More places served by new city bus services

The council hopes the extra services will help improve transport links in the city

New bus services have been introduced in Stoke-on-Trent in a bid to improve the city’s transport links.

One new bus route will run between Tunstall and Hanley from next Monday while more journeys have been added to existing services, including during the evening and on Sundays.

They are part of Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s bus service enhancement scheme, which has been funded by £31.6m from the Department for Transport (DfT).

Councillor Finlay Gordon-McCusker said improving the city’s transport was a “key priority” for the authority.

“Now we want to build on our commitment to improving public transport in the city by putting on even more new services which will make it easier for residents to get to work, college, their jobs and our city centre,” he said.

The new services brought in by the city council are:

• Service 6A (Blythe Bridge – Meir Park – Meir – Longton – City Centre) – additional early morning buses on weekdays, operated by First Potteries

• Service 9A (Tunstall – Mill Hill – Bradeley – City Centre) – a new service operating every 30 minutes during the daytime Monday to Saturday, operated by D&G Bus, starting on 11 November

• Service 11 (Longton – Stoke – Newcastle) – later evening buses on the Longton to Newcastle section of route on Mondays to Saturdays, operated by D&G Bus

• Service 19/19A (City Centre – Sneyd Green) – will now serve Cobridge Health Centre, providing a direct link along Leek New Road to and from the Sneyd Green area, operated by Stantons of Stoke

• Service 21 (City Centre – Stoke – Trentham) – new hourly Sunday service operated by First Potteries

• Service 22 (Longton – Blurton – Trentham – Royal Stoke University Hospital – Newcastle) – a new hourly Sunday service, operated by First Potteries with further buses later into the evenings on Mondays to Saturdays run by D&G Bus

• Service 43 (City Centre – Milton – Baddeley Green) – new hourly Sunday service operated by First Potteries