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.
Many bus services use the bus station. The majority of services are run by Stagecoach Manchester with the remainder of services run by Diamond North West, Stotts Tours and Nexus Move.
Ashton bus station was, and will be affected by Bee Networkbus franchising, with Tranche 2 seeing some services come under the Bee Network system, with the remainder of routes coming moving under the system from 5 January 2025. From that date, bus operators Go North West and Metroline Manchester will serve the station.[citation needed]
On July 7, 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.[2]
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
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