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First Manchester

Licence number: PC0003680

Legal name: First Manchester Ltd

Trading name: First

Current routes

Route no. Route Start date Notes
52 Hag Fold - Atherton - Tyldesley 22/06/1998 End date to be confirmed
56 Oldham - Shaw - Rushcroft 17/05/1998 Dates to be confirmed
61 Albert Sq- Collyhurst - Blackley - Crumpsall circ 22/03/1998 Dates to be confirmed
64 Brookhouse - Eccles - Ellesmere Park - Pendleton - Piccadilly 22/03/1998 Dates to be confirmed
65 Brookhouse - Patricroft - Eccles - Weaste - Pendleton - Arndale 22/03/1998 Dates to be confirmed
65 Cannon St - Blackley - Higher Blackley - Heaton Park 25/02/2001 Dates to be confirmed
72 Clifton Junc - Swinton - Swinton Park - Pendleton - Trafford Road - Stretford 26/04/2004 Dates to be confirmed
80 Piccadilly - Monsall - Moston - Middleton 22/03/1998 Dates to be confirmed
84 30/10/2022 Dates to be confirmed
89 Whitefield - Prestwich - Broughton - Trafford Park 31/01/2000 Dates to be confirmed
89 Piccadilly - Cheetham Hill - White Moss - Moston circ 17/05/1998 Dates to be confirmed
406 Rochdale - Queensway - Kirkholt circular 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
433 Norden - Bamford - Heywood - Fairfield General Hospital - Ferngrove - Bury 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
434 Middleton - Stakehill - Castleton - Kirkholt - Kingsway Business Park - Rochdale 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
435 Rochdale - Milnrow - Buckstones - High Crompton circular 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
436 Rochdale - High Crompton - Buckstones - Milnrow circular 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
437 Catley Lane Head - Caldershaw - Spotland - Rochdale (schooldays only) 25/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
440 Syke - Rochdale 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
442 Norden - Bamford - Rochdale 24/04/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
447 Wallbank - Whitworth - Healey - Shawclough - Rochdale 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
450 Rochdale - Kingsway - Newhey - Peppermint Bridge - Milnrow circular 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
451 Rochdale - Milnrow - Newhey - Peppermint Bridge - Kingsway circular 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
455 Shore - Stansfield - Littleborough - Smithy Bridge - Milnrow - Rochdale 25/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
456 Rochdale - Wardle - Stubley - Littleborough - Hollingworth Lake circular 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
457 Littleborough - Stansfield - Littleborough - Smallbridge - Rochdale 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
458 Rochdale - Wardle - Hollingworth Lake - Littleborough - Stubley circular 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
461 Rochdale - Spotland - Cutgate - Elmsfield - Shawfield circular 25/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
462 31/05/2011 Emergency contract in place of Bu-Val
467 Bury - Jericho - Bamford - Daniel Fold - Rochdale 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
468 Bury - Jericho - Bamford - Cutgate - Rochdale 24/03/2024 Bee Network franchise operator
521 Little Lever - Farnworth - Royal Bolton Hospital - Westhoughton - Blackrod 23/02/2004 0745 Four Gates, Blue Bell Farm to St James CE High School (Schooldays only). Dates to be confirmed
708 New Moston - Moston - Newton Heath - Harpurhey - Plant Hill (Co-Op Academy Manchester) 25/03/2024 Bee Network Ref: 2/SPI
709 New Islington - Holt Town - Newton Heath - Moston (St Matthew's High School) 25/03/2024 Bee Network Ref: 2/SPH
722 Monsall - Newton Heath - Failsworth - Moston - Charlestown (Co-op Academy North Manchester) 25/03/2024 Bee Network Ref: 2/SPD
774 Oldham - Glodwick - Alt - Holts - Lily Lanes - Smallshaw 24/03/2024 TfGM Contract: 5071
800 Low Hill - Smallbridge - Rochdale - Town Head - Shawclough (Falinge Park High School) 25/03/2024 Bee Network school operator
828 Brookbottom - Grasscroft - Greenfield - Uppermill - Diggle (Saddleworth School) 25/03/2024 Bee Network school operator
831 Summit - Oozewood - Royton - Buckley Wood - Chadderton Park (North Chadderton School) 25/03/2024 Bee Network school operator
839 Sholver - Moorside - Watersheddings - Waterhead (Waterhead Academy) 25/03/2024 Bee Network school operator
846 Hyde - Godley - Hattersley - Mottram - Hollingworth 03/09/2023 TfGM Contract: 5058
850 Firgrove - Belfield - Wardle - Smithy Bridge - Milnrow (Hollingworth Academy) 25/03/2024 Bee Network school operator
862 Syke - Buckley - Rochdale - Balderstone - Buersil Head (St Cuthbert's RC High School) 25/03/2024 Bee Network school operator
865 Oldham - Abbey Hills - Clarksfield - Greenacres - Waterhead (Waterhead Academy) 25/03/2024 Bee Network school operator
880 Norden - Spotland - Rochdale - Castleton - Buersil Head (St Cuthbert's RC High School) 25/03/2024 Bee Network school operator
894 Bradley Fold - Hollins - Unsworth - Prestwich - Heaton Park (St Monica's RC High School) 25/04/2024 2/SPA
895 Ainsworth - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Kirkhams - Heaton Park (St Monica's RC High School) 25/04/2024 2/SPA
967 Rochdale - Caldershaw - Bamford - Jericho - Bury - Fishpool (for Bury CE High School) 25/03/2024 Bee Network school operator (2/RBS)
968 Rochdale - Bamford - Fairfield General Hospital - Bury (St Gabriel's RC High School) 25/03/2024 Bee Network school operator (2/RBS)
MC12 Match Day Bus 12: Ramsbottom - Bury - Radcliffe - Harpurhey - Etihad Stadium 24/08/2024
MC14 Match Day Bus 14: Oldham - Hollinwood - Failsworth - Newton Heath - Etihad Stadium 24/08/2024
MC15 Match Day Bus 15: Middleton - Blackley - Moston - Etihad Stadium 24/08/2024

Route descriptions shown in italics may not accurately represent the version of the route run by this operator