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This site contains bus/coach/rail service information for the United Kingdom and Ireland. You can search for information by place name, postcode, service number or operator.
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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.
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| 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
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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
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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)
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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
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Supermarkets served by public transport in this area:
Horwich, Tesco
Prestwich, Tesco
Hulme, Asda
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| 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.
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TOTAL BUS/COACH/TRAIN JOURNEYS (...Explanation ?) |
Approx Monday-Friday journeys/day | 14987    |
Approx Schoolday only journeys/day | 871    |
| Approx Saturday journeys | 13366 (89%)    |
| Approx Sunday journeys | 4138 (27%)    |
Services without journey details | 118    |
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Publicity used for this site:
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| Date | Description | |
| 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 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. |
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Map of local bus services |
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Map of long distance coach and train services |
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IMPORTANT: This site has no association with any of the operators or organisations shown. Any information shown will require further confirmation before it is used for travel.
Please read the IMPORTANT POINTS before using this site. All trademarks acknowledged. All photographs copyright ©.
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