79C Liverpool to Murdishaw via Widnes, Runcorn

Operated by Arriva North West. First bus 04:50, last bus 23:22. 101 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £2.40 to £3.80 — more.

Next towards Murdishaw from Queen Square Bus Station (Stand 8): 11:33, 11:53, 12:13

Next towards Liverpool from Murdishaw Cen.: 11:21, 11:41, 12:01

Wanted a different 79C? 1 other bus route is numbered 79C elsewhere in the UK — see every 79C bus timetable by area.

Timetable

Ends at Murdishaw Cen. · Monday to Friday · 50 journeys
Stop 06:1407:0406:4207:0207:2407:4508:0508:2908:5309:1309:3309:5310:1310:3310:5311:1311:3311:5312:1312:3312:5313:1313:3313:5314:1314:3314:5315:1315:3716:0016:2116:4117:0117:2117:4118:0318:2618:4119:0019:2019:4020:0020:2020:4721:1721:4722:1723:1622:4723:17
Queen Square Bus Station (Stand 8) ··06:4207:0207:2407:4508:0508:2908:5309:1309:3309:5310:1310:3310:5311:1311:3311:5312:1312:3312:5313:1313:3313:5314:1314:3314:5315:1315:3716:0016:2116:4117:0117:2117:4118:0318:2618:4119:0019:2019:4020:0020:2020:4721:1721:4722:17·22:4723:17
Edge Hill Station (Stop D) ··06:5407:1507:3707:5908:1908:4309:0709:2609:4610:0610:2610:4611:0611:2611:4612:0612:2612:4613:0613:2613:4614:0714:2714:4815:0815:2815:5316:1716:3816:5717:1717:3617:5418:1618:3818:5319:1219:3219:5220:1220:3120:5821:2821:5822:28·22:5823:28
Mill Lane (adj) ··07:0207:2307:4608:1108:3108:5309:1609:3309:5310:1310:3310:5311:1311:3311:5312:1312:3312:5413:1413:3413:5414:1514:3614:5915:1915:3916:0516:2916:5017:0917:2917:4718:0418:2418:4619:0119:1919:3919:5920:1920:3821:0521:3522:0522:35·23:0523:35
Wood Lane (opp) ··07:1707:3908:0408:3108:5109:1309:3309:4910:0810:2810:4811:0811:2811:4812:0912:2912:4913:1013:3013:5014:1014:3214:5315:2215:4216:0216:2716:4917:0917:2817:4718:0518:2018:3819:0019:1519:3219:5220:1220:3220:5121:1821:4822:1822:48·23:1823:48
Sundowner 06:1407:0407:2607:4908:1408:4109:0109:2209:4209:5810:1710:3710:5711:1711:3711:5712:1812:3812:5813:1913:3913:5914:1914:4115:0215:3115:5116:1116:3616:5817:1817:3717:5618:1418:2918:4719:0919:2419:4120:0120:2120:4121:0021:2721:5722:2722:57·23:2723:57
Upton Community Centre 06:1807:0807:2907:5208:1708:4409:0409:2509:4510:0110:2010:4011:0011:2011:4012:0012:2112:4113:0113:2213:4214:0214:2214:4415:0515:3415:5416:1416:3917:0117:2117:4017:5918:1718:3218:5019:1219:2719:4420:0420:2420:4421:0321:3022:0022:3023:00·23:3000:00
St. Basils 06:1807:0807:3007:5308:1808:4509:0509:2609:4610:0210:2110:4111:0111:2111:4112:0112:2212:4213:0213:2313:4214:0214:2314:4515:0615:3515:5516:1516:4017:0217:2217:4118:0018:1818:3318:5119:1319:2819:4520:0520:2520:4521:0421:3122:0122:3123:0123:1623:3100:00
Hough Green Station 06:2107:1107:3207:5508:2008:4709:0709:2809:4810:0410:2310:4311:0311:2311:4312:0312:2312:4313:0313:2413:4414:0414:2414:4715:0815:3715:5716:1716:4217:0417:2417:4318:0218:2018:3518:5319:1519:3019:4720:0720:2720:4721:0621:3322:0322:3323:0323:1823:3300:03
Green Oaks 06:3007:2007:4308:0808:3608:5909:1909:4010:0010:1610:3510:5511:1511:3511:5512:1512:3512:5513:1513:3613:5614:1614:3614:5915:2015:4916:0916:2916:5217:1417:3417:5318:1218:3018:4519:0319:2519:4019:5720:1720:3720:5721:1521:4222:1222:4223:1223:2723:4200:12
Runcorn High Street Bus Station (Stand) 06:4307:3407:5708:2208:5009:1309:3309:5410:1410:3010:4911:0911:2911:4912:0912:2912:4913:0913:2913:5014:1014:3014:5015:1315:3516:0416:2416:4417:0717:2817:4718:0618:2518:4318:5819:1619:3819:5320:1020:3020:5021:1021:2821:5522:2522:5523:2523:4023:5500:25
St Chads School (o/s) 06:5307:4408:1008:3409:0209:2309:4310:0410:2410:4010:5911:1911:3911:5912:1912:3912:5913:1913:3914:0014:2014:4015:0215:2515:4816:1416:3416:5417:1717:3817:5618:1518:3418:5219:0719:2519:4720:0220:1920:3920:5921:1921:3722:0422:3423:0423:3423:4900:0400:34
Halton Lea North 06:5707:4808:1408:3809:0609:2709:4710:0810:2810:4411:0311:2311:4312:0312:2312:4313:0313:2313:4314:0414:2414:4415:0615:2915:5216:1816:3816:5817:2117:4218:0018:1918:3818:5619:1119:2919:5120:0620:2320:4321:0321:2321:4122:0822:3823:0823:3823:5300:0800:38
Murdishaw Cen. 07:0507:5608:2408:4609:1309:3409:5410:1510:3510:5111:1011:3011:5012:1012:3012:5013:1013:3013:5014:1114:3114:5115:1515:3816:0016:2616:4617:0617:2917:5018:0818:2718:4619:0419:1919:3719:5920:1420:3120:5121:1121:3121:4922:1622:4623:1623:4600:0100:1600:46

