Oldham bus station

Oldham bus station
Oldham Bus interchange
Oldham West Street bus station in 2008
Location
Locale Cheapside, Oldham
Local authority Oldham
Coordinates 53°32′35″N 2°06′58″W / 53.5431°N 2.1162°W / 53.5431; -2.1162Coordinates: 53°32′35″N 2°06′58″W / 53.5431°N 2.1162°W / 53.5431; -2.1162
Operation
Opened 2001 (Cheapside), 2006 (West Street)
Managed by Transport for Greater Manchester
No. of stands 12
Operators First Manchester, Stagecoach Manchester, First West Yorkshire, Bluebird, Checkmate Transport, JPT, Speedwellbus, Stotts
Travel centre Yes
Rail connection No

Oldham bus station is a bus station located in the town of Oldham in Greater Manchester. The bus station is found on Cheapside at the junction of West Street. The bus station opened in January 2001[1] and replaced the previous bus station at Town Square and the bus stops on Cheapside and West Street. The bus station is run by Transport for Greater Manchester.

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History

In the past, there were three termini in Oldham, West Street, Town Square and Mumps Bridge with services terminating in Oldham, arriving from western areas, at West Street and services arriving from eastern areas terminating at Town Square. Mumps Bridge is used as a terminus for First Manchester (formerly GM Buses/GM Buses North) services, as the depot is located at Mumps Bridge[2]. When the bus station opened, all services terminating in the town (with the exception of some First service which terminate at Mumps Bridge) would terminate at the new bus station.

Inside Cheapside bus station in 2007

The new station opened in January 2001 and within the first two years of opening, it won two awards[3]. Originally, there were eight stands in the bus station, A to H. Due to the number of buses arriving in Oldham every hour, plus National Express coaches which also uses the bus station as a stopping place, it was decided, to avoid congestion, that some services would use bus stops on West Street, which is around the corner from the bus station. After complaints from passengers waiting for buses on West Street of suffering from the elements, GMPTE decided to build a smaller bus station, based on the one on Cheapside for West Street[4]. This opened in September 2006[1] at a cost of £2.2m[5]. Now, there are, in total, 12 stands, from A to H and J to M[6].

Services

There are plenty of buses that use Oldham Bus Station. The majority of services are run by First Manchester with the remainder of services run by Bluebird, Checkmate Transport, First West Yorkshire, JPT, Speedwellbus, Stagecoach Manchester and Stotts.

There are frequent buses running to Manchester, Rochdale, Ashton-under-Lyne and Middleton plus several parts of the Oldham area including Shaw, Royton, Chadderton, Saddleworth, Rushcroft, Holts Estate, Fitton Hill, Waterhead, Sholver, Lees, Grotton, Hollinwood and Failsworth. Buses also run from Oldham to Stalybridge, Hyde and Huddersfield.

The bus services that use Oldham Bus Station and its Stand Letter are[6]: (Places in bold are where services terminate)

