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Metropolitan Borough of Bury

 

 

Local authority Public transport from 1824 Bus services until 1969 Vehicles in the collection

 

 

Area map

 

Map of Bury area

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

Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

 

 

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Public Transport from 1824

 

Road Transport

 

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

 

 

Operator Horse Buses Horse Trams Steam Trams Electric Tramways Trolley Buses Motor Buses SELNEC GMT
Bury None None 1886-1905 1904-1949 None 1925-1969 1969-1974 1974-1986
Ramsbottom None None None None 1913-1931 1923-1969 1969-1974 1974-1986
Salford 1824-1901 1877-1903 None 1901-1947 None 1920-1969 1969-1974 1974-1986

GMT = Greater Manchester Transport

 

Public transport from 1824 in Greater Manchester

 

 

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Bus services until 1969

 

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

 

Bury

Bury Corporation Transport / Rochdale Corporation Transport / Bolton Corporation Transport / Salford Corporation Transport / Manchester Corporation Transport / Ramsbottom Urban District Council Transport / Ribble / Rawtenstall Corporation Transport

 

Prestwich

Salford Corporation Transport / Bury Corporation Transport / Manchester Corporation Transport

 

Radcliffe

Bury Corporation Transport / Bolton Corporation Transport / Salford Corporation Transport / Lancashire United Transport

 

Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom Urban District Council Transport / Bury Corporation Transport / Rawtenstall Corporation Transport / Ribble

 

Tottington

Bury Corporation Transport

 

Whitefield

Salford Corporation Transport / Bury Corporation Transport / Manchester Corporation Transport / Lancashire United Transport / Ribble

 

 

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Local Authority

 

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

 

 

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Vehicles in the Collection

 

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

 

Bury Corporation Transport

Rochdale Corporation Transport

Bolton Corporation Transport

Salford Corporation Transport

Manchester Corporation Transport

Ramsbottom Urban District Council Transport

Lancashire United Transport

Ribble

 

 

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