Bus
Operated by
Stagecoach
42
From 17 March 2024
Stockport
Heaton Mersey
East Didsbury
Didsbury
Withington
Fallowfield
Rusholme
University of Manchester
Manchester
From 17 March
42
Route changed in Stockport town centre
to serve the new Stockport Interchange.
Minor timetable changes.
PO Box 429, Manchester, M1 3BG
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0753 is 53 minutes past 7am
1953 is 53 minutes past 7pm
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Operator details
Stagecoach
Head Office
Hyde Road
Ardwick
Manchester
M12 6JS
Telephone 0345 241 8000
Email manchester.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com
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Travelshops
Stockport Interchange
Mon to Fri 7am to 5.30pm
Saturday 8am to 5.30pm
Sunday* Closed
Manchester Shudehill Interchange
Mon to Sat 7am to 6pm
Sunday 8am to 1.15pm and 2pm to 4pm
Public hols 8am to 5.20pm
*Including public holidays
Stockport — Didsbury — Rusholme — Manchester

42
Mondays to Fridays

Stockport Interchange




0608
0654 0721 0749 0814 0843 0913 0948
1418 1450 1526 1556 1619
Didsbury Road/Mauldeth Road




0614
0701 0731 0759 0824 0851 0921 0954 and
1424 1456 1532 1604 1627
East Didsbury, Parrs Wood
0445 0518 0538 0613









every



East Didsbury, Millgate Lane





0654






30




Didsbury, School Lane
0449 0522 0542 0617 0625 0659 0712 0744 0813 0838 0904 0934 1004 mins 1434 1506 1542 1620 1643
Rusholme, Platt Lane
0501 0534 0554 0631 0640 0714 0727 0800 0829 0854 0920 0950 1020 until
1450 1522 1558 1636 1659
Manchester Royal Infirmary
0505 0538 0558 0635 0644 0718 0732 0805 0834 0859 0925 0955 1025

1455 1527 1603 1641 1704
Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens
0515 0548 0608 0648 0658 0732 0746 0820 0850 0916 0941 1008 1038

1508 1540 1616 1654 1717



















Stockport Interchange
1650 1720 1750 1821
1901 1933 1958 2027 and
2327








Didsbury Road/Mauldeth Road
1700 1728 1758 1827 1907 1939 2004 2033 every 2333








Didsbury, School Lane
1716
1744 1814 1843 1917
1947 2012 2041 30
2341








Rusholme, Platt Lane
1732 1800 1830 1859 1933 2003 2028 2057 mins 2357








Manchester Royal Infirmary
1737
1805 1835 1904 1938 2008 2033 2102 until 0002







Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens
1750 1816 1846 1915 1949 2019 2044 2113

0013










Saturdays

Stockport Interchange








0728
0813 0843 0913 0943 1018

1448 1520 1552
Didsbury Road/Mauldeth Road








0734
0819 0849 0919 0949 1024 and
1454 1526 1600
East Didsbury, Parrs Wood
0447 0510 0540 0600 0620 0640


0754




every

East Didsbury, Millgate Lane






0700 0720






30


Didsbury, School Lane
0451 0514 0544 0604 0624 0644 0704 0724 0744 0759 0829 0859 0929 0959 1034 mins 1504 1536 1610
Rusholme, Platt Lane
0503 0526 0556 0616 0637 0658 0718 0738 0800 0815 0845 0915 0945 1015 1050 until
1520 1552 1626
Manchester Royal Infirmary
0507 0530 0600 0620 0642 0703 0723 0743 0805 0820 0850 0920 0950 1020 1055

1525 1557 1631
Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens
0517 0540 0610 0632 0654 0716 0736 0756 0818 0833 0903 0933 1003 1033 1108

1538 1610 1644


W– All bus 42 journeys are run using easy access buses. See inside front cover of this leaflet for details
Summer times: between mid July and early September, some timetables will be different. Check beenetwork.com for details


