46 Russell Road / Cobden Rd - Carr Lane / Heathfield Road
A bus service operated by Arriva Merseyside
Bispham/Tithebarn Road (Meols Cop/Southport)
Sunday 7 September 2025 – Thursday 12 March 2026
Bispham/Tithebarn Road will be closed from Monday 8 September 2025 for approximately 7 months (Thursday 12 March 2026).
Services 46 and 46B
• From Formby (46B), Birkdale, Carr Lane (46) will be as normal route to Sussex Road, then via left into Norwood Road, Roe Lane, High Park Place, Old Park Lane, Bispham Road, Canning Road, then as normal route to Crowland Street to Southport, Russell Road. (Omits a section of Bispham Road).
Alternative bus stop: Meols Cop Interchange/Norwood Road/Cypress Road/stop B and Canning Road/Milton Street.
• From Southport/Russell Road will be as normal route to Bispham Road, then via right into Bispham Road, Old Park Lane, High Park Place, Roe Lane, Norwood Avenue, Norwood Road, then as normal route to Birkdale, Carr Lane. (Omits a section of Bispham Road).
Alternative bus stop: Canning Road/Milton Street and Meols Cop Interchange/Norwood Road/Cypress Road/stop A.
Norwood Road (Meols Cop)
Monday 12 – Thursday 15 January 2026
Norwood Road and Norwood Avenue will be closed from Monday 12th January until Thursday 15th January 2026.
Service 46
From Hillside, Carr Lane as normal to Meols Cop, Sussex Road, then via Norwood Road, Butts Lane, Crowland Street to Russell Road where the bus service terminates (omitting Norwood Road, Bispham Road, and Canning Road).
This service will call at the existing stops on Sussex Road near Fir Street and Crowland Street near Crowland Close.
From Southport, Russell Road via Russell Road then viaCobden Road, Canning Road, Butts Lane, Norwood Road to Sussex Road and resume normal route to Hillside, Carr Lane (omitting a section of Canning Road, Bispham Road, Norwood Road).
This service will call at the existing stops on Canning Road near Cobden Road and Sussex Road near Norwood Road.
Carr Lane (Birkdale)
Tuesday 13 – Tuesday 20 January 2026
Carr Lane will be closed from Tuesday 13 January 2026 for approximately 8 days (Eastbound only).
Service 46
• Service will commence from Liverpool Road (bus stop no.61001A), then via Halsall Road, Guildford Road, then as normal route to Russell Road. (Omits Carr Lane and a section of Guildford Road).
Alternative bus stop: Liverpool Road/Waterloo Road and Guildford Road/Halsall Road.
• From Russell Road will be unaffected.
- Timetable
- Map (tracking 3 buses)
- Vehicles
Russell Road / Cobden Rd - Carr Lane / Heathfield Road
Carr Lane / Heathfield Road - Russell Road / Cobden Rd
Timetable data from the Traveline National Dataset (TNDS),
Possibly similar services
Arriva Merseyside
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- arrivabus.co.uk/north-west
Contactless payment (tap on) or cash accepted
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