Stockport bus station in 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...

, 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...

 serves as a bus terminus

Bus terminus

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 for approximately 65 bus services in the Greater Manchester area. It was opened in 1981 and was formerly a car park. It is adjacent to the headquarters of Stagecoach Manchester.

Prior to its opening, most bus services in the area terminated at Mersey Square in Stockport. It is situated just off the A6 next to Stockport Viaduct

Stockport Viaduct

The Stockport Viaduct is a large brick-built bridge which carries a main railway line across the valley of the River Mersey, inStockport, Greater Manchester .Designed by George Watson Buck and completed in 1840, the viaduct is high...

, and is in close proximity to Stockport railway station

Stockport railway station

Stockport railway station is in Greater Manchester, England, 8 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly station on the West Coast Main Line from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston. It was opened on 15 February 1843 by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, following completion of the large...

. The station has 24 stands with another two stops on Wellington Road and Mersey Square, which are both close to the station.

Services

There are several services that use Stockport Bus Station. The majority of services are run by Stagecoach Manchester, (who also runs the town's Metroshuttle

Metroshuttle

Metroshuttle is a free bus system that operates in Manchester city centre and Bolton and Stockport town centres, all in Greater Manchester, England. Manchester's Metroshuttle consists of three routes that traverse the city centre, linking the city's major thoroughfares and stations with its main...

 service), with the remainder of services run by Arriva North West

Arriva North West

Arriva North West is a division of Arriva that operates bus services around North West England. It consists of two companies: Arriva North West Ltd and Arriva Merseyside Ltd....

, BakerBus

BakerBus

BakerBus is the trading name used by the bus fleet of Bakers Coaches, a bus and coach operator based in Biddulph, Staffordshire, England. They operate a fleet of around 50 vehicles on local bus services and coach hire work.-History:...

, Bluebird

Bluebird Bus & Coach

Bluebird Bus and Coach is a bus operator based in Middleton in Greater Manchester. The company was formed in 1988 by three members of the Dunstan family)...

, 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...

, Finglands

East Yorkshire Motor Services

East Yorkshire Motor Services is a large bus and coach operator which operates throughout Kingston upon Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, the North Yorkshire coast and the North York Moors. In and around Scarborough, EYMS operates as Scarborough & District Motor Services...

, Manchester Community Transport

Manchester Community Transport

Manchester Community Transport is a bus operator based in Stockport in Greater Manchester. The company was formed in 1980, under the Urban Aid Funding scheme....

, M Travel and Trent Barton

Trent Barton

Trent Barton is one of the very small number of significant independent bus operators in the United Kingdom. It was formed as the result of merging Derbyshire's Trent Buses with Nottinghamshire's Barton Transport....

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There are frequent buses running to 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...

, Altrincham

Altrincham

Altrincham is a market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on flat ground south of the River Mersey about southwest of Manchester city centre, south-southwest of Sale and east of Warrington...

, 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...

, 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....

, Levenshulme

Levenshulme

Levenshulme is an urban area of the City of Manchester, in North West England. It borders Longsight, Gorton, Burnage, Heaton Chapel and Reddish, and is approximately halfway between Stockport and Manchester City Centre on the A6 road. The A6 bisects Levenshulme. The Manchester to London railway...

, Longsight

Longsight

Longsight is an area of Manchester, England, about south of the city centre. Its population is about 16,000.-History:Longsight has been known over the past for its gang related violence, similar to that of nearby Moss Side. Most of the violence came from tensions between 2 gangs; The Longsight...

, Manchester Airport and Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe is a district in the south of the city of Manchester, England.Formerly part of the administrative county of Cheshire, in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a massive housing estate there in the 1920s to resolve the problem of its inner...

 plus several parts of the Stockport area including Bramhall

Bramhall

Bramhall is a suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of about 25,500.Research by the University of Sheffield has placed Bramhall as the "least lonely" place in Britain. Bramhall is also regarded as an affluent area where most residents...

, Bredbury

Bredbury

Bredbury is a suburban town within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England, located south east of Manchester, east of Stockport and south west of Hyde...

, Brinnington

Brinnington

Brinnington is a north-eastern suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It is known locally as "Brinny".It is situated on a bluff above a bend in the Tame Valley and is an area of vast regeneration, including the demolition of the Top Shops in 2007, which were replaced by new shops, 53 shared...

, Cheadle

Cheadle, Greater Manchester

Cheadle is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. It borders the districts of Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green and Cheadle Heath in Stockport, and the East Didsbury area of Manchester. As of 2001 it had a population of 14,261.-Early history:There has...

, Cheadle Hulme

Cheadle Hulme

Cheadle Hulme is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southwest of Stockport and southeast of the city of Manchester. It lies in the Ladybrook Valley on the Cheshire Plain, and the drift consists mostly of boulder clay, sands and gravels...

