42B Piccadilly Gardens ↔ Davenport Arms

Operated by Bee Network. First bus 05:34, last bus 21:45. 63 journeys on weekdays.

💷 Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 — check with Bee Network whether this route takes part. Details →

Timetable

Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. For times at your exact stop, open the stop's own page.

towards Davenport Arms · Monday to Friday towards Davenport Arms · Saturday towards Davenport Arms · Sunday towards Piccadilly Gardens · Monday to Friday towards Piccadilly Gardens · Saturday towards Piccadilly Gardens · Sunday
42B towards Davenport Arms — Monday to Friday (30 journeys)
Piccadilly Gardens (Stop J) 06:0006:4407:2508:1108:5409:2409:5410:2410:5411:2411:5412:2412:5413:2413:5414:2414:5415:2415:5416:2416:5417:3417:5418:3719:4519:4520:4520:4521:4521:45
Manchester Royal Infirmary (Stop F) 06:1006:5407:3708:2309:0409:3610:0410:3611:0411:3612:0412:3613:0413:3614:0614:3715:0615:3716:0616:3717:0617:4718:0618:5019:5719:5720:5720:5721:5721:57
The Christie (Stop F) 06:2407:1007:5608:4209:1909:5410:1910:5411:2011:5412:2012:5413:2013:5414:2214:5615:2415:5716:2516:5717:2518:0718:2719:0920:1920:1421:1321:1722:1322:17
Parrs Wood (Stop F) 06:3307:2108:0908:5509:2710:0610:2711:0611:3112:0612:3113:0613:3114:0614:3315:0915:3516:1116:3617:1117:3618:1918:3519:2020:2820:2321:2221:2622:2122:25
Cheadle Post Office (opp) 06:3907:2808:1709:0309:3310:1210:3311:1211:3712:1212:3713:1213:3714:1414:3915:1815:4116:2016:4217:2017:4218:2618:4119:2620:3420:2921:2821:3222:2722:31
Monmouth Road (Stop H) 06:4907:3908:2809:1409:4210:2310:4211:2311:4612:2312:4613:2313:4614:2514:4815:2915:5016:3116:5117:3117:5118:3618:5019:35······
Grove Park (opp) 06:5507:4608:3609:2209:4710:2910:4811:2911:5212:2912:5213:2913:5214:3214:5415:3715:5616:3916:5717:3817:5718:4218:5519:40······
Ack Lane East (adj) 06:59·08:4009:2609:5210:3310:5311:3311:5712:3312:5713:3313:5714:3614:5915:4116:0116:4317:0217:4218:0218:4619:0019:44······
Woodford Garden Village (o/s) 07:04·08:4509:3109:5710:3810:5811:3812:0212:3813:0213:3814:0214:4115:0415:4616:0616:4817:0717:4718:0718:5119:0419:48······
Davenport Arms (opp) 07:06·08:4709:3309:5910:4011:0011:4012:0412:4013:0413:4014:0414:4315:0615:4816:0816:5017:0917:4918:0918:5319:0619:50······

