Stockport bus station served the large town of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It was opened on 2 March 1981 on the site of a former car park; most routes had terminated previously at Mersey Square. It was closed in 2021, when it was a terminus for around 65 routes, and the site now houses the new Stockport Interchange.
History The bus station was located between Wellington Road (A6) and 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 between Manchester Piccadilly Gardens, Stepping Hill Hospital and Hazel Grove.
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; these plans were not carried out at the time.
In June 2018, new plans were announced for a brand-new bus station that would be constructed on the same site, underneath a park. Other improved transport links were also planned, including a bridge to the railway station.
On 29 August 2021 at 3:15am, all stands at Stockport bus station (excluding the two Wellington Road stops) were closed after 40 years of continuous operation. These were replaced temporarily by a small bus terminal off Heaton Lane, as well as several bus stops spread out around the town centre. The new Stockport Interchange facility was planned to be completed in 2024; it opened on 17 March that year.
Services As at August 2021, the majority of routes were operated by Stagecoach Manchester, with High Peak Buses, Little Gem, Selwyns Travel and Stotts Tours also using the station.
Most routes served the South Manchester area; services connected Stockport with Manchester Piccadilly Gardens, Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Didsbury,Hyde, Levenshulme, Longsight, Manchester Airport and Wythenshawe.
Services also connected all main areas in the borough including Bramhall, Bredbury, Brinnington, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Edgeley, Gatley, Hazel Grove, the Four Heatons, Marple, Offerton, Reddish, Romiley and Stepping Hill Hospital.
Locations served further afield include Bolton, Buxton, Chorlton, Hayfield, Macclesfield, Poynton, Stretford, Sale and the Trafford Centre.
A full list of services that operated in 2021 is shown below:
Route From To via 7A Stockport Ashton-under-Lyne Gorton and Reddish 7B Droylsden and Reddish 11 Altrincham Stockport Baguley, Wythenshawe Hospital, Wythenshawe and Cheadle 11A Timperley, Baguley, Gatley and Cheadle 23/23A Stockport Trafford 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 192 Stockport Piccadilly Gardens Heaton Chapel, Levenshulme, Longsight and Ardwick 197 Manchester city centre Green End, Levenshulme and Longsight 199 Buxton Manchester Airport Stockport 203 Stockport 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 325 Brinnington Circular Brinnington 327 Denton Brinnington and Portwood 328 Adswood Edgeley 330 Ashton-under-Lyne Stockport Dukinfield and Hyde 358 Stockport Hayfield 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 Lane Cheadle Hulme 379 Heald Green 382 Woodley Bredbury and Romiley 383/384 Stockport Offerton, Marple, Romiley, Harrytown and Bredbury (383 anticlockwise, 384 clockwise) 391/392 Macclesfield Poynton, Pott Shrigley and Bollington X5 Sale X92 Manchester city centre Hazel Grove Stockport
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Modern Mooch: Stockport bus station Photographs throughout its lifespan.