Arriva North West
Encyclopedia
Arriva North West is a division of Arriva
Arriva
Arriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom. It has bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus operations in 12 countries across Europe, employs more than 47,500 people and services over 1.5 billion passenger journeys each...

 that operates bus services around North West England
North West England
North West England, informally known as The North West, is one of the nine official regions of England.North West England had a 2006 estimated population of 6,853,201 the third most populated region after London and the South East...

. It consists of two companies: Arriva North West Ltd and Arriva Merseyside Ltd.

Arriva North West as an operating division (distinct from the registered company Arriva North West Ltd) came into being in its present form in January 2009, when Arriva Buses Wales
Arriva Buses Wales
Arriva Buses Wales is a division of Arriva that operates bus services in north Wales. It has its origins in the former Crosville Motor Services. Arriva Buses Wales has approximately 700 employees. The company's official name is Arriva Cymru Ltd.-History:...

 was separated out from Arriva North West and Wales, although it had existed as an operating division between 1997 and 2002.

Arriva North West has a fleet of buses numbering just under 1,000.

History

Arriva North West was originally formed following the split of Ribble Motor Services
Ribble Motor Services
Ribble Motor Services was a large regional bus operator in the North West of England, based in Preston. The company was started in 1919, and grew to be the largest operator in the region, with a territory stretching from Carlisle to south Lancashire...

 in readiness for privatisation in 1986, with the operations in Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...

, West Lancashire
West Lancashire
West Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk. The other town in the borough is Skelmersdale....

 and Wigan
Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total...

 operating as North Western
North Western Road Car Company (1986)
The North Western Road Car Company Ltd was a former bus operator based in Liverpool, England. The company operated between 1986 and 1998.- History :...

. The name was taken from the former North Western
North Western Road Car Company (1923)
The North Western Road Car Company was a bus company located in Stockport, England. Formed in 1923 from the existing bus services of the British Automobile Traction Company Limited operations based in Macclesfield, the new company grew to operate bus services in five counties The North Western...

 operations, which ran between 1923 and 1976. The current North Western operations were taken over by Drawlane (who would later be re-named as British Bus) in 1988, who would also took over the operations of the Bee Line Buzz Company, who ran services in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

. In 1996, British Bus was bought by the Cowie Group, which subsequently became Arriva
Arriva
Arriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom. It has bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus operations in 12 countries across Europe, employs more than 47,500 people and services over 1.5 billion passenger journeys each...

, with services re-named as Arriva North West in 1998.

In February 2000, the company acquired MTL Trust Holdings, which created a larger presence in the Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...

 area and more than doubling the size of the company. In 2002, Arriva North West merged with Arriva Cymru and re-named as Arriva North West and Wales. Three former Arriva Midlands
Arriva Midlands
Arriva Midlands is a division of Arriva. It operates bus services around the Midlands area of England and is made up of various previous bus operators.-Arriva Midlands North:...

 depots in Crewe
Crewe
Crewe is a railway town within the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the urban area had a population of 67,683...

, Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town within the unitary authority of Cheshire East, the county palatine of Chester, also known as the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The population of the Macclesfield urban sub-area at the time of the 2001 census was 50,688...

 and Winsford
Winsford
Winsford is a town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies on the River Weaver south of Northwich and west of Middlewich, and grew around the salt mining industry after the river was canalised in the...

 were transferred into the North West & Wales operation, although the depot at Crewe was closed in December 2005.

Arriva expanded more in July 2005 by taking over Blue Bus of Bolton
Blue Bus of Bolton
Blue Bus and Coach Services Ltd was a large independent bus company serving the area of Greater Manchester. The company operated within the area covered by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive, as well as areas of Lancashire and Merseyside...

, which almost doubled their presence in Greater Manchester. In January 2009, the Wales operation was split from Arriva North West as Arriva Buses Wales
Arriva Buses Wales
Arriva Buses Wales is a division of Arriva that operates bus services in north Wales. It has its origins in the former Crosville Motor Services. Arriva Buses Wales has approximately 700 employees. The company's official name is Arriva Cymru Ltd.-History:...

 with the Arriva North West name resurrected for the North West England operations.

Although the company is officially known as Arriva North West, some operations were originally registered under alternative Arriva names. Former Bee Line operations were registered as Arriva Manchester, some Liverpool operations and, slightly confusingly, the former Blue Bus operations were registered as Arriva Liverpool. As of Autumn 2011 a large proportion of services in Merseyside remain registered under the separate Arriva Merseyside Ltd licence.

Operating centres

The company has depots in:
  • Birkenhead
    Birkenhead
    Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite the city of Liverpool...

     - Laird Street.
  • Bolton
    Bolton
    Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...

     - Folds Road.
  • Bootle
    Bootle
    Bootle is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England, and a 'Post town' in the L postcode area. Formally known as Bootle-cum-Linacre, the town is 4 miles  to the north of Liverpool city centre, and has a total resident population of 77,640.Historically part of...

     - Hawthorne Road.
  • Liverpool
    Liverpool
    Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

     (Stoneycroft
    Stoneycroft
    Stoneycroft is an area of inner-city Liverpool, England and part of the Tuebrook and Stoneycroft and Old Swan wards.-Description:Stoneycroft is a small residential district of Liverpool located to the east of city. Liverpool's inner ring-road, Queens Drive, runs past Stoneycroft and creates a...

    ) - Green Lane.
  • Macclesfield
    Macclesfield
    Macclesfield is a market town within the unitary authority of Cheshire East, the county palatine of Chester, also known as the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The population of the Macclesfield urban sub-area at the time of the 2001 census was 50,688...

     - Lyme Green - Gaw End Lane. (Now regarded as an outstation of Winsford
    Winsford
    Winsford is a town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies on the River Weaver south of Northwich and west of Middlewich, and grew around the salt mining industry after the river was canalised in the...

    )
  • Manchester
    Manchester
    Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

     - St Andrew's Square (near Manchester Piccadilly station
    Manchester Piccadilly station
    Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. It serves intercity routes to London Euston, Birmingham New Street, South Wales, the south coast of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow Central, and routes throughout northern England...

    ).
  • Runcorn
    Runcorn
    Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port within the borough of Halton in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In 2009, its population was estimated to be 61,500. The town is on the southern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form Runcorn Gap. Directly to the north...

     - Beechwood.
  • St Helens
    St Helens, Merseyside
    St Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100,000, part of an urban area with a total population of 176,843 at the time of the 2001 Census...

     - Jackson Street.
  • Speke
    Speke
    Speke is an area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, close to the boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. It is south east of the city centre and to the west of the town of Widnes....

     (Liverpool
    Liverpool
    Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

    ) - Shaw Road (sometimes referred to as Woodend Avenue).
  • Southport
    Southport
    Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. During the 2001 census Southport was recorded as having a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England...

     - Canning Road.
  • Winsford
    Winsford
    Winsford is a town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies on the River Weaver south of Northwich and west of Middlewich, and grew around the salt mining industry after the river was canalised in the...

     - Road Four, Winsford Industrial Estate.
  • Wythenshawe
    Wythenshawe
    Wythenshawe is a district in the south of the city of Manchester, England.Formerly part of the administrative county of Cheshire, in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a massive housing estate there in the 1920s to resolve the problem of its inner...

     (Manchester
    Manchester
    Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

    ) - Greeba Road, Roundthorn Industrial Estate.


Past depots, now closed or sold, have included:
  • Crewe
    Crewe
    Crewe is a railway town within the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the urban area had a population of 67,683...

     - Delamere Street (closed December 2005)
  • Gillmoss
    Gillmoss
    Gillmoss is an area in north Liverpool, Merseyside, England, located between Croxteth, Fazakerley and Kirkby.-Description:Gillmoss is a predominantly industrial area with little residential housing although pockets exist around the East Lancashire Road, and parts have been described as a 'ghost...

     - East Lancashire Road (sold to Glenvale Transport in July 2001, in response to a Competition Commission requirement)
  • Huyton
    Huyton
    Huyton is a suburb of Liverpool within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, with some parts belonging to the borough of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Urban Area and has close associations with its neighbour, Roby, having both formerly been part of the Huyton with...

     - Wilson Road (closed 2006)
  • Skelmersdale
    Skelmersdale
    Skelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, England. It lies on high-ground on the River Tawd, to the west of Wigan, to the northeast of Liverpool, south-southwest of Preston. As of 2006, Skelmersdale had a population of 38,813, down from 41,000 in 2004. The town is known locally as Skem.The...

     - Neverstitch Road (closed 23 July 2011)
  • Warrington
    Warrington
    Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens...

     - Athlone Road (closed February 2002)

Cheshire

No. From To Via Depot Notes
1 Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town within the unitary authority of Cheshire East, the county palatine of Chester, also known as the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The population of the Macclesfield urban sub-area at the time of the 2001 census was 50,688...

Forest Cottage Macclesfield depot
1
1E
Weaverham
Weaverham
right|thumb|200px|Map of civil parish of Weaverham within former borough of Vale RoyalWeaverham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. Just off the A49, it is just to the west of Northwich and south of the River...

Rudheath
Rudheath
right|thumb|200px|Map of civil parish of Rudheath within the former borough of Vale RoyalRudheath is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, approximately 2 miles east of Northwich.This...

Northwich
Northwich
Northwich is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane...

Winsford depot
1
2
Halton Lea
Halton Lea
Halton Lea is a medium-sized covered shopping centre located in Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is the main shopping area in Runcorn. It was the centrepiece of the New Town of Runcorn and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972.-History:...

Runcorn
Runcorn
Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port within the borough of Halton in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In 2009, its population was estimated to be 61,500. The town is on the southern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form Runcorn Gap. Directly to the north...

Castlefields, Windmill Hill, Norton Village, Murdishaw, Palacefields Runcorn depot Circular routes
2
2A
Macclesfield Weston (Cheshire)
Weston, Cheshire
Weston is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 3 miles to the south east of Crewe. The parish also includes the small settlements of Carters Green, Gorsthill, Rose Hill, Snape, Stowford and part of...

Earlsway Macclesfield depot
3 Macclesfield Weston (Cheshire) Earlsway Macclesfield depot
3A
3C
Halton Lea Weston (Halton) Halton Brook, Runcorn railway station
Runcorn railway station
Runcorn railway station is in the town of Runcorn in the unitary authority of Halton in the north west of England. The station lies on the Liverpool branch of the West Coast Main Line between Weaver Junction & and is operated by Virgin Trains...

, Weston Point
Runcorn depot
3B Halton Lea Runcorn High Street Weston Point & Village Runcorn depot
4 Macclesfield Upton Priory Prestbury Road Macclesfield depot
4 Northwich Barnton
Barnton
Barnton is a civil parish and village in the north-west of England, just outside the town of Northwich, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire...

Winnington
Winnington
Winnington is a small, mainly residential area of the town of Northwich in Cheshire, England.-Industry:Winnington is the home to Brunner Mond UK chemical works, where soda ash is created. Polythene, the material used in many plastic items , was first made at the chemical works by R.O. Gibson and...

Winsford depot
5
6
Macclesfield Weston (Cheshire) Earlsway, Upton Priory Macclesfield depot Circulars
6 Liverpool Queen Square Huyton
Huyton
Huyton is a suburb of Liverpool within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, with some parts belonging to the borough of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Urban Area and has close associations with its neighbour, Roby, having both formerly been part of the Huyton with...

