Everything you need to know about changes to St Helens bus network

Merseytravel’s alterations include a new direct service from St Helens town centre to Haydock industrial estate, a service every two hours from St Helens town centre to Ormskirk and Edge Hill University and an improved Sunday morning provision between Widnes and St Helens with a regular hourly service (17 service).

Here's a rundown of everything you need to know:

12 St Helens Bus Station to St Helens Retail Park.

Service will start later and finish earlier with a new Sunday daytime service introduced operating hourly.

17/17B St Helens Bus Station to Widnes via St Helens Hospital, Clock Face and Sutton Manor.

Service will operate hourly from approx. 8am instead of 2pm on Sundays

17B renumbered to operate as a 17

20 St Helens Town Centre to Earlestown via Haydock

Monday to Saturday daytime will now operate every 30 minutes rather than every 20 minutes

30/30E NEW SERVICE: Monday to Saturday daytime to operate every 20 minutes
Evenings and Sundays hourly (30E)
Sutton Manor to Chain Lane via St Helens Bus Station.
Evenings and Sundays 30E will operate between Chain Lane and St Helens Bus Station
The route of the service will be similar to the 36 between Chain Lane and St. Helens but will no longer serve Islands Brow but will instead operate along Hinckley Road.
To the south of St Helens Bus Station, the route will follow the current 33 route to Sutton Manor

32 Clinkham Wood to Clock Face, Four Acre via St Helens Bus Station.

Daytime frequency has been standardised to every 20 minutes.

Evenings and Sunday service revised to be hourly to Sutton Manor & hourly to Clockface

The route also no longer serves Four Acre. The 30, 17 &140 will serve this area instead.

32A Clinkham Wood to Clock Face via St Helens Bus Station.

Daytime frequency standardised to every 20 minutes

33 Sutton Heath to Sutton Manor via St Helens Bus Station.

St Helens to Sutton Heath will still be served by the 33 route every 15 minutes
Daily evening 33 service to be introduced operating hourly replacing the withdrawn 196 in Thatto Heath.

The 30 bus will serve the Sutton Manor area instead

34 St Helens Bus Station to Leigh Bus Station. via Earlestown and Newton-le-Willows Station.

Evenings and Sundays will now become an hourly service

34A St Helens to Vulcan Village via Earlestown
An hourly service has been introduced at evenings and on Sundays 

35/35E Gillars Green to St Helens Junction via St Helens Bus Station.

Service is rerouted to operate as per the withdrawn 35A route

No longer serving Knowsley Road between Ellison Drive and Rivington Road.

Evenings and Sundays 35E introduced between Gillars Green & St Helens Town Centre operates every 30 minutes

The 153 will serve Knowsley Road during the day instead

35A WITHDRAWN: Gillars Green to St Helens Junction via St Helens Bus Station.

See 35 route description for more information

36/36A WITHDRAWN: Chain Lane to St Helens Bus Station.

Service replaced by new service 30/30E.

The 137 will serve Islands Brow and Merton Bank Road during the daytime instead

37 St Helens to Eccleston

Service rerouted via Chapel Lane Springfield Lane, Walmsley Road and Gunners Lane to Kiln Lane.

38 Rainford to St Helens

Service rerouted via Kiln Lane and Bleak Hill no longer serving Rainford Road between Kiln Road and Bleak Hill Road

The 152 will serve Rainford Road instead 

38A NEW SERVICE replacing the 356

Rainford to St Helens Bus Station via Crank

Operates the revised 38 route between St Helens Bus Station and Windle Island then via Crank Road and Higher Lane.

Evenings and Sundays hourly service

60 St Helen Bus Station to St Helens Bus Station via Windle Hall Lane

New hourly service at evenings and Sundays

111 WITHDRAWN: Parr to Lea Green Station, via St Helens Hospital

The 31 and 140 will now serve Parr
The 17 and 32 will now serve Lea Green

121/122 WITHDRAWN: Gillars Green to Clock Face or Bold via St. Helens Bus Station.

35E will now serve Gillars Green

140 will now serve Clockface and Bold Heath

137/138 Beacon Road to St Helens Bus Station 

Revised service will be numbered 137 only.

Operating Monday to Saturday daytime from 9am from Billinge to St Helens Bus Station via Carr Mill, Moss Bank, Haresfinch, Island Brow & Merton Bank Road.

