36A Meir Park to Kidsgrove via Hanley, Sandyford

Operated by First Potteries. First bus 19:30, last bus 21:55. 7 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £1.90 to £3.00 — more.

Next towards Kidsgrove from Tesco superstore (adj): 19:53

Next towards Meir Park from Second Avenue (opp): 20:55

Wanted a different 36A? 6 other bus routes are numbered 36A elsewhere in the UK — see every 36A bus timetable by area.

Timetable

Ends at Kidsgrove, Second Avenue · Monday to Friday · 3 journeys
Stop 19:5320:5321:53
Tesco superstore (adj) 19:5320:5321:53
Edensor Road (adj) 20:0921:0922:09
Warrington Road (adj) 20:2021:2022:20
bus station (stand B) ···
bus station (stand J) 20:2521:2522:25
Wedgwood Place (adj) 20:3521:3522:35
High Street (stop T1) 20:4121:4122:41
Second Avenue (opp) 20:5121:5122:51

Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off; one that finishes short of the usual end says where ("to …") — not every journey on this route runs the whole way. A · means that journey does not stop there. Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. Switch a table to All stops for every stop it calls at, or open a stop's own page for live departures there.

The 36A is confirmed in the national fare cap — single fares cost at most £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Source: GOV.UK. Details →

Fares on the 36A

Adult single £1.90 to £3.00

Adult single fare table, stage to stage
£2.40 Meir Heath
£2.40£1.90 Sandon Road
£2.40£2.40£2.40 Meir
£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40 Longton Fire Station
£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£1.90 Longton
£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£1.90 Fenton, Hollins Street
£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40 Fenton, Victoria Place
£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40 Fenton Manor
£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£1.90 Berryhill Road
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40 Hanley (City Centre)
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£1.90 Vale Place
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£1.90 Cobridge Church
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40 Burslem
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40 Dimensions
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40 Tunstall
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40 Summerbank Road
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£1.90 Hollywell Lane
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40 Woodstock Street (OUT)
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40 Stone Bank Road
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£1.90 Kidsgrove
£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£3.00£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40£2.40–£2.40£2.40 Woodstock Street (IN)

Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is Meir Park.

First Bus's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 28 August 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with First Potteries before you travel.

Tickets on the 36A

First Potteries publishes singles on this route for adults and young people.

Adult Single · Young Person Single

Ticket types come from First Potteries's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 4 September 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with First Potteries.

Christmas & bank holidays

These dates are not the usual timetable for the day they fall on. They come from the operator’s published data, which for Christmas and New Year is often late or incomplete, so check with First Potteries before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.

Not published yet: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 28 December, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Operators often publish festive timetables only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.

Route map

All stops on route 36A

36A towards Kidsgrove

All 77 stops
  1. Tesco superstore (adj) Meir Park
  2. Whittle Road (opp) Meir Park
  3. Renard Way (opp) Meir Park
  4. Potters Bar (adj) Meir Park
  5. Bromsberrow Way (opp) Meir Park
  6. Arlington Way (opp) Meir Park
  7. Tarragon Drive (adj) Meir Park
  8. Oakhurst Crescent (opp) Meir Park
  9. Millbridge Close (opp) Meir Park
  10. Chatteris Close (adj) Meir Park
  11. Business Park (adj) Meir Heath
  12. Grange Road (opp) Meir Heath
  13. Shops (adj) Meir Heath
  14. Grindley Lane (opp) Meir Heath
  15. St Francis Church (adj) Meir Heath
  16. Ridge Crescent (adj) Meir
  17. Shooters Hill (adj) Meir
  18. Kingsmead Road (adj) Meir
  19. Harrowby Road (opp) Meir
  20. Waterhead Road (adj) Meir
  21. Meir Youth Centre (opp) Meir
  22. Broadway (opp) Meir
  23. Chatfield Place (opp) Normacot
  24. Calverley Street (adj) Normacot
  25. St James' Church (adj) Longton
  26. Gladstone Pottery (adj) Longton
  27. Edensor Road (adj) Longton
  28. Longton Exchange (opp) Longton
  29. Longton rail station (adj) Longton
  30. Foley Place (adj) Fenton
  31. Royal Street (opp) Fenton
  32. Duke Street (adj) Fenton
  33. Victoria Place (adj) Fenton
  34. Adrian Street (opp) Fenton
  35. Alfred Street (opp) Fenton
  36. Lordship Lane (adj) Fenton
  37. Berry Hill Road (opp) Joiners Square
  38. Warrington Road (adj) Joiners Square
  39. Leek Road (adj) Joiners Square
  40. Clifford Street (adj) Hanley
  41. John Street (stop J1) Hanley
  42. bus station (stand B) Hanley
  43. bus station (stand J) Hanley
  44. Bethesda Street (stop B1) Hanley
  45. Marsh Street (stop M1) Hanley
  46. Vale Place (adj) Hanley
  47. Portland Street (adj) Hanley
  48. Cobridge Lights (adj) Cobridge
  49. Greyhound Way (adj) Cobridge
  50. Rushton Road (opp) Cobridge
  51. Orgreave Street (opp) Cobridge
  52. Adelaide Street (opp) Burslem
  53. Nile Street (opp) Burslem
  54. Wedgwood Place (adj) Burslem
  55. Federation Road (adj) Burslem
  56. Dimensions (opp) Burslem
  57. Scotia Business Park (adj) Burslem
  58. Hand Street (adj) Tunstall
  59. Gibson Street (adj) Tunstall
  60. Highgate (adj) Tunstall
  61. High Street (stop T1) Tunstall
  62. Furlong Road (opp) Tunstall
  63. Parsonage Street (adj) Tunstall
  64. Summerbank Road (adj) Tunstall
  65. Newfield (opp) Sandyford
  66. Hollywall Lane (adj) Sandyford
  67. Maureen Avenue (opp) Sandyford
  68. St John's Church (adj) Goldenhill
  69. Heathside Lane (adj) Goldenhill
  70. Woodstock Street (adj) Kidsgrove
  71. Stonebank Road (adj) Kidsgrove
  72. Mount Road (opp) Kidsgrove
  73. St Johns RC Primary School (adj) Kidsgrove Town Centre
  74. St Thomas's Church (adj) Kidsgrove Town Centre
  75. Fourth Avenue (opp) Clough Hall
  76. Fifth Avenue (opp) Clough Hall
  77. Second Avenue (opp) Clough Hall

