Buses
56 156
From 24 March 2024
Middleton
Rhodes
Heaton Park
Higher Blackley
Bank House
North Manchester General Hospital
Blackley
Collyhurst
Manchester
From 24 March
56
Minor timetable changes to the Monday
to Friday journeys at 0658 and 0815
from Manchester
156
Minor timetable changes to some
Monday to Friday peak period journeys
and most journeys on Saturdays
PO Box 429, Manchester, M1 3BG
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Manchester Shudehill Interchange
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Manchester — North Manchester General Hospital — Higher Blackley circular
56
Mondays to Fridays





































Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0630 0655 0735 0810 0850 0921

1421 1451 1521
1551
1621
1700 1735 1805



Collyhurst, Queens Road
0637 0704 0745 0820 0859 0928 and
1428 1459 1530 1600 1631
1710 1745 1815



North Manchester General Hospital 0646 0715 0757 0832 0909 0937 every 1437 1508 1539 1609 1641 1721
1756 1826



Higher Blackley, Plant Hill Road
0654 0723 0805 0840 0917 0945 30
1445 1516 1547 1617
1650 1730 1805 1834



North Manchester General Hospital 0705 0737 0817 0852 0926 0954 mins 1454 1525 1556 1626 1659 1739 1814 1843



Collyhurst, Queens Road
0717 0751 0831 0906 0938 1006 until
1506 1537 1608 1638 1711
1750 1825 1854



Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0725 0803 0843 0914 0946 1014

1514 1545 1616 1646 1719
1758 1833 1902






















Saturdays





































Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0936 1021

1621
1700 1807












Collyhurst, Queens Road
0943 1028 and
1628 1707 1814












North Manchester General Hospital 0952 1037 every 1637 1716
1823












Higher Blackley, Plant Hill Road
1000 1045 30
1645 1731
1838












North Manchester General Hospital 1009 1054 mins 1654 1740 1846











Collyhurst, Queens Road
1021 1106 until
1706 1752 1858












Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 1029 1114

1714 1800 1906






























Bus 56 does not run on Sundays or public holidays















W– All bus 56 journeys are run using easy access buses. See inside front cover of this leaflet for details










































































Middleton — Higher Blackley — North Manchester General Hospital — Manchester
156
Mondays to Fridays





































Middleton, Bus Station

0603 0627 0648 0712 0742 0842 0919

1419 1449 1519 1550 1623 1658 1728 1808
1902
Rhodes, Gardeners Arms

0607 0631 0654 0718 0751 0851 0924 and
1424 1454 1524 1555 1628 1703 1733 1813

1906
Higher Blackley, Glenbrook Road

0610 0636 0701 0732 0807 0857 0928 every 1428 1458 1528 1559 1632 1707 1737
1817

1910
Bank House, Chapel Lane
0508 0618 0641 0708 0741 0816 0905 0935 30
1435 1506 1536 1607 1640 1715
1745 1824

1916
North Manchester General Hospital 0512 0622 0646 0713 0746 0823 0909 0939 mins 1439 1510 1540 1611
1644 1719
1749 1828 1903 1919
Collyhurst, Queens Road
0522 0631 0657 0728 0803 0839 0921 0951 until
1451 1522 1552 1622 1655 1730 1730 1839 1913 1930
Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0530 0640 0710 0740 0817 0854 0933 0959
1459 1530 1600 1630 1703 1738 1808 1847 1921
1938



















Middleton, Bus Station

2002
2102

2202 2302











Rhodes, Gardeners Arms

2006
2106

2206 2306










Higher Blackley, Glenbrook Road

2010

2110

2210 2310











Bank House, Chapel Lane

2016

2116

2216 2316











North Manchester General Hospital 2003 2019 2103 2119 2203 2219 2319











Collyhurst, Queens Road
2013 2030 2113 2130 2213 2230 2330










Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 2021 2038 2121 2138 2221 2238 2338





























Saturdays





































Middleton, Bus Station


0820
1650 1740 1800
1900
2000
2100

2200 2300

Rhodes, Gardeners Arms


0825 and
1655 1745 1805

1904
2004
2104

2204 2304

Higher Blackley, Glenbrook Road

0802 0829 every 1659 1749 1809
1908
2008
2108

2208 2308

Bank House, Chapel Lane
0708 0808 0836 30
1706 1756 1816

1914

2014

2114

2214 2314


North Manchester General Hospital 0712 0812 0840 mins 1710 1800 1819 1901 1917 2001 2017 2101 2117
2201 2217 2317


Collyhurst, Queens Road
0722 0822 0852 until
1722 1810 1830 1911
1928 2011 2028 2111
2128 2211 2228 2328


Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0730 0830 0900
1730 1818 1838 1919 1936 2019 2036 2119 2136 2219 2236 2336



























































Sundays and public holidays (except Christmas and New Year period)



















