Middleton Bus Station

Middleton Bus Station is a bus station located in the town of Middleton in Greater Manchester. The bus station is found next to the Middleton Arndale shopping centre on the site of the old bus station. The new bus station was opened in 2005 and is run by GMPTE.

There are 13 stands in the bus station, A to N, with some of the stands operating a drive-in/reverse out system with the others operating a drive-through system. There are two entrances in to the bus station, one from Park Road/Manchester New Road junction, and the other from Middleton Way from a dedicated bus lane. There is only one exit from the bus station, onto Middleton Way, with priority signals being used to allow buses to rejoin the main carriagway.

ervices

There are a number of services that use Middleton Bus Station. The majority of services are run by First Manchester and Bluebird with the remaining services operated by Ashall's Coaches, JP Travel and Speedwellbus. Rossendale Transport also provide a school bus service from Middleton Bus Station as well as a seasonal service to Blackpool and Fleetwood.

There are frequent buses running to Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale and Bury plus several parts of the Middleton area including Alkrington, Boarshaw, Hollin, Langley, Moston and Rhodes. Buses also run from Middleton to Ashton-under-Lyne, Dukinfield, Stalybridge and The Trafford Centre.

The bus services that use Middleton Bus Station and its Stand Letter are:(Places in bold are where services terminate)Notes:

External links

* [http://www.gmpte.com/destination/Middleton.pdf GMPTE - Middleton Bus Station layout PDF]