61 Queen Square Bus Station ↔ Halton Hospital
Operated by Arriva North West. First bus 04:26, last bus 18:51. 52 journeys on weekdays.
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Timetable
Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. For times at your exact stop, open the stop's own page.
towards Halton Hospital · Monday to Friday towards Halton Hospital · Saturday towards Halton Hospital · Sunday towards Queen Square Bus Station · Monday to Friday towards Queen Square Bus Station · Saturday towards Queen Square Bus Station · Sunday
| Queen Square Bus Station (Stand 8) | · | · | 06:46 | 07:48 | · | 08:51 | 09:51 | · | 10:25 | 10:51 | 11:25 | 11:51 | 12:25 | 12:51 | 13:25 | 13:51 | 14:25 | 14:51 | 15:25 | 15:51 | 16:25 | 17:01 | 17:25 | 18:01 | 18:25 | 18:51 |
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| Edge Hill Station (Stop D) | · | · | 06:57 | 07:59 | · | 09:02 | 10:02 | · | 10:35 | 11:02 | 11:35 | 12:03 | 12:36 | 13:03 | 13:36 | 14:04 | 14:36 | 15:04 | 15:36 | 16:05 | 16:36 | 17:16 | 17:36 | 18:13 | 18:36 | 19:03 |
| Chelwood Avenue (opp) | · | · | 07:12 | 08:19 | · | 09:16 | 10:16 | · | 10:47 | 11:16 | 11:47 | 12:17 | 12:48 | 13:18 | 13:48 | 14:19 | 14:48 | 15:27 | 15:48 | 16:30 | 16:48 | 17:39 | 17:48 | 18:28 | 18:48 | 19:18 |
| Huyton Bus Station (Stand 2) | 05:31 | 06:31 | 07:21 | 08:29 | 08:51 | 09:26 | 10:26 | 09:51 | 10:54 | 11:26 | 11:54 | 12:27 | 12:55 | 13:28 | 13:55 | 14:29 | 14:55 | 15:37 | 15:55 | 16:40 | 16:55 | 17:48 | 17:55 | 18:37 | 18:55 | 19:24 |
| Wilson Road (nr) | 05:40 | 06:40 | 07:31 | 08:42 | 08:59 | 09:36 | 10:36 | 09:59 | 11:02 | 11:36 | 12:02 | 12:37 | 13:03 | 13:38 | 14:02 | 14:39 | 15:02 | 15:47 | 16:02 | 16:50 | 17:02 | 17:56 | 18:02 | 18:45 | 19:02 | 19:32 |
| Prescot Bus Station (Stand 3) | 05:56 | 06:56 | 07:51 | 09:01 | 09:11 | 09:53 | 10:53 | 10:12 | 11:15 | 11:53 | 12:15 | 12:54 | 13:15 | 13:55 | 14:14 | 14:56 | 15:14 | 16:04 | 16:14 | 17:07 | 17:13 | 18:10 | 18:13 | 18:58 | 19:13 | 19:45 |
| Norlands Lane (opp) | 06:14 | 07:14 | 08:12 | 09:16 | 09:24 | 10:08 | 11:09 | 10:25 | 11:28 | 12:10 | 12:28 | 13:11 | 13:27 | 14:12 | 14:26 | 15:15 | 15:26 | 16:21 | 16:26 | 17:24 | 17:25 | 18:24 | 18:25 | 19:12 | 19:25 | 19:59 |
| The Globe | 06:21 | 07:22 | 08:20 | 09:24 | 09:30 | 10:16 | 11:17 | 10:31 | 11:34 | 12:18 | 12:34 | 13:19 | 13:33 | 14:20 | 14:32 | 15:23 | 15:32 | 16:29 | 16:32 | 17:31 | 17:31 | 18:30 | 18:31 | 19:18 | 19:31 | 20:05 |
| Green Oaks | 06:31 | 07:32 | 08:32 | 09:35 | 09:39 | 10:27 | 11:28 | 10:40 | 11:42 | 12:29 | 12:42 | 13:29 | 13:41 | 14:30 | 14:40 | 15:33 | 15:40 | 16:38 | 16:40 | 17:40 | 17:39 | 18:39 | 18:39 | 19:27 | 19:39 | 20:14 |
| Runcorn High Street Bus Station (Stand) | 06:45 | 07:46 | 08:46 | 09:49 | 09:54 | 10:42 | 11:43 | 10:55 | 11:56 | 12:44 | 12:55 | 13:44 | 13:54 | 14:45 | 14:53 | 15:48 | 15:53 | 16:52 | 16:53 | 17:53 | 17:52 | 18:52 | 18:52 | 19:40 | 19:52 | 20:27 |
| St Chads School (o/s) | 06:55 | 07:57 | 08:58 | 10:02 | 10:06 | 10:55 | 11:56 | 11:07 | 12:08 | 12:57 | 13:07 | 13:57 | 14:06 | 14:58 | 15:05 | 16:01 | 16:05 | 17:05 | 17:04 | 18:04 | 18:03 | 19:03 | 19:03 | 19:51 | 20:02 | 20:38 |
| Halton Hospital | 06:59 | 08:01 | 09:02 | 10:06 | 10:10 | 10:59 | 12:00 | 11:11 | 12:12 | 13:01 | 13:11 | 14:01 | 14:10 | 15:02 | 15:09 | 16:05 | 16:09 | 17:09 | 17:08 | 18:08 | 18:07 | 19:07 | 19:07 | 19:55 | 20:06 | 20:42 |
Route map
All stops on route 61
61 towards Halton Hospital
- Queen Square Bus Station (Stand 8) Liverpool
- Monument Place (Stop D) Liverpool
- Daulby Street (adj) Liverpool
- Towerlands Street (adj) Kensington
- Winifred Drive (adj) Kensington
- Edge Hill Station (Stop D) Kensington
- Cecil Street (opp) Wavertree
