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Bus service timetables

Updated: Friday 15 May 2013

Information about local bus services in Cheshire West and Chester can be found on this page. 

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Service number/operator Bus service operator information Route
description
Days of
operation
Daytime service frequency Latest
change
City Rail Link Service 40 Aintree Coachline Aintree Coachline City Rail Link Service 40 (PDF, 225KB) Chester Railway Station - Chester City Centre (circular)
Mondays to Saturdays
Sundays
6 minutes 07/05/12
1
Arriva
Arriva Cymru low floor bus service 1 Chester - Chester Business Park - Pulford - Marford - Wrexham Monday to
Saturday

Sunday and
Bank Holidays
12 minutes


30 minutes
 03/03/13
1
Arriva/
Stagecoach
Stagecoach timetables: 1 (PDF, 2.69MB) Chester - Cheshire Oaks - Ellesmere Port - Bromborough - Birkenhead - Liverpool Monday to
Saturday

Sundays and
Bank Holidays
20 minutes


30 minutes
14/01/13
1
Arriva/ Stagecoach
Stagecoach timetables: 1 Arriva/Stagecoach Chester - Rhuddlan Road - Blacon Parade - Chester Circular
(clockwise direction)
Monday to
Saturday

Sundays and
Bank Holidays
10 minutes


30 minutes
14/01/13
1A
Arriva/
Stagecoach
Stagecoach timetables: 1A Arriva / Stagecoach Chester - Blacon Parade - Rhuddlan Road - Chester Circular
(anticlockwise direction) 
Monday to
Saturday

Sundays and
Bank Holidays
10 minutes


30 minutes
14/01/13
1
Arriva
Arriva low floor bus service 1 Northwich - Greenbank - Hartford - Weaverham Monday to
Saturday

Sundays and
Bank Holidays
20 minutes


Hourly
21/10/12
2 Arriva/ Stagecoach Stagecoach timetables:  2 Arriva / Stagecoach (PDF, 2.69MB) Chester - Great Sutton - Ellesmere Port - Birkenhead - Liverpool Mondays to Saturdays 20 minutes 14/01/13
2
Arriva
Arriva low floor bus service 2 Northwich - Rudheath

Monday to
Friday

Saturdays

 

Sundays and Bank Holidays

20 minutes


30 minutes

 

4 Journeys

03/03/13
3, 3A
Arriva
Arriva low floor bus service 3, 3A Chester - Broughton - Penyffordd - Buckley - Mold Monday to
Saturday
30 minutes 02/09/12
4, 4A, 4S
Arriva
Arriva low floor bus service 4, 4A, 4S Chester - Broughton -Hawarden - Buckley - Mold Monday to
Saturday

Sundays and
Bank Holidays
30 minutes


30 minutes
02/09/12
4
Arriva
Arriva low floor bus service 4 Northwich - Victoria Infirmary -Winnington - Barnton Monday to
Friday

Saturdays

Sundays and
Bank Holidays
20 mins


30 mins

5 Journeys
03/03/13
5, 5A
Stagecoach
Stagecoach timetables: 
5 and 5A
Chester - Boughton - Whitchurch Road - Caldy Valley - Huntington Monday to
Saturday

Sundays and
Bank Holidays
30 minutes


Hourly
14/01/13
6, 6A
Townlynx
Townlynx bus service 6 and 6A Chester - Sealand Road - Queensferry - Shotton -Mold - Pantymwyn Monday to
Saturday
Hourly 10/06/13
6 Stagecoach Stagecoach timetables:  6 Chester - Belgrave Road (Boughton) Monday to Saturday 30 minutes 14/01/13
6
GHA
GHA Service 6
(PDF, 693KB)
 
Little Sutton/Gleneagles Road - Great Sutton - Ellesmere Port - Wolverham Road - Stanney Grange Monday to
Saturday
30 minutes 06/07/12
7
GHA
GHA Service 7 (PDF, 758KB) Great Sutton/Kendal Drive - Ellesmere Port - Rossmore Road -  Netherpool/Naylor Road Monday to
Saturday
30 minutes