No longer serving beyond St Helens Bus Station
See 33, 38, 139, 153, 156, 289 and 352 route descriptions for more information

139 Liverpool to St Helens via Prescot Bus Station.

Route revised via Elton Head Road and Nutgrove Hall Road instead of Rainhill Road and Nutgrove Road.
Rainhill Road: 10a will serve this area
Nutgrove Road:10a will serve this area

140 St Helens Bus Station to Bold Heath via Parr, St Helens Junction, Lea Green, and Clock Face.

Evenings and Sundays there will be a new provision operating hourly.

The route will be as current service as far Gartons Lane but then extend to Rainhill Station via Jubits Lane, Warrington Road

141 St Helens Bus Station to Newton-le- Willows via St Helens Hospital 

Monday to Saturday daytime service unchanged but evenings and Sundays the route will no longer serve St Helens Hospital.

St Helens Hospital: 32, 17 will serve this area

147 WITHDRAWN: St Helens junction to St Helens Bus Station via Fleet Lane

Parr: 31,140 will serve this area

Sutton: 140 will serve this area

152 St Helens Bus Station to Rainford via Crank.

All journeys are extended to operate to Ormskirk, via Edge Hill University.
Increased frequency - to Omskirk Monday to Saturday operating every two hours, rather than three times a day.

153 NEW SERVICE: St Helens Bus Station to Norley Drive via Knowsley Road.

Monday to Saturday daytime every two hours

156 St Helens Bus Station to Garswood via Old Whint and Liverpool Road.

Revised route will operate via Haydock Industrial Estate. It will extend beyond Garswood to Ashton and beyond St Helens Bus Station to Waterside Village.

Monday to Saturday hourly service

Evenings and Sundays hourly service will not extend beyond St Helens Bus Station travelling south.

No longer serves Liverpool Road

Liverpool Road: Service 603 will be revised to serve Liverpool Road, giving connections to St Helens

194/195 WITHDRAWN: St Helens to St Helens via Eccleston, Portico, Prescot, Whiston Hospital, Rainhill Stoops, Clock Face and St Helens Hospital

See 140, 60 & 38A route descriptions for more information

There are alternative buses to St Helens Bus Station to link to other services

196 WITHDRAWN: St Helens to Prescot Bus Station via Thatto Heath.

Thatto Heath: 33 service will serve the area

Prescott: 248 will serve this area

289 Rainhill Station to Prescot Bus Station.

Route revised beyond Rainhill Rail Station to Rainhill Stoops via Old Lane and Mill Lane.

Monday to Friday daytime to operate hourly.

602 Ashton to Newton Community Hospital, via Haydock Industrial Estate and Earlestown.

Revised circular route

Ashton to Ashton via Haydock Industrial Estate, Earlestown, Newton Community Hospital, Newton-le-Willows Station and Ashton Road.

Monday to Saturday operates hourly

Evenings and Sundays will operate as current route and frequency from Ashton to Newton Community Hospital only

603 Ashton to Newton Community Hospital via Garswood, Haydock Industrial Estate, Earlestown, Newton-le-Willows Station

Revised route Ashton to Newton-le-Willows Station via Haydock Industrial Estate, Liverpool Road, Haydock, Earlestown & Newton Hospital

Garswood and Crow Lane East will no longer be served by this service but it will serve Liverpool Road.

Garswood: 156/157 will serve this area

Crow Lane East: 22 will serve this area

920 St Helens to Haydock Industrial Estate via Sutton Manor, Clock Face and Parr.

One early morning return journey and one late evening return journey only.

Haydock Industrial Estate: 156 will serve the area hourly instead

A10 WITHDRAWN St Helens Bus Stn. to St Helens Bus Stn. via Standish Street.

There is no alternative service as it has been decided it is within reasonable distance of the town centre
 

Services with no changes: 

10/10A St Helens Town Centre to Liverpool

22/24 Warrington to Earlestown

28 St Helens Town Centre to Blackbrook and St Helens Junction

31 St Helens to Parr

89/89A St Helens to Liverpool Airport

97 St Helens to Prescott

157 Rainford to Ashton

297 St Helens to Kirkby

320 St Helens to Wigan

329 St Helens to Warrington

352 St Helens to Wigan