 Elizabeth Road
Edge Lane, Bowring Park, Huyton, Cronton, Penketh Green Lane depot
Warrington Bus Station
6
6E
Leighton Hospital
Leighton Hospital
Leighton Hospital is a hospital located in the town of Crewe in the county of Cheshire, England. Together with Victoria Infirmary, Northwich, it forms part of the Mid Cheshire Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust.-Level of care:...

Shavington Crewe
Crewe
Crewe is a railway town within the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the urban area had a population of 67,683...

Winsford depot
7A Liverpool Queen Square Warrington Bus Station Edge Lane, Broadgreen Hospital
Broadgreen Hospital
Broadgreen Hospital is a large teaching hospital located on Thomas Drive, in the suburb of Broadgreen, Liverpool, England, part of the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust...

, Dovecot, Page Moss, Woolfall Heath, Huyton, Cronton, Penketh
Green Lane depot Evening/Sundays only
8 Crewe Wistaston
Wistaston
Wistaston is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in north-west England. It is approximately west of Crewe town centre and east of Nantwich town centre...

 Green
Winsford depot
8
8E
9
9E
Liverpool James Street Huyton Kensington, Old Swan, Knotty Ash, Longview Green Lane depot Circulars
9 Macclesfield Moss Rose Estate Parkgate Road Macclesfield depot
10
10A
Macclesfield Bollington
Bollington
Bollington is a small rural town and civil parish in the county of Cheshire, , England, in the unitary authority of Cheshire East. It is located east of Prestbury. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield., and the ancient parish of Prestbury...

Tytherington
Tytherington, Cheshire
Tytherington near Macclesfield in Cheshire, England is now a residential area. It was once very much a rural setting, with its own stone mansion named 'Tytherington Hall' or 'House', built by the wife of William Brocklehurst in the 19th century...

Macclesfield depot
14 Macclesfield Langley
Langley, Cheshire
Langley is a semi-rural village in the county of Cheshire, England, on the River Bollin, near Macclesfield and Macclesfield Forest.Langley Mill, founded by William Smith in 1826, became the biggest silk printing, dyeing and finishing works in the world...

Sutton
Sutton, Macclesfield
Sutton Lane Ends or Sutton is a semi-rural village and civil parish that is situated roughly a mile south of Macclesfield; it includes the hamlets of Gurnett and Jarman. Sutton is in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England...

, Lyme Green
Macclesfield depot
15 Murdishaw Runcorn High Street Runcorn East railway station
Runcorn East railway station
Runcorn East railway station serves the eastern suburbs of Runcorn in Cheshire, England and offers trains to Warrington and Manchester and to Chester and North Wales....

, Windmill Hill, Astmoor
Runcorn depot Monday-Friday am peak only
21
21A
Macclesfield Hurdsfield Macclesfield depot Circulars routes
21 Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...

 Bus Station
Halton Hospital Mickle Trafford
Mickle Trafford
Mickle Trafford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It includes the area known as Plemstall. In 2004 the population of the civil parish was estimated to be 2,140, although the 2001 census recorded...

, Dunham Hill, Helsby
Helsby
Helsby is a large village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. At the 2001 Census, Helsby had a population of 4,701.-Geography:...

, Frodsham
Frodsham
Frodsham is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Its population is 8,982. It is approximately south of Runcorn, 16 miles south of Liverpool, and approximately south-west of Manchester...

, Beechwood, Halton Lea
Runcorn depot
29 Northwich Over, St John's Moulton Winsford depot
31
31E
Northwich Crewe Moulton
Moulton, Cheshire
thumb|right|200px|Map of civil parish of Moulton within the former borough of Vale RoyalMoulton is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and near the centre of the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, situated south of Northwich and north of...

, Winsford, Leighton Hospital
Winsford depot
32B Runcorn Halton Lea Runcorn High Street Beechwood Runcorn depot Limited Monday-Saturday service
37
37E
Northwich Crewe Moulton, Winsford, Sandbach
Sandbach
Sandbach is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The civil parish contains four settlements; Sandbach itself, Elworth, Ettiley Heath and Wheelock....

Winsford depot
38 Crewe Macclesfield Haslington
Haslington
Haslington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies about 2 miles north-east of the much larger railway town of Crewe and approximately 4 miles south of Sandbach...

, Winterley
Winterley
Winterley and Wheelock Heath are two small, adjoining, villages in the civil parish of Haslington, Cheshire, England. A small part of Wheelock Heath is in the town and civil parish of Sandbach.-Geography:...

, Wheelock, Sandbach, Arclid
Arclid
Arclid is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is about two miles east of Sandbach and five miles west of Congleton. The parish had a population of 199 according to the 2001 census....

, Congleton
Congleton
Congleton is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Dane, to the west of the Macclesfield Canal and 21 miles south of Manchester. It has a population of 25,750.-History:The first settlements in...

, Lower Heath, Eaton
Eaton, Macclesfield
Eaton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census, the population of the civil parish was 289. Congleton is the nearest large town.-External links:...

, Gawsworth
Gawsworth
Gawsworth is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is one of the eight ancient parishes of Macclesfield Hundred. Twenty acres of the civil parish were transferred to Macclesfield civil parish in 1936The country houses...

Macclesfield depot
79C Liverpool Queen Square Murdishaw Picton Road, Childwall, Belle Vale, Hough Green, Widnes, Runcorn High Street, Halton Lea Runcorn depot Continues to Paradise Street; AM/PM Peak Times, Evenings, Sundays
82A Liverpool Paradise Street Runcorn Halton Hospital Brunswick, Riverside Drive, Aigburth Vale, Garston, Speke, Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is an international airport serving the city of Liverpool and the North West of England. Formerly known as Speke Airport, RAF Speke, and Liverpool Airport the airport is located within the City of Liverpool adjacent to the estuary of the River Mersey some southeast...

, Halebank, Widnes, Runcorn Train Station, Runcorn High Street, Halton Lea
Runcorn depot
84 Chester Crewe Littleton, Tarvin, Duddon, Tarporley, Calveley, Nantwich, Willaston, Wells Green, Vicars Cross Winsford depot
84
85
Winsford
Winsford
Winsford is a town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies on the River Weaver south of Northwich and west of Middlewich, and grew around the salt mining industry after the river was canalised in the...

Winsford Industrial Estates High Street, Wharton Winsford depot Limited Monday - Friday peak service
110 Murdishaw Warrington Interchange Brookvale, Palacefields, Halton Lea, Castlefields, Runcorn High Street, Runcorn Rail Station, Widnes
Widnes
Widnes is an industrial town within the borough of Halton, in Cheshire, England, with an urban area population of 57,663 in 2004. It is located on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. Directly to the south across the Mersey is the town of Runcorn...

, Green Oaks, Cuerdley Cross, Penketh, Sankey Bridges
Runcorn depot Monday to Saturday Service
Whitehouse
110 Murdishaw Warrington Interchange Runcorn East railway station
Runcorn East railway station
Runcorn East railway station serves the eastern suburbs of Runcorn in Cheshire, England and offers trains to Warrington and Manchester and to Chester and North Wales....

, Windmill Hill, Castlefields, Halton Lea, Halton Brook, Runcorn High Street, Runcorn railway station
Runcorn railway station
Runcorn railway station is in the town of Runcorn in the unitary authority of Halton in the north west of England. The station lies on the Liverpool branch of the West Coast Main Line between Weaver Junction & and is operated by Virgin Trains...

, Widnes, Cuerdley, Penketh, Sankey, Warrington Hospital
Runcorn Depot Sunday Daytime Service
130 Macclesfield Manchester Piccadilly Monks Heath, Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,409....

, Wilmslow
Wilmslow
-Economy:Wilmslow is well known, like Alderley Edge, for having many famous residents, notably footballers, stars of Coronation Street and rich North West businessmen. The town is part of the so-called Golden Triangle in the north west together with Alderley Edge and Prestbury...

, Handforth
Handforth
Handforth is a suburban area situated between Wilmslow, Heald Green, and Styal in Cheshire, England. Travelling south from Manchester, Handforth is the first place in Cheshire, although other areas nearer Manchester lie within the historic boundaries of the county.In the 1950s, two overspill...

, Cheadle
Cheadle, Greater Manchester
Cheadle is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. It borders the districts of Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green and Cheadle Heath in Stockport, and the East Didsbury area of Manchester. As of 2001 it had a population of 14,261.-Early history:There has...

, East Didsbury, Burnage
Macclesfield / Manchester depots
329 St Helens Warrington Interchange Parr, Collins Green, Burtonwood
Burtonwood
Burtonwood and Westbrook is a civil parish in the outermost suburbs of Warrington in Cheshire, England. Historically within Lancashire, the name Burtonwood is known worldwide as the location of the former RAF Station Burtonwood military camp. Burtonwood village itself is a few miles away from the...

, Winwick Road
St Helens depot
360 Warrington Wigan Winwick Road, Newton-le-Willows, Lowton
Lowton
Lowton is a village, part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is around from Leigh and south of Wigan. The settlement lies across the A580 East Lancashire Road....

, Golborne
Golborne
Golborne is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.It lies south-southeast of Wigan, northeast of Warrington and to the west of the city of Manchester. It has a population of 23,119....

, Edge Green, Bamfurlong, Abram, Platt Bridge, Spring View, Ince-in-Makerfield
Bolton depot
X30 Chester Bus Station Warrington Interchange Mickle Trafford, Dunham Hill, Helsby, Frodsham, Sutton Weaver, Beechwood, Halton Lea, Halton Hospital, Daresbury Runcorn depot
X1 Liverpool ONE Bus Station Runcorn, Windmill Hill Aigburth Vale, Speke, Garston, Runcorn Town Centre, Castlefields, Halton Lea, Halton Hospital, Murdishaw Runcorn Depot Limited Stop Service. 30 mins Mon - Sat daytime, Hourly Evenings and Sundays.


Some Arriva services in Cheshire are run by Arriva Buses Wales.

Greater Manchester

No. From To Via Depot Notes
10 Brookhouse Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

 Shudehill
Shudehill Interchange
Shudehill Interchange, known locally as just Shudehill, is a transport interchange located between Manchester Victoria station and the Northern Quarter in Manchester.It comprises a Manchester Metrolink station and a bus station.-Bus station:...

Peel Green
Peel Green
Peel Green is a district, which along with Patricroft and Barton upon Irwell forms the western end of the town of Eccles, in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England and lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire...

, Eccles
Eccles, Greater Manchester
Eccles is a town in the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England, west of Salford and west of Manchester city centre...

, Salford Royal Hospital, Pendleton
Pendleton, Greater Manchester
Pendleton is an inner city area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is about from Manchester city centre. The A6 dual carriageway skirts the east of the district....

, Lower Broughton
Manchester depot
16
16A
Manchester Piccadilly Altrincham
Altrincham
Altrincham is a market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on flat ground south of the River Mersey about southwest of Manchester city centre, south-southwest of Sale and east of Warrington...

Oxford Road, Moss Side, Chorlton
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Chorlton-cum-Hardy is a suburban area of the city of Manchester, England. It is known locally as Chorlton. It is situated about four miles southwest of Manchester city centre. Pronunciation varies: and are both common....

, Stretford, Sale
Sale, Greater Manchester
Sale is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, the town lies on flat ground on the south bank of the River Mersey, south of Stretford, northeast of Altrincham, and southwest of the city of Manchester...

, Ashton-upon-Mersey
Manchester depot Service 16A only runs from Manchester. Evening and Sunday journeys run by Finglands
18 Trafford Centre
Trafford Centre
The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and leisure complex situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, close to the Trafford Park industrial estate and approximately 5 miles from Manchester city centre. It is the highest valued shopping centre in the...