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Fares on the 79C

Adult single £2.40 to £3.80 · Child single £1.40

Arriva UK Bus's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 3 October 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same; singles published above £3.00 cost at most £3.00 if the route takes part in the England fare cap. Fares change — check with Arriva North West before you travel.

Tickets on the 79C

Arriva North West publishes singles on this route for adults and children.

Adult Single · Child Single

…and 2 more tickets on this route.

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

47–62% on time
average delay 5.1 min · the range 166 live GPS observations over 30 days can support

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 Arriva North West before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.

Not published yet: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 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 79C

79C towards Murdishaw

All 84 stops
  1. Queen Square Bus Station (Stand 8) Liverpool
  2. Monument Place (Stop D) Liverpool
  3. Daulby Street (adj) Liverpool
  4. Towerlands Street (adj) Kensington
  5. Winifred Drive (adj) Kensington
  6. Edge Hill Station (Stop D) Kensington
  7. Cecil Street (opp) Wavertree
  8. Kempton Road (opp) Wavertree
  9. Hey Green Road (adj) Wavertree
  10. Southdale Road (adj) Wavertree
  11. Grove Street (adj) Wavertree
  12. Mill Lane (adj) Wavertree
  13. Abbeystead Road (adj) Childwall
  14. Queens Drive (adj) Childwall
  15. Queens Drive (adj) Childwall
  16. Childwall Mount Road (opp) Childwall
  17. Score Lane (nr) Childwall
  18. Bentham Drive (adj) Childwall
  19. Hartsbourne Avenue (opp) Belle Vale
  20. Sandbrook Road (adj) Belle Vale
  21. Sarum Road (adj) Belle Vale
  22. Mildenhall Road (opp) Belle Vale
  23. Chislehurst Avenue (opp) Belle Vale
  24. Belle Vale Interchange (Stop B) Belle Vale
  25. Runton Road (opp) Belle Vale
  26. Garden Lodge Grove (nr) Netherley
  27. Middlemiss Hey (adj) Netherley
  28. Wood Lane (opp) Netherley
  29. Whitefield Lane (adj) Tarbock Green
  30. Greensbridge Lane (nr) Tarbock Green
  31. Water Lane (nr) Tarbock Green
  32. Caldy Cottage (opp) Tarbock Green
  33. Cross Hillocks Lane (nr) Tarbock Green
  34. Hough Green Road Hough Green
  35. Afton Hough Green
  36. Sundowner Hough Green
  37. Foxcote Hough Green
  38. Fulbeck Hough Green
  39. Haddon Drive Upton
  40. Upton Community Centre Upton
  41. St. Basils Hough Green
  42. Afton Hough Green
  43. Hough Green Station Ditton
  44. Sunningdale Ditton
  45. Royal Avenue Ditton
  46. Ormiston Chadwick Academy Ditton
  47. Chesnut Lodge Ball ODitton
  48. Ball O Ditton Ball ODitton
  49. Widnes Rec. Ball ODitton
  50. The Albion Widnes
  51. The Albion Widnes
  52. Leigh Avenue Widnes
  53. Leigh Avenue Appleton
  54. Bradley Way Appleton
  55. Green Oaks Widnes
  56. Widnes Shopping Park Simms Cross
  57. Milton Road Widnes
  58. Vicarage Road (adj) Widnes
  59. KINGSWAY HOTEL Widnes
  60. ASHLEY WAY Widnes
  61. WATERLOO CENTRE Waterloo
  62. WEST BANK STREET Waterloo
  63. Irwell Street/the Bridge West Bank
  64. Runcorn High Street Bus Station (Stand) Runcorn
  65. Station Road Runcorn
  66. York Street Runcorn
  67. Cenotaph Runcorn
  68. Whitley Close Runcorn
  69. Campbell Avenue Runcorn
  70. Heath Road Runcorn
  71. Golf Course Runcorn Heath
  72. Heath School Runcorn Heath
  73. Malpas Road Runcorn Heath
  74. Handforth Lane Grange
  75. St Chads School (o/s) Grange
  76. Halton Lodge Grange
  77. Halton Lea North Palace Fields
  78. Halton Hospital Palace Fields
  79. Palacefields Palace Fields
  80. Parkside Brookvale
  81. Brookvale Brookvale
  82. Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy Brookvale
  83. Barnfield Avenue Murdishaw
  84. Murdishaw Cen. Murdishaw

