487 Liverpool to Ness via Birkenhead, Neston

Operated by Metro Network. First bus 06:34, last bus 23:35. 58 journeys on weekdays. Today, a Sunday: first 09:29, last 23:37. Fares: singles usually capped at £3 — more.

Next towards Ness from Whitechapel (Stop SD): 11:29, 12:29, 13:29

Next towards Liverpool from Tesco (o/s): 11:38, 12:38, 13:38

Wanted a different 487? 5 other bus routes are numbered 487 elsewhere in the UK — see every 487 bus timetable by area.

Timetable

Ends at Parkgate unless marked “to …” · Sunday · 15 journeys
Stop 08:4109:29 to Ness Botanic Gardens10:2911:29 to Ness Botanic Gardens12:2913:29 to Ness Botanic Gardens14:2915:29 to Ness Botanic Gardens16:2917:2918:2919:2920:2921:2922:29
Whitechapel (Stop SD) ·09:2910:2911:2912:2913:2914:2915:2916:2917:2918:2919:2920:2921:2922:29
Hinson Street (opp) ·09:3710:3811:3812:3913:3914:3915:3816:3917:3918:3819:3920:3821:3722:37
Birkenhead Bus Station (Stand 8) 08:4109:4010:4111:4112:4213:4214:4215:4116:4217:4218:4119:4220:4121:4022:40
Maple Street (adj) 08:4309:4210:4311:4412:4513:4514:4515:4416:4517:4518:4419:4520:4321:4222:42
Elm Road (adj) 08:4609:4510:4611:4712:4813:4814:4815:4716:4817:4818:4719:4820:4621:4522:45
Borough Road (nr) 08:5009:4910:5011:5112:5213:5214:5215:5116:5217:5218:5119:5220:5021:4922:49
Cavendish Drive (adj) 08:5009:4910:5011:5112:5213:5214:5215:5116:5217:5218:5119:5220:5021:4922:49
Thornton Avenue (opp) 08:5109:5010:5111:5212:5313:5314:5315:5216:5317:5318:5219:5320:5121:5022:50
Cross Lane (opp) 08:5509:5410:5511:5612:5713:5714:5715:5616:5717:5718:5619:5720:5521:5422:54
Pulford Road (adj) 08:5509:5410:5611:5712:5813:5814:5815:5716:5817:5818:5719:5820:5621:5522:55
The Village (adj) 08:5609:5510:5711:5812:5913:5914:5915:5816:5917:5918:5819:5920:5721:5622:56
Quarry Road East (adj) 08:5809:5710:5912:0013:0114:0115:0116:0017:0118:0119:0020:0120:5921:5822:58
Clatterbridge Hospital (Stop A) 09:0310:0211:0412:0513:0614:0615:0616:0517:0618:0619:0520:0621:0422:0323:03
Church Road (adj) 09:0810:0711:0912:1013:1114:1115:1116:1017:1118:1119:1020:1121:0822:0723:07
Tesco (o/s) 09:1810:1711:1912:2013:2114:2115:2116:2017:2118:2119:2020:2021:1722:1623:16
Talbot Avenue (cnr) ·10:19·12:22·14:23·16:22·······
Parkgate Square (o/s) 09:23·11:24·13:26·15:26·17:2618:2619:2520:2521:2222:2123:21
Royal Oak (opp) ···············
Royal Oak (o/s) ···············
School Lane (cnr) ·10:21·12:24·14:25·16:24·······
Ness Botanic Gardens (opp) ·10:24·12:27·14:28·16:27·······

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.

Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 — check with Metro Network whether this route takes part. Details →

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 Metro Network before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.