Altrincham Stretford, Sale
Sale, Greater Manchester
Sale is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, the town lies on flat ground on the south bank of the River Mersey, south of Stretford, northeast of Altrincham, and southwest of the city of Manchester...

, Sale Moor, Baguley, Wythenshawe
Wythenshawe
Wythenshawe is a district in the south of the city of Manchester, England.Formerly part of the administrative county of Cheshire, in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a massive housing estate there in the 1920s to resolve the problem of its inner...

, Manchester Airport, Manchester Airport Cargo Centre, Halebarns
Wythenshawe depot
19 Altrincham Manchester Airport Ashton-upon-Mersey, Sale, Sale Moor, Baguley, Wythenshawe Hospital, Wythenshawe Wythenshawe depot
19 Clifton Junction Trafford Park
Trafford Park
Trafford Park is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Located opposite Salford Quays, on the southern side of the Manchester Ship Canal, it is west-southwest of Manchester city centre, and north of Stretford. Until the late 19th century it was the...

Swinton, Eccles Manchester depot Early weekday mornings
31 Farnworth Manchester Shudehill Little Hulton
Little Hulton
Little Hulton is a village—effectively a suburb—within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies south of Bolton, west-northwest of Salford, and west-northwest of Manchester...

, Walkden
Walkden
Walkden is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It is west-northwest of Salford, and west-northwest of Manchester....

, Pendleton
Manchester depot TfGM contracted Sunday daytime service
34 St Helens Leigh
Leigh, Greater Manchester
Leigh is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Wigan, and west of Manchester. Leigh is situated on low lying land to the north west of Chat Moss....

Earlestown
Earlestown
Earlestown forms the western part of Newton-le-Willows, a town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 10,274.-History:...

, Newton-le-Willows
Newton-le-Willows
Newton-le-Willows is a small market town within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is situated about midway between the cities of Manchester and Liverpool, to the east of St Helens, to the north of Warrington and to the south of...

, Lowton
St Helens depot
42A Reddish Millgate Lane Heaton Chapel, East Didsbury Manchester depot TfGM contracted Sunday daytime service
61
62
Eccles Westwood Park Monton
Monton
Monton is an area of Eccles in the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England.-Geography and administration:It was administered by the municipal borough of Eccles in the administrative county of Lancashire until its abolition in 1974...

Manchester depot. Circular services. TfGM contracted service
63 Brookhouse Manchester Piccadilly Eccles, Ordsall
Ordsall, Greater Manchester
Ordsall is an inner city area of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated chiefly to the south of the A57 road and close to the River Irwell, the main boundary with the city of Manchester...

Manchester depot. TfGM contracted service
64
65
Eccles Peel Green Patricroft Station, Winton, Barton Bridge Manchester depot. Circular services. TfGM contracted service
69 Eccles Stretford Ellesmere Park
Ellesmere Park
Ellesmere Park is an area of Eccles, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, Ellesmere Park today is an affluent, predominantly residential area.- History:Ellesmere Park grew up around the turn of the 20th century...

, Pendleton, Salford Quays
Salford Quays
Salford Quays is an area of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, near the end of the Manchester Ship Canal. Previously the site of Manchester Docks, it became one of the first and largest urban regeneration projects in the United Kingdom following the closure of the dockyards in...

, Trafford Bridge
Manchester depot. TfGM contracted service
70 Clifton Junction Salford Royal Hospital
Manchester Shudehill (Sundays)
Swinton
Swinton, Greater Manchester
Swinton is a town within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. Located on the A6 road it stands on gently sloping ground on the southwest side of the River Irwell, and within the bounds of the orbital M60 motorway. It is west-northwest of Salford, and west-northwest of Manchester...

, Monton, Eccles, Salford Royal Hospital, Pendleton (Sundays), Ordsall (Sundays)
Manchester depot. TfGM contracted service
71
73
Clifton Junction Manchester Shudehill Swinton, Pendleton, Ordsall Manchester depot. TfGM contracted service
72 Clifton Pendleton Pendlebury
Pendlebury
Pendlebury is a suburban town in the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies to the northwest of Manchester city centre, northwest of Salford, and southeast of Bolton....

, Swinton, Irlams o' th' Height
Irlams o' th' Height
Irlams o' th' Height is an area of Pendleton, in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the extremity of the City of Salford metropolitan district boundary, and stands next to Swinton and Pendlebury...

Manchester depot TfGM contracted service
74
75
Pendleton Agecroft Irlams o' th' Height
Irlams o' th' Height
Irlams o' th' Height is an area of Pendleton, in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the extremity of the City of Salford metropolitan district boundary, and stands next to Swinton and Pendlebury...

, Agecroft Cemetery
Manchester depot. Circular services. TfGM contracted service
84 Chorlton Arrowfield Road Manchester Piccadilly Chorlton centre, Trafford Bar Manchester depot TfGM Monday-Saturday evening contracted service. Main Monday-Saturday daytime and Sunday service is operated by Stagecoach Manchester
130 Macclesfield Manchester Piccadilly Monks Heath, Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,409....

, Wilmslow
Wilmslow
-Economy:Wilmslow is well known, like Alderley Edge, for having many famous residents, notably footballers, stars of Coronation Street and rich North West businessmen. The town is part of the so-called Golden Triangle in the north west together with Alderley Edge and Prestbury...

, Handforth
Handforth
Handforth is a suburban area situated between Wilmslow, Heald Green, and Styal in Cheshire, England. Travelling south from Manchester, Handforth is the first place in Cheshire, although other areas nearer Manchester lie within the historic boundaries of the county.In the 1950s, two overspill...

, Cheadle
Cheadle, Greater Manchester
Cheadle is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. It borders the districts of Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green and Cheadle Heath in Stockport, and the East Didsbury area of Manchester. As of 2001 it had a population of 14,261.-Early history:There has...

, East Didsbury, Burnage
Macclesfield / Manchester depots
138 Bury
Bury
Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, east of Bolton, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northwest of the city of Manchester...

Manchester Shudehill Pilsworth
Pilsworth
Pilsworth is a small area in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is most notable for Park 66, a leisure park that consists of a ten-pin bowling alley, an Asda superstore and a selection of restaurants such as Pizza Hut, McDonalds, Frankie & Benny's and Chiquito...

, Hollins, Unsworth
Unsworth
Unsworth is a residential area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It is seven miles north of the city of Manchester and four miles south of Bury.-History:...

, Heaton Park
Heaton Park
Heaton Park, covering an area variously reported as , 247 hectares, , over and is the biggest park in Greater Manchester, England and one of the biggest municipal parks in Europe. The park comprises the grounds of a Grade I listed, neoclassical 18th century country house, Heaton Hall...

, Broughton
Broughton, Greater Manchester
Broughton is an inner city area of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Irwell and A56 road, in the northeastern part of the City of Salford, north-northwest of Manchester city centre and south of Prestwich. Broughton consists of Broughton Park, Higher...

Bolton depot. TfGM evening contracted service. Sunday daytime service is operated by First Manchester
First Manchester
First Manchester is one of the bus companies serving Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. It forms part of FirstGroup, a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America...

156 St Helens Garswood
Garswood
Garswood is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England, within a civil parish called Seneley Green.-History:Historically within Lancashire, Garswood is from Old English wudu "wood" with an uncertain first element...

Sankey Village St Helens depot. Merseytravel contracted evening/Sunday service
Ashton-in-Makerfield
Ashton-in-Makerfield
Ashton-in-Makerfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is situated south of Wigan, north-northwest of Warrington and west of the city of Manchester. In 2001 it had a population of 28,505....

 (Evening/Sundays)
245 Flixton Altrincham Trafford General Hospital, Urmston, Stretford, Sale, Sinderland (Evenings/Sundays) Wythenshawe depot. Monday-Saturdays financially supported by TfGM. Sunday journeys operated by JPT
JP Travel
JP Travel, sometimes known as JPT or Jpt Bus Company, is a bus company based at Middleton in Greater Manchester, England. The company is owned by Janet and Peter Walsh and runs local services in the North Manchester area. The JP in JP Travel forms the initials of their first names.-History:The...

.
247 Eccles Altrincham Barton Bridge, Trafford Centre, Davyhulme, Trafford General Hospital, Flixton, Carrington
Carrington, Greater Manchester
Carrington is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Cheshire, the village is west of Greater Manchester Urban Area, and is the site of a large gas and chemical works, which produce gases by fractional distillation of...

, Partington
Wythenshawe depot
263
264
Altrincham Manchester Piccadilly (263) Sale, Stretford, Old Trafford, Hulme
Hulme
Hulme is an inner city area and electoral ward of Manchester, England. Located immediately south of Manchester city centre, it is an area with significant industrial heritage....

 (263), University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...

 (263)
Manchester depot 264 runs at peak times
Manchester Shudehill (264)
273 Rawtenstall
Rawtenstall
Rawtenstall is a town at the centre of the Rossendale Valley, in Lancashire, England. It is the seat for the Borough of Rossendale, in which it is located. The town lies 18 miles north of Manchester, 22 miles east of the county town of Preston and 45 miles south east of Lancaster...

Bolton Edenfield
Edenfield
Edenfield is a village within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. Lying on the River Irwell, it is around north of Ramsbottom, south of Rawtenstall, and west of Norden, and has a total population of 2,080....

, Ramsbottom
Ramsbottom
Ramsbottom is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on the course of the River Irwell, in the West Pennine Moors. Historically within Lancashire, it is located north-northwest of Bury, and north-northwest of Manchester...

, Holcombe Brook, Hawkshaw
Hawkshaw, Greater Manchester
Hawkshaw is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it has a population of around 1,000 people. The village has a small shop and 2 pubs called The Red Lion and The Waggon and Horses....

, Bradshaw
Bradshaw, Greater Manchester
Bradshaw is suburb of the unparished area of South Turton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies on the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors.-History:...

, Tonge Moor
Bolton depot TfGM contracted service. Sundays only. Monday-Saturday service run by Rossendalebus
Rossendale Transport
Rossendale Transport is a bus operator running within the Borough of Rossendale and into surrounding areas, including Rochdale, Bury, Manchester, Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn and Todmorden...

293 Little Hulton Trafford Park Walkden, Worsley, Eccles Manchester depot TfGM contracted service
320 St Helens Wigan
Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total...

Blackbrook, Haydock, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Bamfurlong, Platt Bridge
Platt Bridge
Platt Bridge is a settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester England, two miles south of Wigan town centre along the spine of the A573 road. Historically part of Lancashire, the area is now a residential suburb of Wigan. The first mention of Platt Bridge in documents...

, Ince-in-Makerfield
Ince-in-Makerfield
Ince-in-Makerfield, usually known just as Ince is a district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.Ince is contiguous to Wigan and serves as a residential suburb of Wigan, Being divided locally by a train line into two separate areas - Higher Ince and Lower Ince,...

St Helens depot
352 St Helens Wigan Haresfinch, Moss Bank, Billinge, Higher End, Orrell, Pemberton St Helens depot
360 Warrington Wigan Winwick Road, Newton-le-Willows, Lowton
Lowton
Lowton is a village, part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is around from Leigh and south of Wigan. The settlement lies across the A580 East Lancashire Road....

, Golborne
Golborne
Golborne is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.It lies south-southeast of Wigan, northeast of Warrington and to the west of the city of Manchester. It has a population of 23,119....

, Edge Green, Bamfurlong, Abram, Platt Bridge, Spring View, Ince-in-Makerfield
Bolton depot
362 Wigan Chorley
Chorley
Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, in North West England. It is the largest settlement in the Borough of Chorley. The town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry...