Route map

All stops on route 42B

42B towards Davenport Arms

  1. Piccadilly Gardens (Stop J) Piccadilly Gardens
  2. Charlotte Street (Stop CU) Manchester City Centre
  3. Major Street (Stop SL) Manchester City Centre
  4. Palace Theatre (Stop SY) Manchester City Centre
  5. Oxford Road Station (Stop B) Manchester City Centre
  6. Mancunian Way (nr) Manchester City Centre
  7. Aquatics Centre (o/s) Chorlton upon Medlock
  8. University Shopping Centre (Stop F) Chorlton upon Medlock
  9. University of Manchester (nr) Chorlton upon Medlock
  10. Manchester Royal Infirmary (Stop F) Manchester Royal Infirmary
  11. St Mary's (Stop R) Manchester Royal Infirmary
  12. Daisy Bank Road (nr) Rusholme
  13. Hathersage Road (Stop P) Manchester Royal Infirmary
  14. Denison Road (opp) Rusholme
  15. Upper Kent Road (Stop A) Rusholme
  16. Birch Polygon (nr) Rusholme
  17. Birchfields Road (Stop C) Rusholme
  18. Wilmslow Road (Stop C) Rusholme
  19. St Mary's (Stop U) Manchester Royal Infirmary
  20. Dagenham Road (Stop H) Rusholme
  21. Grandale Street (Stop F) Rusholme
  22. Dickenson Road (Stop E) Rusholme
  23. Platt Fields Park (Stop A) Rusholme
  24. Grangethorpe Road (opp) Owens Park
  25. Old Hall Lane (nr) Owens Park
  26. Furness Road (Stop B) Owens Park
  27. Friendship Inn (Stop F) Fallowfield
  28. Granville Road (opp) Fallowfield
  29. Derby Road (Stop C) Fallowfield
  30. Withington Library (Stop E) Withington
  31. Withington St Paul's (Stop D) Withington
  32. The Christie (Stop F) The Christie
  33. Oak Road (opp) Withington
  34. Westholme Road (nr) Withington
  35. Lapwing Lane (opp) Didsbury
  36. Didsbury Library (Stop B) Didsbury
  37. Belfield Road (nr) Didsbury
  38. Didsbury Village (Stop E) Didsbury
  39. Grange Lane (Stop D) Didsbury
  40. Beaver Road Junior School (opp) Didsbury
  41. Fletcher Moss (opp) Didsbury
  42. East Didsbury Station (Stop J) East Didsbury
  43. Didsbury Cricket Club (Stop N) East Didsbury
  44. Parrs Wood (Stop F) East Didsbury
  45. Moor Park Road (opp) East Didsbury
  46. Cheadle Old Station (opp) Cheadle
  47. Alexandra Hospital (opp) Cheadle
  48. George & Dragon (Stop E) Cheadle
  49. Mary Street (Stop C) Cheadle
  50. Cheadle Post Office (opp) Cheadle
  51. Depleach Road (nr) Cheadle
  52. Broadway (by) Cheadle
  53. Schools Hill (opp) Cheadle
  54. The Spinney (nr) Cheadle
  55. Cheadle & Marple College (opp) Cheadle
  56. The Kenilworth (opp) Cheadle Hulme
  57. Cheadle Road (nr) Cheadle Hulme
  58. Warren Road (Stop D) Cheadle Hulme
  59. Cheadle Hulme Station (Stop F) Cheadle Hulme
  60. Monmouth Road (Stop H) Cheadle Hulme
  61. Lindsay Avenue (nr) Cheadle Hulme
  62. Manor Road (nr) Cheadle Hulme
  63. Swann Lane (opp) Cheadle Hulme
  64. Church Inn (nr) Cheadle Hulme
  65. Church Road (nr) Smithy Green
  66. Pingate Lane (nr) Gillbent
  67. Newlands Avenue (opp) Smithy Green
  68. Grove Park (opp) Gillbent
  69. Grove Park (nr) Gillbent
  70. Copperfield Road (nr) Gillbent
  71. Yew Tree Park Road (nr) Gillbent
  72. Furness Road (nr) Bramhall
  73. Acre Lane (adj) Bramhall
  74. Athol Road (opp) Bramhall
  75. Meadway (nr) Bramhall
  76. Ack Lane East (adj) Bramhall
  77. Queensgate (nr) Bramhall
  78. Woodford Road (S-bound) Bramhall
  79. Jenny Lane (opp) Woodford
  80. Chester Road (adj) Woodford
  81. Woodford Road (opp) Woodford
  82. Woodford Garden Village (o/s) Woodford
  83. Moor Lane (opp) Woodford
  84. The Old School House (opp) Woodford
  85. Davenport Arms (opp) Woodford