06/07/12

 7, 7A Stagecoach Stagecoach timetables: 
7 and 7A
Chester - Vicars Cross Circular Monday to Saturday 30 mins 14/01/13
8 Stagecoach Stagecoach timetables:  8 Chester - Vicars Cross - Pipers Ash Sundays and Bank Holidays Hourly 14/01/13
9
Stagecoach
Stagecoach timetables:  9 Chester - Boughton - Hoole Lane - Pipers Ash Monday to
Saturday
30 minutes 14/01/13
9, 9A
GHA
GHA low floor bus service 9 and 9A Chester - Hospital - Connahs Quay - Mold Monday to
Saturday Only
  August 09
10
Arriva
Arriva Service 10 Chester - Sealand Road - Garden City - Queensferry -
Connahs Quay -
Ffordd Llanarth
Monday to
Saturday
15 minutes 01/01/13
11A
GHA
GHA bus service 11A Chester - Broughton - Queensferry - Connah's Quay -
Mold (2 journeys)
Holywell (2 journeys)
Sundays and
Bank Holidays
4 journeys 30/10/11
11, 11A, 11X, X11 Arriva low floor bus service 11,11A,11X and X11 Chester - Broughton - Queensferry - Flint - Holywell
(connect to svc 11/11C to Rhyl)
Monday to
Saturday

Sundays and
Bank Holidays
30 minutes


Hourly
18/03/12
12
Arriva
Arriva low floor bus service 12 Chester - Broughton Retail Park - Mannor Lane - Mancot - Queensferry -
Connah's Quay
Monday to
Saturday
30 minutes 22/05/11
13
Arriva
Arriva low floor bus service 13 Chester - Broughton - Penymynydd - Mold - Loggerheads Country Park Sundays and
Bank Holidays
2 journeys 02/09/12
15, 15A
Arriva/ Stagecoach
Stagecoach timetable:  15 / 15A Chester - Parkgate Road -Blacon/Shelley Rd/Saxon Way - Saughall Monday to
Saturday

(For Sunday
service see DB6)
15 minutes 14/01/13
16,16A, X16
Stagecoach
Stagecoach timetables:  16, 16A, X16 Chester - Handbridge - Hough Green - Lace/Cliveden Road - Saltney Monday to
Saturday

Sundays and
Bank Holidays
15 minutess


30 minutes
14/01/13
21
Arriva
Arriva Service 21 Chester -Mickle Trafford - Frodsham - Runcorn Halton Lea Monday to
Saturdays

(For Sunday
journeys
see service DB6)
Hourly 10/01/11
21E GHA Coaches GHA Coaches service 21E (PDF, 138KB) Chester - Kingsway - Helsby - Frodsham Monday to
Saturday
2 return journeys 07/01/13
22 / 25
Avon Buses
Avon Buses low floor bus service 22 / 25 Chester - Willaston - Neston - Parkgate - Heswall -
West Kirby
Mondays to Saturdays 2 hourly Changing 29/04/13
27
Arrowebrook
Arrowebrook low floor bus service 27 (PDF, 696KB) Chester - Newtown - Chester Rail Station - Hoole Groves - Guilden Sutton Monday to
Saturday
Hourly 04/09/12
29
Arriva
Arriva bus service 29 Northwich - Leftwich - Moulton - Winsford - Over St Johns Monday to
Friday
30 mins 27/06/10
29A
Arriva
Arriva bus service 29A Northwich - Leftwich Estate Saturdays

(For Sunday
service see 31E)
30 minutes 27/06/10
29B
Arriva
Arriva bus service 29B Winsford - Gronge Estate - Mount Pleasant Drive/Over St Johns Saturdays 30 minutes 27/06/10
30
Park and Ride
Chester Park and Ride Service 30 Boughton Heath - Chester City Centre Park and Ride Service Monday to
Friday
Saturdays
Sundays and
Bank Holidays
15 minutes

15 minutes

15 minutes
25/05/11
31
Park and Ride
Chester Park and Ride Service 31 Sealand Road - Chester City Centre Park and Ride Service Mondays to
Fridays
Saturdays
Sundays and
Bank Holidays
15 minutes

15 minutes

15 minutes
08/07/12
31, 31A
Arriva
Arriva low floor bus service 31, 31A Northwich - Moulton - Winsford - Glebe Green - Leighton Hospital - Crewe Monday to
Saturday

(For Sunday
service see 37E Northwich-
Winsford-
Sandbach)
30 minutes 27/06/10
32, 32A
Park and Ride
Chester Park and Ride Service 32,32A Upton (The Zoo) - Chester City Centre Park and Ride Service Mondays to
Fridays
Saturdays
Sundays and
Bank Holidays
15 minutes

15 minutes

15 minutes
08/07/12
33
Park and Ride
Chester Park and Ride Service 33 Wrexham Road - Chester City Centre Park and Ride Service Mondays to
Fridays
Saturdays
Sundays and
Bank Holidays
15 minutes

15 minutes

15 minutes
08/07/12
36 GHA Service 36 Ellesmere Port - Cheshire Oaks - Elton - Helsby - Frodsham - Runcorn

Mondays to Saturdays

Sundays and Bank Holidays

Every 30 minutes 21/01/13
37, 37E
Arriva
Arriva low floor bus service 37, 37E Northwich - Moulton - Winsford - Middlewich - Sandbach -
Crewe(37 only)
Monday to
Saturday