79C towards Liverpool

All 83 stops
  1. Murdishaw Cen. Murdishaw
  2. Barnfield Avenue Murdishaw
  3. Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy Brookvale
  4. Brookvale Brookvale
  5. Parkside Brookvale
  6. Palacefields Palace Fields
  7. Halton Hospital Palace Fields
  8. Halton Lea South Palace Fields
  9. Halton Lodge Grange
  10. St Chads School (o/s) Grange
  11. Handforth Lane Grange
  12. Malpas Road Runcorn Heath
  13. Heath School Runcorn Heath
  14. Golf Course Runcorn Heath
  15. Heath Road Runcorn
  16. Whitley Close Runcorn
  17. Cenotaph Runcorn
  18. Bonton Runcorn
  19. Runcorn Station Runcorn
  20. RUNCORN HIGH STREET- STAND C Runcorn
  21. Irwell Street/the Bridge West Bank
  22. Pitt Street (adj) Waterloo
  23. WATERLOO CENTRE Waterloo
  24. ASHLEY WAY Widnes
  25. DOCTORS PUB Widnes
  26. Vicarage Road Widnes
  27. WIDNES TOWN HALL Widnes
  28. VINE STREET Widnes
  29. Windmill Shopping Park (o/s) Simms Cross
  30. Green Oaks Widnes
  31. The Bradley Widnes
  32. Leigh Avenue Widnes
  33. Leigh Avenue Widnes
  34. The Albion Widnes
  35. Widnes Rec. Ball ODitton
  36. Ball O Ditton Ball ODitton
  37. Chesnut Lodge Ball ODitton
  38. Ormiston Chadwick Academy Ditton
  39. Royal Avenue Ditton
  40. Crawford Avenue Ditton
  41. Hough Green Station Ditton
  42. Afton Hough Green
  43. Sundowner Hough Green
  44. Foxcote Hough Green
  45. Fulbeck Hough Green
  46. Haddon Drive Upton
  47. Upton Community Centre Upton
  48. St. Basils Hough Green
  49. Afton Hough Green
  50. Hough Green Road Hough Green
  51. Cross Hillocks Lane (opp) Tarbock Green
  52. Caldy Cottage (adj) Tarbock Green
  53. Greensbridge Lane (nr) Tarbock Green
  54. Whitefield Lane (opp) Tarbock Green
  55. Wood Lane (adj) Netherley
  56. Middlemiss Hey (opp) Netherley
  57. Garden Lodge Grove (opp) Netherley
  58. Runton Road (adj) Belle Vale
  59. Belle Vale Interchange (Stop A) Belle Vale
  60. Chislehurst Avenue (adj) Belle Vale
  61. Mildenhall Road (adj) Belle Vale
  62. Craighurst Road (adj) Belle Vale
  63. Sandbrook Road (opp) Belle Vale
  64. Hartsbourne Avenue (adj) Belle Vale
  65. Barnham Drive (adj) Childwall
  66. Score Lane (adj) Childwall
  67. Childwall Mount Road (adj) Childwall
  68. Queens Drive (adj) Childwall
  69. Queens Drive (adj) Childwall
  70. Beuclair Drive (adj) Childwall
  71. Childwall Close (opp) Wavertree
  72. Lance Lane (adj) Wavertree
  73. Prince Alfred Road (adj) Wavertree
  74. Glynn Street (adj) Wavertree
  75. Carno Street (adj) Wavertree
  76. Ashfield (adj) Wavertree
  77. Cecil Street (adj) Wavertree
  78. Edge Hill Station (Stop C) Edge Hill
  79. Chatsworth Drive (adj) Edge Hill
  80. Overton Street (adj) Edge Hill
  81. Ashton Street (adj) Liverpool
  82. Greek Street (Stop R) Liverpool
  83. Queen Square Bus Station (Stop A) Liverpool

Service registration & registered changes

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. Registration PC0002598/424 · Changes in Halton Borough Council · All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

LiverpoolRuncornWidnesDittonWavertreeBelle ValeChildwallKensingtonGrangeUptonNetherleyAppleton

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 79C bus?

The first 79C departure on weekdays leaves at 04:50 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 79C bus?

The last 79C on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:22. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 79C bus cost?

Arriva North West's published fares on the 79C: adult single £2.40 to £3.80, child single £1.40. Singles published above £3.00 cost at most £3.00 if the 79C takes part in the England fare cap. 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 79C bus?

The 79C is operated by Arriva North West.

Timetable data from Arriva North West via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (North West England feed). Registered with the Traffic Commissioner as PC0002598/424. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.