Continues after route plan
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Old Hall Lane
College
of Music
Manchester
Metropolitan
University
University
of Manchester
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Royal Eye Hospital
St Mary's and Royal Manchester
Childrens Hospital
Whitworth
Park
Platt
Fields
Park
Owens
Park
Friendship
Inn
Library
The Christie
Fog Lane
Park
Parrs
Wood
Pyramid
M60

M
60
Manchester
Fallowfield
Withington
Didsbury
Heaton Mersey
East Didsbury
Trains to
Manchester
Trains to
Manchester
Airport
Travis
Brow
Trams to
Manchester
Stockport
Trains to
Manchester
Trains to
Cheadle Hulme,
Wilmslow and
Altrincham
Boo
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Boo
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Rusholme
Hathersage
Road
Upper Brook
Street
Anson
Road
Plat
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Journeys towards
Manchester only
Journeys towards
Stockport only
W
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Road
Moss Lane East
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Dicken
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Moseley Road
Wilbraham Road
Egerton Road
Mauldeth Road
Mauldeth Road West
W
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Ro
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Pa
la
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Ro
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Bur
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Road
W
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R
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Fog Lane
Lapwing Lane
School
Lane
Barlow Moor Road
Parrs
Wood
Road
Tesco
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Bu
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La
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Station Road
Didsbury Road
M
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R
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B
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Didsbury Road
Trains to
Cheadle Hulme,
Wilmslow and
Altrincham
Heaton
Lane
Astley
Street
East Didsbury
Didsbury
East Didsbury
Stockport
42
42
Key

Bus route

Friday and Saturday nights

from 2000 until 0100

Train line

Tram line

Direction of travel

Bus station/connection point

Train station

Metrolink stop
H Hospital

Terminus
Market Street
Piccadilly Gardens
Oxford Road
St Peter’s Square
42
Princess Street
Po
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tre
et

Palace
Theatre
Cha
rles
Stre
et
Trains to
Bolton, Wigan
and Liverpool
Trams to
Altrincham,
East Didsbury
and Eccles
Trains to
Piccadilly
train station
Trams to Piccadilly
train station and
Ashton-under-Lyne
Trams to Bury
Trams to Oldham
and Rochdale
Wh
itw
orth
Stre
et
Oxford Street
Oxford Road
Route in Manchester city centre
42
Stockport — Didsbury — Rusholme — Manchester

42
Saturdays (continued)

Stockport Interchange
1620 1659 1731
1801 1829 1903 1927 1947 2027 2057 and
2327






Didsbury Road/Mauldeth Road
1628 1707 1739 1809 1837 1909 1933 1953 2033 2103 every 2333






Didsbury, School Lane
1639 1718
1750 1820 1848 1919 1941 2001 2041 2111
30
2341






Rusholme, Platt Lane
1655 1734 1806 1836 1904 1935 1957 2017 2057 2127 mins 2357






Manchester Royal Infirmary
1700 1739 1811
1841 1909 1940 2002 2022 2102 2132 until 0002





Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens
1713
1752 1823 1852 1920 1951 2013 2033 2113 2143

0013








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

0616 0651 0721

1821
1923 1953

2253








Didsbury Road/Mauldeth Road

0622 0657 0727 and
1827 1929 1959 and
2259








East Didsbury, Parrs Wood
0541



every


every
Didsbury, School Lane
0545 0632 0707 0737 hour
1837 1937 2007 30
2307








Rusholme, Platt Lane
0557 0648 0723 0753 until
1853 1953 2023 mins 2323








Manchester Royal Infirmary
0602 0653 0728 0758
1858 1958 2028 until
2328








Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens
0611 0704 0739 0809
1909 2009 2039
2339










For details of buses during the Christmas and New Year period, please phone 0161 244 1000
W– All bus 42 journeys are run using easy access buses. See inside front cover of this leaflet for details
Manchester — Rusholme — Didsbury — Stockport