 Interchange
Standish
Standish, Greater Manchester
Standish is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is located on the A49 road between the towns of Chorley and Wigan, a short distance from Junction 27 of the M6 motorway....

, Shevington Moor, Coppull Moor, Coppull
Coppull
Coppull is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is part of the borough of Chorley, lies around above sea level and has a population of around 7,600. It is bounded by Whittle Brook, Clancutt Brook, the River Yarrow, Eller Brook, Hic-Bibi Brook and Stars Brook...

Bolton / St Helens depots
370 Altrincham Stockport
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...

Timperley
Timperley
Timperley is a village within the Altrincham area, of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. Situated within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, Timperley is approximately seven miles southwest of Manchester....

, Baguley Tesco, Northern Moor
Northern Moor
Northern Moor is an area of northern Wythenshawe in south Manchester in England, west of Northenden, north of Wythenshawe Park. Its name was formerly spelt "Northen Moor", i.e. "the moor area belonging to Northenden"....

, Northenden
Northenden
Northenden is a suburban area and electoral ward of the city of Manchester in North West England. It lies on the south side of both the River Mersey and the M60 motorway, west of Stockport and south of Manchester city centre. Northenden is bounded by the districts of Didsbury, Gatley and...

, East Didsbury
Wythenshawe depot. TfGM Monday-Saturday evening service. Monday-Saturday daytime service is operated by Stagecoach Manchester, Sunday service is operated by JPT
375
385
395
Southport (375/385) Wigan Scarisbrick (375/385), Bescar (375), Ormskirk, Old Skelmersdale, Skelmersdale, Tanhouse (395), Orrell
Orrell, Greater Manchester
Orrell is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The area is contiguous to the town of Wigan itself and the centre of the district is situated to the west of the town centre...

, Pemberton
Southport depot
484 Salford Royal Hospital Prestwich Eccles
Eccles, Greater Manchester
Eccles is a town in the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England, west of Salford and west of Manchester city centre...

, Swinton, Pendlebury
Pendlebury
Pendlebury is a suburban town in the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies to the northwest of Manchester city centre, northwest of Salford, and southeast of Bolton....

, Heaton Park
Heaton Park
Heaton Park, covering an area variously reported as , 247 hectares, , over and is the biggest park in Greater Manchester, England and one of the biggest municipal parks in Europe. The park comprises the grounds of a Grade I listed, neoclassical 18th century country house, Heaton Hall...

Manchester depot TfGM contracted service. One morning journey runs to/from Whitefield
507 Bolton
Bolton
Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...

Harwood
Harwood, Greater Manchester
Harwood is a suburb to the north-northeast of Bolton, Greater Manchester, bordering Bury in North West England.-History:The township was recorded as Harewode in 1212 and 1302. The manor which included Bradshaw, was part of the Manchester fee held by the Grelleys in the Middle Ages. In 1212 it was...

Tonge Moor, Bradshaw
Bradshaw, Greater Manchester
Bradshaw is suburb of the unparished area of South Turton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies on the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors.-History:...

Bolton depot. TfGM evening contracted service. Daytime service is operated by First Manchester
510 Bolton Bury Withins, Ainsworth
Ainsworth, Greater Manchester
Ainsworth is a small village—effectively a suburb—within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the western fringe of Bury, northwest of Radcliffe, and east of Bolton...

, Starling, Walshaw
Walshaw
Walshaw is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It is to the south of Tottington and 2 miles northwest of Bury...

Bolton depot. TfGM evening/Sunday contracted service. Monday-Saturday daytime service is operated by First Manchester
519 Bolton Johnson Fold Chorley Old Road Bolton depot. TfGM evening contracted service. Daytime service is operated by First Manchester
534 Bolton Oldhams Estate Astley Bridge Bolton depot
535 Bolton Belmont
Belmont, Lancashire
Belmont is a village in Lancashire, England. It is close to Winter Hill between the towns of Bolton and Darwen. It has around 500 inhabitants and lies within the civil parish of North Turton in the unitary authority area of Blackburn with Darwen.-History:...

Astley Bridge Bolton depot
537 Bolton Edgworth
Edgworth
Edgworth is a small village within the Blackburn with Darwen borough of Lancashire, England. It is north east of North Turton between Broadhead Brook on the west and Quarlton Brook in the south east...

Astley Bridge, Andrew Lane, Dunscar, Bromley Cross
Bromley Cross
Bromley Cross is a suburb of the unparished area of South Turton in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it lies on the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors....

Bolton depot
538 Bolton Andrew Lane Astley Bridge Bolton depot Monday-Saturday daytime route
538
539
Bolton Dunscar Astley Bridge, Eagley, Bromley Cross, Hall i' th' Wood Bolton depot. TfGM evening/Sunday contracted service.
541 Bolton Toppings Estate Bromley Cross, Hall i' th' Wood Bolton depot
556 Bolton Trafford Centre Walkden
Walkden
Walkden is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It is west-northwest of Salford, and west-northwest of Manchester....

, Roe Green, Worsley
Worsley
Worsley is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies along the course of Worsley Brook, west of Manchester. The M60 motorway bisects the area....

, Eccles, Barton Bridge
Bolton depot. TfGM Sunday daytime contracted service
575 Wigan Bolton Interchange
Bolton railway station
Bolton Interchange is a transport interchange combining the railway station and a four stand bus station in the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. The station is located on the Manchester spur of the West Coast Main Line and is managed by Northern Rail...

Blackrod
Blackrod
Blackrod is a settlement and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. It is north-northeast of Wigan and west of Bolton and, according to the United Kingdom Census 2001, has a population of 5,300....

, Horwich
Horwich
Horwich is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Chorley, northwest of Bolton and northwest from the city of Manchester. It lies at the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors with the M61 motorway close to the...

, Chorley New Road
Bolton depot
602 Newton Community Hospital Ashton-in-Makerfield Haydock, Earlestown St Helens depot. Merseytravel contract service
620 St Helens Bus Station Hindley Green
Hindley Green
Hindley Green is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. The village lies to the east of Hindley and is centred on the A577 Atherton Road to its boundary with Leigh.-History:...

Blackbrook, Haydock, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Bamfurlong, Platt Bridge, Hindley
Hindley, Greater Manchester
Hindley is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. Lying three miles east of Wigan it covers an area of 1044 hectares. Historically a part of Lancashire, Hindley which includes Hindley Green borders the towns of Ince-in-Makerfield and Leigh within Wigan...

St Helens depot TfGM contracted service
715 Bolton Wigan Deane, Chew Moor, Westhoughton
Westhoughton
Westhoughton is a town and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is southwest of Bolton, east of Wigan and northwest of Manchester....

, Wingates
Wingates
Wingates is a small settlement located in the town of Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.Historically part of Lancashire, it lies mainly along the A6 road between Blackrod and Walkden. It is the home of Wingates Band, one of best-known brass bands in...

, Aspull, Haigh, Whelley
Bolton depot
ML1 Stretford Metrolink Station Trafford Centre Manchester depot Non stop from Stretford Metrolink Station to the Trafford Centre. Service is branded Metrolink Shuttle

Lancashire

No. From To Via Depot Notes
47 Banks Liverpool Paradise Street Churchtown Southport Town Centre, Birkdale, Ainsdale, Formby
Formby
Formby is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It has a population of approximately 25,000....

, Ince Blundell, Crosby
Crosby, Merseyside
Crosby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Lancashire it is situated north of Bootle, south of Southport, Formby and west of Netherton-History:...

, Waterloo, Bootle
Southport depot
273 Rawtenstall
Rawtenstall
Rawtenstall is a town at the centre of the Rossendale Valley, in Lancashire, England. It is the seat for the Borough of Rossendale, in which it is located. The town lies 18 miles north of Manchester, 22 miles east of the county town of Preston and 45 miles south east of Lancaster...

Bolton Edenfield
Edenfield
Edenfield is a village within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. Lying on the River Irwell, it is around north of Ramsbottom, south of Rawtenstall, and west of Norden, and has a total population of 2,080....

, Ramsbottom
Ramsbottom
Ramsbottom is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on the course of the River Irwell, in the West Pennine Moors. Historically within Lancashire, it is located north-northwest of Bury, and north-northwest of Manchester...

, Holcombe Brook, Hawkshaw
Hawkshaw, Greater Manchester
Hawkshaw is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it has a population of around 1,000 people. The village has a small shop and 2 pubs called The Red Lion and The Waggon and Horses....

, Bradshaw
Bradshaw, Greater Manchester
Bradshaw is suburb of the unparished area of South Turton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies on the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors.-History:...

, Tonge Moor
Bolton depot TfGM contracted service. Sundays only. Monday-Saturday service run by Rossendalebus
Rossendale Transport
Rossendale Transport is a bus operator running within the Borough of Rossendale and into surrounding areas, including Rochdale, Bury, Manchester, Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn and Todmorden...

311 Liverpool Sir Thomas Street Skelmersdale
Skelmersdale
Skelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, England. It lies on high-ground on the River Tawd, to the west of Wigan, to the northeast of Liverpool, south-southwest of Preston. As of 2006, Skelmersdale had a population of 38,813, down from 41,000 in 2004. The town is known locally as Skem.The...

Kirkdale, Walton, Rice Lane, Black Bull, Aintree Racecourse/Station/Retail Park, Ormskirk Road, Maghull, Lydiate, Robbins Island, Aughton, Ormskirk
Ormskirk
Ormskirk is a market town in West Lancashire, England. It is situated north of Liverpool city centre, northwest of St Helens, southeast of Southport and southwest of Preston.-Geography and administration:...

, Birch Green
Bootle depot
312 Skelmersdale Tanhouse St Helens depot Circular
345 Liverpool Sir Thomas Street Skelmersdale Kirkdale, Walton, Rice Lane, Black Bull, Aintree Racecourse/Station/Retail Park, Ormskirk Road, Maghull (Altway), Waddicar Bootle depot Journeys to/from Skelmersdale service is limited Monday - Friday journeys. All other journeys run Liverpool-Waddicar
362 Wigan Chorley
Chorley
Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, in North West England. It is the largest settlement in the Borough of Chorley. The town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry...

 Interchange
Standish
Standish, Greater Manchester
Standish is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is located on the A49 road between the towns of Chorley and Wigan, a short distance from Junction 27 of the M6 motorway....

, Shevington Moor, Coppull Moor, Coppull
Coppull
Coppull is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is part of the borough of Chorley, lies around above sea level and has a population of around 7,600. It is bounded by Whittle Brook, Clancutt Brook, the River Yarrow, Eller Brook, Hic-Bibi Brook and Stars Brook...

Bolton / St Helens depots
375
385
395
Southport (375/385) Wigan Scarisbrick (375/385), Bescar (375), Ormskirk, Old Skelmersdale, Skelmersdale, Tanhouse (395), Orrell
Orrell, Greater Manchester
Orrell is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The area is contiguous to the town of Wigan itself and the centre of the district is situated to the west of the town centre...

, Pemberton
Southport/St Helens depot
535 Bolton Belmont
Belmont, Lancashire
Belmont is a village in Lancashire, England. It is close to Winter Hill between the towns of Bolton and Darwen. It has around 500 inhabitants and lies within the civil parish of North Turton in the unitary authority area of Blackburn with Darwen.-History:...

Astley Bridge Bolton depot
537 Bolton Edgworth
Edgworth
Edgworth is a small village within the Blackburn with Darwen borough of Lancashire, England. It is north east of North Turton between Broadhead Brook on the west and Quarlton Brook in the south east...

