Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

[507022]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot
Just passed two 79C buses in Whiston village, way off their normal route.
It seems that their normal Netherley Road and the usual diversionary route along Tarbock Road are both closed for roadworks.

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RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(21/08/2026 19:47)507022 Wrote:  Just passed two 79C buses in Whiston village, way off their normal route.
It seems that their normal Netherley Road and the usual diversionary route along Tarbock Road are both closed for roadworks.

Yep

Netherley Road will be closed on various dates and times, from Monday 3 August 2026 until Saturday 5 September 2026.

Service 79C
From Liverpool will travel as normal to Childwall Valley Road, then via Naylors Road, Wheathill Road, Tarbock Road, Cronton Road, Prescot Road, Stockswell Road, Northern Lane, Hough Green Road to Arley Drive, , then as normal route to Murdishaw (omitting a section of Childwall Valley Road, Caldway Drive and Netherley Road).
This service will call at the stops on Childwall Valley Road, opposite Runton Road; and Arley Drive.
From Murdishaw will travel as normal to Arley Drive, then via Hough Green Road, Prescot Road,Chapel Lane, Cronton Road, Tarbock Road, Wheathill Road, Naylors Road to Childwall Valley Road, then as normal route to Liverpool (omitting a section of Hough Green Road, Netherley Road and section of Childwall Valley Road).
This service will call at the stops on Arley Drive; and Childwall Valley Road, near Runton Road.