53 Liverpool to Crosby via Kirkdale, Bootle
Operated by Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire. First bus 05:49, last bus 21:39. 103 journeys on weekdays. Today, a Sunday: first 08:42, last 21:37. Fares: adult single £2.00 — more.
53 buses on this route are also run by Arriva North West (117 journeys on weekdays) — those journeys are not in this timetable. Together, 220 journeys on weekdays.
Wanted a different 53? 30 other bus routes are numbered 53 elsewhere in the UK — see every 53 bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 09:27 | 10:02 | 10:32 | 11:02 | 11:29 | 11:53 | 12:17 | 12:44 | 13:10 | 13:34 | 13:58 | 14:22 | 14:46 | 15:10 | 15:34 | 15:58 | 16:25 | 16:46 | 17:12 | 17:37 | 18:07 | 18:37 | 19:07 | 19:37 | 20:07 | 20:37 | 21:07 | 21:37 |
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| Queen Square Bus Station (Stand 11) | 09:27 | 10:02 | 10:32 | 11:02 | 11:29 | 11:53 | 12:17 | 12:44 | 13:10 | 13:34 | 13:58 | 14:22 | 14:46 | 15:10 | 15:34 | 15:58 | 16:25 | 16:46 | 17:12 | 17:37 | 18:07 | 18:37 | 19:07 | 19:37 | 20:07 | 20:37 | 21:07 | 21:37 |
| Sharpeville Close (adj) | 09:36 | 10:11 | 10:41 | 11:11 | 11:38 | 12:02 | 12:26 | 12:53 | 13:19 | 13:43 | 14:07 | 14:31 | 14:55 | 15:19 | 15:43 | 16:07 | 16:34 | 16:55 | 17:21 | 17:46 | 18:16 | 18:46 | 19:16 | 19:46 | 20:16 | 20:46 | 21:16 | 21:46 |
| Balliol Road (adj) | 09:41 | 10:16 | 10:46 | 11:16 | 11:43 | 12:07 | 12:31 | 12:59 | 13:25 | 13:49 | 14:13 | 14:37 | 15:01 | 15:25 | 15:49 | 16:13 | 16:40 | 17:01 | 17:27 | 17:52 | 18:22 | 18:51 | 19:21 | 19:51 | 20:21 | 20:51 | 21:21 | 21:51 |
| North Park Court (adj) | 09:47 | 10:22 | 10:52 | 11:22 | 11:49 | 12:13 | 12:37 | 13:05 | 13:31 | 13:55 | 14:19 | 14:43 | 15:07 | 15:31 | 15:55 | 16:19 | 16:46 | 17:07 | 17:33 | 17:58 | 18:28 | 18:57 | 19:27 | 19:57 | 20:27 | 20:57 | 21:27 | 21:57 |
| Knowsley Road (adj) | 09:48 | 10:23 | 10:53 | 11:23 | 11:50 | 12:14 | 12:38 | 13:06 | 13:32 | 13:56 | 14:20 | 14:44 | 15:08 | 15:32 | 15:56 | 16:20 | 16:47 | 17:08 | 17:34 | 17:59 | 18:29 | 18:58 | 19:28 | 19:58 | 20:28 | 20:58 | 21:28 | 21:58 |
| Waterloo Interchange (Stop A) | 10:00 | 10:35 | 11:05 | 11:35 | 12:02 | 12:26 | 12:50 | 13:21 | 13:47 | 14:11 | 14:35 | 14:59 | 15:23 | 15:47 | 16:11 | 16:35 | 17:02 | 17:23 | 17:49 | 18:14 | 18:44 | 19:10 | 19:40 | 20:10 | 20:40 | 21:10 | 21:40 | 22:10 |
| Crosby Village (Stop B) | 10:08 | 10:43 | 11:13 | 11:43 | 12:10 | 12:34 | 12:58 | 13:29 | 13:55 | 14:19 | 14:43 | 15:07 | 15:31 | 15:55 | 16:19 | 16:43 | 17:10 | 17:31 | 17:57 | 18:22 | 18:52 | 19:18 | 19:48 | 20:18 | 20:48 | 21:18 | 21:48 | 22:18 |
Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off. 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.
Fares on the 53
Adult single £2.00 · Child single £1.20 to £1.40
Adult single fare table, stage to stage
| £2.00 | Juvenal Street | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £2.00 | £2.00 | Fountains Road | ||||||||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Bankhall St | |||||||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Bedfd Road | ||||||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Merton Road | |||||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Bootle Strand | ||||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | North Park | |||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Seaforth | ||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Cambridge Road | |||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | South Road | ||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Mount Pleasant | |||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Bridge Road | ||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | College Road | |
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Crosby Islington |
Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is Queen Square.
