Service changes from September 2008
Various changes to services 77, 94/94A, 99, 350 and 420 will occur during September
and new services 16, 108 and 423/424 will commence.
Click here for full details
Biddulph town centre bus stops
The bus stop for all northbound buses to Gillow Heath and Congleton has moved from Wharf Road to a new bus stop in High Street outside the Co-op store. All southbound buses to East Estate, Biddulph Moor, Hanley and Newcastle have moved from outside the Town Hall to Wharf Road to a newly constructed bus stop. Staffordshire County Council regret that there will be a delay to the provision of new bus shelters, but they will be installed as soon as possible.
"smart" NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE MULTI-OPERATOR TICKETS
These tickets are valid on all operators' buses within North Staffordshire.
Day and weekly tickets are sold on the bus, and monthly tickets from local Pay Zone outlets
(call 01782 234500 for location of your nearest local store).
Ticket prices are:
smart-day £4.70 adult, £3.20 child
smart-week £17.50 adult, £12.00 child
smart-month £55.00 adult, £37.00 child
New student smart tickets are now available from Newcastle, Stoke-on-Trent and Sixth Form Colleges and should soon be available from Keele and Staffordshire (Stoke campus) Universities Students Unions.
Ticket prices are:
smart-student-week £14.00
smart-student-month £44.00
smart-student-three month £110.00
Concessionary travel for Senior Citizens
Since 01 April 2008 senior citizens over 60 years of age, and holders of valid local authority passes, may travel free of charge at all times for journeys commencing in Staffordshire, and after 09:30 for journeys commencing in Cheshire on Mondays to Fridays. Half fare is payable before 09:30 on Mondays to Fridays, and free of charge at all other times. A "bus pass" (obtainable from local councils) must be shown to the driver on each occasion and a special ticket will be issued for each journey. These passes are also now valid for free travel anywhere in England after 09:30, but special local conditions may apply at other times. Please contact the local authority concerned for full details.
Places of interest to visit
As well as the many towns and villages served by
bakerbus, there are also places of special interest to visit, including Ford Green Hall (service 9 Nines); Biddulph Grange Gardens (service 99); Trentham Gardens; Wedgwood Visitor Centre, Barlaston (service X1). Please always be sure to check dates and times of opening before travelling.
bakerbus All Day Tickets
Available from the driver of any
bakerbus service, for unlimited travel in Cheshire and Staffordshire,
on the day of issue :
Adult £3.50 Child £2.00
Family £7.00 (for a maximum of 2 adults and up to three children, all travelling together)
Ten Trip Tickets - Now valid for three months
The new
Ten Trip Ticket, which enables ten single journeys to be made for much less than the price of nine, available from the driver is now valid for three months after issue, (that is, before the same date three months later - e.g., for a ticket issued on 12th January, ten journeys must be made before 12th April).
Ten Trip Tickets are available for ten single journeys between the same two bus stops/fare stages.
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