42B towards Piccadilly Gardens

  1. Davenport Arms (nr) Woodford
  2. The Old School House (o/s) Woodford
  3. Moor Lane (nr) Woodford
  4. Woodford Garden Village (opp) Woodford
  5. Woodford Road (nr) Woodford
  6. Jenny Lane (nr) Woodford
  7. Chester Road (nr) Woodford
  8. Queensgate (opp) Bramhall
  9. Meadway (opp) Bramhall
  10. Athol Road (nr) Bramhall
  11. Ack Lane East (nr) Bramhall
  12. Yew Tree Park Road (opp) Gillbent
  13. Furness Road (opp) Bramhall
  14. Acre Lane (nr) Bramhall
  15. Copperfield Road (at) Gillbent
  16. Grove Park (o/s) Gillbent
  17. Stanley Road (nr) Gillbent
  18. Pingate Lane (opp) Gillbent
  19. Newlands Avenue (nr) Smithy Green
  20. Woods Lane (opp) Smithy Green
  21. Swann Lane (nr) Cheadle Hulme
  22. Church Inn (o/s) Cheadle Hulme
  23. Lindsay Road (opp) Cheadle Hulme
  24. Monmouth Road (Stop G) Cheadle Hulme
  25. Station Road (Stop C) Cheadle Hulme
  26. Cheadle Hulme Station (Stop E) Cheadle Hulme
  27. The Kenilworth (nr) Cheadle Hulme
  28. Thornfield Grove (nr) Cheadle Hulme
  29. Cheadle & Marple College (at) Cheadle
  30. Valley Road (nr) Cheadle
  31. Schools Hill (nr) Cheadle
  32. Grange Park Road (opp) Cheadle
  33. Cheadle Post Office (nr) Cheadle
  34. Mary Street (Stop B) Cheadle
  35. Alexandra Hospital (o/s) Cheadle
  36. Cheadle Old Station (o/s) Cheadle
  37. Moor Park Road (nr) East Didsbury
  38. Parrs Wood (Stop H) East Didsbury
  39. Didsbury Cricket Club (Stop M) East Didsbury
  40. Fletcher Moss (o/s) Didsbury
  41. Beaver Road Junior School (o/s) Didsbury
  42. Grange Lane (opp) Didsbury
  43. Didsbury Village (Stop C) Didsbury
  44. Didsbury Library (Stop A) Didsbury
  45. Belfield Road (opp) Didsbury
  46. Westholme Road (opp) Withington
  47. Lapwing Lane (nr) Didsbury
  48. Oak Road (nr) Withington
  49. The Christie (Stop E) The Christie
  50. Withington St Paul's (Stop C) Withington
  51. Withington Library (Stop B) Withington
  52. Derby Road (opp) Fallowfield
  53. Granville Road (nr) Fallowfield
  54. Friendship Inn (Stop E) Fallowfield
  55. Cawdor Road (nr) Owens Park
  56. Langley Road (nr) Owens Park
  57. Grangethorpe Road (nr) Owens Park
  58. Platt Lane (Stop B) Rusholme
  59. Grandale Street (Stop G) Rusholme
  60. Dagenham Road (Stop K) Rusholme
  61. Heald Place (opp) Moss Side
  62. Holford Avenue (nr) Moss Side
  63. Copper Place (nr) Moss Side
  64. Parkside Road (nr) Moss Side
  65. Hart Road (opp) Moss Side
  66. Claremont Road (nr) Moss Side
  67. Beveridge Street (opp) Moss Side
  68. Great Western Street (nr) Moss Side
  69. Lloyd Street North (nr) Moss Side
  70. Playfair Street (opp) Moss Side
  71. St Mary's (Stop B) Manchester Royal Infirmary
  72. Whitworth Park (o/s) Rusholme
  73. Manchester Royal Infirmary (Stop D) Manchester Royal Infirmary
  74. University of Manchester (at) Chorlton upon Medlock
  75. University Shopping Centre (Stop C) Chorlton upon Medlock
  76. Manchester Metropolitan University (nr) Chorlton upon Medlock
  77. Chester Street (Stop C) Manchester City Centre
  78. Dickinson Street (Stop SO) Manchester City Centre
  79. Dickinson Street (nr) Manchester City Centre
  80. Charlotte Street (Stop CK) Manchester City Centre
  81. Piccadilly Gardens (Arrivals) Piccadilly Gardens

Towns & areas on this route

Manchester City CentreDidsburyBramhallCheadle HulmeFallowfieldCheadleMoss SideWithingtonChorlton upon MedlockEast DidsburyRusholmePiccadilly Gardens

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 42B bus?

The first 42B departure on weekdays leaves at 05:34 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 42B bus?

The last 42B on weekdays leaves its first stop at 21:45. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 42B bus cost?

Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026 (then £2 from 1 January 2027). Bee Network day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 42B bus?

The 42B is operated by Bee Network.

Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.