Travelling into the town centre and want to save on expensive parking and stressful congestion? Our park and ride sites are perfect for allowing you to sit back, relax and enjoy the journey especially with our free on-board features.

Why you’ll love our park and ride services:

• Save on expensive town-centre parking
• Frequent buses so you don’t have to rush
• Check your emails, catch up with friends or scroll your social media on the go with our free onboard Wi-Fi*
• Comfortable leather seats
• Park your car safely with CCTV
• You can sit back, relax and enjoy the ride

Find a park and ride site near you in the table below: 

Please note, postcodes are the nearest approximate postcodes for location.

Location maps

• Park and Ride car park locations
• Park and Ride bus stop and route map

Where to catch your bus in Chester City Centre

Our services now serve the new Central Bus Interchange. For your return journey:

PR1 picks up at stand D for Wrexham Road and stand E for Upton (Zoo). 

PR2 picks up at stand D for journeys to Boughton Heath and stand E for journeys to Sealand Road. 

In addition, when the new Bus Interchange is not a convenient drop off/pick up point, buses also drop off/pick up at various locations in the city centre. Details of exact drop off/pick up points can be found here

Times of operation 

• Monday to Friday: every 12 minutes between 7am and 7pm
• Saturdays: every 12 minutes between 8am and 7pm
• Sundays and Bank Holidays: every 15 minutes between 9.30am and 6pm

Tickets and fares

Tickets are available from machines near the bus stop at each car park. Please enter your car registration number and follow the simple steps on the touch screen machines. You will need to scan your ticket as you board the bus in both directions.

Parking is free for Park and Ride customers. Tickets cost £2 (return) per adult and children can travel free if accompanied by a paying adult.

Saver tickets are available for frequent travellers – six return tickets can be purchased for the price of five (£10). We regret that Park and Ride is excluded from the Concessionary Fare scheme. Card payments are available onsite.

Hop on and off as many times as you like and stay in the city as long as you need as your ticket is valid all day. 

Countess of Chester Hospital promotion £1 ticket

Need to head to Countess of Chester Hospital? Our service PR1 drops you directly outside the hospital, there is no need to drive to the hospital and risk not finding a parking space, only to pay more than the cost of our ticket for parking at the hospital.

Tickets are available from machines near the Park and Ride stations at Upton and Wrexham Road on the PR1 blue line only. 

The following terms and conditions apply:

• ticket cost £1 (return)
• tickets are valid only for one (same day) return journey
• tickets available at Upton and Wrexham Road Park and Ride sites
• tickets are only valid on the PR1 route
• passengers can only board at the Countess of Chester Hospital for their return journey
• these tickets are not valid for boarding or alighting at any other stop along the PR1 route
• please scan your tickets on board bus

People with disabilities and lost property

We aim to offer a high standard to all our customers and welcome wheelchair users. If you have a question about mobility scooter access please   contact us

For all lost property enquiries please call us on 01244 214681

We operate the Park and Ride services on behalf of Cheshire West and Chester Council for further information please   click here