- Kempton Road (opp) Wavertree
- Hey Green Road (adj) Wavertree
- Southdale Road (adj) Wavertree
- Grove Street (adj) Wavertree
- Mill Lane (adj) Wavertree
- Childwall Road (adj) Wavertree
- South Way (adj) Wavertree
- Field Way (adj) Wavertree
- Queens Drive (adj) Childwall
- Glendevon Road (adj) Childwall
- Staniforth Place (adj) Childwall
- Chelwood Avenue (opp) Belle Vale
- Grangewood (opp) Court Hey
- Court Hey Road (opp) Court Hey
- Rimmer Avenue (opp) Bowring Park
- Pilch Lane East (adj) Roby
- Roby Interchange (Stop A) Roby
- Anderton Terrace (nr) Roby
- Roby Road (adj) Blacklow Brow
- Derby Road (adj) Knowsley
- Huyton Bus Station (Stand 2) Huyton
- St Agnes Road (opp) Huyton
- Elizabeth Road (adj) Huyton
- Sandiway (opp) Huyton
- Biglands Drive (opp) Huyton
- Tarbock Road (adj) Huyton
- Coney Lane (opp) Huyton
- Whitefield Lane (opp) Huyton Quarry
- Wilson Road (nr) Whitefield Lane End
- Fallows Way (nr) Windy Arbor
- Halsnead Avenue (adj) Windy Arbor
- St Nicholas Road (adj) Windy Arbor
- St Nicholas Parish Church (o/s) Windy Arbor
- Jubilee Drive (adj) Whiston
- Lickers Lane (opp) Whiston
- Whiston Interchange (Stop B) Prescot
- Old Colliery Road (nr) Prescot
- Saunders Avenue (opp) Prescot
- Thomas Drive (adj) Prescot
- Manchester Road (adj) Prescot
- Yates Court (opp) Prescot
- Prescot Bus Station (Stand 3) Prescot
- Atherton Street (opp) Prescot
- Queens Road (adj) Prescot
- Kelly Street (opp) Prescot
- Ash Grove (opp) Prescot
- Prescot Interchange (Stop E) Prescot
- Whiston Hospital (Stop D) Whiston
- Sinclair Avenue (adj) Prescot
- Whiston Hospital (Stop B) Whiston
- Martin Close (adj) Whiston
- Ivy Farm Road (adj) Rainhill
- Ashfield (In) St Anns
- Rainhill Interchange (Stop D) St Anns
- Lawton Road (opp) Rainhill
- Dunbeath Avenue (opp) Rainhill Stoops
- School Lane (adj) Rainhill Stoops
- Norlands Lane (opp) Rainhill Stoops
- Wilmere House Barrows Green
- Valentine House Lunts Heath
- Wilmere Lane Lunts Heath
- The Globe Lunts Heath
- Buckingham Avenue Farnworth
- Pit Lane Farnworth
- Sefton Avenue Farnworth
- Peelhouse Lane Farnworth
- Derby Road Farnworth
- Lytham Road Appleton
- Fairfield High Appleton
- Barracks Appleton
- Peelhouse Lane Appleton
- Green Oaks Widnes
- Widnes Shopping Park Simms Cross
- Milton Road Widnes
- Vicarage Road (adj) Widnes
- KINGSWAY HOTEL Widnes
- ASHLEY WAY Widnes
- WATERLOO CENTRE Waterloo
- WEST BANK STREET Waterloo
- Irwell Street/the Bridge West Bank
- Runcorn High Street Bus Station (Stand) Runcorn
- Station Road Runcorn
- York Street Runcorn
- Cenotaph Runcorn
- Whitley Close Runcorn
- Campbell Avenue Runcorn
- Heath Road Runcorn
- Golf Course Runcorn Heath
- Heath School Runcorn Heath
- Malpas Road Runcorn Heath
- Handforth Lane Grange
- Halton Lodge Grange
- St Chads School (o/s) Grange
- Halton Lea North Palace Fields
- Halton Hospital Palace Fields
61 towards Queen Square Bus Station
- Halton Hospital Palace Fields
- Halton Lea South Palace Fields
- Halton Lodge Grange
- St Chads School (o/s) Grange
- Handforth Lane Grange
- Malpas Road Runcorn Heath
- Heath School Runcorn Heath
- Golf Course Runcorn Heath
- Heath Road Runcorn
- Whitley Close Runcorn
- Bonton Runcorn
- Cenotaph Runcorn
- Runcorn Station Runcorn
- Runcorn High Street Bus Station (Stand) Runcorn
- Irwell Street/the Bridge West Bank
- Pitt Street (adj) Waterloo
- ASHLEY WAY Widnes
- WATERLOO CENTRE Waterloo
- DOCTORS PUB Widnes
- Vicarage Road Widnes
- WIDNES TOWN HALL Widnes
- SIMMS CROSS Widnes
- Windmill Shopping Park (o/s) Simms Cross
- Green Oaks Widnes
- Peelhouse Lane Appleton
- Barracks Appleton
- Lytham Road Appleton
- Fairfield High Appleton
- Peelhouse Lane Farnworth
- Derby Road Farnworth