Stagecoach's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 31 May 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire before you travel.
Tickets on the 53
Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire publishes singles, day returns, day tickets and season tickets on this route for adults, children, young people and students.
Return · Single · MyTicket · Chester DayRider · Jobseekers Return · Jobseekers Single · Chester 7 Day MegaRider · Chester 28 Day MegaRider
…and 9 more tickets on this route.
Ticket types come from Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 4 June 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire.
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 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire 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 53
53 towards Crosby
All 42 stops
- Queen Square Bus Station (Stand 11) Liverpool
- Great Richmond Street (nr) Everton
- Virgil Street (adj) Kirkdale
- Wilbraham Street (adj) Everton
- Buckingham Street (opp) Everton
- Boundary Street East (adj) Everton
- Sterling Way (adj) Kirkdale
- Leison Street (adj) Kirkdale
- Sharpeville Close (adj) Kirkdale
- Pansy Street (adj) Kirkdale
- Commercial Road (adj) Kirkdale
- Bank Hall Interchange (Stop A) Kirkdale
- Wolsey Street (adj) Kirkdale
- Keble Road (adj) Bootle
- Balliol Road (adj) Bootle
- Merton Road (adj) Bootle
- Bootle Strand Interchange (Stop A) Bootle
- North Park Court (adj) Bootle
- Knowsley Road (adj) Bootle
- Alpha Street (adj) Linacre
- Bowden Street (opp) Linacre
- Scarisbrick Avenue (adj) Linacre
- Penryhn Avenue (adj) Linacre
- Seaforth and Litherland Interchange (Stop A) Seaforth
- Lime Grove (adj) Seaforth
- Church Road (adj) Seaforth
- Claremont Road (adj) Seaforth
- Dewlands Road (adj) Seaforth
- Marlborough Road (opp) Waterloo
- Saint Georges Road (adj) Waterloo
- Crosby Road North (adj) Waterloo
- Waterloo Interchange (Stop A) Waterloo
- Duke Street (adj) Waterloo
- Blucher Street (adj) Waterloo
- Sandheys Avenue (adj) Sandheys
- Brooke Road West (adj) Waterloo
- Holden Road (adj) Waterloo
- Blundellsands and Crosby Station (Stop C) Crosby
- Waverley Road (adj) Crosby
- Carnegie Avenue (opp) Great Crosby
- York Avenue (adj) Great Crosby
- Crosby Village (Stop B) Great Crosby
53 towards Liverpool
All 42 stops
- Crosby Village (Stop B) Great Crosby
- Islington (adj) Great Crosby
- Harrington Road (adj) Crosby
- College Road (adj) Great Crosby
- Blundellsands and Crosby Station (Stop B) Crosby
- Brooke Road West (adj) Waterloo
- Courtenay Road (adj) Waterloo
- Wellington Street (adj) Waterloo
- South Road (adj) Waterloo
- Waterloo Interchange (Stop C) Waterloo
- South Road (opp) Waterloo Park
- Sandringham Road (adj) Waterloo
- Dewlands Road (opp) Seaforth
- Sandown Road (opp) Seaforth
- Sandy Road (adj) Seaforth
- Elm Road (adj) Seaforth
- Hawarden Grove (opp) Seaforth
- Seaforth and Litherland Interchange (Stop B) Seaforth
- Linacre Road (adj) Linacre
- Hartwell Street (adj) Linacre
- St Andrew's Road (adj) Linacre
- Linacre Lane (adj) Bootle
- Marsh Lane (adj) Bootle
- Bootle Strand Interchange (Stop C) Bootle
- Park Street (adj) Bootle
- Trinity Road (adj) Bootle
- Balliol Road (adj) Bootle
- Beatrice Street (adj) Bootle
- Celia Street (adj) Kirkdale
- Bank Hall Interchange (Stop B) Kirkdale
- Briar Street (adj) Kirkdale
- Easby Road (adj) Sandhills
- Maregreen Road (adj) Kirkdale
- Whittle Street (adj) Kirkdale
- Kirkdale Road (adj) Everton
- Buckingham Street (adj) Everton
- Penrhyn Street (opp) Everton
- Virgil Street (opp) Everton
- Rose Place (adj) Everton
- Mansfield Street (adj) Everton
- Kempston Street (adj) Liverpool
- Queen Square Bus Station (Stop A) Liverpool
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 53 bus?
The first 53 departure on weekdays leaves at 05:49 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 53 bus?
The last 53 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 21:39. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 53 bus cost?
Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire's published fares on the 53: adult single £2.00, child single £1.20 to £1.40. The 53 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. Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 53 bus?
The 53 is operated by Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire.
Timetable data from Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (North West England feed). Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.