X2 Southport to Liverpool via Formby, Bootle
Operated by Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire. First bus 05:05, last bus 21:26. 57 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £2.00 — more.
Wanted a different X2? 14 other bus routes are numbered X2 elsewhere in the UK — see every X2 bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 05:05 | 05:07 | 05:54 | 06:22 | 06:54 | 07:19 | 07:58 | 08:28 | 09:08 | 09:42 | 10:12 | 10:42 | 11:12 | 11:47 | 12:17 | 12:47 | 13:17 | 13:41 | 14:01 | 14:21 | 14:51 | 15:26 | 16:06 | 16:36 | 17:05 | 17:40 to Formby Police Station | 18:10 | 19:00 | 20:13 |
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| Duke Street (Stop AB) | · | 05:07 | 05:54 | 06:22 | 06:54 | 07:19 | 07:58 | 08:28 | 09:08 | 09:42 | 10:12 | 10:42 | 11:12 | 11:47 | 12:17 | 12:47 | 13:17 | 13:41 | 14:01 | 14:21 | 14:51 | 15:26 | 16:06 | 16:36 | 17:05 | 17:40 | 18:10 | 19:00 | 20:13 |
| Segar's Lane (adj) | · | 05:15 | 06:04 | 06:32 | 07:04 | 07:32 | 08:14 | 08:44 | 09:22 | 09:57 | 10:27 | 10:57 | 11:27 | 12:02 | 12:32 | 13:02 | 13:32 | 13:58 | 14:18 | 14:38 | 15:10 | 15:45 | 16:25 | 16:55 | 17:25 | 17:54 | 18:24 | 19:14 | 20:25 |
| Church Close (adj) | · | 05:22 | 06:11 | 06:40 | 07:11 | 07:41 | 08:26 | 08:56 | 09:32 | 10:06 | 10:36 | 11:06 | 11:36 | 12:11 | 12:41 | 13:11 | 13:41 | 14:06 | 14:26 | 14:46 | 15:25 | 16:00 | 16:40 | 17:10 | 17:37 | 18:04 | 18:34 | 19:24 | 20:34 |
| Long Lane (adj) | · | 05:28 | 06:17 | 06:47 | 07:23 | 07:53 | 08:37 | 09:07 | 09:40 | 10:16 | 10:46 | 11:16 | 11:46 | 12:20 | 12:50 | 13:20 | 13:50 | 14:17 | 14:37 | 14:58 | 15:37 | 16:12 | 16:52 | 17:22 | 17:47 | · | 18:42 | 19:32 | 20:42 |
| Green Lane (adj) | 05:05 | 05:31 | 06:20 | 06:50 | 07:26 | 07:56 | 08:40 | 09:10 | 09:43 | 10:19 | 10:49 | 11:19 | 11:49 | 12:23 | 12:53 | 13:23 | 13:53 | 14:21 | 14:41 | 15:03 | 15:40 | 16:15 | 16:55 | 17:25 | 17:50 | · | 18:45 | 19:35 | 20:44 |
| York Road (adj) | 05:10 | 05:38 | 06:27 | 06:58 | 07:35 | 08:05 | 08:50 | 09:20 | 09:52 | 10:28 | 10:58 | 11:28 | 11:58 | 12:32 | 13:02 | 13:32 | 14:02 | 14:32 | 14:52 | 15:18 | 15:50 | 16:25 | 17:05 | 17:35 | 17:57 | · | 18:52 | 19:42 | 20:50 |
| Bootle Strand Interchange (Stop C) | 05:24 | 05:52 | 06:42 | 07:15 | 07:55 | 08:30 | 09:08 | 09:38 | 10:10 | 10:48 | 11:18 | 11:48 | 12:18 | 12:50 | 13:20 | 13:50 | 14:20 | 14:50 | 15:10 | 15:38 | 16:11 | 16:46 | 17:26 | 17:56 | 18:16 | · | 19:08 | 19:58 | 21:05 |
| Queen Square Bus Station (Stop A) | 05:37 | 06:05 | 06:57 | 07:30 | 08:15 | 08:55 | 09:23 | 09:53 | 10:25 | 11:05 | 11:35 | 12:05 | 12:35 | 13:05 | 13:35 | 14:05 | 14:35 | 15:10 | 15:30 | 15:58 | 16:31 | 17:04 | 17:44 | 18:14 | 18:32 | · | 19:21 | 20:11 | 21:20 |
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Fares on the X2
Adult single £2.00 · Child single £1.40
The same for any journey on the X2, however far you go.
Stagecoach's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 5 April 2026. Fares change — check with Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire before you travel.
Tickets on the X2
Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire publishes singles, day returns, day tickets and season tickets on this route for adults, children and young people.
Return · Single · MyTicket · Jobseekers Return · Jobseekers Single · Lancashire DayRider · Preston Citi DayRider · Central Lancs DayRider
…and 17 more tickets on this route.
