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W O R K
How do bus timetables help
S H E E T
when planning a journey?
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Diagram A
Using public transport in Greater
24 hour clock to tell travellers when the
Uppermill - Mossley - Ashton
353
Manchester, you need to know how the
bus is leaving and arriving at particular
Mondays to Friday
transport system works. Staff in the
named stops. Look at Diagram A, it
Uppermill, Commercial Hotel
0930
1040 1150
1330
1440
1755
Travelshop at your town’s bus station can
gives an example timetable for the 353
Grasscroft Stores
0935
1045 1155
1335
1445
1800
give you all the information you need to
bus service running between rural
Mossley, Brookbottom
0940
1050 1200
1340
1450
1806
Waterton Lane Estate
0945
1055 1205
1345
1455
plan your journey. Bus timetables are
Uppermill, in Oldham and Ashton a
Mossley, Rail Station
0949
1059 1209
1349
1459
1809
produced for all bus services. In total,
nearby town. Bus services are subject to
Heyrod, Grapes Hotel
0954
1104 1214
1354
1504
1812
approximately 3 million individual
change. Information is available on the
Ashton, Bus Station
1005
1115 1225
1405
1515
1823
timetable leaflets are produced by
telephone information line, the GMPTE
Saturdays
GMPTE in a year. Bus timetables use the
web site and on Teletext.
Uppermill, Commercial Hotel
0942
1042 1142
1242
1342
1442 1542 1755
Grasscroft Stores
0947
1047 1147
1247
1347
1447 1547 1800
1. What time does the first bus leave Mossley, Rail Station on a Tuesday?
Mossley, Brookbottom
0953
1053 1153
1253
1353
1453 1547 1806
2. What time will it arrive in Ashton?
Mossley, Rail Station
0956
1056 1156
1256
1356
1456 1556 1809
Heyrod, Grapes Hotel
0959
1059 1159
1259
1359
1459 1559 1812
3. How many minutes should this journey take?
Ashton, Bus Station
1010
1110 1210
1310
1410
1510 1610 1823
4. If you lived in Uppermill and were meeting a friend in Ashton bus station
Sundays
at 12.30pm on Saturday, what time would your latest bus leave?
Journey times on timetables are
displayed on a 24 Hour Clock. Here
5. Why is it easier to catch a bus between 9.00am and 6.00pm?
are a few examples to help you.
Uppermill, Commercial Hotel
1155
1355 1555
1755
6. Why is there a limited evening and Sunday service?
Grasscroft Stores
1200
1400 1600
1800
12.30am
-
00.30
Mossley, Brookbottom
1206
1406 1606
1806
7. Why are there more services on a Saturday?
12 midnight -
00.00
Mossley, Rail Station
1209
1409 1609
1809
8.00am
-
08.00
8. Universal Buses and First Pennine operate this service but what help do
Heyrod, Grapes Hotel
1212
1412 1612
1812
4.00pm
-
16.00
they need from GMPTA and why do they need this help?
11.45pm
-
23.45
Ashton, Bus Station
1223
1423 1623
1823
9. What is the telephone number of GMPTE’s local bus and rail information
Service 353 is operated by Universal Buses and First Pennine with the
line? You will find it on any timetable or in your telephone directory.
financial support of Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority
• - Operates via Stockport Road not Carhill Road
10.Access GMPTE’s journey planning service on their web site. The address is

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