Services
Stagecoach Manchester mainly run services in the southern areas of Greater Manchester, serving Stockport, Trafford, Tameside and south and central Manchester. They also run some local services in Glossop. Stagecoach does run some services outside these areas, which are the 22 (Bolton – Stockport) which is shared with First Greater Manchester, the 50 (East Didsbury - Manchester - Salford Quays), which became Manchester's first cross-city service for nearly two decades, and the 76 (Oldham - Manchester).
From December 2012, Stagecoach also operate services in the Wigan area, following the takeover of the Wigan depot from First Greater Manchester. Services from Wigan depot mainly run in the Wigan and Leigh areas, whilst also serving Manchester and Salford on the 32, 33 and X34 services (the latter two being shared with First), while the 540 runs to Bolton, which is also served by the 22 and Stagecoach Lancashire service 125. Service 113 is operated from both Stagecoach Manchester's Wigan depot and Stagecoach Lancashire's Chorley depot.
Stagecoach also took over Wigan's Nightbus services from First as part of the takeover. The Nightbus network is largely based on the main Wigan services with some services running an amended route to its normal routes. Wigan's Nightbus network runs on Friday nights/Saturday mornings and Saturday nights/Sunday mornings. The services also operate on New Years Eve with additional journeys during the evening between 1900 and 2300, along with journeys on Arriva North West's service 352 to Orrell and 362 to Standish and on Wigan Buses/Maytree Travel service 612 to Wrightington Hospital.
From March 2013, Stagecoach moved further into north Manchester by taking over services previously operated by Bluebird, with services and a depot in the Middleton area.
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