Manchester → Stoke-on-Trent
Manchester to Stoke-on-Trent by bus
Manchester
Stoke-on-Trent
A direct bus runs from Manchester to Stoke-on-Trent, scheduled from 54 min, with 471 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one vehicle, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 54 min (typically 1 h 08 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 471
- Operators
- FlixBus, National Express
- Stations
- Manchester Airport The Station → Bus Station
- Straight-line distance
- 39 km
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What this is based on
Arrive inStoke-on-Trent →- 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 Stoke-on-Trent; 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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