Vantage
Your premium bus service unlike any other
From Sunday 31st May, we've introduced new timetables to help with safe, socially-distanced travel for essential journeys. The timetables can be found here.
Welcome to Vantage - our luxury service linking Leigh/Atherton, Tyldesley, Salford, Manchester City Centre, Oxford Road and Manchester Royal Infirmary with ease.
Find your closest Vantage stop
Introducing Vantage
With the four and a half mile traffic-free guided busway section, bus lanes along the route, and up to eight state-of-the-art buses every hour, getting to where you need to be is even easier.
Travel in style with e-leather seating, free Wi-Fi, “next stop” audio and visual announcements, luxury seats, tables upstairs and USB charging points - all this extra comfort using brand new low-emission hybrid buses.
We will start running early each morning, and we will keep running until late, so you can be sure we have all your journeys covered. Perfect for all types of travel from shift workers to daily commuters.
And with the three new Park and Ride sites, which are free to use, it's perfect if you're not ready to leave the car behind completely!
Route Map

Discover where you can travel to with Vantage We have a full route map, and a more detailed city centre map below.
Stopping places

Connecting your favourite places Vantage buses are limited stop - which means we can get you there much quicker.
Choose your ticket

Travel cash free, Use your phone No need to carry cash.
Contactless payments

No cash? No problem. Secure contactless payments are now available on all of our buses
Free travel for over 65s
A FREE ticket to ride around Greater Manchester Whether you’re dancing, shopping, painting the town red or just going from A to B, you can get there for free with a National Concessionary Travel Pass.
Student tickets
Greater Manchester is a brilliant place to study and the bus is the best way to get around… From early in the morning until around midnight on many services Not just in the city centre - connecting buses run all across Greater Manchester to Rochdale, Oldham, Ashton and Hyde Find all timetables...
Virtual Tour
Take an interactive tour on board our Vantage buses.
Network maps
Greater Manchester bus routes, in order to plan your journey more effectively and in advance.