Guided busway leigh to manchester timetable Continue Schedule data from FirstVantage, October 1, 2020 contactless payment accepted lee-salford-Manchester Bus Rapid TransitA Vantage bus at the Newearth Road bus stop on theoverviewOwnerTransport bus section for Greater ManchesterLocaleLocWiganSalfordManchesterTranstrans TypeGui Driven Bus and Rapid Transit BusAnly Rider3 millionWebsiteTfGM - Bus Priority - Guide BuswayOperationBegan Operation3 April 2016Operator (s)First Greater ManchesterTechnicalSystem length22 km Lee-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit Scheme in Greater Manchester, England provides transport links between Lee , Atherton, Tyldesley, Ellenbrook and Manchester city centre via Salford. On 3 April 2016, the Rapid Transit Of Buses and Buses (BRT) scheme was launched, promoted by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). Built by Balfour Beatty, worth a total of 122 million pounds to improve links with former coal mining towns in Manchester city, the bus proposal faced much opposition and a public inquiry in 2002, before construction finally began in 2013. The branch route from Atherton and the extension to Manchester Royal Infirmary were added to the planned original scheme. Twenty-five purple-liveried Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 bodily Volvo B5LH hybrid two-story is equipped with CCTV and the next stop audio and visual ads run service. Stops on the section of operated bus tracks have a landing level from platforms equipped with screens displaying information about passengers. From Lee, the V1 bus, with a limited stop, connects the seven kilometres of the guide bus to Ellenbrook, the six kilometres of bus lanes on East Lancashire Road and sections of reserved bus lanes through Salford and Manchester centres. The V2 service from Atherton to Manchester connects to the bus track at Tildesley. Both services run through manchester University and Manchester Metropolitan University before graduating from Manchester Royal Infirmary. Von Lee, one of Britain's largest cities without a train station after the closure of the Tyldesley Loopline in 1969, suffered from poor transport links to neighbouring towns. A busway-operated scheme using a kerbed concrete walkway has been proposed and built using a former railway trackbed from Leigh to Ellenbrook to improve access to Manchester city centre from Leigh, Tyldesley and Ellenbrook and regenerate former Lancashire Coalfield. When this was proposed, the bus track was controversial and faced a large local opposition. He was branded Misguided Busway by a Salford councillor. Critics have disputed TfGM's claims that the creation of bus lanes within the carriageway would not reduce the overall The ability along East Lancashire Road, a heavily congested radial route for traffic towards Manchester and Salford city centre; but instead increase it. The route of the cooling lane stop on the Section and multiplayer path - vte 'Leigh-Salford-ManchesterBus Rapid Transit Bag Lane Leigh Mealhouse Lane Spinning Jenny Wayfor The Loom Tyldesley RoadAtherton Arms East Bond Street Park - Ride 130 Tyldesley RoadSacred Heart Church Holden Road AthertonTylde Ssley LeighTyldesley Stanley StreetTyldesley City Centre Higher FoldsWest Cooling Lane Astley Street Park - Ride 45 Hough Lane Sale Lane TyldesleyEllenbrook Newearth Road Newearth Roadat East Lanx Road Ellenbrook Worsley Walkden Roadson East Lanx Road Old Clough Leinon East Lanx Road WorsleyArdly Park and Rydon East Lanx Road 250 WardleySwinton Moorside Roadon East Lans Road Worsley Road East Lans Road Barton-Rodon East Lanx Road Swinton Pendleton Pendleton Church PendletonSalford University SalfordFrederick Road Campus Salford Crescent Station University SalfordPeel Park Campus University SalfordAdel House Salford Cathedral Salford Central station SalfordManchester Bridge Streetfor Deansgate John Dalton Street Albert Square St. The Piazza Peter Princess Street Portland Street Oxford Road Station Route is no longer used by Piccadilly Gardens MMUJohn Dalton Building Stevenson Square MMUAll Saints Campus Manchester University Museum from Manchester Whitworth Art Gallery Manchester Royal Infirmary No 5 Key Street running guide runs with bus lane (s) » n Park » The Ridewith n Space BRT route starts at Lee's bus station, and joins the managed section on East Bond Street. It continues through Leigh and along the converted rail alignment through Tyldesley to Newearth Road in Ellenbrook. An improved bus route from Atherton joins the route on Astley Street, Tildesley. From Ellenbrook the route continues through bus lanes along the A580 East Lancashire Road, serving Worsley and Swinton before joining the A6 at the height of Irlams o' th. All stops along the A580 bus lanes are bus bays, so the usual stops can be overtaken by limited express stops. It runs through the University of Salford/Salford Crescent train station before continuing through Manchester city centre and along bus lanes only on Oxford Road at Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester University and Central Manchester Hospitals. Buses are using