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Stantons of Stoke are in the process of launching a new Cheadle to the Potteries service called Route 1N2 on a Mon-Fri commencing September 3rd it departs Cheadle Bank St. 09:30 & 12:30 to Hanley via Brookhouses, Boundary, Dilhorne, Forsbrook, Blythe Bridge, Meir Park,Meir Broadway, Parkhall...

Staffordshire County Council ENCTS pass holders from April 1st 2019 will NOT be allowed free travel before 09:30 or after 23:00 but I think First Potteries & D&G still have a reduced fare in place for passengers showing a ENCTS pass?.

The timetable for the new Aimee`s 30 service Tean Cheadle Ipstones Leek as been published on Staffs Moorlands bus website. Not surprising Whiston & Foxt have lost all service but I think most passengers will be happy with the twice daily Mon/Fri trips. Use it or loose ?...

Just read that that the Alton Towers staff buses/routes are being passed on to D & G ? . Might there be a glimmer of hope that the traveling public could have access to a bus between the potteries and Alton Towers via Cheadle and Oakamoor again, lets hope so...

Can't believe there is no 32a service until June, must be an opening here for a local operator to step in, surely. I travel between Cheadle and Oakamoor and when Towers are open the buses are useually very well used mornings and late afrernoon. Crazy...

This service will cease to operate 17th December leaving no direct link between Cheadle Blythe Bridge & Longton, reason given is "lack of customers" . Its a long time since PMT abandoned this route and D&G have tried lots of different routing without success, even Alton Towers Transport tried...

Hi see like me you use the D&G 31 service, i board and alite at Majors Barn/The Green and now the service misses 2 stops out (The Swan and Majors Barn) in favor of going via Glebe Road / Brookhouses Road with no designated bus stops. Not only are we down to just 3 a day but we have to walk...

The surplus stock of steam cranes carriages trucks etc must have gone to the CVR sidings/sheds at Cheddleton station or disposed off. Think at the shareholders meeting the scrap value of the track was £35k? The track lifted between Caulon Lowe and Ipstones belonged or was leased to MCR. It...

The track from Froghall to Oakamoor has now been lifted and sold for scrap.