Ashton-under-Lyne bus station
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Ashton-under-Lyne bus station is a bus station that is located in the town of Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it lies on the north bank of the River Tame, on undulating land at the foothills of the Pennines...

 in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

. The bus station is situated on Wellington Road and adjoins the Arcades Shopping Centre. The bus station was opened in 1994 and replaced the previous bus station that was built on the current site. The bus station is run by Transport for Greater Manchester.

Services

There are plenty of buses that use the bus station. The majority of services are run by Stagecoach Manchester with the remainder of services run by First Manchester
First Manchester
First Manchester is one of the bus companies serving Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. It forms part of FirstGroup, a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America...

, JPT
JP Travel
JP Travel, sometimes known as JPT or Jpt Bus Company, is a bus company based at Middleton in Greater Manchester, England. The company is owned by Janet and Peter Walsh and runs local services in the North Manchester area. The JP in JP Travel forms the initials of their first names.-History:The...

, Speedwellbus
Speedwellbus
Speedwellbus is a bus operator based in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. It operates a fleet of 25 buses on commercial and contracted services. Operations commenced in 2002 with a service between Glossop and Tintwistle, and were expanded with the addition of contracts from Derbyshire County...

 and Stotts
Stotts Tours (Oldham)
Stotts Tours , or Stotts for short, is one of the bus companies serving the area of Greater Manchester, England. The company, based in Oldham, operates within the area covered by Transport for Greater Manchester.-1986 to 1997:...

.

There are frequent buses running to Hyde
Hyde, Greater Manchester
Hyde is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. As of the 2001 census, the town had a population of 31,253. Historically part of Cheshire, it is northeast of Stockport, west of Glossop and east of Manchester....

, Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, Oldham
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...

, Rochdale
Rochdale
Rochdale is a large market town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines on the River Roch, north-northwest of Oldham, and north-northeast of the city of Manchester. Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan...

, Stalybridge
Stalybridge
Stalybridge is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 22,568. Historically a part of Cheshire, it is east of Manchester city centre and northwest of Glossop. With the construction of a cotton mill in 1776, Stalybridge became one of...

 and Stockport
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...

 plus several parts of the Tameside area including Denton
Denton, Greater Manchester
Denton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It is five miles to the east of Manchester city centre, and has a population of 26,866....

, Droylsden
Droylsden
Droylsden is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It is to the east of Manchester city centre, and west-southwest of Ashton-under-Lyne, it has a population of 23,172....

, Dukinfield
Dukinfield
Dukinfield is a small town within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies in central Tameside on the south bank of the River Tame, opposite Ashton-under-Lyne, and is east of the city of Manchester...

 and Mossley
Mossley
Mossley is a small town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. The town is located in the upper section of the Tame valley in the foothills of the Pennines, northeast of Ashton-under-Lyne and east of Manchester.Mossley has the distinction of...

. Buses also run to parts of Saddleworth
Saddleworth
Saddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It comprises several villages and hamlets amongst the west side of the Pennine hills: Uppermill, Greenfield, Dobcross, Delph, Diggle and others...

, such as Greenfield
Greenfield, Greater Manchester
Greenfield is a village in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It is east of Oldham, and east-northeast of the city of Manchester...

, Delph
Delph
Delph is a village in the Saddleworth civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on the River Tame below the village of Denshaw, east-northeast of Oldham, and north-northwest of Uppermill.The centre of the village has barely...

, Denshaw
Denshaw
Denshaw is a village in Saddleworth—a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies by the source of the River Tame, high amongst the Pennines above the village of Delph, northeast of Oldham, and north-northwest of Uppermill...

 and Uppermill
Uppermill
Uppermill is a village in Saddleworth—a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England, historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It lies on the River Tame in a valley amongst the South Pennines, east of Oldham, and east-northeast of Manchester...

, Chorlton
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Chorlton-cum-Hardy is a suburban area of the city of Manchester, England. It is known locally as Chorlton. It is situated about four miles southwest of Manchester city centre. Pronunciation varies: and are both common....