No. Operator Destination Stand
Monday-Saturday Daytime Evenings & Sundays
58 First Manchester Middleton via Chadderton and Mills Hill B Service 59
Rochdale via Shaw and Milnrow E Service 59 to Shaw
59 First Manchester Manchester Piccadilly via Chadderton, Middleton and Cheetham Hill B B
Rushcroft via Shaw E E
64 First Manchester Manchester Shudehill via Royton, Stottfield, Mills Hill, Boarshaw, Middleton and Dam Head F -
Middleton via Royton, Stottfield, Mills Hill and Boarshaw - F
76 Stagecoach Manchester Manchester Piccadilly via Limeside, Failsworth and Brookdale Park J Service 78
78 Bluebird Manchester Piccadilly via Limeside, Hollinwood, Failsworth and Brookdale Park Service 76 J
81 First Manchester Derker C C
Manchester Piccadilly via Werneth, Moston and Collyhurst M M
81A First Manchester Waterhead C C1
82 First Manchester Waterhead C2 C3
Uppermill via Waterhead and Delph C2 Service 350
Manchester Piccadilly via Hollinwood, Failsworth and Newton Heath H2 H3
83 First Manchester Sholver via Moorside G G
Manchester Piccadilly via Hollinwood, Failsworth and Newton Heath H H
149 First Manchester Manchester Piccadilly via Hollinwood, Moston and Cheetham Hill K K
Holts Estate via Glodwick, Alt and Abbeyhills - L
159 Bluebird Middleton via Chadderton, Hollinwood, Woodhouses, Failsworth and New Moston B -
180 First Manchester Manchester Piccadilly via Hollinwood, Failsworth and Newton Heath F F
Greenfield via Lees and Grotton G G
183 First Manchester Limeside via Chamber Road J Service 78
184 First Manchester
First West Yorkshire
Manchester Piccadilly via Hollinwood, Failsworth and Newton Heath F F
Huddersfield via Uppermill, Diggle and Marsden G4 G4
343 Weekday daytime:Speedwellbus
Saturday daytime: JPT
Hyde via Lees, Mossley and Stalybridge G -
First Manchester - G
344 Speedwellbus Hyde via Waterhead, Lees, Mossley and Stalybridge G5 Service 343
350 First Manchester Ashton-under-Lyne via Delph, Uppermill, Greenfield, Hey Farm and Mossley C C
402 Bluebird Royton via Royal Oldham Hospital C -
406 Bluebird Mills Hill via Royal Oldham Hospital and Parkway C -
JPT Middleton via Parkway and Mills Hill - C3
407 Stotts Denshaw via Moorside and Pennine Meadows C C3
408 First Manchester Buckstones via Royton, High Crompton and Shaw centre E -
Shaw, Wren's Nest via Royton, High Crompton, Shaw centre and Buckstones - E
Stalybridge via Abbeyhills and Hurst Cross F F
409 First Manchester
JPT
Rochdale via Royton and Thornham A A
Ashton-under-Lyne via Hathershaw D D
410 First Manchester Waterhead Circular via Glodwick, Clarksfield, Derker and Higginshaw M -
411 First Manchester Waterhead Circuar via Higginshaw, Derker, Clarksfield and Glodwick M -
415 First Manchester Middleton via Butler Green and Alkrington B B
Not Sunday evenings: First Manchester
Sunday evenings: JPT
Holts Estate via Greenacre and Lees L L
418 Checkmate Coaches Heyside via Royal Oldham Hospital K Service 409 to Hospital
Austerlands via Lees and Springhead L Service 180/184 to Springhead
425 First Manchester Fitton Hill via Hathershaw M M
Holts Estate via Glodwick, Alt (Not Evenings/Sundays) and Abbeyhills L L
428 First Manchester Buckstones Circular via Royton & High Crompton E6 Service 408
Coaches National Express National Express services C C
Ring & Ride TfGM Ring & Ride services M -

Notes:

1 Monday-Saturday evenings
2 Peak time journeys only
3 Sunday daytime only
4 184 terminates at three different places:
Uppermill: 4 journeys per hour (Monday-Saturday daytime); Hourly (Evenings and Sundays)
Diggle, via Dobcross: Hourly (Monday-Saturday daytime) plus daily journey at 2251
Huddersfield: Hourly (Monday-Saturday daytime); Every 2 hours (Sunday daytime)
5 One weekday morning journey
6 Monday-Friday off-peak only

Safety Concerns

One of the crossing points at the bus station

One problem with Oldham bus station is the safety of the crossings. In January 2007, 56 year old Ann Kerridge was killed after being knocked down by a bus on a crossing at the bus station with husband Brian dying shortly afterwards, which the family believed was caused by a broken heart. Following another accident at the same crossing in September 2007 and a report by GMPTE obtained by the Oldham Evening Chronicle newspaper [7] that shows potentally fatal flaws at the two crossings at the ends of the bus station, one being near the entrance to the Travelshop and the other near the junction of St Mary's Way, it had led to the family of Ann Kerridge to demand that the crossing should be closed.

The problem with the two crossings is that bus drivers approach the crossing on a 90 degree bend, which would restrict the view of both the driver and the pedestrian, sometimes approaching the crossing slightly too fast. Also some drivers have been known to have stopped at the junction waiting to turn right out of the bus station, blocking the crossing, making it harder and more dangerous for pedestrians to cross over. Following the report from GMPTE, the pedestrian crossings have been re-allocated to the sides of the bus station next to stands G and H.

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