Stockport bus station
Introduction '''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.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. 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 park. Other improved transport links will also 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 is due to be completed in 2024.
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.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.Buses were also run from Stockport to Bolton, Buxton, Chorlton, Macclesfield, Hayfield, Poynton, Stretford, the Trafford Centre and Sale.A full list of services is shown below: Bus route From To Via 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 42 Stockport Manchester city centre Didsbury, Withington and Manchester Royal Infirmary 191 Manchester city centre Hazel Grove Longsight, Levenshulme, Stockport and Stepping Hill Hospital 192Stockport Piccadilly Gardens Heaton Chapel, Levenshulme, Longsight and Ardwick 197 Manchester city centre Green End, Levenshulme and Longsight 199 Buxton Manchester Airport Stockport 203Stockport Manchester city centre Reddish and Belle Vue 313 Manchester Airport Adswood and Cheadle Hulme 314 Offerton Offerton Fold 322 Haughton Green Portwood, Brinnington and Denton 323 Heaton Mersey 324 Haughton Green Portwood, Brinnington and Denton 327 Denton Brinnington and Portwood 328 Adswood Edgeley 330 Ashton-under-Lyne Stockport Dukinfield and Hyde 358StockportHayfield Offerton, Marple and New Mills 360 Hazel Grove, Disley and New Mills 364 Heaton Moor Woodbank Park and Bosden Farm 368 Wythenshawe Hospital Adswood, Heald Green and Wythenshawe 374 Hazel Grove 375 Mellor Marple, Offerton and Stepping Hill Hospital 378 Cheadle Hulme 378A Grove LaneCheadle Hulme 379 Heald Green 382 Woodley Bredbury and Romiley 383 and 384 Stockport Offerton, Marple, Romiley, Harrytown and Bredbury (383 anticlockwise, 384 clockwise) 391 and 392 Macclesfield Poynton and Bollington X5 Sale X92 Manchester city centre Hazel Grove Stockport
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