Manchester → Rochdale
Manchester to Rochdale by bus
Manchester
Rochdale
A direct bus runs from Manchester to Rochdale, scheduled from 46 min, with 687 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one vehicle, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 46 min (typically 55 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 687
- Operators
- Bee Network, National Express
- Stations
- Shudehill Interchange → Rochdale Interchange
- Straight-line distance
- 30 km
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What this is based on
Arrive inRochdale →- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 7 Dec 2027. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Manchester to Rochdale; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): UK BODS (bus/coach, all operators). How Head Your Way works.
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London🚌 Coachdirect · from 5 h 15 min · 10 departures a weekView this connection →Milton Keynes🚌 Coachdirect · from 4 h 05 min · 7 departures a weekView this connection →Manchester🚌 Busdirect · from 50 min · 1,185 departures a weekView this connection →
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