Wheels in motion for town centre shuttle bus extension

The free town centre bus arriving back at the bus station

Rochdale’s free town centre shuttle bus will keep rolling for another year.

The bus has carried an average of 236 passengers a week since it was launched three months ago to help people get around the town centre during demolition works.

The service runs from the bus station from Monday to Saturday (not including Bank Holidays). It stops on Newgate for access to the old post office and the Exchange Shopping Centre and Hunter’s Lane for access to Yorkshire Street and Cheetham Street shops as well as the Wheatsheaf Centre.

The new service, which launched today, Tuesday 6 May, runs slightly later than previously, leaving stand C in the bus station from 9.05am. It then leaves the bus station every 20 minutes until 5.05pm.

The bus, which bears the number 200, will be a slightly different vehicle to the one used previously.

Mark Widdup, Director Economy and Environment at Rochdale Council, said: “It’s obvious that this service has made a huge difference to both our visitors and businesses, so it’s important that it continues while our town centre goes through huge changes.”