Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester

Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale

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 Rochdale 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:

Heywood

Bury Corporation Transport / Rochdale Corporation Transport / Manchester Corporation Transport

Littleborough

Rochdale Corporation Transport

Middleton

Rochdale Corporation Transport / Manchester Corporation Transport / Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport

Milnrow

Rochdale Corporation Transport

Rochdale

Rochdale Corporation Transport / Bury Corporation Transport / Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Passenger Transport / Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport / Manchester Corporation Transport

Wardle

Rochdale Corporation Transport

Local Authority

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Vehicles in the Collection

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

Rochdale Corporation Transport

Bury Corporation Transport

Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Passenger Transport

Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport

Manchester Corporation Transport