Wardle Transport service updates from 29 July 2013
Wardle Transport monitors its services at regular intervals, during recent monitoring the need to introduce changes to its network of local bus services has been highlighted.
Here is a summary of the changes to existing services being introduced from Monday 29 July 2013
Service 30: Hanley – Bradwell
Service withdrawn.
Service 61: Hanley - Bradeley - Tunstall
Service will be revised to operate as service 19 between Hanley and Bradeley along with new service 91 replacing the northern part of existing service 61 which will extend to Newcastle via Furlong Road, Tunstall and Wolstanton.
Service 62: Hanley - Ball Green - Norton - Tunstall
Will be replaced by new services 42 and 90. 42 will operate from Ball Green to Hanley and beyond to serve Stoke on Trent College, Staffordshire University, Stoke Rail Station, Sixth Form College, Stoke, Hospitals and Newcastle. Service 90 will operate via the existing route 62 between Ball Green and Tunstall.
Service 69: Hanley - Middleport - Tunstall
Replaced by an extension of service 86 although on a reduced frequency there will be no Saturday service.
Service 350: Hanley - Newport
Service withdrawn
We will be introducing the following New & Revised Services from 29 July 2013:
Service 14: Hanley - Bucknall
Partly replaces recently withdrawn service 80 between Bucknall Estate and Hanley. Buses are diverted from Ruxley Road to Twigg Street.
Service 16: Hanley – Leek
Service retimed to provide a regular hourly frequency daytime Monday to Saturday.
Service 19: Hanley - Bradeley Village
New service to replace southern part of existing service 61 with additional running time to ensure a reliable service is maintained.
Service 27: Coalville - Longton
A revised route will be introduced between Longton and Weston Coyney Road serving Forrister Street area of Meir Hay Estate. The number of journeys operated will be reduced in line with demand.
Service 33: Newcastle - Westlands
A revised and simplified route and timetable will be introduced for the benefit of local bus users. We’re pleased to introduce additional resources and an improved frequency to ensure a reliable service is maintained.
Service 40: Birches Head – Hanley
A new 30 minute off peak service covering Birches Head Road area will be introduced, together service 40 and service 41 provide a 15 minute frequency between Hanley and Birches Head Estate albeit via different routes.
Service 41: Birches Head - Hanley - UHNS - Newcastle - Clayton
A revised timetable will be introduced to provide a regular frequency throughout the daytime Monday to Saturday. Together services 41 and 42 provide a 15 minute daytime frequency between Hanley, Stoke Station, Hospitals and Newcastle.
Service 42: Ball Green - Hanley - UHNS - Newcastle
This new service replaces the southern part of service 62 and extends beyond Hanley to serve Colleges, Stoke Rail Station, Hospitals and Newcastle offering through links from Ball Green, Norton, Milton and Abbey Hulton areas. Together services 41 and 42 provide a 15 minute frequency between Hanley, Stoke Station, Hospitals and Newcastle.
Service 46: Blurton - Longton - Hanley
Service 46 introduces a new 30 minute frequency providing links between Blurton Estate, Longton, Stoke Station and Hanley in one route.
Service 47: Langland Drive - Longton
Simplified route, underused journeys withdrawn.
51 Longton - Meir
Underused journeys withdrawn.
58 Hanley - Newcastle
0830 and 1530 ex Hanley journeys will run on School Holidays only.
86 Biddulph - Brindley Ford – Tunstall
Revised to run between Brindley Ford - Tunstall - Middleport and Hanley with a reduced frequency replacing service 69. Saturday service withdrawn.
90 Tunstall - Ball Green
New service to replace northern part of existing 62 but with reduced service in line with demand.
91 Newcastle - Bradeley Village
New service introduced to replace northern part of existing 61 and extended to serve Tunstall - Wolstanton and Newcastle.
92 Newcastle - Porthill
New service running along common route with service 91 between Newcastle and Porthill providing a 15-minute off peak frequency on Mondays to Fridays.
X50 Hanley – Derby
Feedback from customers has highlighted the need to divert X50 via Longton. Off peak Hanley-Uttoxeter journeys are replaced by new service X51 running between Hanley – Longton and Cheadle. Service X51 provides replacement journeys to services 7/7A which are withdrawn from August.
Service X51: Hanley – Longton - Cheadle
New service replacing some journeys on service X50 between Hanley and Uttoxeter and also service 7 between Cheadle and Longton and service 7A between Team – Draycott and Longton. Both services X50 and X51 will serve Blythe Bridge, Meir Park, Meir, Longton, Stoke Railway Station and Colleges.