30 minutes, on Sundays, running between Middleton, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, Northenden and Sale. The evening 41 service is split between Stagecoach, who runs every hour between Middleton and Manchester and Go North West, who runs every hour between Sale and Manchester. The service was once served by First and Finglands, as well as Stagecoach on its X41 (Acrrington – Manchester) and 143 (West Didsbury – Manchester) services respectively. Routes 42/42A These services run for the entire route and beyond. Route 42 is not as frequent as similar service 142, operated by Stagecoach Manchester between Manchester and Stockport. Stagecoach services also use, along with route 43, hybrid bus vehicles, the first such on the Stagecoach Manchester fleet. Service 42A operates from Reddish to Manchester every 30 minutes, via East Didsbury, Rusholme and to Manchester. On Sundays, it runs hourly between Reddish and East Didsbury only. Following their purchase of Finglands, on 27 April 2014, First Greater Manchester extended some route 42 journeys to North Manchester General Hospital under the Cross Connect banner. First later closed its Rusholme depot after withdrawing its services on route 42; its South Manchester services which once operated out of the Rusholme depot are now run by Go North West. Greater Manchester bus route 42 operates in Greater Manchester. It is operated by Stagecoach Manchester between Manchester city centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Withington, 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. However, First have since withdrawn their operations on route 42, leaving only Stagecoach. 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, 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. This service further extended to Middleton bus station on 12 April 2015. Since 2018, First no longer operate on route 42, with Stagecoach becoming the sole operator. Route 42 serves the busy Wilmslow Road bus corridor, which includes universities and hospitals operating via Manchester city centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Withington, Didsbury and Stockport. Route 42B/42C Route 42B operates