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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.

Liverpool

 

16 April 2023

 

Route Changes Timetable
Routes 1 and X1  Liverpool - Chester

Route 1: Times are changed Mondays to Saturdays.
Sundays are unchanged.
Route X1: Times are changed Mondays to Saturdays.
Sundays from Chester are also changed.

 1 and X1
Routes 8, 8E and 9  Liverpool - Huyton circulars

Monday to Saturday - times are changed throughout.

 8, 8E and 9
Routes 10, 10A, 10B and 10S  Liverpool - St Helens or Huyton or Prescot

Arriva route 10: Times changed throughout.
Arriva route 10A: Times are changed throughout.
Stagecoach route 10A: Monday to Saturday times are changed throughout. Sundays are unchanged.
Routes 10B and 10S: No Change.

 10, 10A, 10B and 10S
Routes 12 and 13  Liverpool Stockbridge Village circulars 

Routes 12 and 13: Mondays to Fridays minor changes to some journeys.
Saturdays and Sundays times are changed.

 12 and 13
Route 15 Liverpool - Huyton

The Monday to Friday 0809 journey from Huyton is retimed to 0804 and operates 5 minutes earlier along
the route.

 15
Routes 17, 17A and 17X  Liverpool - Aontree University Hospital or Kirkby

Times have changed Mondays to Saturdays.
Sundays unchanged.
17 journeys that operate through to, or within, Kirkby are now renumbered 17A.

 17, 17A and 17X
Route 18 Liverpool - Croxteth Park circular

Journeys are retimed throughout.

 18
Routes 20 and 20X  Liverpool Tower Hill or Kirkby Admin

Times are changed throughout.
Additionally Saturday daytime services are decreased to every 20 minutes.

 20
Route 21  Liverpool - Northwood

Times are changed throughout.
Additionally Saturday daytime services are decreased to every 20 minutes.

 21
Route 53  Liverpool - Crosby

Arriva: Unchanged.
Stagecoach: Mondays to Saturdays times (between 1400 and 1900 hours) are changed.

 53
Route 61 Liverpool - Halton Hospital

Mondays to Fridays: unchanged.
Saturdays and Sundays: times are changed throughout, however journey start times are unchanged.

 61
Routes 79 and 79C  Liverpool - Halewood or Murdishaw

Route 79: No change.
Route 79C: Monday to Friday times are unchanged. Saturday and Sunday times are changed throughout.

 79 and 79C
Route 82A

The Monday to Friday journeys are unchanged. Saturday and Sunday journeys are retimed throughout.

 82A

 


12 March 2023

 

Route Changes Timetable
Routes 897, 898 and 899  Huyton Industrial Estate - Kirkby Admin and Page Moss - Kirkby Admin

Route 897: No change.
Route 898: The 0530 Sunday journey from Page Moss now departs at 0520 and runs 10 minutes earlier throughout. No other journeys are affected.
Route 899: No change.

 897, 898 and 899



 

Southport

16 April 2023

 

Route Changes Timetable
Route 2

Minor timing changes Mondays - Fridays.
Saturdays and Sundays unchanged.

 2
Route X2  Liverpool - Preston

The 1505, 1600, 1651 and 1721 journeys from Bootle Strand to Preston are retimed along the whole route.
The 1926 journey from Liverpool to Preston is retimed along the whole route.
The 0633 journey from Preston to Liverpool now departs 10 minutes earlier at 0623, retimed along route.
The 0815 journey from Preston to Liverpool now departs 5 minutes earlier at 0810, retimed along route to Southport only.
The 1712 journey from Penwortham Library to Liverpool now departs 3 minutes later at 1715 and is retimed along the route.
The 0726 journey from Southport to Liverpool now departs 10 minutes earlier at 0716, retimed along route.

 X2
Route 315  Southport Ormskirk

This service is withdrawn but replaced by the 152 service which operates between Southport, Ormskirk and St Helens

 152



St Helens

16 April 2023

Due to the extensive nature of the changes in the St Helens area a seperate page has been created. Please use the following link: St Helens Service Changes

 

 

Wirral

16 April 2023

 

Route Changes Timetable
Routes 1 and X1  Liverpool - Chester

Route 1: Times are changed Mondays to Saturdays.
Sundays are unchanged.
Route X1: Times are changed Mondays to Saturdays.
Sundays from Chester are also changed.

 1 and X1



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