, Edgeley

Edgeley

Edgeley is a residential area within the town of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The suburb is characterised largely by Victorian close-packed terraced housing and council estates with some larger properties around Alexandra Park. Edgeley includes Edgeley Park, home of Stockport County F.C...

, Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove

-Education:Hazel Grove has a number of primary schools and Hazel Grove High School, the local high school. Some do decide to go to other local high schools, such as local Marple Hall, in neighbouring village Marple. The main primary schools in the area are, Hazel Grove Primary School, Torkington...

, Marple

Marple, Greater Manchester

Marple is a small town within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Goyt southeast of Stockport.Historically part of Cheshire, Marple has a population of 23,480 .-Toponymy:...

, Offerton

Offerton, Greater Manchester

Offerton is a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It includes the areas of Bosden Farm, Foggbrook and the Offerton Estate. It has one high school, Offerton School.-History:...

, Reddish

Reddish

Reddish is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It is north of Stockport and southeast of Manchester...

, Romiley

Romiley

Romiley is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It borders Marple, Bredbury and Woodley. In Roman times there is thought to have been a settlement along Sandy Lane...

 and Stepping Hill Hospital

Stepping Hill Hospital

Stepping Hill Hospital in a hospital in Stockport, Greater Manchester.Stepping Hill Hospital is Stockport NHS Foundation Trust's main hospital, which looks after a population of approximately 350,000 people. Dr C. F. Burke is the Trust's Chief Executive while...

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Buses also run from Stockport to Bolton

Bolton

Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...

, Buxton

Buxton

Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, England. It has the highest elevation of any market town in England. Located close to the county boundary with Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, Buxton is described as "the gateway to the Peak District National Park"...

, 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....

, Derby

Derby

Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...

, Eccles

Eccles, Greater Manchester

Eccles is a town in the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England, west of Salford and west of Manchester city centre...

, Macclesfield

Macclesfield

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, New Mills

New Mills

New Mills is a town in Derbyshire, England approximately south-east of Stockport and from Manchester. It is sited at the confluence of the rivers Goyt and Sett, on the border of Cheshire. The town stands above the Torrs, a deep gorge, cut through Woodhead Hill Sandstone of the Carboniferous period...

, Nottingham

Nottingham

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, Poynton

Poynton

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, Stretford

Stretford

Stretford is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Lying on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, it is to the southwest of Manchester city centre, south-southwest of Salford and northeast of Altrincham...

, The Trafford Centre and Wilmslow

Wilmslow

-Economy:Wilmslow is well known, like Alderley Edge, for having many famous residents, notably footballers, stars of Coronation Street and rich North West businessmen. The town is part of the so-called Golden Triangle in the north west together with Alderley Edge and Prestbury...

