Ring and Ride - Bury

About us

GMATL (Greater Manchester Accessible Transport Limited) is a charitable company formed to co-ordinate and manage Ring & Ride services in Greater Manchester.

The company is regulated by a charitable trust which receives its income from Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority.

Ring and Ride 

Ring & Ride provides a door-to-door accessible minibus service for people of all ages who find it difficult to use ordinary public transport.

For example, you may have:

• difficulties getting to and from main public transport routes and services;
• difficulties getting on and off buses, trains and trams;
• a fear or phobia of using ordinary public transport; or
• a short term illness or broken limb.

If you are responsible for young children, they are welcome to join you on your journey.

Ring & Ride operates throughout the ten local authority districts of Greater Manchester and you should register and book your journeys through your local depot.

To decide which depot covers the area you live in, click the links below:

• Bolton
• Bury
• Rochdale
• Salford
• Stockport
• Tameside
• Trafford
• Manchester
• Oldham
• Wigan

Before you use Ring & Ride you must register.

Where Ring & Ride can take you

Ring & Ride is designed to make short, local journeys, helping you to:

• do your shopping;
• travel to work, school or further education college;
• attend health appointments, including visits to hospitals and medical centres;
• take part in social and leisure activities; and
• visit places of worship.

Each depot also provides a programme of special day trips and evenings out to:
local markets;

• garden centres;
• pubs and clubs;
• out of town shopping centres;
• the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District, Southport; and
• Christmas shopping trips.

Your local depot can give you details of the special trips they have planned for the year.

Travel Support

Do you find it difficult to use ordinary public transport?

We can provide Travel Support Aid to people (individuals or groups) who are unable to make journeys by any means including public transport, Ring & Ride or help from public services' departments.

We can pay for local journeys to be made by taxi, private hire or community transport if:
you can demonstrate that your inability to travel is due to a form of social exclusion for example you may live in an area where there are no regular services; or there may be other reasons preventing you from using the services that do run, such as cost and accessibility.

For each journey, you will have to pay the same fare as the current Ring & Ride fare.

For more information:

Phone: 0161 244 1504 between 10am and 2.30pm

Fax: 0161 244 1312

Email: cmu@ringandride.info

Write:

GMATL, 20th Floor, Portland Tower, Portland Street, Manchester, M1 3LD