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Ashton-under-Lyne bus station

Bus station in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England

Summary

Bus station in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England

Field	Value
name	Ashton-under-Lyne
symbol_location	gb
symbol	bus
image	Ashton-Under-Lyne Bus Interchange.jpg
caption	Ashton-Under-Lyne Interchange and tram stop.
address	Ashton-under-Lyne
borough	Tameside
operator	Transport for Greater Manchester
bus_stands	15
bus_operators	{{Flatlist	1=
connections	Ashton-under-Lyne railway station
accessible	Yes
opened	2020
closed

Metroline Manchester
Stagecoach Manchester
Diamond North West
Go North West

Ashton-under-Lyne bus station is a bus station that is located in the town of Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester, run by Transport for Greater Manchester. The bus station is situated on Wellington Road and adjoins the Arcades Shopping Centre. The bus station was opened in 2020 and replaced the previous bus station that was built on the current site.

Ashton-under-Lyne tram stop is alongside the bus station, Ashton-under-Lyne railway station is also a short walk away.

Services

Ashton-Under-Lyne Interchange seen from Stand D

Many bus services use the bus station. The majority of services are run by Metroline Manchester with the remainder of services run by Stagecoach Manchester, Go North West and Diamond North West.

Ashton Bus Station was involved in Tranche 3 of the Bee Network franchising system in Greater Manchester.

There are frequent buses running to Stockport, Manchester, Derbyshire, Oldham and Rochdale, plus several parts of the Tameside area including Droylsden, Stalybridge, Hyde, Dukinfield, Denton, Gee Cross, Mossley, Hattersley and Audenshaw. Buses also run to parts of Stockport, such as Reddish, Heaton Chapel and Woodley, plus Failsworth, Saddleworth, Chadderton, Hathershaw and Royton in Oldham, Hadfield and Glossop in Derbyshire and Middleton in Rochdale. Parts of Manchester also include Higher Crumpsall, Moston and Clayton.

Rebuild (2020)

On 7 July 2014, the then Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg announced that, as part of Greater Manchester's wider Growth Deal package, development of a new interchange facility within Ashton Town Centre replacing the current "island" style waiting shelters with a single high quality interchange building, incorporating bus and Metrolink within one site to create a new multi-modal interchange facility within Ashton Town Centre.

Work commenced on Tameside Interchange in June 2018, and construction is complete and the Bus Station became operational in late 2020. When completed, the new interchange had:

A covered concourse and seated waiting area.
A ticket and information outlet and retail facilities.
An electronic passenger information including bus, Metrolink and rail information screens.
Accessible toilets, baby-changing and "Changing Places" facilities
Secure cycle parking with a cycle hub.
Enhanced passenger security including CCTV.

References

"Ashton-under-Lyne map". Metrolink.
"Ashton-under-Lyne Interchange (Arrivals)".
"Main Greater MCR Transport Projects Revealed Plus £50m Too". Manchester Confidential.

Wikipedia Source

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