Greater Manchester bus route 330

EndAshton-under-LyneServiceLevelDailyFrequency15-60 mins

Route map
Legend Stockport Interchange Bredbury Woodley Hyde Gee Cross Flowery Field Newton Wood Dukinfield Ashton-under-Lyne This diagram: view talk edit

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Greater Manchester bus route 330 is a bus route runs between Stockport Interchange and Ashton-under-Lyne, sharing the same termini with route 7. It is operated by Stagecoach Manchester.

The 330 serves the following primary locations:^[1]

• Bredbury
• Woodley
• Hyde
• Gee Cross
• Flowery Field
• Newton Wood
• Dukinfield

The history of 330 can trace its origins back to the first generation route 368 and earlier days of municipal bus services. Bus services in the Tameside and Stockport areas were traditionally run by separate entities, with Stockport Corporation and Manchester Corporation being major operators in the 20th century. As these services developed, a bus route similar to today's 368 was established to connect Stockport and Ashton-under-Lyne, two key hubs in Greater Manchester's public transport network.

In 1969, the Greater Manchester Transport (GMT) was formed following the creation of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE), which took control of bus services across the region. During this period, route 368 was consolidated under GMT's operation and became a key route linking Stockport, Hyde, Dukinfield, and Ashton-under-Lyne.

The bus industry in Greater Manchester, like much of the UK, was deregulated in 1986 under the Transport Act 1985.^[2] This led to the privatization of many bus routes, including route 368. Bus services could now be run by private operators in competition with one another.

Following deregulation, the original route 368 was operated by different companies.^[3] By the late 1980s and early 1990s, GM Buses, the successor to Greater Manchester Transport, ran Route 368. As Stagecoach Group purchased GM Buses in 1996, Stagecoach Manchester became the operator of that route.^[4] The original route 368 was modified in the 2000/10s and got renumbered 330.