Sundays and
Bank Holidays
30 minutes
(Northwich - Sandbach)
Hourly
(Northwich-
Crewe
Hourly
(Northwich - Sandbach)
Changing 07/04/13
41,41A,41B Helms of Eastham Helms Service 41,41A,41B
(PDF, 501KB)
Chester - Christleton - Tattenhall - Malpas - Whitchurch Mondays to Saturdays
Sundays
30 mins
(Chester-Waverton)
Hourly
(Chester-Tattenhall)
2 Hourly
(Chester-Whitchurch)
01/01/13
42
D&G
D&G low floor bus service 42 Crewe - Leighton Hospital - Middlewich - Holmes Chapel - Congleton Mondays to
Friday

Saturdays
Hourly


2 hourly
26/10/09
45
Helms
Helms Service 45 (PDF, 253KB) Chester - Boughton - Caldy Valley - Huntington Monday to Saturday Hourly 25/12/12
45
Warrington Borough Transport
Warrington Borough Transport low floor bus service 45 Northwich - Lostock Gralam - Antrobus - Warrington Monday to
Saturday
6 journeys 28/01/13
46
Warrington Borough Transport
Warrington Borough Transport low floor bus service 46 Northwich - Barnton - Anderton - Comberbach - Warrington Monday to
Saturday
6 journeys 28/01/13
47
Tomlinson Trave
l
Tomlinson Travel bus service 47 (PDF, 251KB) Holmes Chapel - Knutsford - Warrington Tuesdays and
Fridays Only
2 journeys 01/05/13
48
GHA
GHA bus service 48 (PDF, 1.01MB) Frodsham - Kingsley - Northwich Monday to
Saturday
5 journeys 01/09/09
49
Tomlinson Travel
Tomlinson Travel bus service 49 (PDF, 238KB) Holmes Chapel - Goostrey - Northwich Mondays and
Wednesdays only
(School Term
time)
1 journey 04/04/11
50
Stagecoach
Stagecoach timetables:  50 Chester bus exchange - Chester railway station Monday to
Saturday
2 journeys

13/01/13
51
Stagecoach
Stagecoach timetables: 
51
Chester bus exchange - Chester railway station Monday - Saturday 15 minutes 13/01/12
53
Stagecoach
Stagecoach timetables:  53 Chester - Hoole Road - Newton Lane - (circular) Monday to
Saturday

Sundays and
Bank Holidays
15 minutes


30 minutes
14/01/13
66
Halton Community Transport
Halton Community Transport Service 66 Windmill Hill/Halton Lea Runcorn - Northwich Tuesdays only 1 return journey 13/09/11
82, 82A, 82B, X82
GHA
GHA Service 82,82A, 82B, X82,
(PDF, 1.58MB)
Chester - Boughton - Vicars Cross Road - Tarvin - Kelsall - Sandiway - Hartford - Northwich Monday to
Friday

Saturdays
30 minutes


Hourly
06/08/12
83
Vale of Llangollen
Vale of Llangollen bus service 83 (PDF, 618KB) Bulkeley - Bunbury - Huxley - Chester Tuesdays Only 1 journey 24/08/09
84
Arriva
Arriva low floor bus service 84 Chester - Vicars Cross Road - Tarvin - Duddon - Tarporley - Calveley - Nantwich - Crewe Monday to
Saturday

Sundays and
Bank Holidays
30 minutes (Chester-
Crewe)
15 minutes (Crewe-Nantwich)

Hourly
27/01/13
85
Arriva
Arriva bus service 84, 85 Winsford Estates - Winsford -
Winsford Industrial Estate
Monday to
Friday

Saturdays
6 journeys


1 journey
27/06/10
106
Arrowebrook
Arrowebrook Service 106 (PDF, 963KB) Little Sutton - Overpool - Ellesmere Port Bus Station - Stanney Grange - Cheshire Oaks Sundays and
Bank Holidays
only
Hourly 06/07/12
272 - Ellesmere Port - Little Sutton - Hooton - Neston Monday to
Saturdays

