Bolton bus station
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Bolton bus station is a bus station located in the town of Bolton
, in Greater Manchester
. It is run by Transport for Greater Manchester.
. Other operators include Arriva North West
, Lancashire United
, Maytree Travel
, Rossendalebus
, South Lancs Travel
, Stagecoach Manchester and Stagecoach in Lancashire.
There are frequent buses running to Bury
, Chorley
, Leigh
, Manchester
, Preston, Radcliffe
, Rochdale
and Wigan
, plus several parts of the Bolton area, such as Breightmet
, Deane
, Harwood
, Farnworth
, Great Lever
, Harwood
and Horwich
. Buses also run to Blackburn, Burnley
, Clitheroe
, Darwen
, Rawtenstall
and Trafford Centre
The bus services that use Bolton Bus Station are:
(Places in bold are where services terminate)
Notes:
Bolton
Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...
, in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
. It is run by Transport for Greater Manchester.
Services
The majority of services that serve Bolton Bus Station are run by First ManchesterFirst Manchester
First Manchester is one of the bus companies serving Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. It forms part of FirstGroup, a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America...
. Other operators include Arriva North West
Arriva North West
Arriva North West is a division of Arriva that operates bus services around North West England. It consists of two companies: Arriva North West Ltd and Arriva Merseyside Ltd....
, Lancashire United
Lancashire United
Transdev Lancashire United is an English bus operator, running mainly in and around the boroughs of Blackburn, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley. The company was founded in April 2001 following the buyout of Stagecoach Ribble by Blazefield Holdings and has since overcome other operators...
, Maytree Travel
Maytree Travel
Maytree Travel is a bus operator based in Bolton in Greater Manchester. The company was formed in 2008 by owner Gary Hawthorne, who took over the Bolton operations of Tyrer Bus, who first starting operating in Bolton in 2007. The company now has over 20 routes and runs in the Bolton and Wigan areas...
, Rossendalebus
Rossendale Transport
Rossendale Transport is a bus operator running within the Borough of Rossendale and into surrounding areas, including Rochdale, Bury, Manchester, Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn and Todmorden...
, South Lancs Travel
South Lancs Travel
South Lancs Travel is a privately owned bus operator in the districts of Bolton and Wigan in Greater Manchester operating an extensive commercial network along with tendered services on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester. It also serves some areas of the districts of Salford & Trafford such...
, Stagecoach Manchester and Stagecoach in Lancashire.
There are frequent buses running to Bury
Bury
Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, east of Bolton, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northwest of the city of Manchester...
, Chorley
Chorley
Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, in North West England. It is the largest settlement in the Borough of Chorley. The town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry...
, Leigh
Leigh, Greater Manchester
Leigh is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Wigan, and west of Manchester. Leigh is situated on low lying land to the north west of Chat Moss....
, Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, Preston, Radcliffe
Radcliffe
- Places :England* Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, England** Radcliffe Tower, the remains of a medieval manor house in the town* Radcliffe, Northumberland, England* Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, EnglandUnited States* Radcliffe, Iowa, USA...
, Rochdale
Rochdale
Rochdale is a large market town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines on the River Roch, north-northwest of Oldham, and north-northeast of the city of Manchester. Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan...
and Wigan
Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total...
, plus several parts of the Bolton area, such as Breightmet
Breightmet
Breightmet is a neighbourhood of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically a township of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford hundred of Lancashire, it lies 2 miles north east of Bolton and 4 miles north-west of Bury...
, Deane
Deane
- As surname :* Sir Anthony Deane , shipbuilder* Anthony C. Deane, poet and writer of religious books* Brian Deane , English former footballer...
, Harwood
Egerton, Greater Manchester
Egerton, pronounced edgerton, is a village in the unparished area of South Turton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is situated three miles north of Bolton and 12 miles north west of Manchester City Centre within the West...
, Farnworth
Farnworth
Farnworth is within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is located southeast of Bolton, 6 miles south-west of Bury , and northwest of Manchester....