Astley Bridge, Andrew Lane, Dunscar, Bromley Cross
Bromley Cross
Bromley Cross is a suburb of the unparished area of South Turton in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it lies on the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors....

Bolton depot

Merseyside

No. From To Via Depot Notes
6 Liverpool Queen Square Huyton
Huyton
Huyton is a suburb of Liverpool within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, with some parts belonging to the borough of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Urban Area and has close associations with its neighbour, Roby, having both formerly been part of the Huyton with...

 Elizabeth Road
Edge Lane, Bowring Park, Huyton, Cronton, Penketh Green Lane Monday to Saturday Daytimes Only
Warrington Bus Station
7 Liverpool Queen Square Huyton Bus Station Edge Lane, Broadgreen Hospital
Broadgreen Hospital
Broadgreen Hospital is a large teaching hospital located on Thomas Drive, in the suburb of Broadgreen, Liverpool, England, part of the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust...

, Dovecot, Page Moss, Woolfall Heath
Green Lane
7A Liverpool Queen Square Warrington Bus Station Edge Lane, Broadgreen Hospital
Broadgreen Hospital
Broadgreen Hospital is a large teaching hospital located on Thomas Drive, in the suburb of Broadgreen, Liverpool, England, part of the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust...

, Dovecot, Page Moss, Woolfall Heath, Huyton, Cronton, Penketh
Green Lane
8
8E
9
9E
Liverpool James Street Huyton Kensington, Old Swan, Knotty Ash, Longview Green Lane Circulars (Monday to Saturday Daytimes)
10
10A
Liverpool James Street St Helens Bus Station Kensington
Kensington, Liverpool
Kensington is an inner city area of Liverpool, England. It is located immediately to the east of Liverpool city centre, and is bordered by Everton to the north, Fairfield to the east and Edge Hill to the south....

, Old Swan, Longview, Prescot
Prescot
Prescot is a town and civil parish, within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. It is 8 miles to the east of Liverpool city centre and lies within the historic boundaries of Lancashire. At the 2001 Census, the population was 11,184 .Prescot marks the beginning of the...

, Grange Park (10) or Thatto Heath (10A/110)
St Helens some 10A Merseytravel
Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive
The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive is the Passenger Transport Executive responsible for the coordination of public transport in the metropolitan county of Merseyside, England...

 contracted service. Quality Partnership with Stagecoach Merseyside
Stagecoach Merseyside
Stagecoach Merseyside is a major operator of bus services in the English city of Liverpool and in the surrounding area of Merseyside. It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group...

10B Huyton Elizabeth Road Liverpool Queen St or LiverpoolONE Kensington, Old Swan, Bluebell Lane, Huyton Bus Station, Bluebell Lane, Old Swan, Kensington Green Lane Daytime service runs circular route in Liverpool city centre. Evening journeys terminate at LiverpoolONE
12
13
112
113
Liverpool James Street/Liverpool ONE Bus Station Stockbridge Village Tuebrook, West Derby
West Derby
West Derby is a suburb in the north of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is also a Liverpool City Council ward. At the 2001 Census, the population of the ward was 14,801 .-History:...

, Deysbrook, Page Moss/Stockbridge Village
Green Lane Circulars. 112/113 Merseytravel contracted service
14
14A
14X
Liverpool James Street Tower Hill (14) Breck Road, Townsend Avenue, Broadway, Croxteth. Green Lane Infrequent service continues to/from Moorgate Road (14/14X), Kirkby Civic Centre (14). Some 14 Merseytravel contract service. Quality Partnership with Stagecoach Merseyside
Croxteth (14A)
Kirkby Admin (14X)
15 Liverpool James Street Huyton Tuebrook, Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Alder Hey Children Hospital is a children's hospital in West Derby, Liverpool. It is run by the Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust as part of the National Health Service in England...

, Pilch Lane
Green Lane
18A
18E
218
Liverpool James Street Croxteth Park Estate Tuebrook, Muirhead Avenue Green Lane 218 Merseytravel contracted service
20 St Helens
St Helens, Merseyside
St Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100,000, part of an urban area with a total population of 176,843 at the time of the 2001 Census...

Newton-le-Willows
Newton-le-Willows
Newton-le-Willows is a small market town within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is situated about midway between the cities of Manchester and Liverpool, to the east of St Helens, to the north of Warrington and to the south of...

Blackbrook, Haydock
Haydock
Haydock is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. It contains all of the Haydock electoral ward and a section of the Blackbrook electoral ward. The village is located roughly mid-way between Liverpool and Manchester, close to the junction of the M6 motorway...

, Earlestown
Earlestown
Earlestown forms the western part of Newton-le-Willows, a town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 10,274.-History:...

St Helens
26
27
Liverpool ONE Bus Station Sheil Road Anfield
Anfield, Liverpool
Anfield is a district of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward.-Toponymy:Originally common pasture land, the area had the name of Hanging-fields or Hangfield - the name originating from the deeply sloping nature of the terrain. The name was also frequently written as...

, Kensington, Toxteth
Toxteth
Toxteth is an inner city area of Liverpool, England. Located to the south of the city, Toxteth is bordered by Liverpool City Centre, Dingle, Edge Hill, Wavertree and Aigburth.-Description:...

Green Lane Circulars
31 St Helens Parr Fleet Lane St Helens
32
32A
Clock Face Clinkham Wood St Helens Town Centre St Helens
33
33A
Sutton Heath Sutton Manor (33) St Helens St Helens
Widnes (33A)
34
34A
St Helens Leigh
Leigh, Greater Manchester
Leigh is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Wigan, and west of Manchester. Leigh is situated on low lying land to the north west of Chat Moss....

 (34)
Earlestown
Earlestown
Earlestown forms the western part of Newton-le-Willows, a town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 10,274.-History:...

, Newton-le-Willows
Newton-le-Willows
Newton-le-Willows is a small market town within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is situated about midway between the cities of Manchester and Liverpool, to the east of St Helens, to the north of Warrington and to the south of...

, Lowton (34)
St Helens
35
35A
St Helens Junction Gillars Green (35) St Helens St Helens
Eccleston (35A)
36
36A
St Helens Chain Lane St Helens Circulars
38 St Helens Rainford
Rainford
Rainford is a village and civil parish within Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. It is around north of St Helens. At the 2001 Census the population of the civil parish was 8,344....

Dentons Green, Windle, Rainford Junction St Helens
42 Crossens Southport
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. During the 2001 census Southport was recorded as having a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England...

 (Walnut Street)
Marshside, Churchtown, Southport Town Centre, Kew Southport
43
46
Hillside High Park (43) Southport Town Centre Southport
Blowick (46)
44
44A
44D
Crossens Woodvale (44) Marshside, Churchtown, Southport Town Centre, Kew, Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Ainsdale-on-Sea is a village in the borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, situated three miles south of Southport, of which it is a suburb. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 12,723.-Prior to 1600:...

, Woodvale
Woodvale, Merseyside
Woodvale is a village in Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is situated between Formby and Ainsdale, to the south of Southport and to the north of RAF Woodvale....

, Freshfield (44A/44D)
Southport
Formby (44A/44D)
47 Banks Liverpool ONE Bus Station Churchtown Southport Town Centre, Birkdale, Ainsdale, Formby
Formby
Formby is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It has a population of approximately 25,000....

, Ince Blundell, Crosby
Crosby, Merseyside
Crosby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Lancashire it is situated north of Bootle, south of Southport, Formby and west of Netherton-History:...

, Waterloo, Bootle
Southport
48
48A
Southport Liverpool ONE Bus Station Hillside, Ainsdale, Formby, Crosby, Waterloo, Bootle Southport
49 Crossens Woodvale Churchtown, Southport Town Centre, Birkdale, Ainsdale Southport
50 Bootle Strand Crosby Islington Knowsley Road Bootle
52
52A
Liverpool ONE Bus Station Netherton Kirkdale, Stanley Road, Linacre Lane, Hawthorne Road (52), Orrell Road (52A), Sefton Road, Gorsey Lane Bootle
53 Liverpool ONE Bus Station Crosby Kirkdale, Stanley Road, Linacre Road, Litherland, Waterloo Bootle depot Quality Partnership with Stagecoach Merseyside
53A Liverpool ONE Bus Station Netherton Kirkdale, Stanley Road, Linacre Road, Litherland, Waterloo, Crosby Bootle Quality Partnership with Stagecoach Merseyside
54 Liverpool ONE Bus Station Netherton Vauxhall Road, Stanley Road, Linacre Road, Litherland, Waterloo Bootle
55
55D
155
Liverpool Sir Thomas Street Old Roan Station Kirkdale, Stanley Road, Linacre Road, Sefton Road, Gorsey Lane, Northern Perimeter Road Bootle 55D Monday - Friday peak service/155 Merseytravel contracted service
56
56A
156
Liverpool ONE Bus Station Netherton Hunter Street (156), Scotland Road (56A/156) or Great Homer Street (56), Melrose Road, Southport Road, Netherton Way, Gorsey Lane Bootle 156 Merseytravel contracted service
58 Liverpool Sir Thomas Street Netherton Great Homer Street, Westminster Road, Stanley Road, Linacre Road, Park Lane Bootle
59 Bootle Strand Bus Station Netherton Netherton Bootle
60 Bootle Strand Bus Station Aigburth Vale Breeze Hill, Queens Drive, Derby Lane, St Oswalds Street, Rathbone Road, Gainsborough Road, Ullet Road Bootle
61
161
Bootle Strand Bus Station Aigburth Vale Knowsley Road, Orrell Park, Long Lane, Broadway, Almonds Green, Alder Hey Hospital, Old Swan, Childwall Five Ways, Taggart Avenue, Rose Lane Bootle 161 Merseytravel
Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive
The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive is the Passenger Transport Executive responsible for the coordination of public transport in the metropolitan county of Merseyside, England...

 contracted Service
62
62A
62B
162
Crosby Islington (62/62B/162) Penny Lane Crosby Road North (62/62B/162), Coronation Road (62/62B/162), Knowsley Road, Balliol Road, Breeze Hill, Walton Vale, Black Bull, Fazakerley Hospital, Muirhead Avenue, Old Swan, Wavertree Clock Tower Bootle 162 Merseytravel
Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive
The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive is the Passenger Transport Executive responsible for the coordination of public transport in the metropolitan county of Merseyside, England...

 contracted service
Bootle North Park (62A)
68 Bootle Strand Bus Station Aigburth Vale Marsh Lane, Hornby Road, Walton, Priory Road, Tuebrook, Old Swan, Thingwall Road, Dovedale Road Bootle
73 Halewood Liverpool South Parkway Hunts Cross Speke Circular
74
75
75E
Liverpool ONE Bus Station Halewood
Halewood
Halewood is in Merseyside, England and is located in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. The district lies near Liverpool's southeastern boundary, bordered by the suburbs of Hunts Cross and Woolton....

Princes Park, Penny Lane, Allerton Road, Woolton Speke
76
76A
77
Liverpool ONE Bus Station Halewood Liverpool Women's Hospital, Penny Lane, Allerton Road, Menlove Avenue, Woolton Speke
78 Liverpool Exchange Street East Halewood Picton Road, Woolton Speke
79 Liverpool ONE Bus Station Netherley Picton Road, Childwall, Belle Vale Speke
79C Liverpool Queen Square / Liverpool ONE Bus Station Murdishaw Picton Road, Childwall, Belle Vale, Hough Green, Widnes, Runcorn High Street, Halton Lea Runcorn Continues to Liverpool ONE Bus Station: AM/PM Peak Times, Evenings, Sundays
80
80A
Liverpool Liverpool ONE Bus Station Speke Morrisons
Morrisons
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...

