Greater Manchester bus route 42

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Overview
Operator Stagecoach Manchester
Route
Via University of Manchester
Rusholme
Fallowfield
Withington
Didsbury
East Didsbury
Heaton Mersey
End Stockport bus station
Service
FrequencyEvery 30 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime, evenings daily), every hour (Sunday and public holiday daytime)
Operates06:00-23:00

Greater Manchester bus route 42 operates in Greater Manchester. It is operated by Stagecoach Manchester between Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station, East Didsbury, and Stockport. First Greater Manchester previously operated the route, with their buses starting at East Didsbury, and running to Manchester, then extending to North Manchester General Hospital and Middleton. [1] However, First have since withdrawn their operations on route 42, leaving only Stagecoach.

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History

Route 42 was historically operated by Finglands Coachways and Stagecoach Manchester between Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station and East Didsbury. UK North also operated services in the mid-2000s. Following the sale of the Finglands business to First Greater Manchester on 9 February 2014, [2] [3] [4] the new operator extended its route 42 services to become a cross city service from North Manchester General Hospital under the Cross Connect banner on 26 April 2014. [5] [6] This service further extended to Middleton bus station on 12 April 2015. [7] . Since 2018, First no longer operate on route 42, with Stagecoach becoming the sole operator.

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Current route

Route 42 serves the busy Wilmslow Road bus corridor, which includes universities and hospitals operating via university of Manchester, Rusholme, Fallowfield, Withington, Didsbury, East Didsbury and Heaton Mersey.

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References

  1. ↑ Route 42 Middleton to East Didsbury timetable Transport for Greater Manchester
  2. ↑ End of the road for Finglands as takeover deal reached Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine Manchester Evening News 27 January 2014
  3. ↑ First given OFT approval to acquire Finglands bus operations in Manchester FirstGroup 28 January 2014
  4. ↑ First take over Finglands bus services Archived 22 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for Greater Manchester 7 February 2014
  5. ↑ First launch new Manchester Cross City Route First Greater Manchester 24 April 2014
  6. ↑ Cross Connect First Greater Manchester
  7. ↑ Service changes in & around Central Manchester First Greater Manchester 12 April 2015
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