Bolton Interchange
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The current station, situated on Newport Street.
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Location | Newport Street Bolton |
Coordinates | 53°34′33″N 2°25′39″W / 53.575856°N 2.427611°WCoordinates: 53°34′33″N 2°25′39″W / 53.575856°N 2.427611°W |
Operated by | Transport for Greater Manchester |
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Parking | Yes |
Bicycle facilities | Yes |
Disabled access | Yes |
Bolton Interchange is a bus station in the town of Bolton, in Greater Manchester. It is run by Transport for Greater Manchester.
In January 2010, Transport for Greater Manchester (then the GMPTE) started a public consultation about the development of a bus station on Newport Street, replacing the bus station on Moor Lane and the small bus interchange at the railway station.
Plans for the bus station, designed by architects Aedas were submitted to the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in April 2010 and were approved in June 2010. The plans were amended and a second consultation took place between October and December 2010. Approval for construction was granted in March 2012. The new station opened on 3 September 2017.
The majority of services that serve Bolton bus station are run by First Greater Manchester. Other operators include Arriva North West, Blackburn Bus Company, Rosso, Diamond Bus North West, Stagecoach Manchester and Stagecoach in Lancashire.
There are frequent buses running to Bury, Chorley, Leigh, Manchester Picadilly, Manchester Shudehill, Preston, Radcliffe, Rochdale and Wigan, plus several parts of the Bolton area, such as Breightmet, Deane, Harwood, Farnworth, Great Lever, Harwood and Horwich. Buses also run to Blackburn, Darwen, , Rawtenstall and the Trafford Centre.