Checkmate Transport

Checkmate Transport

Checkmate Transport bus on Market Street in Hyde
Headquarters	9 Seel Street, Mossley, Greater Manchester
Locale	North West
Service area	Greater Manchester
Service type	School Bus, Public Bus
Hubs	Manchester, Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Mossley, Hyde
Fleet	Optare Solo, Plaxton Beaver
Web site	Transport for Greater Manchester website

Checkmate Transport is an independent transport operator, situated in Mossley, Greater Manchester. They currently own 4 buses, mainly Optare Solo's with a Plaxton Beaver used for a school route and as a spare for public services, and along with the school service they operate a mix of tendered services and one commercial service.

Checkmate Transport has a history in Tameside, running numerous routes before selling the company off. They recently reappeared several years ago, running a small number of services in Oldham and Tameside, using Plaxton Beavers and an Optare Metrorider, before expanding into other areas in Tameside. They also operated the DS1 and DS2 shuttle buses in Saddleworth, linking Uppermill and Greenfield with Dovestones Reservoir in the summer of 2010 ^[1] before the services were scrapped in spring 2011.^[2] In the summer of 2011 a new DS1 service was introduced, which was operated by First Manchester.^[3]

Public Services

This is a list of public services run by Checkmate ^[4]:

No.	From	To	Via	Notes
220	Tameside General Hospital	Manchester Piccadilly Gardens	Stalybridge, Dukinfield, Audenshaw	One weekday return journey.
303	Marple	Marple	High Lane (Circular)	Tuesdays & Fridays Only
304	Marple	Hyde	Compstall, Romiley	Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays Only
305	Marple	Marple	Rose Hill (Circular)	Tuesdays & Fridays Only
345	Ashton-under-Lyne	Denton	Dukinfield, Audenshaw	Monday to Friday Mornings Only
418	Dr Kershaw's Hospice	Lees	Royal Oldham Hospital, Oldham
C20	Mossley Train Station	Manchester Piccadilly station	Ashton-under-Lyne, Droylsden	One weekday return journey. Does not call at Ashton-under-Lyne bus station

References

1. ^ "Dove Stone Bus To Start Service". Saddleworth News. http://www.saddleworthnews.com/?p=2277. Retrieved 27 February 2011. 
2. ^ "Dove Stone Tourist Bus Scrapped". Saddleworth News. http://www.saddleworthnews.com/?p=5661. Retrieved 27 February 2011. 
3. ^ "Saddleworth Hopper Bus To Dove Stone Back In Service". Saddleworth News. http://www.saddleworthnews.com/?p=9892. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 
4. ^ "Transport for Greater Manchester - Buses - Service Changes". Transport for Greater Manchester. http://www.tfgm.com/buses/service_changes.cfm. Retrieved 9 April 2011. 

External links

• Transport for Greater Manchester website