Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station
Bus station in Manchester, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station, often abbreviated to Piccadilly Gardens, is one of two main bus stations in Manchester city centre.
Piccadilly Gardens Bus Station | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester |
| Coordinates | 53.48032°N 2.23751°W |
| Transit authority | Transport for Greater Manchester |
| Bus routes | 62 (August 2024) |
| Bus stands | 20 |
| Bus operators | Stagecoach Manchester Go North West Diamond Bus North West Arriva North West Metroline Manchester (from January 2025) |
| Connections | Piccadilly railway station (500 metres away) Chorlton Street coach station (300 metres away) Piccadilly Gardens tram stop (50 metres away) |
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| Website | |
Adjacent is a Manchester Metrolink station named Piccadilly Gardens. The majority of the stands are located between Piccadilly Gardens and the Piccadilly Plaza, where buses for south or west Manchester usually begin or end their route. Other stands, also serving Piccadilly Gardens, are located on Oldham Street, Piccadilly or Lever Street for services heading towards north or east of Manchester.
The bus station was first opened on the site of the demolished Manchester Infirmary in 1931 to serve as the new terminus of the various extensive regional express bus services run by Manchester and its partners that had to be curtailed under the Road Traffic Act 1930 and subsequent regulation of bus services. The station was extended in 1932/33 and finally extended to form the full length of Parker Street in 1935.[1]
There are numerous buses that use Piccadilly Gardens bus station. The majority of services are run by Stagecoach Manchester with the remainder of services run by Go North West, Diamond Bus North West and Arriva North West.
From Janurary 2025, as part of Tranche 3 of Bee Network franchising, services operated from the Hyde Road, Sharston, Tameside and Wythenshawe depots will be taken over by Metroline This will see many of the routes below affected.[2]
These services operate from Piccadilly Gardens as of 2024:[3]
- 1: Manchester City Centre to Spinningfields Circular. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 2: Manchester City Centre to Shudehill Circular. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 15: Piccadilly Gardens to Flixton. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 18: Manchester Royal Infirmary to Leigh. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 33: Shudehill Interchange to Worsley. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 33B: Shudehill Interchange to Brookhouse Estate. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 35: Piccadilly Gardens to Leigh. Operated by Diamond Bus as part of the Bee Network. Some services continue to Ashton-in-Makerfield.
- 36: Piccadilly Gardens to Bolton Interchange. Operated by Go North West as part of the Bee Network.
- 37: Piccadilly Gardens to Bolton Interchange. Operated by Go North West as part of the Bee Network.
- 38: Piccadilly Gardens to Logistics North via Walkden. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- X39: Piccadilly Gardens to Farnworth. Operated by Go North West as part of the Bee Network.
- 41: Middleton to Sale Metrolink. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 42: Piccadilly Gardens to Stockport Interchange. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 42A: Piccadilly Gardens to North Reddish. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 42B: Piccadilly Gardens to Woodford. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 42C: Piccadilly Gardens to Handforth Dean. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 43: Piccadilly Gardens to Manchester Airport. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- X50: Piccadilly Gardens to Trafford Centre. Operated by Diamond Bus as part of the Bee Network.
- 59: Piccadilly Gardens to Oldham Mumps Interchange. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 74: Piccadilly Gardens to Woodhouses. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 76: Piccadilly Gardens to Oldham Mumps Interchange. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 76A: Piccadilly Gardens to Oldham. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 81: Piccadilly Gardens to Oldham. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 83: Piccadilly Gardens to Oldham Mumps Interchange. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 84: Piccadilly Gardens to Uppermill. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 85: Piccadilly Gardens to Chorlton. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 85A: Piccadilly Gardens to Arrowfield Estate. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 86: Piccadilly Gardens to Chorlton. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 87: Piccadilly Gardens to Chorlton. Operated by Diamond Bus as part of the Bee Network.
- 101: Piccadilly Gardens to Wythenshawe. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 102: Piccadilly Gardens to Southern Cemetery. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 103: Piccadilly Gardens to Manchester Airport. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 111: Piccadilly Gardens to Southern Cemetery. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 112: Piccadilly Gardens to Middleton. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 113: Piccadilly Gardens to Middleton. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 114: Piccadilly Gardens to Boarshaw. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 117: Piccadilly Gardens to Moston. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 118: Piccadilly Gardens to North Manchester General Hospital. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 119: Piccadilly Gardens to Higher Blackley. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 135: Piccadilly Gardens to Bury Interchange. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 142: Piccadilly Gardens to East Didsbury. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 143: Piccadilly Gardens to West Didsbury. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 163: Piccadilly Gardens to Bury Interchange. Operated by Go North West as part of the Bee Network.
- 181: Piccadilly Gardens to Wrens Nest. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 182: Piccadilly Gardens to Wrens Nest. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 192: Piccadilly Gardens to Stockport (various). Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 201: Piccadilly Gardens to Hattersley. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 201N: Piccadilly Gardens to Hyde. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 202: Piccadilly Gardens to Gee Cross. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 203: Piccadilly Gardens to Stockport Interchange. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 205: Piccadilly Gardens to Dane Bank. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 216: Piccadilly Gardens to Ashton. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 219: Piccadilly Gardens to Ashton. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 220: Piccadilly Gardens to Stalybridge. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 221: Piccadilly Gardens to Broadbent Fold. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 230: Piccadilly Gardens to Ashton. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 231: Piccadilly Gardens to Ashton. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 250: Piccadilly Gardens to Trafford Centre. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 253: Piccadilly Gardens to Partington. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 255: Piccadilly Gardens to Partington. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 256: Piccadilly Gardens to Flixton. Operated by Stagecoach as part of the Bee Network.
- 263: Piccadilly Gardens to Altrincham. Operated by Arriva as part of the Bee Network.
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