Bolton Road in Salford when Broad Street is congested. The guide section has stops on East Bond Street, Holden Road in Lee and Cooling Lane between High Warehouse and Squires Lane in Tildsley, Astley Street, Howe Lane and Sale Lane in Tildsley and Neiset Road in Ellenbrook. The multiplayer path for pedestrians, riders and cyclists next to the managed section provides access for emergency vehicles and maintenance. For cyclists the road from Tildesley to Ellenbrook is part of the National Cycling Route 55. The route from Leigh to Central Manchester Hospital has 36 stops and the connecting route from Tildesley to Atherton has Park and ride facilities are provided on East Bond Street, Astley Street and Wardley (where the A580 road runs under the M60 motorway). Services First Greater Manchester launches a 10-year contract from TfGM, branded Vantage. V1 is operated by Leigh and V2 from Atherton; with additional V4 services from Ellenbrook during the weekday morning peak period, which does not use the managed section of the route. Travel time on schedule is 55 minutes from Lee and Atherton to Albert Square, Manchester during peak periods; 45 minutes of daylight and 40 minutes in the evening and early morning. During the daytime, from Monday to Saturday, at least eight buses per hour run in each direction on the managed section, four on the Lee-Tildsley site and four from Atherton, joining the Tildesley and Ellenbrook section. The earliest weekday departures are from Lee/Atherton at 04:00/04:29, respectively; and the last trips from Manchester Royal Infirmary at 24:00/23:45. Two additional V1 services run from Lee to Manchester during the morning rush on a weekday; three extras return to Lee on a weekday evening rush. Four more additional V4 services are operating in Manchester during the morning rush, starting with Ellenbrook' introduction of Vantage services led to the recall of a number of services by operator First. Others have been modified to join the A580 bus lanes east of Butstown. The services were among those intending to move to Go North West when it took over First's Cheetham Hill depot in 2019, but it was later announced that First would continue to run the service. Operation Vantage Bus on the Vantage Bus Driven Bus Crossing Tramway at St Peter's Square in Manchester city centre After light-controlled interchanges along East Lancashire Road were upgraded with SCOOT adaptive signalling in July 2016, TfGM reported in October that traffic time at the site had returned to pre-construction levels in the morning rush while placing significant additional traffic. More than 900,000 passengers were transported in the first six months of operation. A user survey published in October 2016 found that 20% of passengers switched to using their cars for the same journey, and almost all respondents would recommend the service. More than a quarter of bus users have passed or travelled more than a kilometre to reach the motorway. By the third year of operation, an estimated 580,000 road trips per year on the BRT route had been switched to bus traffic. The service attracted about 28,000 passengers a week when it began in April 2016, rising to 45,000 by the autumn and 55,000 in the run-up to Christmas 2016. More than 2.1 million passengers were delivered in the first year; up to about 2.6 in the second, and 3 million in the third. By December 2017, the weekly number of riders had increased to 62,000. This will further increase the record 62,700 passengers in September 2018. Bus services were originally operated by 20 Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 bodily Volvo B5LH hybrid double-decker buses in purple livery. They are equipped with a CCTV system and the next stop of audio and visual ads, USB charging points and free Wi-Fi. Five more buses were purchased in January 2017 to provide additional capacity during peak hours and facilitate extended services to Central Manchester hospitals. Buses that operate the bus service must be replaced after 5 years of service. Further buses are scheduled to be commissioned in September 2018. They will operate a V4 service from Ellenbrook, and will be standard vehicles not fit for bus service. In February 2019, TfGM was able to tender support for the purchase of an additional 10 electric buses for the operation of buses, which will come into operation in March 2020. It will be Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC two-story with byD company battery. TfGM intends that eventually all Vantage services will be operated by electric buses; be acquired and owned by TfGM itself, not the service operator. Five of the existing Volvo B5LH bus fleet will be transferred to other services in Greater Manchester; and so the total park will increase to 30, allowing you to increase the daily frequency on V1 services from Lee. Stops, signal and ticket stops along the section of managed bus tracks provide a boarding level from platforms and are equipped with screens displaying passenger information. The managed bus crosses local roads at a level of light controlled interchanges on which bus service takes precedence.