, Great Lever
Great Lever
Great Lever is mainly a residential suburb of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Historically within Lancashire, it is about 2½ miles south of Bolton town centre and the same distance north of Farnworth town centre. Great Lever has many shops and services serving the local community...
, Harwood
Harwood, Greater Manchester
Harwood is a suburb to the north-northeast of Bolton, Greater Manchester, bordering Bury in North West England.-History:The township was recorded as Harewode in 1212 and 1302. The manor which included Bradshaw, was part of the Manchester fee held by the Grelleys in the Middle Ages. In 1212 it was...
and Horwich
Horwich
Horwich is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Chorley, northwest of Bolton and northwest from the city of Manchester. It lies at the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors with the M61 motorway close to the...
. Buses also run to Blackburn, Burnley
Burnley
Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....
, Clitheroe
Clitheroe
Clitheroe is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. It is 1½ miles from the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for tourists in the area. It has a population of 14,697...
, Darwen
Darwen
Darwen is a market town and civil parish located within Lancashire, England. Along with its northerly neighbour, Blackburn, it forms the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen — a unitary authority area...
, Rawtenstall
Rawtenstall
Rawtenstall is a town at the centre of the Rossendale Valley, in Lancashire, England. It is the seat for the Borough of Rossendale, in which it is located. The town lies 18 miles north of Manchester, 22 miles east of the county town of Preston and 45 miles south east of Lancaster...
and Trafford Centre
Trafford Centre
The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and leisure complex situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, close to the Trafford Park industrial estate and approximately 5 miles from Manchester city centre. It is the highest valued shopping centre in the...
The bus services that use Bolton Bus Station are:
(Places in bold are where services terminate)
| No. | Operator | Destination | Stand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday-Saturday daytime | Evenings and Sundays | |||
| 8 | First Manchester | Manchester Shudehill via Farnworth, Pendlebury and Pendleton | N | N |
| 22 | First Manchester Stagecoach Manchester |
Stockport via Farnworth, Swinton, Eccles, Trafford Centre, Stretford and Chorlton | Q | N |
| 36 | First Manchester | Manchester Piccadilly via Little Hulton, Walkden, Swinton and Pendleton | P | P |
| 37 | First Manchester | Manchester Piccadilly via Farnworth, Walkden, Swinton and Pendleton | R | R |
| 68 | First Manchester | Trafford Centre via Farnworth, Little Hulton, Walkden, Worsley and Eccles | Q | Q |
| 125 | Stagecoach in Lancashire | Preston via Horwich, Adlington, Chorley and Bamber Bridge | U | M |
| 225 | Lancashire United | Clitheroe via Egerton, Darwen, Blackburn and Whalley | S | Q1 |
| 273 | Rossendalebus | Burnley via Holcombe Brook, Ramsbottom, Rawtenstall, Waterfoot and Water | X | - |
| Arriva North West | Rawtenstall via Tonge Moor, Holcombe Brook, Ramsbottom and Edenfield | - | Q2 | |
| 300 | South Lancs Travel | Trafford Centre via M61 and M60 motorways | H | - |
| 471 | First Manchester | Rochdale via Breightmet, Bury, Heywood and Sudden | F | P |
| 480 | Rossendalebus | Bury via Tonge Moor, Hawkshaw, Tottington and Walshaw | X | - |
| 505 | Maytree Travel | Horwich via Markland Hill and Middlebrook | L | - |
