 Pre @-@ 1969 , most bus services were provided by Manchester Corporation Transport and the North Western Road Car Company . North Western had a depot on Higher Road in Urmston town centre . The services of both undertakings transferred into SELNEC ( South East Lancashire , North East Cheshire , later to become Greater Manchester ) PTE , later renamed as GMPTE , and then on 1 April 2011 renamed to Transport for Greater Manchester . Today , the area is generally well served by both commercially operated and tendered bus services . Some areas have a frequent service of every 10 – 15 minutes on some routes , with half @-@ hourly frequencies on other routes . Services are run variously by Stagecoach in Manchester , First Greater Manchester , <unk> , Go Goodwins and Arriva North West , providing transport to many parts of Greater Manchester including Manchester city centre , Bolton , Stockport , the Trafford Centre and Altrincham 