 (80)
Princes Park, Penny Lane, Brodie Avenue, Liverpool South Parkway, Garston Village, Speke
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is an international airport serving the city of Liverpool and the North West of England. Formerly known as Speke Airport, RAF Speke, and Liverpool Airport the airport is located within the City of Liverpool adjacent to the estuary of the River Mersey some southeast...

 (80A)
81
81A
181
Bootle Strand Bus Station Liverpool John Lennon Airport Queens Drive, Childwall Park Avenue, Woolton Road, Hunts Cross Speke 181 Merseytravel
Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive
The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive is the Passenger Transport Executive responsible for the coordination of public transport in the metropolitan county of Merseyside, England...

 contracted service
Speke Morrisons (81/181)
82
82D
Liverpool ONE Bus Station Speke Morrisons Dingle, Aigburth, Garston, Speke
Speke
Speke is an area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, close to the boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. It is south east of the city centre and to the west of the town of Widnes....

Speke
86 Liverpool ONE Bus Station Garston Smithdown Road
Smithdown Road, Liverpool
Smithdown Road is a street in Liverpool, England, which forms part of the A562. It is the location of Toxteth Park Cemetery and Wavertree Playground. Penny Lane junction, the subject of The Beatles song Penny Lane, is situated at the junction of Smithdown Road, Smithdown Place and Penny Lane...

, Penny Lane, Mather Avenue
Speke
86A Liverpool ONE Bus Station Liverpool John Lennon Airport Smithdown Road, Penny Lane, Mather Avenue, Liverpool South Parkway Speke depot
86D Liverpool ONE Bus Station Garston Smithdown Road, Penny Lane, Mather Avenue Speke
86E Liverpool ONE Bus Station Allerton
Allerton, Merseyside
Allerton is a suburb of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England. It is located southeast of Liverpool city centre, bordered by Mossley Hill, Woolton, Hunts Cross and Garston....

 Tesco
Tesco
Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...

Smithdown Road, Penny Lane Speke
89 St Helens Liverpool John Lennon Airport (89) Eccleston
Eccleston, Merseyside
Eccleston is a civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 10,528....

, Whiston Hospital, Huyton, Belle Vale, Hunts Cross
St Helens
117 Moreton Cross Clatterbridge Hospital Upton Village, Arrowe Park Hospital, Higher Bebington Laird Street depot Merseytravel contracted service
118
119
New Brighton Mill Park Estate Seaview Road, Liscard Village, Birkenhead Park Merseyrail Station, Beechwood Estate, Upton Village, Arrowe Park Hospital, New Ferry (118), Spital Dam (119), Bromborough Cross Birkenhead Merseytravel contracted services
156 St Helens Garswood
Garswood
Garswood is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England, within a civil parish called Seneley Green.-History:Historically within Lancashire, Garswood is from Old English wudu "wood" with an uncertain first element...

Sankey Village St Helens Merseytravel contracted evening/Sunday service
Ashton-in-Makerfield
Ashton-in-Makerfield
Ashton-in-Makerfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is situated south of Wigan, north-northwest of Warrington and west of the city of Manchester. In 2001 it had a population of 28,505....

 (Evening/Sundays)
216
217
Birkenhead Woodside Birkenhead Woodside Birkenhead Bus Station, Arrowe Park Hospital, Upton Village, Bidston Birkenhead Circulars. Service 217 runs in opposite direction AM Only.
300 Liverpool Sir Thomas Street Southport Kirkdale, Stanley Road, Orrell Park, Aintree Racecourse/Station/Retail Park, Ormskirk Road, Maghull, Lydiate, Downholland Cross, Haskayne, Halsall, Shirdley Hill, Kew, Meols Cop Station, Southport
311 Liverpool Sir Thomas Street Skelmersdale
Skelmersdale
Skelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, England. It lies on high-ground on the River Tawd, to the west of Wigan, to the northeast of Liverpool, south-southwest of Preston. As of 2006, Skelmersdale had a population of 38,813, down from 41,000 in 2004. The town is known locally as Skem.The...

Kirkdale, Walton, Rice Lane, Black Bull, Aintree Racecourse/Station/Retail Park, Ormskirk Road, Maghull, Lydiate, Robbins Island, Aughton, Ormskirk
Ormskirk
Ormskirk is a market town in West Lancashire, England. It is situated north of Liverpool city centre, northwest of St Helens, southeast of Southport and southwest of Preston.-Geography and administration:...

, Birch Green
Bootle
320 St Helens Wigan
Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total...

Blackbrook, Haydock, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Bamfurlong, Platt Bridge
Platt Bridge
Platt Bridge is a settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester England, two miles south of Wigan town centre along the spine of the A573 road. Historically part of Lancashire, the area is now a residential suburb of Wigan. The first mention of Platt Bridge in documents...

, Ince-in-Makerfield
Ince-in-Makerfield
Ince-in-Makerfield, usually known just as Ince is a district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.Ince is contiguous to Wigan and serves as a residential suburb of Wigan, Being divided locally by a train line into two separate areas - Higher Ince and Lower Ince,...

St Helens
329 St Helens Warrington Interchange Parr, Collins Green, Burtonwood
Burtonwood
Burtonwood and Westbrook is a civil parish in the outermost suburbs of Warrington in Cheshire, England. Historically within Lancashire, the name Burtonwood is known worldwide as the location of the former RAF Station Burtonwood military camp. Burtonwood village itself is a few miles away from the...

, Winwick Road
St Helens
345 Liverpool Sir Thomas Street Waddicar Kirkdale, Walton, Rice Lane, Black Bull, Aintree Racecourse/Station/Retail Park, Ormskirk Road, Maghull (Altway), Waddicar Bootle One return journey to/from Skelmersdale Monday - Friday. All other journeys run Liverpool-Waddicar
350
250
Liverpool Queen Square Maghull Ashworth Hospital Kirkdale, Walton, Rice Lane, Black Bull, Aintree Racecourse, Station and Retail Park, Ormskirk Road, Maghull Bootle 250 Merseytravel contracted service
352 St Helens Wigan Haresfinch, Moss Bank, Billinge, Higher End, Orrell, Pemberton St Helens
356 St Helens Rainford Station Windle Island, Crank Hill St Helens
375
385
395
Southport (375/385) Wigan Scarisbrick (375/385), Bescar (375), Ormskirk, Old Skelmersdale, Skelmersdale, Orrell
Orrell, Greater Manchester
Orrell is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The area is contiguous to the town of Wigan itself and the centre of the district is situated to the west of the town centre...

, Pemberton
Southport
401
X11
Liverpool Sir Thomas Street Chester Birkenhead Bus Station
Birkenhead bus station
Birkenhead Bus Station serves the town of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula in North West England.The bus station is situated in the town centre at the junction between Claughton Road and Conway Street. It is adjacent to The Grange Shopping Centre and Birkenhead Market.It has a total of eleven...

, Rock Ferry
Rock Ferry
Rock Ferry is an area of Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Administratively it is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the county of Cheshire...

 (401), New Ferry
New Ferry
New Ferry is a small town located on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Situated to the east of Bebington, it is part of the Bromborough Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral South...

 Toll Bar(401), New Ferry By-Pass (X11), Bromborough
Bromborough
Bromborough is a large village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the Wirral Peninsula, to the south of Bebington and to the north of Eastham...

 Cross, Eastham
Eastham, Merseyside
Eastham is a village and an electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the Wirral Peninsula, to the south of Bromborough...

, Little Sutton, Great Sutton
Great Sutton
Great Sutton is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England...

 (X11), Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port is a large industrial town and port in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated on the south border of the Wirral Peninsula on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal, which in turn gives access to the River...

 (401), Backford
Backford
Backford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated between Chester and Ellesmere Port on the A41 trunk road, to the north of the Shropshire Union Canal....

, Bache
Bache, Cheshire
Bache is a small civil parish and suburb of Chester, Cheshire, England.-History:The name "Bache" comes from a large tidal lagoon that was once linked to the River Dee at Blacon. The area, which now lies under Liverpool Road and a supermarket car park, was slowly reclaimed and raised when the...

Birkenhead X11 Monday to Friday peak service
403
413
423
Liverpool Sir Thomas Street (423) Seacombe Ferry Borough Road, Prenton, Woodchurch, Upton, Town Meadow Lane (423), Moreton
Moreton, Merseyside
Moreton is a town on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula, England. In the 2001 Census, it had a population of 17,670 ....

, Leasowe, Wallasey Village
Wallasey Village
Wallasey Village is a district of the town of Wallasey, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in England. Localities within this area are informally said to be in "The Village"...

, Liscard
Liscard
Liscard is an area of the town of Wallasey, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The most centrally located of Wallasey's townships, it is the main shopping area of the town, with many shops located in the Cherry Tree Shopping Centre...

 Village (413/423), Poulton (403)
Birkenhead Some 423 Merseytravel contracted services
Birkenhead Bus Station (403/413)
407 Liverpool Sir Thomas Street Moreton Birkenhead, Laird Street Birkenhead
409 Birkenhead Woodside Ferry Wallasey Village Birkenhead Bus Station
Birkenhead bus station
Birkenhead Bus Station serves the town of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula in North West England.The bus station is situated in the town centre at the junction between Claughton Road and Conway Street. It is adjacent to The Grange Shopping Centre and Birkenhead Market.It has a total of eleven...

, Seacombe
Seacombe
Seacombe is a district of the town of Wallasey, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Administratively, Seacombe is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Before local government reorganisation in 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Wallasey, within the geographical county of...

 Ferry, Liscard
Liscard
Liscard is an area of the town of Wallasey, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The most centrally located of Wallasey's townships, it is the main shopping area of the town, with many shops located in the Cherry Tree Shopping Centre...

 Village
Birkenhead
410
110
New Brighton Clatterbridge Hospital Liscard Village, Victoria Central Hospital, Birkenhead Park Station, Woodside, Birkenhead Bus Station, Bebington Laird Street depot 110 Merseytravel contracted service
411 New Brighton Birkenhead Seacombe
Seacombe
Seacombe is a district of the town of Wallasey, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Administratively, Seacombe is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Before local government reorganisation in 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Wallasey, within the geographical county of...

 Ferry, Birkenhead Park
Birkenhead Park
Birkenhead Park is a public park in the centre of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on 5 April 1847...

 Station, Woodside
Woodside, Merseyside
Woodside is a small riverside locality in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England, situated almost opposite Liverpool Pier Head across the River Mersey.-History:...

 Ferry, Birkenhead Bus Station
Birkenhead bus station
Birkenhead Bus Station serves the town of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula in North West England.The bus station is situated in the town centre at the junction between Claughton Road and Conway Street. It is adjacent to The Grange Shopping Centre and Birkenhead Market.It has a total of eleven...

Laird Street depot
418
419
218
219
Birkenhead Woodside Mill Park Birkenhead Bus Station, Laird Street, Bidston Village, Beechwood Estate, Upton Village, Arrowe Park Hospital, Woodchurch Road, Bebington, Spital Cross Roads (419), Bromborough Cross Birkenhead 218/219 Merseytravel contracted services
420 West Kirby Liverpool M53 & Kingsway Mersey Tunnel Laird Street depot Express 1 AM journey weekdays
432
433
Liverpool Cook Street New Brighton Kingsway Tunnel, Poulton Road (433), Liscard
Liscard
Liscard is an area of the town of Wallasey, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The most centrally located of Wallasey's townships, it is the main shopping area of the town, with many shops located in the Cherry Tree Shopping Centre...