- Sefton Avenue Farnworth
- Pit Lane Upton Rocks
- Buckingham Avenue Upton Rocks
- Birchfield Gardens Upton Rocks
- Valentine House Lunts Heath
- Wilmere House Upton Rocks
- Norlands Lane (adj) Rainhill
- School Lane (opp) St Anns
- Coylton Avenue (adj) St Anns
- Lawton Road (adj) St Anns
- St James Road (In) St Anns
- Rainhill Interchange (Stop E) St Anns
- Old Lane (adj) Rainhill
- Kendal Drive (adj) Whiston
- Whiston Hospital (Stop A) Whiston
- Whiston Hospital (Stop C) Whiston
- Sinclair Avenue (opp) Prescot
- Ash Grove (adj) Prescot
- Prescot Interchange (Stop D) Prescot
- Smith Street (adj) Prescot
- Houghton Street (Stop B) Prescot
- Prescot Bus Station (Stand 1) Prescot
- Yates Court (opp) Prescot
- Manchester Road (nr) Prescot
- Bryer Road (adj) Prescot
- Molyneux Drive (nr) Prescot
- Whiston Interchange (Stop C) Prescot
- Old Colliery Road (opp) Prescot
- Jubilee Drive (opp) Whiston
- Lickers Lane (nr) Halsnead Park
- St Nicholas Parish Church (opp) Halsnead Park
- Foxshaw Close (nr) Windy Arbor
- Windy Arbor Brow (opp) Windy Arbor
- Simons Close (adj) Windy Arbor
- Coppice Lane (adj) Whitefield Lane End
- Bardley Crescent (adj) Whitefield Lane End
- Manley Road (opp) Whitefield Lane End
- Biglands Drive (adj) Huyton
- Oakfield Drive (adj) Huyton
- Meadow Drive (adj) Huyton
- St Annes Road (nr) Huyton Park
- St Agnes Road (adj) Huyton Park
- Huyton Bus Station (Stand 7) Huyton
- Huyton Interchange (Stop K) Knowsley
- Poplar Bank (adj) Knowsley
- Huyton Interchange (Stop M) Knowsley
- Waterside Park (adj) Roby
- Lawton Road (adj) Roby
- Roby Interchange (Stop B) Roby
- Pilch Lane East (opp) Roby
- Court Hey Road (adj) Court Hey
- Court Hey Road (o/s) Court Hey
- Grangewood (adj) Court Hey
- Chelwood Avenue (adj) Belle Vale
- Glendevon Road (opp) Childwall
- Score Lane (adj) Childwall
- Queens Drive (adj) Wavertree
- Westway (adj) Wavertree
- Childwall Road (adj) Wavertree
- Childwall Close (opp) Wavertree
- Lance Lane (adj) Wavertree
- Prince Alfred Road (adj) Wavertree
- Carno Street (adj) Wavertree
- Glynn Street (adj) Wavertree
- Ashfield (adj) Wavertree
- Cecil Street (adj) Wavertree
- Edge Hill Station (Stop C) Edge Hill
- Chatsworth Drive (adj) Edge Hill
- Overton Street (adj) Edge Hill
- Ashton Street (adj) Liverpool
- Greek Street (Stop R) Liverpool
- Queen Square Bus Station (Stop A) Liverpool
Service history & registered changes
- 🆕 Registered effective 30 Aug 2026 Operating between Bootle New Strand and Aigburth Vale given service number 61 / 61B / 61A effective from 30 August 2026. To amend Timetable.
- 🆕 Registered effective 19 Jul 2026 Operating between Bootle New Strand and Aigburth Vale given service number 61 / 61A / 61B effective from 19 July 2026. To amend Timetable.
- 🆕 Registered effective 26 Apr 2026 Operating between Halton Hospital and Liverpool, Queen Square given service number 61 effective from 26 April 2026. To amend Timetable.
- 🆕 Registered effective 8 Mar 2026 From: Preston To: Blackpool Via: Name or No.: 61 / 61C Service type: Normal Stopping Effective date: 08 March 2026 Other details: Monday to Sunday.
From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 61 bus?
The first 61 departure on weekdays leaves at 04:26 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 61 bus?
The last 61 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 18:51. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 61 bus cost?
Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026 (then £2 from 1 January 2027). Arriva North West day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 61 bus?
The 61 is operated by Arriva North West.
Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.