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Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

Area map

Map of Bolton area

Reproduced from Ordnance Survey map data by permission of Ordnance Survey, © Crown copyright.

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Public transport from 1824

Road Transport

Public road transport for the main municipal operator in what is now the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is summarised below:

Operator	Horse Trams	Electric Tramways	Trolley Buses	Motor Buses	SELNEC	GMT
Bolton	1880-1900	1899-1947	1933-1958	1923-1969	1969-1974	1974-1986

GMT = Greater Manchester Transport

Public transport from 1824 in Greater Manchester

Bus services until 1969

Bus service operation until the formation of SELNEC in 1969 is shown by town below:

Local Authority

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

Vehicles in the Collection

Find all vehicles in our Collection which formerly operated in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton by operator:

Bolton Corporation Transport

Bury Corporation Transport

Lancashire United Transport

Leigh Corporation Motors

Ribble

Salford Corporation Transport

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Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

Area map

Public transport from 1824

Road Transport

Public transport from 1824 in Greater Manchester

Bus services until 1969

Bolton

Blackrod

Farnworth

Horwich

Kearsley

Little Lever

South Turton

Westhoughton