Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester

Metropolitan Borough of Oldham

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 Oldham 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:

Chadderton

Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport / North Western / Rochdale Corporation Transport? / Manchester Corporation Transport

Failsworth

Manchester Corporation Transport / Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport

Lees

Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport / North Western?

Oldham

Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport / Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Passenger Transport / Rochdale Corporation Transport / Manchester Corporation Transport / North Western / Halifax

Royton

Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport / Manchester Corporation Transport

Saddleworth

North Western / Halifax

Shaw & Crompton

Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport / Manchester Corporation Transport

Local Authority

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

Vehicles in the Collection

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

Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport

Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Passenger Transport

Rochdale Corporation Transport

Manchester Corporation Transport

North Western