Stockport bus station

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Bus station with Stockport Viaduct in the background in January 2009
General information
Location Stockport
Stockport (borough)
Coordinates 53°24′31″N2°09′49″W / 53.40867°N 2.16361°W / 53.40867; -2.16361
Operated by Transport for Greater Manchester
Bus stands24
Bus operators High Peak
M Travel
Go Goodwins Group
Stagecoach Manchester
Connections Stockport railway station
History
Opened2 March 1981
Closed29 August 2021

Stockport bus station in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, was a bus terminus for approximately 65 bus services. It opened on 2 March 1981 on the site of a former car park. Before the bus station opened, most services terminated at Mersey Square.

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The bus station was located between Wellington Road (A6) and the Stockport Viaduct, a few hundred metres from Stockport railway station. The main bus station had 24 stands. Two additional stops, one for each direction, were located on Wellington Road, which runs between the bus station and Mersey Square; these were used by through services, including the high-frequency 192 route to Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre.

In 2014, plans to demolish the bus station and build a new a £42 million transport interchange on the existing site with a connection to the railway station were announced, but these plans were never carried out. [1] In June 2018, plans were announced for a brand-new bus station (Stockport Interchange), that would be constructed on the same site underneath a 2-acre (0.81 ha) park. Other improved transport links were also to be built, including a bridge to the railway station.

On 29 August 2021 at 03:15, all stands at Stockport bus station (excluding the two Wellington Road stops) were closed after 40 years of continuous operation, being temporarily replaced by a small bus terminal off Heaton Lane, as well as several bus stops spread out across Stockport town centre. The new Stockport Interchange facility was to be completed in 2024; [2] [3] it opened on 17 March that year. [4]

Services

The majority of services were operated by Stagecoach Manchester, with High Peak Buses, Little Gem, Selwyns Travel and Stotts Tours also using the station. [5]

There were frequent buses running to Manchester, Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Hyde, Levenshulme, Longsight, Manchester Airport and Wythenshawe, plus several parts of the Stockport area including Bramhall, Bredbury, Brinnington, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Edgeley, Hazel Grove, Marple, Offerton, Reddish, Romiley and Stepping Hill Hospital. [5]

Buses were also run from Stockport to Bolton, Buxton, Chorlton, Macclesfield, Hayfield, Poynton, Stretford, the Trafford Centre and Sale. [5]

A full list of services is shown below:

Bus routeFromToVia
7AStockportAshton-under-Lyne Gorton and Reddish
7B Droylsden and Reddish
11AltrinchamStockport Baguley, Wythenshawe Hospital, Wythenshawe and Cheadle
11A Timperley, Baguley, Gatley and Cheadle
23StockportTrafford Centre Didsbury, Chorlton, Stretford and Urmston
25 Burnage, Chorlton and Stretford
42StockportManchester city centreDidsbury, Withington and Manchester Royal Infirmary
191Manchester city centreHazel GroveLongsight, Levenshulme, Stockport and Stepping Hill Hospital
192 StockportPiccadilly Gardens Heaton Chapel, Levenshulme, Longsight and Ardwick
197Manchester city centreGreen End, Levenshulme and Longsight
199BuxtonManchester AirportStockport
203StockportManchester city centreReddish and Belle Vue
313Manchester Airport Adswood and Cheadle Hulme
314OffertonOfferton Fold
322 Haughton Green Portwood, Brinnington and Denton
323 Heaton Mersey
324Haughton GreenPortwood, Brinnington and Denton
327DentonBrinnington and Portwood
328AdswoodEdgeley
330Ashton-under-LyneStockport Dukinfield and Hyde
358StockportHayfieldOfferton, Marple and New Mills
360Hazel Grove, Disley and New Mills
364 Heaton Moor Woodbank Park and Bosden Farm
368Wythenshawe HospitalAdswood, Heald Green and Wythenshawe
374Hazel Grove
375 Mellor Marple, Offerton and Stepping Hill Hospital
378Cheadle Hulme
378AGrove LaneCheadle Hulme
379Heald Green
382 Woodley Bredbury and Romiley
383 and 384StockportOfferton, Marple, Romiley, Harrytown and Bredbury (383 anticlockwise, 384 clockwise)
391 and 392MacclesfieldPoynton and Bollington
X5Sale
X92Manchester city centreHazel GroveStockport

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References

  1. ↑ End of the road for Stockport's old bus station with £42m planned for new transport interchange Manchester Evening News 11 July 2014
  2. ↑ "Stockport Interchange: Plans for bus station under park passed". BBC News. BBC. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Meakin, Lisa (2 November 2018). "This is how Stockport's huge new bus station - with a two-acre park On Top - will look". Manchester Evening News. Reach plc. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ↑ Slater, Chris (16 February 2024). "Opening date for Stockport's new £135m transport interchange and rooftop park confirmed". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 Destination Finder Stockport bus station Transport for Greater Manchester

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