{"id":17059,"date":"2026-10-01T18:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/bus-route-70-manchester"},"modified":"2026-10-01T18:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:37:37","slug":"bus-route-70-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-70-manchester","title":{"rendered":"Bus route 70 in Manchester: Eccles Interchange \u2194 Salford Shopping Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bus route 70 in Manchester links \u201cEccles Interchange\u201d and \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/how-to-pay-for-public-transport-manchester#routes\">All routes in Manchester \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac776dfa95b3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac776dfa95b3\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-70-manchester\/#Where_bus_70_goes\" >Where bus 70 goes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-70-manchester\/#Where_to_change\" >Where to change<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-70-manchester\/#Passes_and_concessions\" >Passes and concessions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-70-manchester\/#Questions_and_answers\" >Questions and answers<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-70-manchester\/#Where_can_I_change_from_bus_70_to_another_bus_route\" >Where can I change from bus 70 to another bus route?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-70-manchester\/#How_many_stops_does_bus_70_have\" >How many stops does bus 70 have?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_bus_70_goes\"><\/span>Where bus 70 goes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.imanchester.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2026\/10\/top-transport_pilotx-manchester-bus-70-en-v1-map.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.imanchester.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2026\/10\/top-transport_pilotx-manchester-bus-70-en-v1-map.jpg\" alt=\"Bus route 70 in Manchester on the map: the route both ways\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Towards \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d: 20 stops. After \u201cEccles Interchange\u201d, the bus calls at \u201cEccles New Road\u201d, \u201cBindloss Avenue\u201d, \u201cVictoria Crescent\u201d, \u201cClarendon Crescent\u201d, \u201cExeter Avenue\u201d, \u201cSomerset Road\u201d, \u201cVictoria Road\u201d, \u201cOdessa Avenue\u201d, \u201cLight Oaks School\u201d, \u201cEccles Old Road\u201d. Before \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d: \u201cWeaste Lane\u201d, \u201cSt Luke&#8217;s Primary School\u201d, \u201cGore Crescent\u201d, \u201cKingsford Street\u201d, \u201cDerby Road\u201d, \u201cSeedley Park\u201d, \u201cLangworthy Road\u201d, \u201cTesco Salford\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On the way back the bus takes a different route, from \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d to \u201cEccles Interchange\u201d (21 stops). Only in this direction does it call at \u201cFitzwarren Street\u201d, \u201cCholmondley Road\u201d, \u201cHayfield Road\u201d, \u201cLancaster Road\u201d, \u201cPark Road\u201d, \u201cNarbonne Avenue\u201d, \u201cChatsworth Road\u201d and \u201cElm Bank\u201d. Only in the direction of \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d does it call at, among others, \u201cVictoria Crescent\u201d, \u201cClarendon Crescent\u201d, \u201cExeter Avenue\u201d, \u201cOdessa Avenue\u201d, \u201cLight Oaks School\u201d and \u201cSeedley Park\u201d. For the way back, board nearby: \u201cVictoria Crescent\u201d \u2192 \u201cElm Bank\u201d (200 m), \u201cClarendon Crescent\u201d \u2192 \u201cChatsworth Road\u201d (50 m), \u201cExeter Avenue\u201d \u2192 \u201cNarbonne Avenue\u201d (150 m) and \u201cOdessa Avenue\u201d \u2192 \u201cLancaster Road\u201d (50 m). Towards \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d, board nearby: \u201cFitzwarren Street\u201d \u2192 \u201cLangworthy Road\u201d (50 m), \u201cCholmondley Road\u201d \u2192 \u201cEccles Old Road\u201d (200 m), \u201cHayfield Road\u201d \u2192 \u201cLight Oaks School\u201d (150 m) and \u201cLancaster Road\u201d \u2192 \u201cOdessa Avenue\u201d (50 m).<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_to_change\"><\/span>Where to change<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Route 70 has no long section shared with other bus routes, so over a longer distance no other route can stand in for it.<\/p>\n<p>Connections by stop, in route order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cEccles Interchange\u201d: buses 33, 52 and 66<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEccles New Road\u201d: buses 33 and 52<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBindloss Avenue\u201d: bus 52<\/li>\n<li>\u201cVictoria Crescent\u201d (only towards \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d): bus 52<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOdessa Avenue\u201d (only towards \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d): bus 29<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLight Oaks School\u201d (only towards \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d): bus 29<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEccles Old Road\u201d: bus 52<\/li>\n<li>Stops from \u201cSt Luke&#8217;s Primary School\u201d to \u201cKingsford Street\u201d: bus 52<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSeedley Park\u201d (only towards \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d): bus 52<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLangworthy Road\u201d (only towards \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d): bus 52<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTesco Salford\u201d: buses 50, 52, 53, 79 and 95<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d: buses 50, 52, 53, 79 and 95<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFitzwarren Street\u201d (only towards \u201cEccles Interchange\u201d): bus 52<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHayfield Road\u201d (only towards \u201cEccles Interchange\u201d): bus 29<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLancaster Road\u201d (only towards \u201cEccles Interchange\u201d): bus 29<\/li>\n<li>\u201cElm Bank\u201d (only towards \u201cEccles Interchange\u201d): bus 52<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pages for these routes: <a href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-29-manchester\">bus 29<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-33-manchester\">bus 33<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-50-manchester\">bus 50<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-52-manchester\">bus 52<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-53-manchester\">bus 53<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-66-manchester\">bus 66<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-79-manchester\">bus 79<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/bus-route-95-manchester\">bus 95<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Passes_and_concessions\"><\/span>Passes and concessions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Which passes are available and who travels free is explained on a separate page: <a href=\"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/how-to-pay-for-public-transport-manchester\">how to pay for public transport in Manchester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_and_answers\"><\/span>Questions and answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_can_I_change_from_bus_70_to_another_bus_route\"><\/span>Where can I change from bus 70 to another bus route?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Most routes stop at \u201cTesco Salford\u201d and \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d (50, 52, 53, 79 and 95). All other stops with connections are listed above.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_stops_does_bus_70_have\"><\/span>How many stops does bus 70 have?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>20 towards \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d and 21 towards \u201cEccles Interchange\u201d, counting the stops at each end.<\/p>\n<p><em>Checked on 1 October 2026. Source of the route and stops: Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bus route 70 in Manchester links \u201cEccles Interchange\u201d and \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d. All routes in Manchester \u2192 Where bus 70 goes Towards \u201cSalford Shopping Centre\u201d: 20 stops. After \u201cEccles Interchange\u201d, the bus calls at \u201cEccles New Road\u201d, \u201cBindloss Avenue\u201d, \u201cVictoria Crescent\u201d, \u201cClarendon Crescent\u201d, \u201cExeter Avenue\u201d, \u201cSomerset Road\u201d, \u201cVictoria Road\u201d, \u201cOdessa Avenue\u201d, \u201cLight Oaks School\u201d, \u201cEccles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":658,"featured_media":17060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7161],"tags":[],"moimportance":[],"motype":[],"moformat":[],"class_list":["post-17059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-im-a-passenger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17059"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18265,"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17059\/revisions\/18265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17059"},{"taxonomy":"moimportance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moimportance?post=17059"},{"taxonomy":"motype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motype?post=17059"},{"taxonomy":"moformat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imanchester.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moformat?post=17059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}