Route map

All stops on route 487

487 towards Ness

All 73 stops
  1. Whitechapel (Stop SD) Liverpool
  2. Hinson Street (opp) Birkenhead
  3. Birkenhead Bus Station (Stand 8) Birkenhead
  4. Catherine Street (Stop D) Birkenhead
  5. Maple Street (adj) Clifton Park
  6. Frodsham Street (adj) Tranmere
  7. Seymour Street (adj) Tranmere
  8. Elm Road (adj) Mersey Park
  9. Dial Road (opp) Mersey Park
  10. Bebington Road (adj) Tranmere
  11. St Georges Avenue (adj) Tranmere
  12. Cressington Avenue (adj) Tranmere
  13. Borough Road (nr) Tranmere
  14. Cavendish Drive (adj) Rock Ferry
  15. Thornton Avenue (opp) Higher Bebington
  16. Kings Lane (adj) Higher Bebington
  17. Bentfield Gardens (opp) Higher Bebington
  18. Roland Avenue (adj) Higher Bebington
  19. Waterfield Close (opp) Higher Bebington
  20. Gorseyville Road (adj) Higher Bebington
  21. Brackenwood Junior School (o/s) Higher Bebington
  22. Cross Lane (opp) Heathfield
  23. Pulford Road (adj) Bebington
  24. The Village (adj) Lower Bebington
  25. Civic Way (opp) Lower Bebington
  26. Port Sunlight Interchange (Stop C) Lower Bebington
  27. Quarry Road East (adj) Stanton
  28. Parkfield Road (adj) Bebington
  29. Beechway (opp) Bebington
  30. Old Clatterbridge Road (adj) Clatterbridge
  31. M53 (adj) Clatterbridge
  32. Clatterbridge Hospital (Stop A) Clatterbridge
  33. Willaston Road (adj) Thornton Hough
  34. Ivy Cottage (W-bound) Thornton Hough
  35. Church Road (adj) Thornton Hough
  36. Oxford Drive (opp) Thornton Hough
  37. Parkgate Lane (opp) Thornton Hough
  38. Liverpool Road (adj) Thornton Hough
  39. Red Gates (opp) Neston
  40. Chester High Road (cnr) Neston
  41. Clayhill (opp) Neston
  42. Westlands Close (cnr) Neston
  43. Drake Road (cnr) Neston
  44. New Hayes (opp) Neston
  45. Malt Shovel Inn (opp) Neston
  46. Railway Station (o/s) Neston
  47. Tesco (o/s) Neston
  48. Talbot Avenue (cnr) Little Neston
  49. Bull Hill (nr) Little Neston
  50. United Reformed Church (o/s) Neston
  51. Earle Drive (opp) Neston
  52. Springcroft (opp) Parkgate
  53. The Old Quay (o/s) Parkgate
  54. Ship Hotel (opp) Parkgate
  55. Parkgate Square (o/s) Parkgate
  56. Breezehill Road (0pp) Neston
  57. The Quillet (cnr) Neston
  58. Health Centre (o/s) Neston
  59. Royal Oak (opp) Little Neston
  60. Talbot Avenue (opp) Little Neston
  61. Thirlmere Road (nr) Little Neston
  62. West Vale Shops (o/s) Little Neston
  63. West Vale (cnr) Little Neston
  64. Marshlands Road (cnr) Little Neston
  65. Colliery Green Close (opp) Little Neston
  66. Brook Well (cnr) Little Neston
  67. Turrocks Croft (cnr) Little Neston
  68. The Court (cnr) Little Neston
  69. Bull Hill (opp) Little Neston
  70. Royal Oak (o/s) Little Neston
  71. School Lane (cnr) Ness Holt
  72. The Wheatsheaf (nr) Ness
  73. Ness Botanic Gardens (opp) Ness