Middleton, Bus Station

0802

02


2202










Rhodes, Gardeners Arms

0806

06
mins

2206









Higher Blackley, Glenbrook Road

0810 then

10
past

2210










Bank House, Chapel Lane

0816 at

16
each

2216










North Manchester General Hospital 0803 0819
03
19
hour 2203 2219










Collyhurst, Queens Road
0813 0830
13
30
until
2213 2230









Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0821 0838
21
38

2221 2238





























For details of buses during the Christmas and New Year period, please phone 0161 244 1000
W– All bus 156 journeys are run using easy access buses. See inside front cover of this leaflet for details
























































Contains Ordnance Survey data ©Crown copyright and database right 2010
©0100022610 Transport for Greater Manchester 2023
Transport for Greater Manchester uses reasonable endeavours to check the accuracy of
information published and to publish changes to information in a timely manner. In no
event will Transport for Greater Manchester be liable for any loss that may arise from this
information being inaccurate.
Shudehill Interchange
Exchange Square
Victoria
North
Manchester
General
156
Mill
Brow
Queens
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Queens Road
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Blackley
Collyhurst
Manchester
Plant
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Bank
House
Middleton
Rhodes
Heaton
Park
Arndale
Centre
M60 M60
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15
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56
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56
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Trains to
Ashton-under-Lyne
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Trains to Bolton,
Wigan and Liverpool
Trams to Altrincham
and Manchester Airport
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Blackley
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Trams to Bury
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Key

Bus route

Train line

Tram line

Direction of travel

Bus station/connection point

Train station

Metrolink stop
H Hospital

Terminus
56
Manchester — North Manchester General Hospital — Higher Blackley — Middleton
156
Mondays to Fridays





































Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0535 0650 0715 0755 0833 0903 0936
1406 1436 1506 1536 1606 1640 1720 1750 1825 1855 1925
Collyhurst, Queens Road
0541 0657 0724 0805 0842 0910 0943 and
1413 1444 1515
1545 1616 1650 1730 1800 1834 1902 1931
North Manchester General Hospital 0549 0706 0735 0817 0853 0919 0952 every 1422 1453 1525 1555 1627 1701
1741
1811
1844 1912
1939
Bank House, Chapel Lane
0553 0711 0740 0822 0858 0924 0957 30
1427 1458 1530 1601 1632 1706 1746 1816 1848 1916 1943
Higher Blackley, Glenbrook Road

0717 0746 0828 0904 0930 1003 mins 1433 1504 1538 1607 1638 1712
1752 1822 1854 1922 1949
Rhodes, Gardeners Arms

0722 0751 0833 0909 0935 1008 until
1438 1509 1543 1614 1645 1719
1759 1828 1858 1926 1953
Middleton, Bus Station

0726 0755 0837 0913 0939 1012

1442 1513
1547 1618 1649 1723 1803 1832 1902 1930 1957



















Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 1943 2025 2043 2125 2143 2225 2343










Collyhurst, Queens Road
1949 2031 2049 2131 2149 2231 2349










North Manchester General Hospital 1957 2039 2057 2139 2157 2239 2357











Bank House, Chapel Lane

2043
2143

2243 0001










Higher Blackley, Glenbrook Road

2049
2149

2249 0007










Rhodes, Gardeners Arms

2053
2153

2253 0011











Middleton, Bus Station

2057

2157

2257 0015






























Saturdays





































Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0736 0836 0906 1006
1636 1736 1834 1925 1945 2025 2045 2125 2145 2225 2345
Collyhurst, Queens Road
0742 0842 0913 1013 and
1643 1743 1841 1931
1951 2031 2051 2131 2151 2231 2351

North Manchester General Hospital 0750 0850 0922 1022 every 1652 1752 1850 1939 1959 2039 2059 2139 2159 2239 2359

Bank House, Chapel Lane
0754 0854 0927 1027 30
1657 1757
1854 1943

2043
2143

2243 0003
Higher Blackley, Glenbrook Road
0800 0900 0933 1033 mins 1703 1803 1901 1949
2049
2149

2249 0009
Rhodes, Gardeners Arms
0805 0905 0938 1038 until
1708 1808 1906 1953

2053
2153

2253 0013

Middleton, Bus Station
0809 0909 0942 1042

1712
1812
1912
1957

2057

2157

2257 0017


























































Sundays and public holidays (except Christmas and New Year period)



















Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0725 0825 0843
25
43

2143 2225









Collyhurst, Queens Road
0731 0831 0849
31
49
mins 2149 2231









North Manchester General Hospital 0739 0839 0857 then 39
57
past
2157 2239









Bank House, Chapel Lane
0743 0843
at
43

each

2243








Higher Blackley, Glenbrook Road
0749 0849

49

hour

2249








Rhodes, Gardeners Arms
0753 0853

53

until

2253









Middleton, Bus Station
0757 0857

57



2257




























For details of buses during the Christmas and New Year period, please phone 0161 244 1000
W– All bus 156 journeys are run using easy access buses. See inside front cover of this leaflet for details