Hourly -
289
GHA Travel
GHA low floor bus service 289 Northwich - Lostock Gralam - Pickmere - Knutsford - Altrincham Monday to
Saturday
5 journeys 01/08/11
487
Arriva
Arriva low floor bus service 487 Ness Gardens - Neston - Thornton Hough - Clatterbridge - Bebington - Birkenhead - Liverpool Monday to
Saturday
30 minutes 17/02/13
487
Arriva
Arriva low floor bus service 487 Parkgate - Neston - Clatterbridge - Bebington - Birkenhead - Liverpool Sundays and
Bank Holidays
10 journeys 17/02/13
488
Arriva
Arriva low floor bus service 488 Ness Gardens - Neston - Clatterbridge - Bebington - Birkenhead - Liverpool Sundays and
Bank Holidays
4 journeys 17/02/13
811
Cumfybus
Cumfybus bus service 811 Leasowe - Moreton - Deeside Ind Park - Broughton Monday to
Friday Only
8 journeys 10/11/08
817
Cumfybus
Cumfybus bus service 817 Arrowe Park Hospital - Broughton Monday to
Friday Only
4 journeys 10/11/08
C56
D Jones
D Jones & Sons Service C56
(PDF, 893KB)
Chester - Boughton - Saighton - Aldford - Farndon - Holt - Wrexham Monday to
Friday

Saturdays
Hourly


2 hourly
 
C87
Vale Of Llangollen
Vale of Llangollen C87 Service
(PDF, 633KB)
Utkinton - Tarporley - Eaton - Little Budworth - Whitegate - Northwich Fridays only 1 journey 01/05/13
C89
Vale Of Llangollen
Vale of Llangollen C89 Service (PDF, 633KB) Fishpool Lane - Utkinton - Tarporley - Eaton - Little Budworth - Winsford - Northwich Wednesday only 1 journey 01/05/13
DB1
GHA
GHA DB1 Dee Bee Service
(PDF, 487KB)
Blacon - Countess Hospital - Chester City Centre - Dodleston - Mold Monday to
Saturday
Hourly Changing 01/07/13
DB2
GHA
GHA Dee Bee DB2 Service (PDF, 563KB) Saltney Ferry - Chester - Countess Hospital - Cheshire Oaks - Ellesmere Port Monday to
Saturday
Hourly
(Saltney-Chester)
4 journeys
(Chester-
Ellesmere Port)
25/10/10
DB3
GHA
GHA DB3 Dee Bee Service
(PDF, 487KB)
Blacon - Chester - Higher Kinnerton - Caergwrle Monday to
Friday
1 journey 04/09/10
DB5
GHA
GHA Dee Bee DB5 Service (PDF, 720KB) Lache - Handbridge - Chester - Boughton - Huntington Monday to
Saturday
(Evening
Service)
3 journeys (Evening Service) 07/01/13
DB6
GHA
GHA Dee Bee DB6 Service (PDF, 461KB) Vicars Cross - Pipers Ash - Chester - Blacon - Saughall (Monday to Saturdays)

Saughall - Chester - Kingsway - Frodsham
(Sundays and Bank Holidays)
Monday to
Saturday
(Evening Service)

Sundays and Bank Holidays
Hourly
(Evening
Service)

Hourly (Sundays and Bank Holidays)
14/08/11
DB8
GHA
GHA Dee Bee DB8 Service (PDF, 195KB) Ince Square - Elton - Mickle Trafford - Guilden Sutton - Vicars Cross - Chester - Chester Business Park Monday to
Fridays
2 journeys 01/09/09
SP1, SP2
GHA
GHA Service SP1,SP2 (PDF, 910KB) Ellesmere Port - Cheshire Oaks - Deeside Industrial Park - Queensferry - Buckley - Mold Mondays to
Fridays

Saturdays
30 minutes


Hourly
20/05/13
X2 Arriva/ Stagecoach Stagecoach timetables:  X2 (PDF, 2.69MB) Chester - Ellesmere Port Mondays to Saturdays 30 minutes 14/01/13
X20
GHA
GHA Service X20 (PDF, 242 KB) Middlewich - Winsford - Chester - Cheshire Oaks Tuesdays/
Thursdays/
Saturdays only
1 journey 01/11/11
X22
Howards Travel
Howards Travel Service X22 Winsford - Northwich - Liverpool Saturdays only 1 journey 29/05/10
X30
Arriva
Arriva Service X30 Chester - Mickle Trafford - Frodsham - Runcorn Halton Lea - Sutton Weaver - Warrington Mondays to
Saturdays
Hourly 24/10/10
X44
Arriva
Arriva Service X44 Chester Rail Station - Chester - Chester Business Park - Hawarden - Buckley - Mold
(limited stop)
Mondays to
Saturdays
Hourly 29/08/10
X55
Arriva
Arriva Service X55 Chester Rail Station - Chester - Chester Business Park - Dobshill - Buckley - Mold
(limited stop)
Mondays to
Saturdays
Hourly 29/08/10
X81
GHA
GHA Service X81 (PDF, 359KB) Winsford - Middlewich - Sandbach - Hanley Wednesdays and
Fridays only
1 journey 02/11/11