 Village (432), Wallasey
Wallasey
Wallasey is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England, on the mouth of the River Mersey, at the northeastern corner of the Wirral Peninsula...

 (432), Rake Lane (433)
Birkenhead
437 Liverpool Cook Street West Kirby Birkenhead Bus Station
Birkenhead bus station
Birkenhead Bus Station serves the town of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula in North West England.The bus station is situated in the town centre at the junction between Claughton Road and Conway Street. It is adjacent to The Grange Shopping Centre and Birkenhead Market.It has a total of eleven...

, Birkenhead Park
Birkenhead Park
Birkenhead Park is a public park in the centre of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on 5 April 1847...

, Laird Street, Upton Village
Upton, Merseyside
Upton is a village in the parish of Overchurch on the Wirral Peninsula, England, situated close to Birkenhead. At the 2001 Census, the population was 15,731 , although as a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, encompassing a larger area, it was recorded as 16,200.-History:Upton was...

, Frankby
Frankby
Frankby is a hamlet on the Wirral Peninsula, England and is located between Greasby and West Kirby. It is part of the Greasby, Frankby & Irby Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is situated in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West...

, Greasby
Greasby
Greasby is a large village on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It is part of the Greasby, Frankby & Irby Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is situated in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West...

Birkenhead
464 Liverpool Cook Street New Ferry Shorefields Birkenhead Bus Station
Birkenhead bus station
Birkenhead Bus Station serves the town of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula in North West England.The bus station is situated in the town centre at the junction between Claughton Road and Conway Street. It is adjacent to The Grange Shopping Centre and Birkenhead Market.It has a total of eleven...

, Borough Road, Higher Bebington
Bebington
Bebington is a small town and electoral ward within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. It lies south of Liverpool and west southwest of Manchester, along the River Mersey on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula...

Birkenhead
472 Liverpool Cook Street Heswall Bus Station Birkenhead Bus Station
Birkenhead bus station
Birkenhead Bus Station serves the town of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula in North West England.The bus station is situated in the town centre at the junction between Claughton Road and Conway Street. It is adjacent to The Grange Shopping Centre and Birkenhead Market.It has a total of eleven...

, Borough Road, Woodchurch Road, Arrowe Park
Arrowe Park
Arrowe Park is an area of parkland, woodland and leisure facilities to the west of Birkenhead within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, England. The park comprises approximately of land.-History:...

 Hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

, Thingwall
Thingwall
Thingwall is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, England. The village is situated to the south west of Birkenhead and north east of Heswall. It is part of the Pensby & Thingwall Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is situated within the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West...

, Pensby Village
Pensby
Pensby is a large village on the Wirral Peninsula, England, located to the north east of Heswall. Historically part of Cheshire, it is within the Pensby & Thingwall Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is situated within the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West...

Birkenhead
Barnston (472 certain PM journeys)
487
488
Liverpool Crosshall Street Neston/Parkgate (487) Ness Gardens(488) Birkenhead Bus Station
Birkenhead bus station
Birkenhead Bus Station serves the town of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula in North West England.The bus station is situated in the town centre at the junction between Claughton Road and Conway Street. It is adjacent to The Grange Shopping Centre and Birkenhead Market.It has a total of eleven...

, Higher Tranmere, Bebington Oval, Clatterbridge
Clatterbridge
Clatterbridge is a hamlet located on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It is situated to the west of the town of Bebington, close to the M53 motorway....

 Hospital, Thornton Hough
Thornton Hough
Thornton Hough is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in Merseyside, England, of pre-Conquest origins and historically a part of Cheshire. The village grew during the ownership of Joseph Hirst into a small model village and was later acquired by William Lever...

, Neston
Birkenhead 488 Sunday variant to Ness Gardens
Ness Gardens (488)
500 Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool John Lennon Airport Estuary Business Park (Speke) Speke Limited Stop Express Service
501 Liverpool South Parkway Liverpool John Lennon Airport via Speke Boulevard Speke Non-stop Express Service
602 Newton Community Hospital Ashton-in-Makerfield Haydock, Earlestown St Helens Merseytravel contract service
620 St Helens Bus Station Hindley Green
Hindley Green
Hindley Green is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. The village lies to the east of Hindley and is centred on the A577 Atherton Road to its boundary with Leigh.-History:...

Blackbrook, Haydock, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Bamfurlong, Platt Bridge, Hindley
Hindley, Greater Manchester
Hindley is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. Lying three miles east of Wigan it covers an area of 1044 hectares. Historically a part of Lancashire, Hindley which includes Hindley Green borders the towns of Ince-in-Makerfield and Leigh within Wigan...

St Helens TfGM contracted service
699 Liverpool City Centre/Universities University of Liverpool Halls of Residence Smithdown Road, Liverpool Women's Hospital Speke
920 St Helens Bus Station Haydock Industrial Estate Thatto Heath, Lea Green, Marshall's Cross, Clock Face, Sutton Manor, Sutton Leach, Sutton, Parr, Derbyshire Hill, Fingerpost, Blackbrook, Haydock St Helens Limited service
PR1
PR2
PR3
Southport Park & Ride Services Esplanade Park & Ride, Lord Street (PR1), Kew Park & Ride, Lord Street (PR2), Fairway Park & Ride, Lord Street (PR3) Southport Merseytravel/Sefton Council
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Sefton Council is the governing body for the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, north-western England. The council has been under no overall control since the 1980s and is run as an all party coalition of the Liberal Democrats, the Labour Party and the Conservative Party, It consists of...

 contracted services
X1 Liverpool ONE Bus Station Runcorn Windmill Hill Aigburth, Speke then non stop to Runcorn High Street, Castlefields, Halton Lea, Halton Hospital, Palacefields, Brookvale, Murdishaw, Runcorn
Runcorn
Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port within the borough of Halton in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In 2009, its population was estimated to be 61,500. The town is on the southern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form Runcorn Gap. Directly to the north...

 East Train Station
Runcon Limited Stop Express Service


Night bus network

As of October 2011
No. From To Via Depot Notes
N5 Liverpool Queen Square Runcorn Widnes, Runcorn High Street, Halton Lea, Runcorn East Station, Windmill Hill Runcorn depot Friday & Saturdays only
N23 Liverpool Queen Square Upton/Moreton Birkenhead Bus Station, Arrowe Park, Upton Village, Moreton Cross Laird Street depot Saturdays only
N37 Liverpool Queen Square West Kirby Birkenhead Bus Station, Upton Village, Greasby, West Kirby Station Laird Street depot Saturdays only
N450 Liverpool Queen Square New Brighton Birkenhead Bus Station, Poulton, Liscard Village, Wallasey Laird Street depot Fridays & Saturdays only


Fleet

The fleet consists of approximately 958 operational vehicles as at September 2011 , consisting of a wide variety of makes and types. The fleet is about 81% single-deck and 92% low-floor. Arriva stated its intention to make its main routes serving Liverpool completely low-floor by 2008, and the whole of Merseyside by 2011.

The Dennis Dart SLF, along with its smaller variant the MPD, still makes up a significant part of the fleet, accounting for just over 200 vehicles. The last step-entrance Dennis Dart
Dennis Dart
The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus built by Dennis in the United Kingdom. More than 11,000 were built during 18 years of production....

s have been withdrawn. More recently, the VDL SB120
VDL SB120
The VDL SB120 is a low-floor light-weight midibus produced from 1999 by VDL Bus International of the Netherlands primarily for the UK market....

 and SB200
VDL SB200
The VDL SB200 is a light-weight 12m citybus produced from 2001 by VDL Bus International...

 have become the standard single deck types, the majority featuring Wright Cadet
Wright Cadet
The Wright Cadet was a midibus body built by British coachbuilder Wrightbus, solely on the DAF/VDL SB120; it was sold via VDL dealer Arriva Bus & Coach. For a time, Volvo additionally sold the chassis/body combination, however the body was marketed as the Merit.The Cadet was replaced by the Wright...

, Commander
Wright Commander
The Wright Commander is a low-floor single-deck bus body built by Wright on DAF/VDL SB200 chassis. Examples entered service in the UK between 2002 and 2007, the majority with Arriva subsidiaries...

 and Pulsar
Wright Pulsar
The Wright Pulsar is a bus body built by Wrightbus for the VDL SB200 lightweight bus chassis. It is the replacement for the "Classic" style Commander, Merit and Cadet....

 bodywork; between them, these types now make up over a third of the fleet. Other new deliveries since 2007 have included ten Alexander Dennis Enviro300, four Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Darts and fifteen Optare Solo
Optare Solo
The Optare Solo is a low-floor midibus manufactured by Optare in Leeds, UK since 1997. The name "Solo" is a play on the low-floor status of the bus, the manufacturer believing its vehicle having an entrance that is "so low" from the floor, namely 200 mm with kneeling suspension.The innovative...

s.

On the double-deck side of the fleet, a total of 47 new VDL DB300s with Wright Gemini 2
Wright Gemini 2
The Wright Gemini 2 is a double-decker bus built by Wrightbus since 2008. It was announced in December 2007 but was not named until 2008.It was constructed as an integral with VDL chassis modules. It is available in two versions, the diesel-powered version and the diesel-electric hybrid version...

 bodywork are being delivered to Speke and Winsford depots, the bulk of the order, 44 buses, intended for the former. 35 Alexander Dennis Enviro400s entered service in 2009, mainly displacing Volvo Olympians. Twenty-three of the Enviro400s are for routes through the Mersey Tunnels
Mersey Tunnels
The Mersey Tunnels connect Liverpool with the Wirral Peninsula, under the River Mersey. There are three tunnels: the Mersey Railway Tunnel , and two road tunnels, the Queensway Tunnel and the Kingsway Tunnel...

, these being the first vehicles in the fleet to carry the interurban (now standard) variant of Arriva livery, apart from a solitary demonstrator. Previously, 30 Volvo B7TL
Volvo B7TL
Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double-decker bus which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian...

 with Alexander ALX400
Alexander ALX400
The Alexander ALX400 is a 2-axle double-decker bus body built by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders...

 bodywork had entered service on services between Liverpool and Garston in 2006. The low floor double-deck fleet has been boosted by over 50 DAF DB250 with Alexander ALX400 bodywork from Arriva London
Arriva London
Arriva London is a division of Arriva which operates bus services in London, UK. It is made up of many previous bus operators including previously independent Grey Green...

, as well as six Wright Eclipse Gemini
Wright Eclipse Gemini
The Wright Eclipse Gemini is a type of double-decker bus body built for Volvo B7TL and later Volvo B9TL and Volvo B5L Hybrid for use in the United Kingdom....

-bodied Volvos also from London, and three Dennis Tridents
Dennis Trident 2
Dennis Trident 2 is a 2-axle low-floor double-decker bus chassis originally built by Dennis in the United Kingdom, which was unveiled in 1997 and replaced the Dennis Arrow...

 with Plaxton President
Plaxton President
The Plaxton President was a double-decker bus body built at Northern Counties plant in Wigan, England and branded as a Plaxton product for its main production run. It was unveiled in 1997 and built between 1999 and 2005. When Plaxton became part of TransBus International, the body was sold under...

 bodywork that were acquired with the Blue Bus business in Bolton. The dwindling fleet of step-entrance double-deckers consists mainly of Northern Counties
Northern Counties
Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Company was a manufacturer of bus bodywork located in Wigan Lane, Wigan, in North West England.-Overview:...

 bodied Volvo Olympian
Volvo Olympian
The Volvo Olympian was a rear-engine double decker bus built by Volvo at Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It was first built in 1992 and entered production in March 1993, replacing the Leyland Olympian....

s.

