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Transport for Greater Manchester also has 'Rail Replacement Services' written down on some bus stop flags that are close to smaller rail stations in Greater Manchester. Of course, it is received wisdom that RRBs would use station forecourts at bigger stations; as at Stalybridge, though TfGM's...

Hours into Northern's status as an Operator of Last Resort, I noticed that Bustitution seems to have returned to the StalyVegas Shuttle. After a month of Sunday diagrams with trains instead of buses up to the end of Arriva's tenure. On Sunday, First Greater Manchester was providing buses for the...

Dukinfield has two AM peak only bus routes which operate a total of ten journeys a week. One is the 340, a northbound only variant of the 343 route from Oldham to Hyde. Where it differs from the 343 route is the fact it reaches Lees via Waterhead and Springhead instead of along Lees Road via...

Yes, that was SpeedwellBus. Their then state-of-the-art Optare Solos were able to traverse Old Station Turning with ease. Then again, in the Yorkshire Rider/Kingfisher era, the 365 was operated using minibuses on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Lodge Lane, Delph, on the First Greater Manchester 350 route. Most of the road is a single track one-way street in a cutting that leads to Friarmere Road. Its pavement is a good ten feet above the road. I have had the joy of being on this route several times, under the present 350 route and its...

On Monday, South Pennine Community Transport have introduced contactless payments on their buses. This of course is mentioned on their website and on my blog.

1) Dukinfield and Ashton (on the long closed Stalybridge Junction line to Denton Junction via Hooley Hill); 2) Hyde North and Stalybridge; 3) Heywood (East Lancashire Railway).

Stalybridge to Oldham (four operators): MCT Travel (408: Shaw - Oldham - Stalybridge - evening and Sunday journeys - no daytime journeys south of Oldham); Stott's Tours (343: Oldham - Mossley - Stalybridge - Hyde (via Lees Road) - weekdays and Saturdays before 1800 hours); First Greater...

Newton for Hyde is also near to Hyde United's ground, but at least 15-20 minutes walk. From Hyde Central or Godley, consider the 201 bus and alight at the old Bankfield stop. Then walk up Villiers Street which should take you to the main entrance. Or, on foot, you could break your journey at The...

On a single FirstDay ticket, Warrington to Huddersfield. This is done by catching a 100 to Manchester city centre, changing for the scenic 184 route to Huddersfield. The longest journey one could make on an independent operator in Greater Manchester could be Denshaw to Glossop, via Stott's...

In Greater Manchester, I could add a few to the list: Moorside: previously Moorside and Wardley; Atherton: also on the same line to Wigan, previously Atherton Central; Farnworth: previously Farnworth and Halshaw Moor. At one point, previously Halshaw Moor and Farnworth, and (on its own) Halshaw...

If I did that for every Merseytravel PTE specified Pacer unit that has been inflicted on me, I should have enough money to pay for a peak-hour First Class return from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston.

The comparison was based on a journey from Glasgow to Braehead in Ayrshire. Glasgow to intu Braehead at a £4.50 Day Rider rate for five miles is more akin to using Stagecoach Manchester's Day Rider on the 216 from Ashton-under-Lyne to Manchester [Piccadilly Gardens]. Or the X50/250 to the intu...

Mossley

Compared with Greater Manchester prices, in the context of Stagecoach journeys, it is either a bargain or about the same price. To do the equivalent journey, distance-wise from Greater Manchester, you would be looking at £11.30 for a North West Explorer ticket. That based on catching a 113 from...