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Registered local bus service
42C
Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester to Shopping Centre, Handforth Dean
Via East Didsbury, Cheadle, Heald Green
Run by Metroline Manchester Limited on licence PC2073428.
Kind of service
Normal Stopping
Public subsidy
Subsidised
Running since
12 July 2024
Current version from
6 January 2025
Where it runs
Registered with 2 transport authorities. A service has to be registered with every authority whose area it runs through.
Other routes run by Metroline Manchester Limited
Every route this operator runs →
Other operators in Transport for Greater Manchester (TFGM)
- BR1
Haymarket Street, Bury to Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Millar Barn Lane, Waterfoot
Via Bury, Holcombe Brook and Ramsbottom
Moving People LtdSchool or Works
- BR2
War Office Road, Bamford to Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Millar Barn Lane, Waterfoot
Via Bamford, Norden, Edenfield, Helmshore, Haslingden and Rawtenstall
Moving People LtdSchool or Works
- BR3
War Office Road, Bamford to Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Millar Barn Lane, Waterfoot
Via Baford, Norden, Edenfield and Rawtenstall
Moving People LtdSchool or Works
- BR4
Bamford Road, Heywood to Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Millar Barn Lane, Waterfoot
Via Heywood, Rochdale, Whitworth and Stacksteads
Moving People LtdSchool or Works
- MC08
Macclesfield Railway Station to Connell College, Manchester
Via Macclesfield, tytherington, Poynton, Brammhall, Ethiad Stadium
R S Tyrer LimitedLimited StopSubsidised
- N/A
BRADNOR ROAD,SHARSTON, to MANCHESTER AIRPORT
Airport Parking & Hotels LtdFlexible Registration
What this record is
Registration PC2073428/1 is the permission to run this route, not a timetable. It records the start, the finish, the places between and who may run it. For departure times, ask the operator or the transport authority. To see what the licence behind it authorises overall, open the operator profile.