Metro Shuttle

This is a very good way to get around the city of Manchester it’s free reliable and you can download an app onto your mobile phone as well this morning I got on at Picadilly train station and it took me all the way to spinning fields there are three different bus routes and you can get them at the Picadilly approach

I don’t know how I’d get by without metro shuttle! In fact, I will soon be living in Salford, just 10-​mins walk away from Deansgate, and my heart already aches at the thought that I will no longer have to catch no. 1 that used to take me almost straight to my house.
With buses and trams often running behind their schedule, a metro shuttle is a refreshing and almost always reliable alternative. No. 1 that connects the city centre with Piccadilly train station has recently been running well past 9pm, and since it is free it provides a quick and easy ride across town in the evening.
To give you an idea about the routes, no. 1 runs from Piccadilly Train Station down King St into Deansgate and back to Piccadilly. No. 2 connects Shudehill via Victoria Train Station with Castlefield and Deansgate. And no. 3 runs from Piccadilly Train Station down Portland St into Quay St and Chapel St, before going down Princess St and Whitworth St back to Piccadilly.
In other cities — Liverpool, Leeds, to name a few — they also recently began to operate free city centre buses. They often connect different parts of town, as well as bus stops, metrolink stops, and train stations. You can hop on and off this bus, and the best part is that you don’t pay a penny!

Our kids (aged 3 and 5) have really got into these buses since we ‘discovered’ them just before Christmas (they were a useful diversion: I’d taken the kids to the Museum of Science and Industry on Christmas Eve to give my wife time to get ready for the big day only to find that MoSI was shut on Christmas Eve! Metroshuttle provided excellent substitute entertainment.).
They’re certainly convenient for getting around the City Centre, and of course they are free, which is even better. That said, they’re not speedy: frequent (and sometimes lengthy) stops slow them down. But all in all, an excellent service: thank you, Manchester.

FREE!
City centre bus service, that runs on 3 lines: 1 orange every 5 mins, 2 green every 10 mins and 3 purple every 10 mins (no sunday service), that service most of the NCP car parks and All the train stations linking them up with shops and hotels, Great for tourists, city dwellers, and workers who have to cram a lot into an hour lunchbreak! They run from 7 – 7 Mon-​Sat and 10 – 6 on Sunday. A great way to get across town fast and cheap, especially if you’re wearing heels! There’s lots of stops on each route too.