36A towards Meir Park

All 80 stops
  1. Second Avenue (opp) Clough Hall
  2. Banbury Street (opp) Butt Lane
  3. Harecastle Avenue (adj) Butt Lane
  4. Grove Avenue (opp) Clough Hall
  5. Second Avenue (adj) Clough Hall
  6. Fifth Avenue (adj) Clough Hall
  7. Fourth Avenue (adj) Clough Hall
  8. St Thomas's Church (opp) Kidsgrove Town Centre
  9. St Johns RC Primary School (opp) Kidsgrove Town Centre
  10. Town Hall (adj) Kidsgrove Town Centre
  11. Mount Road (adj) Kidsgrove
  12. Stonebank Road (opp) Kidsgrove
  13. No. 44 (Opp) Kidsgrove
  14. Woodstock Street (opp) Goldenhill
  15. Rodgers Street (opp) Goldenhill
  16. St John's Church (opp) Goldenhill
  17. Maureen Avenue (adj) Sandyford
  18. Hollywall Lane (opp) Sandyford
  19. Newfield (adj) Sandyford
  20. Summerbank Road (opp) Tunstall
  21. Parsonage Street (opp) Tunstall
  22. Furlong Road (adj) Tunstall
  23. High Street (stop T2) Tunstall
  24. High Street (stop T4) Tunstall
  25. Washington Street (adj) Tunstall
  26. Gibson Street (opp) Tunstall
  27. Scotia Business Park (opp) Burslem
  28. Marshall Street (adj) Burslem
  29. Bycars Road (adj) Burslem
  30. Swan Bank (adj) Burslem
  31. Zion Street (adj) Burslem
  32. Adelaide Street (adj) Burslem
  33. Rushton Road (adj) Cobridge
  34. Hawthorn Street (adj) Cobridge
  35. Greyhound Way (opp) Cobridge
  36. Cobridge Lights (adj) Cobridge
  37. Vale Place (adj) Hanley
  38. Dudson Centre (opp) Hanley
  39. Stafford Street (stop S7) Hanley
  40. bus station (stand F) Hanley
  41. bus station (stand A) Hanley
  42. New Berkeley Street (adj) Hanley
  43. Leek Road (adj) Joiners Square
  44. Warrington Road (opp) Joiners Square
  45. Berry Hill Road (adj) Joiners Square
  46. Lordship Lane (opp) Fenton
  47. Alfred Street (adj) Fenton
  48. Adrian Street (adj) Fenton
  49. Victoria Place (adj) Fenton
  50. Park Street (adj) Fenton
  51. Duke Street (opp) Fenton
  52. Berdmore Street (adj) Fenton
  53. Foley Place (opp) Fenton
  54. March Road (adj) Longton
  55. Market Street (adj) Longton
  56. Gladstone Pottery (opp) Longton
  57. St James' Church (opp) Longton
  58. Longton Fire Station (adj) Normacot
  59. Broadway (adj) Meir
  60. Meir Youth Centre (adj) Meir
  61. Dudley Place (adj) Meir
  62. Harrowby Road (adj) Meir
  63. Kingsmead Road (opp) Meir
  64. Shooters Hill (opp) Meir
  65. Ridge Crescent (opp) Meir
  66. St Francis Church (opp) Meir Heath
  67. Grindley Lane (adj) Meir Heath
  68. Shops (opp) Meir Heath
  69. Grange Road (adj) Meir Heath
  70. Business Park (opp) Meir Heath
  71. Chatteris Close (opp) Meir Park
  72. Millbridge Close (adj) Meir Park
  73. Oakhurst Crescent (adj) Meir Park
  74. Tarragon Drive (opp) Meir Park
  75. Arlington Way (adj) Meir Park
  76. Bromsberrow Way (adj) Meir Park
  77. Potters Bar (opp) Meir Park
  78. Renard Way (adj) Meir Park
  79. Whittle Road (adj) Meir Park
  80. Tesco superstore (adj) Meir Park

Towns & areas on this route

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 36A bus?

The first 36A departure on weekdays leaves at 19:30 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 36A bus?

The last 36A on weekdays leaves its first stop at 21:55. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 36A bus cost?

First Potteries's published fares on the 36A: adult single £1.90 to £3.00. The 36A is confirmed by GOV.UK as part of the national fare cap, so a single costs at most £3 until 31 December 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. First Potteries day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 36A bus?

The 36A is operated by First Potteries.

Timetable data from First Potteries via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (West Midlands feed). Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.