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The bus services that use Stockport 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	Ashton-under-Lyne via Reddish, Gorton and Drolysden	T	T1
11	Stagecoach Manchester	Altrincham via Cheadle, Gatley, Wythenshawe and Baguley	M	U1
22	First Manchester Stagecoach Manchester	Bolton via Chorlton, Stretford, Trafford Centre, Eccles, Swinton and Farnworth	H	Y
23 23A	Stagecoach Manchester	The Trafford Centre via East Didsbury, Chorlton, Stretford, Urmston (23), Lostock (23A) and Davyhulme	D	Y
42	Stagecoach Manchester	Manchester Piccadilly via East Didsbury, Fallowfield, Rusholme and Universities	E	X
173	Manchester Community Transport	Manchester Piccadilly via Reddish and Longsight	AA	-
		Stepping Hill Hospital via Offerton	AE	-
179	Stagecoach Manchester	Wythenshawe Hospital via Burnage, Withington and Northenden	F	W2
191	Stagecoach Manchester	Manchester Albert Square via Levenshulme, Longsight and Universities	AA3	Services 192/197
192 Greater Manchester bus route 192 Greater Manchester bus route 192 is a frequent and popular bus route running between Manchester city centre and Stockport, operated by Stagecoach Manchester. It carries over nine million passengers each year, and is often considered to be the busiest bus route in the country...	Stagecoach Manchester	Manchester Piccadilly via Levenshulme and Longsight	AA	AA
		Hazel Grove via Stepping Hill	BB	BB
		Stepping Hill Hospital
197	Stagecoach Manchester	Manchester Albert Square via Green End, Levenshulme, Longsight and Universities	J	T1
	Finglands		-	T2
199	Trent Barton	Manchester Airport via M60 and M56 motorways	A	U
		Buxton via Hazel Grove, Disley and Chapel-en-le-Frith	B	Y
203	Stagecoach Manchester	Manchester Piccadilly via Reddish, Belle Vue and Ardwick	S	S
300	Stagecoach Manchester	Metroshuttle Train Station	H	T
		Metroshuttle Tesco Extra via Sainsburys, Asda	P	P2
307	Stagecoach Manchester	Stockport Circular via Cheadle Heath, Cheadle Hulme, Bramhall, Hazel Grove and Stepping Hill Hospital	K	-
308	Stagecoach Manchester	Stockport Circular via Stepping Hill Hospital, Hazel Grove, Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme and Cheadle Heath	W	-
309	Stagecoach Manchester	Stockport Circular via Davenport, Adswood, Cheadle and Cheadle Heath	M	V
310	Stagecoach Manchester	Stockport Circular via Cheadle Heath, Cheadle, Adswood and Davenport	K	W
312	Stagecoach Manchester	Handforth Dean via Cheadle and Heald Green	K	-
	Finglands		-	W1
313	Stagecoach Manchester	Grove Lane via Adswood and Cheadle Hulme	L	P
314	Stagecoach Manchester	Offerton via Offerton Fold	X	X
317	Stagecoach Manchester	Ashton-under-Lyne via Reddish, Dane Bank and Denton	T	-
		Denton via Reddish and Dane Bank	-	T2
322	Stagecoach Manchester	Haughton Green via Brinnington	Y	Service 324
324	Monday-Saturday evening: Bluebird Sunday daytime and early evening: Stagecoach Manchester	Haughton Green via Brinnington and Denton	Services 322/327	Z
325	Stagecoach Manchester	Brinnington	Z	Z
327	Stagecoach Manchester	Denton via Brinnington	Y	Service 324
328	Monday-Saturday daytime: Stagecoach Manchester Monday-Saturday evening: First Manchester Sundays: M Travel	Reddish via Heaton Chapel	P	P
		Bridge Hall via Edgeley	Q	Q
330	Stagecoach Manchester	Ashton-under-Lyne via Bredbury, Gee Cross, Hyde and Dukinfield	U	U
358	Stagecoach Manchester	Hayfield via Marple and New Mills	R	R
		Glossop via Marple, New Mills and Hayfield	-	R3
364	Stagecoach Manchester	Heaton Moor	AA	-
		Bosden Farm via Woodbank	W	-
368	Stagecoach Manchester	Wythenshawe Hospital via Cheadle Hulme, Heald Green, Peel Hall and Wythenshawe	Q	Q1
369	Stagecoach Manchester	Manchester Airport via Cheadle Hulme, Heald Green and Wythenshawe	Q	Q
370	Stagecoach Manchester	Altrincham via East Didsbury, Northenden and Baguley	G	W
	Arriva North West		-	W1
	Finglands		G4	-
	JPT		-	W2
371	Stagecoach Manchester	Altrincham via Cheadle, Gatley and Baguley	G	W
	Finglands		G4	-
372	BakerBus	Bramhall via Davenport and Woodsmoor	N	-
374	M Travel	Hazel Grove via Davenport	-	T1
	Stagecoach Manchester		N	-
		Reddish via Tesco Extra	S	Service 203
375	Stagecoach Manchester	Mellor via Offerton, Stepping Hill Hospital, Hazel Grove, Bosden Farm, Marple and Hawk Green	W	-
378	Stagecoach Manchester	Wilmslow via Davenport, Bramhall, Grove Lane and Handforth	N	T
	M Travel	Grove Lane via Davenport and Bramhall	-	T5
380	First Manchester	Stockport Circular via Bredbury, Greave, Romiley and Brinnington	V	-
		Greave via Bredbury and Romiley	-	V2
381	First Manchester	Stockport Circular via Brinnington, Romiley, Greave and Bredbury	V	-
383	Stagecoach Manchester	Stockport Circular via Marple and Romiley	R	R
384	Stagecoach Manchester	Stockport Circular via Romiley and Marple	V	V
386	First Manchester	Greave via Bredbury and Romiley	V	Services 380/381
390	Stagecoach Manchester	Bramhall via Stepping Hill Hospital, Torkington, Hazel Grove and Poynton	F	-
391	BakerBus	Middlewood via Hazel Grove and Poynton	B	Y
392 393	BakerBus	Macclesfield via Hazel Grove, Poynton, Bollington (392), Adlington (393) and Tytherington	B	-
TP	Trent Barton	Manchester Chorlton Street via Levenshulme and Longsight	AA	AA
		Nottingham via Buxton, Matlock and Derby	B	Y
X5	Bluebird	Sale via Northenden and Sale Moor	G	-
X69	Stagecoach Manchester	Manchester Airport via Cheadle Hulme, Heald Green and Wythenshawe	Q6	Service 369

Notes:

1	Monday-Saturday evenings only
2	Sunday daytime only
3	Peak time journeys only
4	Some Saturday journeys only
5	One Monday-Saturday evening journey
6	Early morning journeys only

External Links

• TfGM - Stockport bus station - Where to catch your bus