This site is administered by both the Affetside Millennium Green Trust and the Affetside Society
his page contains links and information on various
organisations who provide transport services to the
Village.
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Affetside Bus Timetable (no. 480) Monday to Friday
Affetside Bus Timetable (no. 480) Saturday
Buses
Local Link Taxi Service
The door-to-door 'Local Link' car service has been newly extended to serve Affetside.
The two page leaflet 'Your Local Link - Bury Rural' explains that passengers can phone
Bullitt Cars who currently operate the service by telephoning 0161 763 1655.
Technically you can phone up to an hour before you need the car to arrive or even up to
a week before. It should arrive 10 minutes either side of the requested time and could
be shared with other passengers. It goes anywhere in the mapped area on the leaflet
and to Bury Interchange. Leaflet can be found here. Concessions are those with a senior
citizens bus pass AND children. The price charged, as per the leaflet, is per person.
There have been some teething problems with this service that has just been extended
to Affetside as the drivers get used to the new system. But passengers should know that
under the contract with the GMPTE the cars should arrive 10 minutes either side of the
requested time (passengers should insist on this), and passengers should only pay what
is advertised on the leaflet. It is handy to have a copy of this to show the driver in case
of confusion as the drivers become aware of the newly introduced fare structure.
If a passenger requires a return journey they need to arrange this through Bullitt Cars.
The GMPTE have told us that the passenger should pay the driver on the outward leg
and Bullitt's office should let the return driver know that you have paid the return fare as
per the leaflet to the outward leg driver.
The Local Link service is currently on a 6 month trial to our area on a 'use it or lose it'
basis. We need people to use the service to ensure it is not withdrawn. Given our bus
service is only hourly, stops at tea time and doesn't run on Sundays, this Local Link
Door-to Door car service is a real bonus.
Joanne (Affetside Society Chairman) has to report back to the Greater Manchester
Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) and the Bury Rural Inequalities Forum (BRIF) on
Affetside residents' experiences of using the Local Link. So please email Joanne on (by
clciking here) with your experience .. good, bad or indifferent
Please give it a try....just remember to have the Local Link leaflet handy in case of
queries.