Bus service timetables and journey planning

Planning your journey

If you know your bus route number use the bus timetable list to go to the buses page for details of times and fares or use the bus and rail maps to help plan your journey on the new bus network.

You can also order Cheshire East bus timetables to your home address or pick one up from Cheshire East libraries.

If you are of eligible age or disabled you may qualify for a senior or disabled person's bus pass or senior and disabled person's railcard.

You may also be able to use one of the community and flexible transport services that operate in East Cheshire to complete your journey.

Door to door travel planning

You can also use the Traveline Journey Planner to find routes and times for your journey anywhere in Great Britain, or click on the icons at the top of the journey planning box to find live departures or look up a timetable for buses and trams that cover all the stops served.

You can also plan your journey with the help of the Traveline telephone service by calling 0871 200 22 33 (12p per minute from landlines and mobiles, plus your phone companies access charge).

The English Traveline call centre opening hours are 7am to 10pm most days. You can find full details on Travelines website.

Bus operators and complaints

Contact the Operator for further information regarding individual services and fare information.

Aimee's Travel Tel: 01538 385050
Arriva Tel: 0344 800 44 11
D&G Bus Tel: 01270 252 970
First Tel: 0345 602 0121
High Peak Buses Tel: 0844 351 1120
Compliments and complaints about bus services

Hollinshead's Coaches Tel: 01782 512209
Mikro Coaches Tel: 01270 588 867
Selwyns Tel: 0161 945 9122
Stagecoach Tel: 0161 273 3377
Tomlinson Travel Tel: 01606 551 698
Traveline Tel: 0871 200 22 33

Roadworks will affect D&G Bus service 8 from 29 October 2018 to 29 May 2019.

The service will be split into three separate routes to minimise disruption that may occur while Sydney Road railway bridge is rebuilt.

8E, 8S, 8W Bus Service Timetables

Northern Rail Route Improvements

There will be changes to some Northern Rail services in Cheshire East in 2019. You can find more information on Northern Rail's improvement works information page.

Older and Disabled Persons Bus and Rail Passes

If you are of eligible age or disabled you may qualify for a senior or disabled persons bus pass or senior and disabled persons railcard.

Concessionary Bus Pass Scheme – update regarding new system 13/03/19:

We have been issuing new passes to passengers who hold either an older persons or disabled persons pass since 5 November and all passengers should now have received their new passes.

Most on-bus ticket machines (ETMs) will accept the new passes, however some operators including First and Stagecoach will not be updating the software on their machines until the 1st quarter of 2019 and may take until 31/03/19 to complete the updates.

Bus operators have been informed of the changes and their drivers have been instructed to allow passengers to travel as long as they have a valid and legible pass while the software updates are processed as per the scheme terms and conditions.

The changes have been made to save money and speed up pass issue. Cheshire East Council now manages its own Concessionary Bus Pass Scheme. In order to change to this new system, it has been necessary to replace all current passes. Even after we have replaced all the passes, we will still make savings year on year.

Cheshire East passes are no longer valid for journeys into Wales.

The new passes can be identified by a black Cheshire East Council logo.