Greater Manchester bus route 43
| 43 Skyline | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Operator | Stagecoach Manchester | ||
| Garage | Sharston | ||
| Vehicle | Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV | ||
| Night-time | Night Bus 43 | ||
| Route | |||
| Start | Piccadilly Gardens | ||
| Via | Manchester city centre Chorlton-on-Medlock Manchester Royal Infirmary Rusholme Owens Park Fallowfield Withington The Christie West Didsbury Didsbury Northenden Sharston Benchill Wythenshawe Woodhouse Park | ||
| End | Manchester Airport | ||
| Length | 10.3 miles (16.6 km) | ||
| Service | |||
| Frequency | 10 minutes (Mon-Sat daytime) 30 minutes (evenings, Sundays) | ||
| Journey time | 44-72 minutes | ||
| Operates | 24 hours | ||
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Greater Manchester bus route 43 operates in Greater Manchester between Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station and Manchester Airport. It shares the same termini with route 103, but providing a more frequent operation and serving totally different locations of southern part of Manchester comparing to the 103.
History[edit]
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Route 43 is one of many "Skyline" links that connect various places to Manchester Airport.[needs update] Prior to 2007 it ran every 10 minutes during the day, but on 2 September 2007 a night service was introduced, with buses operating every 30 minutes due to popular demand for a night link.[1][2][3]
Current route[edit]
Route 43 serves the busy Wilmslow Road bus corridor, which includes universities and hospitals. It is the only route in Greater Manchester to operate on Christmas Day.[4] It operates via these primary locations:
- Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station
for Piccadilly Gardens tram stop 
and Manchester Piccadilly station 
- Oxford Road station
- University of Manchester
- Rusholme
- Fallowfield
- Withington
- West Didsbury for West Didsbury tram stop
- Northenden
- Benchill for Benchill tram stop
- Crossacres tram stop
- Wythenshawe bus station for Wythenshawe Town Centre tram stop
- Robinswood Road tram stop
- Manchester Airport
for Manchester Airport station
References[edit]
- ↑ Take the night bus This is Cheshire 6 September 2007
- ↑ Greenaway, Graham (10 September 2007). "All-night bus links Manchester Airport to town". Flight Hotel Reservations. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ↑ McGinty, Craig (12 September 2007). "All night bus service to Manchester Airport". Cheapflights. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2010. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Christmas services 22 December 2014 to 2 January 2015 Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Travel for Greater Manchester
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