42
Mondays to Fridays

Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens
0530 0550 0629 0655 0715 0750 0834 0844 0914
1414 1444 1514 1544 1614 1650 1738 1814 1826
Manchester Royal Infirmary
0541 0601 0642 0709 0729 0804 0848 0858 0928 and
1428 1458 1529 1559 1629 1705 1753 1829 1840
The Christie Hospital
0556 0616 0659 0726 0746 0821 0905 0915 0943 every 1443 1517
1552 1622 1652 1728 1816 1848 1857
East Didsbury, Metrolink Stop

0626 0708 0737 0757 0832 0914
0954 30
1454 1527 1602 1634 1704 1740 1826

1906
East Didsbury, Parrs Wood
0604





0924
mins







1857
Didsbury Road/Mauldeth Road

0631 0713 0742 0802 0837 0919

0959 until
1459 1530 1611
1643 1713
1749 1831

1911
Stockport Interchange

0639 0725 0754 0814 0849 0929
1006
1506 1541 1622 1654 1724 1800 1839

1918



















Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens
1850 1902 1914 1924 1934 2000 2030
2330








Manchester Royal Infirmary
1902 1913 1925 1935 1945 2011 2041 and
2341









The Christie Hospital
1919 1928 1940 1950 2000 2026 2056 every 2356








East Didsbury, Metrolink Stop

1936


2008 2034 2104 30
0004








East Didsbury, Parrs Wood
1928

1949 1959



mins










Didsbury Road/Mauldeth Road

1941


2013 2039 2109 until 0009








Stockport Interchange

1948

2020 2046 2116

0016










Saturdays

Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens
0629 0709 0739 0809 0844
1414 1444 1514 1544 1614 1644 1714 1744 1814 1845 1900 1915 1930
Manchester Royal Infirmary
0639 0722 0752 0822 0857 and
1427 1457 1528 1558 1628 1658 1728 1758 1827 1859 1912
1925 1940
The Christie Hospital
0654 0737 0807 0837 0912 every 1442 1514 1548 1619 1649 1719
1749 1819 1846 1916 1928 1940 1955
East Didsbury, Metrolink Stop
0705 0748 0818 0848 0923 30
1453 1524 1559 1630 1700 1730 1800 1830 1856 1926

1949
East Didsbury, Parrs Wood





mins










1938

2005
Didsbury Road/Mauldeth Road
0710 0753 0823 0853 0928 until
1458 1529 1606 1639 1709 1739 1809 1835 1901 1931

1954
Stockport Interchange
0717 0800 0830 0900 0935
1505 1536 1613 1646 1716
1746 1816 1842 1908 1938

2001


W– All bus 42 journeys are run using easy access buses. See inside front cover of this leaflet for details


Summer times: between mid July and early September, some timetables will be different. Check beenetwork.com for details
Manchester — Rusholme — Didsbury — Stockport

42
Saturdays (continued)

Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens
2000 2030 and
2330
Manchester Royal Infirmary
2010 2040 every 2340
The Christie Hospital
2025 2055 30
2355
East Didsbury, Metrolink Stop
2034 2104 mins 0004
Didsbury Road/Mauldeth Road
2039 2109 until 0009
Stockport Interchange
2046 2116

0016


Sundays and public holidays (except Christmas and New Year period)
Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens
0724 0824 0924 1024 1124

1824 1854 and
2324
Manchester Royal Infirmary
0734 0834 0934 1034 1136 and
1836 1904 every 2334
The Christie Hospital
0749 0849 0950 1050 1152 every 1852 1919 30
2349
East Didsbury, Metrolink Stop
0758 0858 1000 1100 1202 hour
1902 1928 mins 2358
Didsbury Road/Mauldeth Road
0803 0903 1005 1105 1207 until
1907 1933 until 0003
Stockport Interchange
0810 0910 1012 1112
1214

1914 1940
0010


For details of buses during the Christmas and New Year period, please phone 0161 244 1000
W– All bus 42 journeys are run using easy access buses. See inside front cover of this leaflet for details