Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester

Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

Area map

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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:

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:

Bolton

Bolton Corporation Transport / Lancashire United Transport / Ribble / Salford Corporation Transport / Bury Corporation Transport / Leigh Corporation Motors

Blackrod

Bolton Corporation Transport

Farnworth

Bolton Corporation Transport / Lancashire United Transport / Salford Corporation Transport

Horwich

Lancashire United Transport / Bolton Corporation Transport

Kearsley

Lancashire United Transport / Bolton Corporation Transport / Salford Corporation Transport

Little Lever

Bolton Corporation Transport / Bury Corporation Transport

South Turton

Bolton Corporation Transport

Westhoughton

Lancashire United Transport / Bolton Corporation Transport

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