Leigh bus station is a bus station located in the town of Leigh

Leigh, Greater Manchester

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, in Greater Manchester

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. It is run by Transport for Greater Manchester.

Services

The majority of services that serve Leigh Bus Station are run by First Manchester

First Manchester

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, whilst other operators include Arriva North West

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, Jim Stones Coaches

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, Maytree Travel

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, South Lancs Travel

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, Strawberry

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, Stagecoach in Lancashire and Warrington Borough Transport

Warrington Borough Transport

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.

There are frequent buses running to Atherton

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, Bolton

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, Tyldesley

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 and Wigan

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. Buses also run to Manchester

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, St Helens

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, Trafford Centre

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 and Warrington

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The bus services that use Leigh Bus Station are:
(Places in bold are where services terminate)

No.	Operator	Destination	Stand
			Monday-Saturday daytime	Evenings and Sundays
12	First Manchester	Manchester Piccadilly via Atherton, Tyldesley, Little Hulton, Walkden, Roe Green and Swinton	L	B1
19	Warrington Borough Transport	Warrington via Glazebury, Culcheth, Croft, Winwick	J	A2
26	First Manchester	Manchester Shudehill via Astley, Boothstown, Worsley, Swinton and Pendleton	B	B
28 28A	Warrington Borough Transport	Warrington via Glazebury, Culcheth, Locking Stumps, Birchwood (28) and Padgate	J	A (28A)2
39	First Manchester	Manchester Piccadilly via Atherton, Tyldesley, Little Hulton, Walkden, Roe Green and Swinton	-	B3
126	South Lancs Travel	Trafford Centre via Astley, Boothstown, Worsley and M60 motorway	K	-
516	South Lancs Travel	Horwich via Atherton, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton and Middlebrook	B	C4
	First Manchester		-	C5
	Stagecoach in Lancashire		-	C6
	Strawberry		-	C7
517	South Lancs Travel	Horwich via Atherton, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton and Middlebrook	B	Service 516
551 553	Maytree Travel	Bolton via Astley, Higher Green (551), Boothstown, Walkden and Little Hulton	B (553)	B (551)
581 592	South Lancs Travel	Bolton via Tyldesley, Atherton, Hag Fold (592), Over Hulton and Daubhill	K	-
582	First Manchester	Bolton via Atherton, Over Hulton and Daubhill	A	A
583	Maytree Travel	Hag Fold via Westleigh and Atherton	Service 594/595/682	A
584	Jim Stones Coaches	Crankwood via Plank Lane	C	-
	Strawberry		-	C2
	Stagecoach in Lancashire		-	C5
587	Jim Stones Coaches	Dakins Road via Butts Bridge	J	-
588 589	Jim Stones Coaches	Lowton via Plank Lane	C	-
593	Jim Stones Coaches	Tamar	H	-
	First Manchester	Wigan via Tamar, Hindley Green, Castle Hill, Hindley and Belle Green	Service 598	C
594	Jim Stones Coaches	Hindley Green via Westleigh	F	Service 583
595	Jim Stones Coaches	Abbey Lane via Westleigh	F	Service 583
596	Jim Stones Coaches	Landside via Siddow Common	G	-
597	Maytree Travel	Leigh Infirmary	L	C8
598	First Manchester	Wigan via Tamar, Hindley Green, Hindley and Belle Green	E	Service 593
658	First Manchester	Higher Folds	D	D5
		Wigan via Bickershaw and Platt Bridge	G	A
672 673	Jim Stones Coaches	Higher Folds	D (672)	D (673)9
682	Jim Stones Coaches	Hag Fold via Atherton	B	Service 582/583
683	South Lancs Travel	Leigh Circular via Atherton and Tyldesley	K	-
684	South Lancs Travel	Leigh Circular via Tyldesley and Atherton	K	-
685	South Lancs Travel	Royal Bolton Hospital via Atherton, Tyldesley, Mosley Common and Walkden	K	-
X34	First Manchester	Manchester Piccadilly via Astley, East Lancs Road and Pendleton	B	Service 26
Some services don't stop at Leigh bus station but do serve stops on King Street outside the station
34	Arriva North West	St Helens via Newton-le-Willows and Earlestown	M	-
590 591 592	Jim Stones	Lowton	M	-
597	Maytree Travel	Leigh Sports Village	M	M8
598	First Manchester	Wigan North Western railway station via Tamar, Hindley Green and Hindley	-	M3
600 601	First Manchester	Wigan via Lowton, Golborne, Ashton-in-Makerfield and Marus Bridge	M (600 only)	M
X34	First Manchester	Lowton	M10	Service 600/601

Notes:

1	Sunday daytime plus early evenings
2	Monday-Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime only
3	Nightbus only
4	Monday-Saturday early evening and Friday-Saturday late evening only
5	Sunday daytime only
6	Sunday evenings only
7	Monday-Thursday late evenings and some Sunday journeys
8	Monday-Friday evenings and Sunday daytime only
9	Evenings only
10	Peak times only

External links

• Leigh Bus Station Departures - TfGM