News > X1 bus back in Stafford Town Centre!

Published 30 July 2012

 X1 bus back in Stafford Town Centre !

The popular X1 bus is returning to Stafford Town Centre after an absence of three years.

This will provide Staffordshire University’s Beaconside Campus with a new link with the town

every thirty minutes on Mondays to Fridays from Monday 17 September 2012.

Adam van Winsum, Environmental Manager for Staffordshire University said, “The reintroduction       

of this service to Stafford town has been developed to integrate the campuses and provide an

improvement to sustainable travel choices to Beaconside.  We are hopeful that the extension            

will be a success and that it appeals to staff, students and the general public”. 

As well as linking the two thriving University sites for the past eight years, The X1 bus provides a fast,

hourly, direct public service to and from Stoke-on-Trent City Centre for the residents of Stone, Barlaston,    

Leyfield Park and Trentham. The service also doubles a link with Stoke Rail Station on behalf of

London Midland Trains. During University term time, the service is operated by new bakerbus

state-of-the-art Hybrid-diesel, green and clean double deck buses.

Phil Baker, Managing Director of bakerbus, said “This extension back to Stafford Town Centre will be

greatly welcomed and appreciated by the general public as well as the University population. We have

received many requests for this and we area confident that our fast alternative bus service will be a great

success.”

The new timetable will be published over the coming weeks and timetables will be delivered door to door

along the line of route.