine’s High | Operator Change |
750 | Huyton Travel | Rainhill Stoops – De La Salle High | Operator Change |
751 | Stagecoach | Delph Lane – De La Salle High | Operator Change |
751 | Huyton Travel | De La Salle High – Warrington Road | Operator Change |
752 | Huyton Travel | Lunt Heath – De La Salle High | Operator Change |
752 | Huyton Travel | De La Salle High – Rainhill Stoops | Operator Change |
753 | Stagecoach | Rainhill Stoops – De La Salle High | Operator Change |
753 | Stagecoach | De La Salle High – Scholes Lane | Operator Change |
754 | Stagecoach | Sutton Manor – De La Salle / Rainford High | Operator Change |
754 | Stagecoach | De La Salle High / Rainford High – Sutton Manor | Operator Change |
755 | Stagecoach | Bold, The Pastures – De La Salle High | Operator Change |
757 | Hattons | Alfred Street – Cowley College | Operator Change |
757 | CumfyBus | Cowley College – St Helens Town Centre | Will not be renewed from April 2023 – a 706 renumbered to 757 and will terminate at Merton Bank Road |
760 | Hattons | Clinkham Wood – Cowley College | Operator Change |
760 | Stagecoach | Cowley College – Clinkham Wood | Operator Change |
774 | Peoples | Thatto Heath – Hope Academy | Operator Change |
774 | Peoples | Outwood Academy – Thatto Heath | Operator Change |
781 | Hattons | Billinge – Rainford High School | Operator Change |
781 | Stagecoach | Rainford High - Billinge | Operator Change |
782 | Huyton Travel | Rainford High School - Billinge | Operator Change |
783 | Stagecoach | Moss Bank – Rainford High | Operator Change |
783 | Stagecoach | Rainford High – Moss Bank | Operator Change |
784 | Stagecoach | Merton Bank – Rainford High | Operator Change |
784 | Stagecoach | Rainford High – Merton Bank | Operator Change |
786 | Peoples | Bickerstaffe Street – Rainford High | Operator Change |
786 | Peoples | Rainford High – Bickerstaffe Street | Operator Change |
787 | Stagecoach | Hard Lane – Rainford High | Operator Change |
787 | Stagecoach | Rainford High – Hard Lane | Operator Change |
791 | Huyton Travel | Knowsley Road – Rainford High | Operator Change |
791 | Stagecoach | Rainford High – Eccleston Park | Operator Change |
792 | Stagecoach | Gillars Green – Rainford High | Operator Change |
792 | Stagecoach | Rainford High – Gillars Green | Operator Change |
793 | Stagecoach | Toll Bar – Rainford High | Operator Change |
794 | Stagecoach | Dentons Green – Rainford High | Operator Change |
794 | Stagecoach | Rainford High – Dentons Green | Operator Change |