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Middleton 
Location Locale Middleton Way, Middleton Local authority Rochdale Operation Opened 2005 Managed by Transport for Greater Manchester No. of stands 13 Operators First Manchester, Bluebird, JPT, Eurobus, M Travel, Rossendalebus, Stotts. Travel centre Yes Rail connection Mills Hill 
2 km (1.2 m) awayAnnual usage Not known 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 TfGM.
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 carriageway.
Services
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 JPT, Eurobus and M Travel. Rossendalebus and Stottsalso provide some school bus services that call at Middleton Bus Station, while Rossendalebus also provide a seasonal service to Blackpool and Fleetwood as well.
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.
The bus services that use Middleton Bus Station and its Stand Letter are[1]: (Places in bold are where services terminate)
No. Operator Destination Stand Monday-Saturday Daytime Evenings & Sundays 12 First Manchester Moorclose Circular via Boarshaw J - 17 First Manchester
JPT
EurobusRochdale via Castleton A A Manchester Shudehill via Harpurhey (JPT/Eurobus journeys) M M Manchester Shudehill via Harpurhey (First journeys) N N 17A First Manchester Rochdale via Stakehill Industrial Estate and Castleton A1 Service 17 Manchester Shudehill via Harpurhey N1 Services 17/18 18 First Manchester Langley Circular G G Manchester Shudehill via Harpurhey N N 58 First Manchester Rochdale via Chadderton, Oldham, Shaw and Milnrow C Service 59 to Shaw 59 First Manchester Rushcroft via Chadderton, Oldham, Shaw C C Manchester Piccadilly via Rhodes and Cheetham Hill L L 64 First Manchester Oldham via Boarshaw, Mills Hill, Stottfield and Royton C C Manchester Shudehill via Rhodes, Dam Head and Harpurhey K Service 164 80 Bluebird Manchester Church Street via Moston and Miles Platting B Service 112 via Harpurhey 112 Bluebird Manchester Piccadilly via Moston and Collyhurst B B 113 Bluebird Manchester Piccadilly via Moston and Collyhurst B1 Service 112 115 Bluebird North Manchester General Hospital Circular via Blackley, Bank House, Moston and White Moss B - 116 Bluebird North Manchester General Hospital via Rhodes, Higher Blackley and Bank House B - 125 First Manchester Alkrington Circular D - Birch Circular via Rhodes and Langley K - 129 JPT Hollin Circular A Service 164 156 JPT Langley E - Manchester Shudehill via Rhodes, Bank House, North Manchester General Hospital and Collyhurst K Service 164 159 Bluebird Oldham via New Moston, Failsworth, Woodhouses, Hollinwood and Chadderton B - JPT Woodhouses via New Moston and Failsworth B2 - 163 First Manchester Bury via Langley, Heywood and Darn Hill F F Manchester Piccadilly via Harpurhey M M 164 JPT Heywood via Hollin Service 58/129/163 E Manchester Shudehill via Rhodes, Dam Head and Collyhurst Service 64 M 294 M Travel Trafford Park via Moston, Cheetham Hill and Broughton B1 - 406 JPT Oldham via Mills Hill and Parkway Services 64/419 C3 415 First Manchester Holts Estate via Alkrington, Butler Green, Chadderton, Oldham, Greenacres and Lees D D 419 First Manchester Ashton-under-Lyne via Mills Hill, Parkway, Chadderton and Hathershaw H - Coaches Various Coaches and Excursions E E Ring & Ride TfGM Ring & Ride services E - Notes:
1 Monday-Fridays only 2 One weekday morning journey only 3 Sunday daytime only References
- ^ "TfGM - Bus Station Departures - Middleton". Transport for Greater Manchester. http://www.tfgm.com/destination/Middleton-240711.pdf. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
External links
Coordinates: 53°32′52″N 2°12′00″W / 53.5477°N 2.2001°W
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