In 1997 the one-way system was finally bypassed when a new section of the A50 was opened, running past the town in a cutting.
The one way system remains, but is no longer the main route into the main town centre of Hanley.

Longton is served by a railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 7 August 1848.
A new bus interchange was opened adjacent to it in 2003 on the site of a former Co-op supermarket.
In 1997 the one-way system was finally bypassed when a new section of the A50 was opened, running past the town in a cutting. The one way system remains, but is no longer the main route into the main town centre of Hanley.
Longton is served by a railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 7 August 1848. A new bus interchange was opened adjacent to it in 2003 on the site of a former Co-op supermarket.
Longton, Staffordshire