Unusual vehicles in the fleet include the Ikarus 481 and Polaris bodies on DAF SB220 chassis, acquired with the Blue Bus fleet. The seven Polaris bodies account for a majority of those imported. Until October 2008, twelve Neoplan N4016
Neoplan N4016
The Neoplan N4016 is a low-floor single-deck city bus built by Neoplan until 1999, initially at Stuttgart in Germany and later also in Poland. It is the larger version of the Neoplan N4009 midibus.-Specifications:...

 were operated on service 18A from Liverpool to Croxteth Park, and were the only vehicles of their type in Britain.

Some Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated bus
Articulated bus
An articulated bus is an articulated vehicle used in public transportation. It is usually a single-deck design, and comprises two rigid sections linked by a pivoting joint...

es joined the fleet from Arriva London
Arriva London
Arriva London is a division of Arriva which operates bus services in London, UK. It is made up of many previous bus operators including previously independent Grey Green...

 in 2011. Speke received two vehicles for use on AirLink service 501 in June 2011, and from September 2011, further examples found use on service 699 between the University of Liverpool and its south Liverpool halls of residence. In November 2011, articulated vehicles were first used on the AirLink 500 service between Liverpool city centre and Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

Fleet summary

Double-deck, low-floor
Chassis Count Body type(s) Image(s) Allocated to
DAF DB250
49
Alexander ALX400 Birkenhead (8), Bootle (3), Manchester (9), Southport (9), Speke (17) and Winsford (3)
Volvo B7TL
Volvo B7TL
Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double-decker bus which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian...

36
Alexander ALX400
Alexander ALX400
The Alexander ALX400 is a 2-axle double-decker bus body built by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders...


Wright Eclipse Gemini
Wright Eclipse Gemini
The Wright Eclipse Gemini is a type of double-decker bus body built for Volvo B7TL and later Volvo B9TL and Volvo B5L Hybrid for use in the United Kingdom....

Birkenhead (6) and Speke (30)
Alexander Dennis Enviro400
35
Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Birkenhead (23) and Bootle (12)
VDL DB300
47
Wright Gemini 2
Wright Gemini 2
The Wright Gemini 2 is a double-decker bus built by Wrightbus since 2008. It was announced in December 2007 but was not named until 2008.It was constructed as an integral with VDL chassis modules. It is available in two versions, the diesel-powered version and the diesel-electric hybrid version...

Speke (44) and Winsford (3)
Dennis Trident 2
Dennis Trident 2
Dennis Trident 2 is a 2-axle low-floor double-decker bus chassis originally built by Dennis in the United Kingdom, which was unveiled in 1997 and replaced the Dennis Arrow...

3
Plaxton President
Plaxton President
The Plaxton President was a double-decker bus body built at Northern Counties plant in Wigan, England and branded as a Plaxton product for its main production run. It was unveiled in 1997 and built between 1999 and 2005. When Plaxton became part of TransBus International, the body was sold under...

Birkenhead (3)
Double-deck, step-entrance
Chassis Count Body type(s) Image(s) Allocated to
Volvo Olympian
Volvo Olympian
The Volvo Olympian was a rear-engine double decker bus built by Volvo at Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It was first built in 1992 and entered production in March 1993, replacing the Leyland Olympian....

30
Northern Counties Palatine
Northern Counties Palatine
The Northern Counties Palatine is a step-entrance double-decker bus body built by Northern Counties of Wigan, UK. It was built mainly on Leyland Olympian and Volvo Olympian chassis, although some were also built on DAF, Volvo B10M Citybus and Scania chassis...


Northern Counties Palatine II
East Lancs Pyoneer
East Lancs Pyoneer
The East Lancs Pyoneer is a type of double-decker bus body built on the Volvo Olympian, Dennis Arrow and Volvo B10M by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. The name continues the pattern of using 'misspelt' product names, started by the Cityzen.-History:...

Bolton (9), Bootle (9), Speke (3) and Winsford (9)
DAF DB250
5
Northern Counties Palatine II Bolton (5)
Leyland Atlantean
Leyland Atlantean
The Leyland Atlantean is a model of double-decker bus built by Leyland in the United Kingdom from 1958 to 1986....

1
Alexander
Walter Alexander Coachbuilders
Walter Alexander Coachbuilders was a Scottish bus coachbuilder and operater based in Falkirk.-History:Walter Alexander, notice a lack expasion by the Falkirk and District Tramways Company's especially in to Grangemouth which never hdd a tram line. In 1913 Alexander's Motor Service was created to...

 AL Type (open top)
Southport (1)
Single-deck, low-floor
Chassis Count Body type(s) Image(s) Allocated to
VDL SB200
VDL SB200
The VDL SB200 is a light-weight 12m citybus produced from 2001 by VDL Bus International...


VDL SB200CS
277
Wright Commander
Wright Commander
The Wright Commander is a low-floor single-deck bus body built by Wright on DAF/VDL SB200 chassis. Examples entered service in the UK between 2002 and 2007, the majority with Arriva subsidiaries...


Wright Pulsar
Wright Pulsar
The Wright Pulsar is a bus body built by Wrightbus for the VDL SB200 lightweight bus chassis. It is the replacement for the "Classic" style Commander, Merit and Cadet....


Wright Pulsar 2
All depots except Winsford
Dennis Dart SLF
Dennis Dart
The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus built by Dennis in the United Kingdom. More than 11,000 were built during 18 years of production....

/SPD/MPD
210
Plaxton Pointer
Plaxton Pointer
The Plaxton Pointer is a successful single-decker bus body manufactured during the 1990s by Plaxton and latterly built by Alexander Dennis.With the launch of the Dennis Dart in 1989, Plaxton's subsidiary Reeve Burgess made the Pointer body on the short 8.5 m...


Plaxton Pointer 2
Marshall Capital
Marshall Capital
The Marshall Capital was a single-decker bus body built by Marshall between 1997 and 2003. It was typically placed on the Dennis Dart SLF chassis, but it was also built on other chassis and used to rebody older chassis....


Alexander ALX200
Alexander ALX200
The Alexander ALX200 was a midibus body built by Alexander of the United Kingdom. It was one of the ALX-series, which accounted for 5 different models , built for new generation bus chassis produced since late 1990s.It was designed by John Worker, and was launched in summer...

All depots except Speke
DAF SB120
VDL SB120
109
Wright Cadet
Wright Cadet
The Wright Cadet was a midibus body built by British coachbuilder Wrightbus, solely on the DAF/VDL SB120; it was sold via VDL dealer Arriva Bus & Coach. For a time, Volvo additionally sold the chassis/body combination, however the body was marketed as the Merit.The Cadet was replaced by the Wright...


Plaxton Centro
Plaxton Centro
The Plaxton Centro is a bus body designed by Bluebird Vehicles and manufactured by Plaxton. It was launched on the VDL SB120 in February 2006. The Centro was also made available on the VDL SB200 chassis in 2006. In 2007 the Centro was made available on the MAN 12.240 and the Volvo B7RLE chassis....

Birkenhead (17), Bolton (4), Bootle (4), Runcorn (34), Speke (22), St Helens (8) and Winsford (7)
DAF SB220
54
East Lancs Myllennium
East Lancs Myllennium
The East Lancs Myllennium is a type of bus body built on MAN, Volvo, DAF/VDL and Alexander Dennis chassis. It was built as a single and double deck body, with double deck bodies having slightly different names .-Single decker:...


Alexander ALX300
Alexander ALX300
The Alexander ALX300 is a full size single-decker bus body built by Alexander at Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, which was first built in 1997...


Plaxton Prestige
Plaxton Prestige
The Plaxton Prestige is a low-floor single-deck bus body built by Plaxton at the Wigan factory of its Northern Counties subsidiary, and at its main Scarborough factory, during the latter half of the 1990s....


Ikarus Polaris
Ikarus 481

Birkenhead (15), Bolton (7), Green Lane (3), Manchester (5) and Speke (16)
Volvo B10BLE
Volvo B10BLE
The Volvo B10BLE is a low-entry city bus chassis which was popular in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom and Australia. It was launched around 1992 with the engine mounted on the rear overhang of the bus. It was the successor of the citybus version of Volvo B10B and is used as a base for single-deck...

32
Wright Renown
Wright Renown
The Wright Renown is a low floor single-deck bus body built on Volvo B10BLE chassis by Wright.Over 800 Renowns were built between 1997 and 2002, making it somewhat more successful than the B10L-based Liberator....

Bolton (2), Southport (7), Speke (6) and St Helens (17)
Scania L113
Scania L113
The Scania L113 was a single-deck bus built by Scania AB of Sweden between 1989 and 1998.-Design:The L113 was largely a cross between the N113 and K113, with the front section of its chassis of a similar height to that of the N113, and an 11-litre engine that was mounted longitudinally as per the...

15
Wright Axcess-Ultralow
Wright Axcess-Ultralow
The Wright Axcess-Ultralow is a low-floor single-deck bus body built on the Scania L113CRL chassis by Wrightbus between 1995 and 1998.-History:A total of 330 were built, of which 244 were for companies owned by FirstBus/Group...

Green Lane (15)
Optare Solo
Optare Solo
The Optare Solo is a low-floor midibus manufactured by Optare in Leeds, UK since 1997. The name "Solo" is a play on the low-floor status of the bus, the manufacturer believing its vehicle having an entrance that is "so low" from the floor, namely 200 mm with kneeling suspension.The innovative...

15
Optare Solo Manchester (11) and St Helens (4)
Mercedes-Benz Citaro G
11
Mercedes-Benz Citaro Speke (11)
Alexander Dennis Enviro300
10
Alexander Dennis Enviro300 Manchester (10)
Volvo B6BLE
8
Wright Crusader 2
Wright Crusader
The Wright Crusader is a single-decker bus body built by Wright on Dennis Dart SLF and Volvo B6LE chassis. The Wright Crusader 2 was built on the B6LE's successor, the Volvo B6BLE....

Manchester (6) and Southport (2)
Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart
4
Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart Southport (4)
MAN 14.220
4
East Lancs Myllennium
East Lancs Myllennium
The East Lancs Myllennium is a type of bus body built on MAN, Volvo, DAF/VDL and Alexander Dennis chassis. It was built as a single and double deck body, with double deck bodies having slightly different names .-Single decker:...

Bolton (4)
Volvo B7L
Volvo B7L
Volvo B7L was a low floor citybus chassis with a rear engine mounted vertically on the left of the rear overhang, it was built as a replacement for the Volvo B10L...

1
Wright Eclipse
Wright Eclipse
The Wright Eclipse is a low-floor single-deck bus body built by Wright on Volvo B7 chassis. It shares its design with the Wright Solar on Scania L94 chassis....

Bolton (1)
Single-deck, step-entry
Chassis Count Body type(s) Image(s) Allocated to
Scania L113
Scania L113
The Scania L113 was a single-deck bus built by Scania AB of Sweden between 1989 and 1998.-Design:The L113 was largely a cross between the N113 and K113, with the front section of its chassis of a similar height to that of the N113, and an 11-litre engine that was mounted longitudinally as per the...

21
Northern Counties Paladin
Northern Counties Paladin
The Northern Counties Paladin, also badged as the Plaxton Paladin towards the end of production, is a step-entrance single-deck bus body built by Northern Counties of Wigan, UK, between 1991 and 1998....

St Helens (20), Runcorn (1)

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