Valid from 4 September 2016

Bus times Ashton - St Helens 156 Ashton - St Helens - Lea Green

ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD Gerard Street

DOWNALL GREEN Booths Brow Road

GARSWOOD Merseyrail Station

Liverpool Road

West End Road

BLACKBROOK Blackbrook Road

Park Road

ST HELENS Bus Station

LEA GREEN Rail Station

Waterside Village

This service is provided by Cumfybus and www.merseytravel.gov.uk Welcome to your new bus timetable

We (Merseytravel) have produced this new bus timetable as your bus service has recently changed. We do not run bus services - they are run by private bus companies. However, we pay towards essential bus services which the bus companies do not run. In timetables, these services are called Merseytravel Bus Services and are shown by the symbol M .

How to use this timetable

The timetable is split into routes and days of the week (see 1 below). Please make sure you are looking at the timetable for the right direction you want to travel in. The travel direction is shown across the top of the page. On the left side of the page there is a list of the some of the key places along the route (see 2 below). The time the bus leaves each of these ‘timing points’ is shown in columns running from left to right across the page (see 3 below). Each column of times is a separate bus journey. Read the column from top to bottom. First, look for the bus stop nearest where you want to get the bus from. Then, look at the times shown on the same line to find the time nearest when you want to get the bus. Read down the list of times until you get to the time opposite a place near to where you want to get off the bus. This time is your arrival time. We can’t show times for every bus stop, or the timetable would be too big to print in a booklet. Please remember to look for any codes at the top of the page or alongside each column which may change your journey (see 4 below). You can find an explanation of these codes in the ‘Codes’ box at the bottom of the timetable. In some timetable booklets, we show some of the bus stops in italics (see 5 below). This means we have given a rough time for that stop because the bus company has not given us an exact time. Here is an example of a timetable. 224 Liscard to Weatherhead

1 Monday to Fridays 4 Liscard Wallasey Road 0751 0801 Church Road, Brighton Street 0757 0807 2 Poulton Road, Wheatland Lane 3 0800 0810 Poulton Road, Gorsey Lane 5 0804 0814 Weatherhead School 0807 0817 24-hour clock

00 23 13 12 In this timetable booklet, we show bus times in the 24-hour clock. For example, 9.42am is 11 1 22 14 shown as ‘0942’ and 3.28pm is shown as ‘1528’. This clock shows how afternoon 10 2 21 9 3 15 8 4 and evening times appear in the 24-hour clock. 20 16 7 6 5 19 17 18 Large print timetables We can supply this timetable in another format, such as large print. Either call 0151 330 1049 or email us at [email protected] 2 What’s changed?

Daytime service is now operated for Merseytravel by HTL Buses. It is rerouted to serve Haydock Industrial Estate, extended via Garswood through to Ashton and extended from St Helens town centre to Waterside Village. All times are changed.

Any comments about this service?

If you’ve got any comments or suggestions about the services shown in this timetable, please contact the bus company who runs the service:

Huyton Travel Ltd, 0151 449 3868 Cumfybus, 01704 227 321

If it’s a Merseytravel Bus Service we’d like to know what you think of the service, or if you have left something in a bus station, please contact us at Merseytravel: By e-mail [email protected] By phone 0151 236 7676 In writing PO Box 1976, , L69 3HN

Need some help or more information?

For help planning your journey, call Traveline, open 0800 - 2000, 7 days a week on 0151 236 7676

You can visit one of our Travel Centres across the Merseytravel network to get information about all public transport services. To find out opening times, phone us on 0151 236 7676.

Our website contains lots of information about public transport across . You can visit our website at www.merseytravel.gov.uk

Bus services may run to different timetables during bank and public holidays, so please check your travel plans in advance. Damage to bus stops and shelters You can help us by reporting damage to bus stops and shelters that could be a risk to personal safety by calling the emergency 24-hour hotline. Please call 0800 731 3699 with the location of the stop or shelter, including the bus stop reference (you’ll find it on the Bus Stop name plate or bus timetable display) or the road name with nearest side road/landmark. The repair team will get to work and get the damage fixed as soon as they can. 3 156 Ashton - St Helens - (Lea Green) - St Helens - Ashton Merseytravel bus service

