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Registered local bus service
501
Stoke Rail Station to Stoke Rail Station
Via Stoke Rail Station, Hanley Bus Station, Etruria Valley, Wolstanton Retail Park
Run by First Potteries Ltd on licence PD0000003.
Kind of service
Limited Stop
Public subsidy
Subsidised
Running since
2 November 1993
Current version from
23 February 2025
Where it runs
Registered with 2 transport authorities. A service has to be registered with every authority whose area it runs through.
Other routes run by First Potteries Ltd
- B1
Stoke City Bet365 Stadium to Hanley/ Newcastle
Via Hanley, Newcastle under Lime Railway Station, Stoke Town Centre
Limited Stop
- 2
Hanley Bus Station to Hanley Bus Station
Via Hanley Bus Station, Northwood, Birches Head, Hanley Bus Station
Normal Stopping · CircularPart subsidised
- 5
Hanley Bus Station to Hanley Bus Station
Via Hanley Bus Station, Abbey Hulton, Hanley Bus Station
Normal StoppingPart subsidised
- 6
Hanley Bus Station to Coleville/ Parkhall
Via Longton, Mier
Normal StoppingPart subsidised
- 7
Hanley Bus Station to Biddulph/Kidsgrove
Normal StoppingPart subsidised
- 8
Hanley Bus Station to Ball Green
Via Smallthorne
Normal StoppingPart subsidised
Other operators in Staffordshire County Council
- A1
Walsall, Hatherton Street to Amazon Rugeley
Via Rushall, Walsall Wood
Fastline Travel LimitedLimited Stop
- A2
Wolverhampton, Pipers Row to Amazon, Rugeley
Via Bilston, Willenhall, Bloxwich
Fastline Travel LimitedLimited Stop
- A53
Leek Bus Station to Buxton Railway Station
Via Blackshaw Moor, Upper Hulme, Flash Bar Stores, The Winking Man, Burbage
The Ashbourne Little Bus CompanyNormal StoppingSubsidised
- AV1
Tamworth to Aston Villa FG
Arriva MidlandsNormal Stopping
- CH1
High Hill, Essington to Cheslyn Hay Academy
Coastal Liner LtdSchool or Works
- Derbyshire Connect
Ashbourne to Hartington market Square Ford & Wirksworth
The Ashbourne Little Bus CompanyFlexible RegistrationSubsidised
What this record is
Registration PD0000003/198 is the permission to run this route, not a timetable. It records the start, the finish, the places between and who may run it. For departure times, ask the operator or the transport authority. To see what the licence behind it authorises overall, open the operator profile.