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This website has complete details of bus, coach and train services in the Greater Manchester council area (as at Sep 2004), as well as most of the rest of Great Britain and Ireland. The site also has links to Internet based transport information.  
The council's own website (which is poor for transport information) is available here (Telephone 0161 228 7811).
PLEASE NOTE: THIS SITE HAS NO CONNECTION WITH THIS ORGANISATION IN ANY WAY.
 
Bus and Coach Transport information
This website contains details of 1632 bus and 57 coach services that run within Greater Manchester council's area. Details are available of 64 bus/coach operators that are based in the county and 107 companies that operate the local bus, coach and rail services. To book coach tickets, click here

Rail transport information
This website contains details of 83 train services that run within Greater Manchester council's area. To book train tickets, click here

Other Public Transport information
Details are available elsewhere of ferries and flights from the Greater Manchester council area. Public transport information provision is poor in this area. Last reviewed 2004. Timetables are available but no general guide of any kind for visitors who don’t know their way around. (Explanation)

Hospitals served by public transport in this area:
  Wythenshawe, Hospital
  Bury, Fairfield Hospital
  Bolton, Royal Bolton Hospital
  Bolton, Hulton Hospital
  Manchester, Trafford General Hospital
  Withington, Hospital
  Ashton Under Lyne, Tameside General Hospital
  Manchester, North Manchester General Hospital
  Oldham, Royal Oldham Hospital
  Wrightington, Hospital
  Stepping Hill, Hospital
  Eccles, Hope Hospital
  Hulton, Hospital
  Manchester, Tameside Hospital



Supermarkets served by public transport in this area:
  Horwich, Tesco
  Prestwich, Tesco
  Hulme, Asda


Other information
The site also has a general map of the Manchester region here, details of this site's data coverage in this area here and a list of 762 local cities, towns and villages. A Google Earth file for these is available here, please see the notes below about how to use this file.

Long distance walks in this area:
  ETHEROW TO GOYT VALLEY WAY
  Goyt Way
  MACCLESFIELD CANAL
  Midshires Way
  Peak Forest Canal
  LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL
  HUDDERSFIELD NARROW CANAL
  Ashton Canal
  Bridgewater Canal


 
TOTAL BUS/COACH/TRAIN JOURNEYS
  (...Explanation ?)
Approx
Monday-Friday
journeys/day
14987 
 
Approx Schoolday
only journeys/day
871 
 
Approx Saturday journeys13366 (89%) 
 
Approx Sunday journeys4138 (27%) 
 
Services without
journey details
118 
 
 
 
Publicity used for this site:
DateDescription
1 Sep 2006  Manchester School Timetables listing 
1 Nov 2005  Internet Timetables 
1 Jun 2005  Salford public transport map 
1 Jan 2005  Bury public transport map 
1 Jan 2005  Bolton public transport map 
1 Jan 2005  Wigan North public transport map 
1 Jan 2005  Wigan South public transport map 
1 Jan 2005  Manchester South public transport map 
Google Earth map for Greater Manchester council area

Google Earth Notes
If you have the Google Earth client (downloadable for free here) then a Google Earth KML file version of the maps on the right can be found here for the local services, and here for coach/train services. Each route can be clicked on to show start/finish points.
Map of local bus services
Map of local bus services in Greater Manchester.
Map of long distance coach and train services
Map of coach/train services from Greater Manchester.

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