Full list of 180 Greater Manchester bus services due to come under public control this month

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The full list has been obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOL) request to Transport for Greater Manchester

Public transport in Manchester is set for a major shakeup this month, with the launch of the highly anticipated Bee Network on the way. On top of this, 180 bus services across Greater Manchester will soon come under public control. 

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This is a historic moment for the city and region. It signals the first time in 37 years that buses in Greater Manchester will be publicly controlled.

The buses will come under public ownership from September 24. Other services are due to follow the same path in 2024. 

The full list of buses coming into public control were obtained by campaign group Better Buses for Greater Manchester through a FOI request. Matthew Topham, a campaigner at Better Buses for Greater Manchester, said: “It’s fantastic to see the hard work of local people, unions, climate groups, and civil society pay off. This list shows us 180 ways Greater Manchester will now work for people and the planet, not just profit.

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“For too long, bus services were run in the interests of private companies in an extreme Thatcherite experiment: services were axed, corners cut on reliability, and fares ever rising. All for the benefit of shareholders who don’t live in the region. This is the beginning of a process where the people of Greater Manchester are winning for themselves a network that is run by and for the region’s residents, not fat cats overseas.”

Full list of Greater Manchester buses coming under public control this month

  • 8 Bolton - Pendlebury - Manchester City Centre
  • 10 Brookhouse - Eccles - Manchester City Centre
  • 20 Bolton – Little Hulton - Trafford Centre
  • 21 Trafford Centre – Pendlebury – Clifton
  • 22 Trafford Centre – Bolton
  • 29 Boothstown – Swinton – Salford Quays
  • 36 Bolton - Little Hulton - Manchester City Centre
  • 37 Bolton - Farnworth - Manchester City Centre
  • 65 Eccles - Westwood Park Circular
  • 66 Eccles - Worsley - Prestwich
  • 70 Eccles – Ellesmere Park - Pendleton
  • 79 Salford Quays - Stretford
  • 126 Leigh - Boothstown - Trafford Centre
  • 129 Farnworth – Walkden – Higher Green
  • 132 Wigan - Boothstown - Trafford Centre
  • 162 Norden - Middleton - Manchester City Centre
  • 163 Bury - Middleton - Manchester City Centre
  • 362 Standish - Wigan
  • 471 Bolton - Bury – Rochdale
  • 501 Farnworth - Bolton - Johnson Fold
  • 507 Bolton - Harwood Circular
  • 511 Bolton - Breightmet – Bury
  • 512 Bury – Ainsworth– Farnworth
  • 513 Bury - Whitefield – Farnworth
  • 516 Horwich - Westhoughton - Atherton - Leigh
  • 520 Westhoughton – Bolton
  • 521 Little Lever - Royal Bolton Hospital - Blackrod
  • 524 Bolton - Radcliffe – Bury
  • 526 Barrow Bridge - Bolton
  • 533 Egerton - Tonge Moore - Bolton
  • 534 Oldhams Estate - Bolton
  • 535 Bolton - Astley Bridge – Horrocks Fold
  • 537 Bolton - Astley Bridge Circular
  • 541 Bromley Cross - Bolton
  • 544 Bolton - Great Lever Circular
  • 557 Ringley Fold – Farnworth – Royal Bolton Hospital
  • 559 Ashton - Hindley - Bolton
  • 582 Leigh - Atherton - Bolton
  • 583 Tyldesley – Shakerley - Leigh
  • 584 Crankwood - Leigh
  • 588 Leigh - Lowton Circular
  • 590 Leigh - Pennington - Lowton Circular
  • 596 Leigh - Landside Circular
  • 597 Leigh Infirmary - Leigh Sports Village
  • 603 Byrchall/St Edmund Arrowsmith High School
  • 613 New Springs - Wigan
  • 630 Platt Bridge - Wigan
  • 634 Wigan - Castle Hill Circular
  • 635 Shevington Vale– Wigan Infirmary
  • 639 Wigan – Pemberton – Worsley Hall Circular
  • 652 Byrchall/St Edmund Arrowsmith High School
  • 657 Winstanley College
  • 663 St John Rigby College
  • 664 Winstanley College
  • 665 Winstanley/St John Rigby College
  • 666 Winstanley/St John Rigby College
  • 667 Winstanley/St John Rigby College
  • 668 Winstanley College – Wigan, Bus Station
  • 669 St John Rigby College – Winstanley College – Wigan, Bus Station
  • 887 Bury CoE High School
  • 888 Bury CoE High School
  • 889 Unsworth Academy
  • 890 Philips High School/Unsworth Academy
  • 896 Elton High School
  • 897 Elton High School
  • 899 Derby High School
  • 901 Canon Slade
  • 902 Canon Slade
  • 903 Canon Slade
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham with a Bee Network bike and bus. Photo: TfGMGreater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham with a Bee Network bike and bus. Photo: TfGM
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham with a Bee Network bike and bus. Photo: TfGM | Transport for Greater Manchester
  • 904 Horwich - Deane - Canon Slade School
  • 905 Canon Slade
  • 906 Westhoughton - Daubhill - Canon Slade School
  • 907 Canon Slade School - Great Lever - Leigh (PM only)
  • 907 St John Fisher Catholic High School
  • 907 Canon Slade
  • 909 Canon Slade
  • 910 Canon Slade
  • 911 Canon Slade
  • 912 Heaton - Doffcocker - Rivington & Blackrod High
  • 913 Bolton - Lostock - Rivington & Blackrod High
  • 913 Rivington and Blackrod High School
  • 914 Middlebrook - Brazley - Rivington & Blackrod High
  • 915 Blackrod - Rivington & Blackrod High
  • 915 Blackrod - Rivington & Blackrod High short
  • 916 Haulgh - Breightmet - Little Lever High School
  • 918 Doffcocker - Gilnow Park - Ladybridge High School
  • 919 Thornleigh College
  • 920 Thornleigh College
  • 921 Canon Slade/Thornleigh
  • 922 Thornleigh College
  • 923 Thornleigh College
  • 923 Thornleigh College
  • 924 Thornleigh College
  • 925 Withins - Thornleigh College (AM)
  • 925 Thornleigh College
  • 926 Turton High School

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