Greater Manchester bus route 41
| 41 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Overview | |
| Operator |
First Greater Manchester Go Goodwins |
| Vehicle |
Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Gemini |
| Route | |
| Start | Eccles Interchange |
| Via |
Salford Manchester city centre University of Manchester Rusholme Fallowfield Withington West Didsbury Northenden |
| End | Sale station / Altrincham Interchange |
| Service | |
| Frequency |
Eccles-Manchester: 20 minutes Manchester-West Didsbury: 10 minutes West Didsbury-Sale: 10 minutes |
| Operates | 05:00-00:00 |
Greater Manchester bus route 41 operates in Greater Manchester between Eccles Interchange and Sale station via Manchester city centre. Some evening journeys are extended to Altrincham Interchange. All journeys are operated by First Greater Manchester except for one school days only service between Withington and Sale Grammar School that is operated by Go Goodwins.[1]
Route 41 runs between Manchester Piccadilly bus station and Altrincham Interchange at evenings after route X41 finishes. These departures are subsidised by the Transport for Greater Manchester.[2]
History
Route 41 was previously operated by Finglands Coachways and Stagecoach Manchester between Manchester Piccadilly bus station and Sale station. Following the sale of the Finglands business to First Greater Manchester on 9 February 2014,[3][4][5] route 41 was extended to become a cross city service from Eccles Interchange under the Cross Connect banner on 1 September 2014.[6][7]
Current route
Route 41 serves the busy Wilmslow Road bus corridor, which includes universities and hospitals operating via these primary locations:
- Eccles Interchange
for Eccles railway station 
- Weaste tram stop
- Langworthy tram stop
- Pendleton bus station
- Salford Shopping Centre
- University of Salford for Salford Crescent station
- Salford
- Salford Central station
- St Peter's Square tram stop
- Manchester Piccadilly bus station for Piccadilly Gardens tram stop & Manchester Piccadilly station
- Oxford Road station
- University of Manchester
- Rusholme
- Fallowfield
- Withington
- West Didsbury for West Didsbury tram stop
- Northenden
- Northern Moor for Northern Moor tram stop
- Sale Grammar School (one service on school days only)
- Sale tram stop
- Broadheath (evenings only)
- Altrincham Interchange for Altrincham tram stop & Altrincham station (evenings only)
References
- ↑ Route 41 timetable Transport for Greater Manchester
- ↑ Route X41 timetable Transport for Greater Manchester
- ↑ End of the road for Finglands as takeover deal reached Manchester Evening News 27 January 2014
- ↑ First given OFT approval to acquire Finglands bus operations in Manchester FirstGroup 28 January 2014
- ↑ First take over Finglands bus services Transport for Greater Manchester 7 February 2014
- ↑ First announce next cross-city route First Greater Manchester 24 July 2014
- ↑ Cross Connect First Greater Manchester