Free Bus Guide
Manchester’s Free Buses move through the centre of the city. Buses drive in a loop, which takes about half an hour. Free buses are not often full. Usual passengers are people visiting Manchester, and people with limited mobility. My experience, drivers are very helpful.
General Information
Daily times (roughly),
7am–7pm
Pink ①
7am–11pm
Green ③, Blue ②
10am–5pm
Sundays and Bank Holidays
Buses run at these intervals,
daytime
10 minutes
after 7pm
20 minutes
Sunday
12 minutes
Directions,
through centre
Pink ①
clockwise
Blue ②
anti‐clockwise
Green ③
Sometimes the routes vary. This is hard to understand but not important (only a few stops, or an extra street).
Quick directions
Piccadilly Station to…
Victoria Station
Green ③
Castlefield
Blue ② (stops short, get off at the Great Northern Warehouse)
Middle Deansgate
Pink ① (Blue ② slightly longer)
Victoria Station to…
Piccadilly Station
Blue ②
Castlefield
Green ③
Middle Deansgate
Green ③
Castlefield to…
Great Northern Warehouse (also the Opera House, GMex convention centre, Science and Industry Museum and Beetham Towers/The Hilton)
Piccadilly Station
Green ③
Victoria Station
(walk to the corner of the Great Northern Warehouse) Blue ②
Middle Deansgate
(walk to the corner of the Great Northern Warehouse) Blue ②
Middle Deansgate to…
John Rylands Library (also Forsyth music shop, Spinningfields, Manchester Crown Court and the People’s History Museum),
Piccadilly Station
Pink ①
Victoria Station
Blue ②
Castlefield
Green ③
Notes
Apps
Google Maps, or any other app that displays open transport data, will show Free Bus information.
Free Buses are run by the First Bus company. Their app,