City Centre Circulars - Linking Liverpool

S1 Route

If you want to travel around Liverpool City Centre with ease, then why not try out one of Merseytravel’s City Centre Circular bus routes to get where you want to go!

In it’s distinctive livery, this service links the main city centre public transport interchanges:

• Queen Square Bus Station
• Lime Street, Moorfields and James Street Merseyrail stations
• National Express Coach Station, Norton Street

With the city’s hotels, shops and ‘must see’ attractions , such as:

The waterfront, Mersey Ferries and Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool (ACC Liverpool)
The Albert Dock, Beatles Story Exhibition, Tate Liverpool and Maritime Museum
Hope Street, with Liverpool’s two cathedrals at each end
Liverpool Museum, Walker Art Gallery and Cavern Quarter

All the bus stops along the S1 route will display the S1 icon, so you know you’re waiting at the right stop. With a bus up to every 10 minutes, you won’t have to wait long for the S1!

Mondays to Fridays	Saturdays	Sundays
First bus from Skelhorne Street (Lime Street Station) at 0900 then every 10 minutes until 1500 then every 12 minutes until 1800 then at 1810, 1820 then last bus at 1830	First bus from Skelhorne Street (Lime Street Station) at 0900 then every 10 minutes until 1500 then every 12 minutes until 1800 then at 1810, 1820 then last bus at 1830	First bus from Skelhorne Street (Lime Street Station) at 0900 then every 10 minutes until 1500 then every 12 minutes until 1800 then at 1810, 1820 then last bus at 1830

Lime St Station	Queen Square Bus Station	Pier head (Mersey Ferries)	Albert Dock	Arena & Convention Centre	Anglican & Metropolitan Cathedrals	National Express Station	Lime St Station

 

S2/S3 Routes

These are circular services (Route S2 operates anti-clockwise, Route S3 operates clockwise) that again link public transport interchanges, but also serve many city centre hotels and retail areas to the north of the city.

Routes S2 and S3 are ideal if you’re travelling to or from the Isle of Man Ferry Terminal or City of Liverpool Cruise Terminal, as they’ll take you right into the heart of the city centre.

S2

Mondays to Fridays	Saturdays	Sundays
First bus from Princes Dock at 0720 then every 15 minutes until 1735 then last bus at 1805	First bus from Princes Dock at 0725 then every 20 minutes until the last bus at 1745	First bus from Princes Dock at 1005 then every 30 minutes until the last bus at 1805

on Monday to Fridays, the 0735, 0805, 0820, 0835, 0905 and 0920 journeys start from Canada Boulevard, connecting with the Mersey Ferries

Princes Dock	Moorfields Station	Cavern Quarter	National Express Station	Lime St Station	Queen Square Bus Station	Atlantic Point Student Village	Princes Dock

S3

Mondays to Fridays	Saturdays	Sundays
First bus from Princes Dock at 0715 then every 15 minutes until the last bus at 1800	First bus from Princes Dock at 0710 then every 20 minutes until last bus at 1750	First bus from Princes Dock at 0950 then every 30 minutes until last bus at 1750

on Monday to Fridays, the 0730, 0745, 0800, 0830 and 0845 journeys finish at Canada Boulevard, connecting with the Mersey Ferries

Princes Dock	Atlantic Point Student Village	National Express Station	Lime St Station	Queen Square Bus Station	Moorfields Station	Princes Dock

Fares and Tickets

There are a number of ways to pay for travel on each service. You can use a wide range of travel passes, get discounted fares or simply pay cash to the driver when you board.

S1

• Flat single fare of £1.40 adult, 70p child any distance. You can also pay your fare using Euros - just €2 a journey
• Valid Merseytravel pre-paid and concessionary travel passes and Arriva Day and Weekly tickets are welcome
• If you’ve got an ‘08 card’, show your card to the bus driver and you can travel for just £1!
• If you’ve got an ‘LiveOne20’ card, show your card to the bus driver and you can take advantage of a ’2-for1’ deal - two people travel for a single flat fare of just £1.40!

S2/S2

• Flat single fare of £1.00 adult, 50p child any distance. You can also pay your fare using Euros - just €2 a journey
• Valid Merseytravel pre-paid and concessionary travel passes and Arriva Day and Weekly tickets are welcome
• If you’ve got an ’08 card’, ’LiveOne20’ or a ’yourticketforliverpool’ card, show it to the bus driver and you can travel for free on these services!

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