Mon - Sat daytime: from ASHTON (GERARD ST) via Gerard St, Wigan Rd, Downall Green Rd, Booths Brow Rd, Rectory Rd, Billinge Rd, Garswood Rd, Station Rd, School Ln, Garswood Rd, Tithebarn Rd, Millfield Ln, Piele Rd, Church Rd, Clipsley Ln, Wagon Ln, Ledger Rd, Wedge Ave, Old Whint Rd, West End Rd, Blackbrook Rd, Park Rd, Pocket Nook St, Atlas St, Parr St, Corporation St, Hall St, ST HELENS BUS STATION, Corporation St, Hall St, Church St, Parr St, Linkway East, St Helens Linkway, Scorecross, Marshalls Cross Rd, Elton Head Rd, Lea Green Station Bus Facility, Elton Head Rd, Lowfield Ln, Lea Green Rd, Elton Head Rd, Lea Green Station Bus Facility, Elton Head Rd, Marshalls Cross Rd, Scorecross, St Helens Linkway, Linkway East, Parr St, Church St, Hall St, Corporation St, Bickerstaffe St, Library St, Corporation St, Parr St, Atlas St, Pocket Nook St, Park Rd, Blackbrook Rd, West End Rd, Clipsley Ln, Wagon Ln, Ledger Rd, Wedge Ave, Old Whint Rd, West End Rd, Clipsley Ln, Church Rd, Piele Rd, Millfield Ln, Tithebarn Rd, Garswood Rd, School Ln, Station Rd, Garswood Rd, Billinge Rd, Rectory Rd, Booths Brow Rd, Downall Green Rd, Wigan Rd, Bryn St, Gerard St to ASHTON (GERARD ST). 0758 bus from Booths Brow: from BOOTHS BROW RD via Rectory Rd, Downall Green Rd, Billinge Rd, Garswood Rd, Station Rd, School Lane, Garswood Rd, Station Rd, Tithebarn Rd, Liverpool Rd, Stanley Bank Way, Vicarage Rd, West End Rd, Blackbrook Rd, Park Rd, Parr St, Corporation St, Hall St to ST HELENS BUS STATION. Eve & Sundays: from ST HELENS BUS STATION via Bickerstaffe St, Library St, Corporation St, Parr St, Atlas St, Pocket Nook St, Park Rd, Blackbrook Rd, West End Rd, Clipsley Ln, Church Rd, Piele Rd, Millfield Ln, Tithebarn Rd, Garswood Rd, School Ln, Station Rd, Garswood Rd, Billinge Rd, Rectory Rd, Booths Brow Rd, Downall Green Rd, Wigan Rd, Bryn St, Gerard St to ASHTON (GERARD ST). Eve & Sun: from ASHTON (GERARD ST) via Gerard St, Wigan Rd, Downall Green Rd, Booths Brow Rd, Rectory Rd, Billinge Rd, Garswood Rd, Station Rd, School Ln, Garswood Rd, Tithebarn Rd, Millfield Ln, Piele Rd, Church Rd, Clipsley Ln, West End Rd, Blackbrook Rd, Park Rd, Pocket Nook St, Atlas St, Parr St, Corporation St, Hall St to ST HELENS BUS STATION. M M M M Mondays to Saturdays M M M M M M NSl SO n Ashton-in-Makerfield Gerard Street 0620 0630 0730 - 0830 30 1630 1730 - 1826 Downall Green Road, Victoria Road 0632 0642 0742 0758 0842 42 1642 1742 - 1835 Garswood station, Station Road 0635 0645 0745 0803 0845 45 1645 1745 - 1838 Haydock Industrial Estate 0642 0652 0752 0852 52 1652 1752 - 1845 Old Whint Wedge Avenue 0647 0657 0757 0857 57 1657 1757 - Blackbrook Blackbrook Road, The Ship Inn 0651 0701 0801 0812 0901 01 1701 1801 - 1854 St Helens Bus Station 0701 0711 0811 0821 0911 11 1711 1811 - 1903 then then St Helens Bus Station 0706 0716 0816 - 0916 16 1716 - - - at at Lea Green station 0716 0726 0826 - 0926 26 1726 - - - these until these Waterside Village 0720 0730 0830 - 0930 30 1730 - - - mins mins Lea Green station 0724 0734 0834 - 0934 34 1734 - - - past past St Helens Bus Station 0734 0744 0844 - 0944 44 1744 - 1844 - Blackbrook Blackbrook Road, The Ship Inn 0742 0752 0852 - 0952 52 1752 - 1852 - Old Whint 0748 0758 0858 - 0958 58 1758 - - Haydock Indusrial Estate 0753 0803 0903 - 1003 03 1803 - 1901 - Garswood station, Station Road 0759 0809 0909 - 1009 09 1809 - 1907 - Downall Green Road, Victoria Road 0803 0813 0913 - 1013 13 1813 - 1911 - Ashton-in Makerfield Gerard Street 0815 0825 0925 - 1025 25 1825 - 1921 - M Mondays to Saturdays M M M

Ashton-in-Makerfield Gerard Street - 26 - 2326 Downall Green Road, Victoria Road - 35 - 2335 Garswood station, Station Road - 38 - 2338 Haydock Industrial Estate - 45 - 2345 Old Whint Wedge Avenue - - Blackbrook Blackbrook Road, The Ship Inn - 54 - 2354 St Helens Bus Station - 03 - 0003 St Helens Bus Station - - - - Lea Green station - - - - until Waterside Village - - - - Lea Green station - - - - St Helens Bus Station 44 - 2244 - Blackbrook Blackbrook Road, The Ship Inn 52 - 2252 - Old Whint - - Haydock Indusrial Estate 01 - 2301 - Garswood station, Station Road 07 - 2307 - Downall Green Road, Victoria Road 11 - 2311 - Ashton-in Makerfield Gerard Street 21 - 2321 -

Codes used on this page: l - means that on schooldays, this bus continues to Byrchall High School arriving at 0820. NS - means this bus does not run on Saturdays SO - means this bus only runs on Saturdays M - Merseytravel Bus Service operated by HTL Buses n - means this journey is operated by Cumfybus and is timed departing from Booths Brow Road.

7 156 St Helens - Ashton - St Helens Merseytravel bus service

Sundays and bank holidays M M M M M M St Helens Bus Station 0744 - 44 - 2244 - Blackbrook Blackbrook Road, The Ship Inn 0752 - 52 - 2252 - Old Whint Wedge Avenue - - - Haydock Industrial Estate 0801 - 01 - 2301 - Garswood station, Station Road 0807 - then 07 - 2307 - Downall Green Road, Victoria Road 0811 at 11 - 2311 - Ashton-in-Makerfield Gerard Street 0821 0826 these 21 26 until 2321 2326 Downall Green Road, Victoria Road - 0835 mins - 35 - 2335 Garswood station, Station Road - 0838 past - 38 - 2338 Haydock Industrial Estate - 0845 - 45 - 2345 Old Whint Wedge Avenue - - - Blackbrook Blackbrook Road, The Ship Inn - 0854 - 54 - 2354 St Helens Bus Station - 0903 - 03 - 0003

Code used on this page: M - Merseytravel Bus Service operated by HTL Buses

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