| 507 | First Manchester | Harwood via Tonge Moor and Bradshaw | Y | K2 |
| Arriva North West | - | K3 | ||
| 510 | First Manchester | Bury via Withins, Ainsworth and Walshaw | G | - |
| Arriva North West | - | L | ||
| 512 513 |
Maytree Travel | Bury via Great Lever, Farnworth, Kearsley, Whitefield (513) and Radcliffe | H | - |
| 514 | South Lancs Travel | Bolton via Daubhill, Ladybridge, Lostock, Middlebrook, Lostock and Heaton | B | M |
| 515 | South Lancs Travel | Ladybridge via Deane | C | - |
| 519 | First Manchester | Johnson Fold via Chorley Old Road | V | Q2 |
| Arriva North West | - | Q3 | ||
| 524 | First Manchester | Bury via Moses Gates, Little Lever and Radcliffe | E | K |
| 527 | Maytree Travel | Bolton Circular via Hall i'th' Wood, Smithills and Halliwell | G | K |
| 533 | First Manchester | Egerton via Tonge Moor and Bromley Cross | S | - |
| 534 | Arriva North West | Oldhams Estate via Astley Bridge | T | - |
| Maytree Travel | - | Q | ||
| 535 | Arriva North West | Belmont via Astley Bridge | T | - |
| 536 | First Manchester | Breightmet via Darcy Lever and Leverhulme Park | F | - |
| Maytree Travel | - | L5 | ||
| 537 | Arriva North West | Edgworth via Astley Bridge, Dunscar and Bromley Cross | T | - |
| 538 | Arriva North West | Andrew Lane via Astley Bridge | T | - |
| Bolton Circular via Astley Bridge, Dunscar and Bromley Cross | - | R T (Public Holidays daytime) |
||
| 539 | Arriva North West | Bolton Circular via Bromley Cross, Dunscar and Astley Bridge | - | R X (Public Holidays daytime) |
| 540 | First Manchester | Wigan via Deane, Westhoughton, Daisy Hill, Hindley and Ince | D | R |
| 541 | Arriva North West | Toppings via Tonge Moor and Bromley Cross | X | - |
| 544 | Maytree Travel | Little Lever via Darcy Lever | G | - |
| 551 553 |
Maytree Travel | Leigh via Little Hulton, Walkden, Boothstown, Higher Green (551) and Astley | C (553) | L (551) |
| 556 | Arriva North West | Trafford Centre via Farnworth, Walkden, Worsley and Eccles | Service 22/68 | N2 |
| 559 | Maytree Travel | Aspull via Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Hindley and Pennington Green | C | - |
| 561 562 |
First Manchester | Withins Circulars via Tonge Fold and Breightmet | K | K2 |
| Arriva North West | - | K3 | ||
| 570 | Maytree Travel | Sutton Estate via Lever Edge, Morris Green and Hulton Hospital | L | - |
| 571 572 |
First Manchester | Great Lever Circulars | M | M2 |
| Maytree Travel | - | M3 | ||
| 574 | South Lancs Travel | Bolton via Heaton, Lostock, Middlebrook, Lostock, Ladybridge and Daubhill | B | - |
| 581 592 |
South Lancs Travel | Atherton, Marlborough Avenue (581) (connections for Leigh via Hag Fold (592), Atherton and Tyldesley) | B | - |
| 582 | First Manchester | Leigh via Daubhill, Over Hulton and Atherton | A | L |
| 714 | Maytree Travel | Middlebrook via Deane, Ladybridge and Lostock | C | - |
| 715 | Arriva North West | Wigan via Deane, Ladybridge, Westhoughton and Aspull | D | - |
| Maytree Travel | - | L | ||
| Some services don't stop at Bolton bus station but do serve stops on Black Horse Street outside the station | ||||
| 500 | Maytree Travel | Metroshuttle | CC | - |
| 501 | First Manchester | Farnworth via Royal Bolton Hospital | BB | BB |
| Moss Bank Way | EE | EE | ||
| 575 | Arriva North West | Wigan via Lostock, Horwich, Blackrod and Aspull | CC | CC |
| First Manchester | Horwich via Lostock | AA | AA2 | |
Notes:
| 1 | Sunday daytime plus early evenings |
|---|---|
| 2 | Sunday daytime only |
| 3 | Evenings only |
| 4 | One Monday-Friday evening journey |
| 5 | Not Sunday evenings |