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Stagecoach Manchester
Bus operator in Greater Manchester / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stagecoach Manchester[1] is a major bus operator in Greater Manchester, operating franchised Bee Network bus services on contract to Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). It is the largest UK bus subsidiary of Stagecoach Group outside of Greater London, as well as the largest within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester by passenger numbers, carrying up to 96.2 million passengers in 2019/20.[2]
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![]() Stagecoach Manchester Bee Network-branded buses at Oldham bus station in April 2024 | |
Parent | Stagecoach |
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Founded | February 1996 |
Headquarters | Stockport |
Service area | Greater Manchester (some services overlap into other cities) |
Service type | Bus services |
Routes | 295 (128 of which are Bee Network routes) |
Hubs | Manchester Bury Oldham Middleton Stockport Tameside Trafford |
Depots | 8 (4 for Bee Network operations as of March 2024) |
Fleet | 950 (Apr 2024) |
Daily ridership | 265,753 (December 2012) |
Website | Official website ![]() |
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