487 towards Liverpool

All 74 stops
  1. Parkgate Square (o/s) Parkgate
  2. Ship Hotel (o/s) Parkgate
  3. The Old Quay (opp) Parkgate
  4. Springcroft (cnr) Parkgate
  5. Earle Drive (cnr) Neston
  6. United Reformed Church (opp) Neston
  7. Ness Botanic Gardens (o/s) Ness
  8. The Wheatsheaf (o/s) Ness
  9. School Lane (opp) Ness Holt
  10. Bull Hill (opp) Little Neston
  11. Talbot Avenue (opp) Little Neston
  12. Primary School (o/s) Neston
  13. Neston Cross (by) Neston
  14. Railway Station (o/s) Neston
  15. The Court (opp) Little Neston
  16. Turrocks Croft (opp) Little Neston
  17. Brook Well (opp) Little Neston
  18. Colliery Green Close (cnr) Little Neston
  19. Marshlands Road (nr) Little Neston
  20. West Vale (nr) Little Neston
  21. West Vale Shops (opp) Little Neston
  22. Thirlmere Road (opp) Little Neston
  23. Talbot Avenue (cnr) Little Neston
  24. Royal Oak (o/s) Little Neston
  25. Health Centre (opp) Neston
  26. The Quillet (opp) Neston
  27. Blackey's Lane (nr) Neston
  28. Raby Park Road (opp) Neston
  29. Tesco (o/s) Neston
  30. Malt Shovel Inn (o/s) Neston
  31. Drake Road (nr) Neston
  32. Drake Road (opp) Neston
  33. Westlands Close (opp) Neston
  34. Clayhill (cnr) Neston
  35. Chester High Road (nr) Neston
  36. Red Gates (o/s) Neston
  37. Yew Tree House (opp) Thornton Hough
  38. LIverpool Road (adj) Thornton Hough
  39. Parkgate Lane (adj) Thornton Hough
  40. Oxford Drive (adj) Thornton Hough
  41. Manor Road (adj) Thornton Hough
  42. Ivy Cottage (opp) Thornton Hough
  43. Clatterbridge Road (adj) Thornton Hough
  44. Clatterbridge Hospital (Stop A) Clatterbridge
  45. Needwood Drive (adj) Bebington
  46. Beechway (adj) Bebington
  47. Tudor Avenue (adj) Bebington
  48. Stanton Road (adj) Stanton
  49. Port Sunlight Interchange (Stop D) Lower Bebington
  50. Civic Way (adj) Lower Bebington
  51. Abbots Drive (adj) Bebington
  52. Wirral Grammar School for Girls (o/s) Bebington
  53. Brackenwood Junior School (opp) Higher Bebington
  54. Brackenwood Road (adj) Higher Bebington
  55. Waterfield Close (adj) Higher Bebington
  56. Village Road (adj) Higher Bebington
  57. Bentfield Gardens (adj) Higher Bebington
  58. Broadway (adj) Higher Bebington
  59. Regents Way (adj) Higher Bebington
  60. Brimstage Avenue (adj) Higher Bebington
  61. Borough Road (adj) Tranmere
  62. Cressington Avenue (opp) Tranmere
  63. Irvine Road (adj) Tranmere
  64. Prenton Road East (adj) Tranmere
  65. Dial Road (adj) Devonshire Park
  66. Church Terrace (opp) Mersey Park
  67. Whitfield Street (adj) Tranmere
  68. Whetstone Lane (adj) Tranmere
  69. Maple Street (opp) Tranmere
  70. Whetstone Lane (adj) Birkenhead
  71. Clifton Crescent (adj) Birkenhead
  72. Grange Road (adj) Birkenhead
  73. Birkenhead Bus Station (Stand 7) Birkenhead
  74. Queen Square (adj) Liverpool

Towns & areas on this route

LiverpoolBirkenheadNestonBebingtonTranmereRock FerryHigher BebingtonLittle NestonThornton HoughParkgateDevonshire ParkMersey Park

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 487 bus?

The first 487 departure on weekdays leaves at 06:34 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 487 bus?

The last 487 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:35. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 487 bus cost?

Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026 (then £2 from 1 January 2027). Metro Network day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 487 bus?

The 487 is operated by Metro Network.

Timetable data from Metro Network via the Traveline National Dataset. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.