, Middleton
Middleton, Greater Manchester
Middleton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Irk, south-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northeast of the city of Manchester...

 plus Glossop
Glossop
Glossop is a market town within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the Glossop Brook, a tributary of the River Etherow, about east of the city of Manchester, west of the city of Sheffield. Glossop is situated near Derbyshire's county borders with Cheshire, Greater...

 in Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...



The bus services that use Ashton-under-Lyne Bus Station and its Stand Letter are:
(Places in bold are where services terminate)
No. |Operator |Destination |Stand
Monday-Saturday daytime Evenings & Sundays
7 Stagecoach Manchester Stockport via Droylsden, Gorton and Reddish B B1
38
39
First Manchester Hazelhurst via Hurst Cross P F
41 Weekday daytime:Stotts
Other times:First Manchester
Yew Tree Estate via Dukinfield F F
Crowhill N -
168 Stagecoach Manchester Chorlton via Littlemoss, Droylsden, Gorton, Longsight and Levenshulme B -
First Manchester - B2
169 Stagecoach Manchester Southern Cemetery via Littlemoss, Droylsden, Gorton, Longsight and Levenshulme B -
JPT - B
216 Stagecoach Manchester Manchester Piccadilly via Droylsden L G
217 Stagecoach Manchester Manchester Shudehill via Tameside General Hospital, Mossley, Stalybridge, Dukinfield and Droylsden E
JPT Tameside General Hospital - E2
218 Stagecoach Manchester Manchester Shudehill via Droylsden, Clayton and Ancoats E -
JPT - E2
219 Stagecoach Manchester Stalybridge E3 C4
Manchester Piccadilly via Openshaw J B
231 Stagecoach Manchester Manchester Piccadilly via Smallshaw, Littlemoss and Clayton A A
236
237
Stagecoach Manchester Glossop via Stalybridge, Mottram and Tintwistle (237) E C
Manchester Piccadilly via Droylsden L5 Service 216
317 Stagecoach Manchester Stockport via Denton, Dane Bank and Reddish N Service 347 to Denton
330 Stagecoach Manchester Stockport via Dukinfield, Hyde and Bredbury K D
331 First Manchester Hurst via Smallshaw A A
332 First Manchester Hartshead via Hurst Service 393 A
333 First Manchester Smallshaw via Hurst A -
335 JPT Denton via Dukinfield F Service 345
338 First Manchester Crowhill via Waterloo Service 41/395/396 C
345 Monday-Saturday daytime: Stagecoach Manchester
Evenings/Sundays: First Manchester
One weekday journey; Checkmate
Denton via Dukinfield N C
346 First Manchester
Monday-Saturday daytime: Stagecoach Manchester
Hyde via Dukinfield and Newton G G
First Manchester Gee Cross (Evenings) via Dukinfield, Newton and Hyde - G
347 Stagecoach Manchester Haughton Green via Denton H B
348 First Manchester Carrbrook via Stalybridge and Copley D D
350 First Manchester Oldham via Tameside General Hospital, Mossley, Hey Farm, Greenfield, Uppermill and Delph D D
353
354
First Manchester Carrcote (353)/Denshaw (354) via Stalybridge, Mossley, Uppermill and Delph C -
Uppermill via Stalybridge, Mossley, Grasscroft (353) and Greenfield (354) - C
387 First Manchester Hyde via Stalybridge, Mottram, Hattersley and Godley G Service 236/237 to Mottram
389 First Manchester Hyde via Ridge Hill, Stalybridge and Newton G -
Gee Cross via Ridge Hill, Stalybridge, Newton and Hyde - G
393 First Manchester Hartshead via Smallshaw A Service 332
395 Speedwellbus Limehurst Farm via Waterloo C Service 338 to Waterloo
396 Speedwellbus Newton Heath via Waterloo, Fitton Hill, Hollinwood and Failsworth C Service 338 to Waterloo
409 First Manchester Rochdale via Hathershaw, Oldham, Royton and Thornham M A
419 First Manchester Middleton via Hathershaw, Werneth, Chadderton and Firwood Park N -


Notes:
1 Monday-Saturday evenings only
2 Sunday daytime only
3 One Saturday morning journey
4 Nightbus plus one Sunday morning journey
5 Peak time journeys only
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