Ticket types come from Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 22 April 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Stagecoach Cumbria and 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 Cumbria and 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 X2
X2 towards Liverpool
All 70 stops
- Duke Street (Stop AB) Southport
- Westcliffe Road (opp) Southport
- Gloucester Road (adj) Birkdale
- Lulworth Road (adj) Birkdale
- Liverpool Road (adj) Birkdale
- Birkdale Interchange (Stop A) Birkdale
- Bolton Road (adj) Birkdale
- Eastbourne Road (adj) Birkdale
- Stanley Avenue (opp) Birkdale
- Barrett Road (adj) Birkdale
- Shaws Road (adj) Hillside
- Sandon Road (opp) Hillside
- Halsall Road (adj) Hillside
- Central Avenue (adj) Hillside
- Waterloo Road (opp) Hillside
- Carr Lane (adj) Hillside
- Nixons Lane (adj) Hillside
- Welwyn Avenue (opp) Hillside
- Oakwood Avenue (adj) Ainsdale
- Segar's Lane (adj) Ainsdale
- Liverpool Road (opp) Ainsdale
- Staveley Road (adj) Ainsdale
- Orchard Lane (adj) Ainsdale
- Meadow Lane (adj) Ainsdale
- Woodvale Road (adj) Ainsdale
- Deansgate Lane (adj) Freshfield
- Ryeground Lane (adj) Freshfield
- New Road (adj) Freshfield
- Alderson Crescent (opp) Freshfield
- Church Close (adj) Formby
- Cross Green Close (adj) Little Altcar
- Coronation Avenue (adj) Little Altcar
- Kent Road (opp) Little Altcar
- Alt Road (adj) Little Altcar
- The Round House (opp) Ince Blundell
- Long Lane (adj) Thornton
- Green Lane (adj) Thornton
- Edge Lane (adj) Thornton
- Edgemoor Drive (adj) Crosby
- Moor Close (adj) Crosby
- Moor Drive (adj) Crosby
- York Road (adj) Crosby
- Fairholme Road (adj) Crosby
- Coronation Drive (opp) Crosby
- Marldon Avenue (adj) Crosby
- Milton Road (adj) Waterloo Park
- Galloway Road (adj) Waterloo Park
- South Road (opp) Waterloo Park
- Sandringham Road (adj) Waterloo
- Parker Avenue (adj) Seaforth
- Riversdale Road (adj) 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
- Sterling Way (adj) Kirkdale
- Boundary Street (adj) Kirkdale
- Newsham Street (adj) Vauxhall
- Juvenal Street (adj) Vauxhall
- Queen Square Bus Station (Stop A) Liverpool
X2 towards Southport
All 69 stops
- Queen Square Bus Station (Stand 11) Liverpool
- Leeds Street (adj) Vauxhall
- Westmorland Place (Stop B) Kirkdale
- Cranmer Street (adj) Kirkdale
- Major Street (opp) Kirkdale
- Latham Street (adj) Kirkdale
- Pansy Street (adj) Kirkdale
- Commercial Road (adj) Kirkdale
- Bank Hall Interchange (Stop A) Kirkdale
- Wolsey Street (adj) Kirkdale
- Keble Road (adj) Bootle
- Trinity Road (adj) Bootle
- Merton Road (adj) Bootle
- Bootle Strand Interchange (Stop A) Bootle
- Hornby Road (opp) Bootle
- Knowsley Road (adj) Bootle
- Alpha Street (adj) Linacre
- Bowden Street (opp) Linacre
- Scarisbrick Avenue (adj) Linacre
- Penryhn Avenue (adj) Linacre
- Durham Road (opp) Seaforth
- Marlborough Road (opp) Waterloo
- Saint Georges Road (adj) Waterloo
- Handfield Road (adj) Waterloo
- Fir Road (adj) Victoria Park
- Myers Road West (adj) Crosby
- Queens Road (opp) Crosby
- Crosby Village Interchange (adj) Great Crosby
- Park Avenue (adj) Moor Park
- Moor Coppice Moor Park
- Edgemoor Drive (opp) Thornton
- Virgin's Lane (adj) Thornton
- Virgin's Lane (adj) Thornton
- Ince Lane (adj) Thornton
- Park Wall Road (opp) Ince Blundell
- The Round House (o/s) Ince Blundell
- Lighthouse Lane (adj) Little Altcar
- Kent Road (adj) Little Altcar
- Birkey Lane (adj) Little Altcar
- Three Tuns Lane (adj) Formby
- School Lane (adj) Formby
- Formby Gardens (adj) Freshfield
- Green Lane (adj) Freshfield
- Paradise Lane (adj) Freshfield
- Deansgate Lane North (adj) Freshfield
- Woodvale Road (opp) Ainsdale
- Pinfold Lane (adj) Ainsdale
- Ainsdale Sports Club (o/s) Ainsdale
- Kenilworth Road (adj) Ainsdale
- Leamington Road (adj) Ainsdale
- Burnley Road (adj) Ainsdale
- Bradshaws Lane (adj) Ainsdale
- Welwyn Avenue (adj) Hillside
- Nixons Lane (opp) Hillside
- Waterloo Road (adj) Hillside
- Central Avenue (opp) Hillside
- Arundel Road (adj) Hillside
- Sandon Road (adj) Hillside
- St Johns Road (adj) Hillside
- Richmond Road (adj) Birkdale
- Carlisle Road (opp) Birkdale
- College Close (adj) Birkdale
- Rivington Close (adj) Birkdale
- Birkdale Interchange (Stop B) Birkdale
- York Road (adj) Birkdale
- Weld Road (adj) Birkdale
- Palatine Road (adj) Birkdale
- Westcliffe Road (adj) Southport
- Duke Street (Stop AA) Southport
Service registration & registered changes
- New service effective 8 March 2026 Monday to Sunday.
- New service effective 8 March 2026 Monday to Sunday.
From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. Registration PC0002407/520 · Registration PC0002407/521 · Changes in Lancashire County Council · All service changes →
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first X2 bus?
The first X2 departure on weekdays leaves at 05:05 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last X2 bus?
The last X2 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 21:26. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the X2 bus cost?
Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire's published fares on the X2: adult single £2.00, child single £1.40. The X2 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 Cumbria and Lancashire day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the X2 bus?
The X2 is operated by Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire.
Timetable data from Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (North West England feed). Registered with the Traffic Commissioner as PC0002407/520. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.