Stockport bus changes: 377 from 1 Sep, 192 night bus

Four Stockport bus changes now have dates. Transport for Greater Manchester has confirmed that the 378 and 379 circulars change on 30 August, a new 377 starts running between Woodford Garden Village and Stockport town centre on 1 September, and the 192 between Hazel Grove, Stockport and Manchester becomes a 24-hour service on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 3 September. (New bus routes and night services for 192 confirmed for Stockport, Stockport Council, 13 August 2026)

A fourth change, which the council describes as “enhanced 368 connections between Stockport, Wythenshawe and Manchester Airport”, is expected to follow in early 2027. That one has no confirmed date.

What the 192 does now, and what changes

The 192 is the borough’s busiest corridor service. TfGM lists it as Hazel Grove to Heaviley to Stockport to Manchester city centre, running up the A6 through Heaton Chapel, Levenshulme and Longsight to Piccadilly Gardens. (192 route, Bee Network)

The current timetable dates from 23 June 2025, and it already runs late. In the direction from Hazel Grove into Manchester it says buses run at least every 10 minutes through the day, and more frequently at busy times. On Thursday nights the last journey leaves Hazel Grove at 01:35 and reaches Piccadilly Gardens at 02:06. On Friday nights the service continues every 15 minutes until a 03:05 departure from Hazel Grove, into Piccadilly at 03:36, and the first bus the next morning leaves Hazel Grove at 04:22. (192 and X92 timetable, from 23 June 2025)

So the change from 3 September is not the arrival of late buses on the A6. It is the closing of the remaining gap: a genuine round-the-clock service on the three nights of the week when people are most likely to be working late or coming home late. The leaflet itself records that the last extension came about “following customer requests”, when more late-night journeys were pushed through to Hazel Grove on Saturday nights.

The new 377, and what is not published yet

The council says the 377 will give homes at Woodford Garden Village “a direct public transport link” to Stockport town centre. It starts on 1 September.

TfGM has not yet published a 377 route page or timetable: as of this morning the Bee Network route pages return nothing for a 377, and the pages for the 378 and 379 carry an “Upcoming route and timetable changes” heading with nothing under it. If you rely on either circular, the detail of what changes on 30 August is not out yet, and it is worth checking the route pages again in the week before.

For reference, TfGM lists the 378 as a Stockport to Bramhall to Heald Green to Cheadle Hulme circular, and the 379 as a Stockport to Davenport to Bramhall to Cheadle Hulme circular. Both start and finish at Stockport Interchange, and both take in Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme, but they reach them by different roads, so a change to one is not automatically a change to the other.

The 368 is already listed by TfGM as Stockport to Edgeley to Cheadle Hulme to Manchester Airport, running out through Adswood, Ladybridge Road and Heald Green. (368 route, Bee Network) The council’s wording is that connections on it will be “enhanced” in early 2027, so treat that as more or better journeys on a route that already reaches the airport, rather than a new link.

Where the decision came from

The changes are part of what TfGM calls its Good Growth package, agreed under a new way of planning the bus network that the Bee Network Committee endorsed on 26 March 2026. The committee’s minutes record a move away from geographically sequenced network reviews towards “a more dynamic rolling pipeline of interventions, prioritised within an overall budget envelope”, with proposals scored against fixed criteria including filling gaps, value for money and deliverability, “including availability of fleet and drivers”. (Draft minutes, Bee Network Committee, 26 March 2026)

The same minutes note that the first package would be delivered during 2026/27 subject to final costing and approval, that it touches every Greater Manchester local authority area, and that it includes night bus services in every one of them. Members from Stockport were among those pressing for local priorities, and officers confirmed that further engagement would take place on hospital connectivity, “including with Stepping Hill Hospital”. That is the one Stockport ask in the record that this package does not answer.

Councillor Grace Baynham, cabinet member for parks, highways and transport and chair of the Stockport Bee Network steering group, said the improvements “will give residents more options for travelling around the borough and across Greater Manchester”, and that the new Woodford link, the circular changes and the 192 night bus “are important steps forward”.

What it means for you

If you use the 378 or 379, assume your times change from Sunday 30 August and check the Bee Network route page or your stop’s timetable before that weekend, because the detail is not published yet.

If you are in Woodford, the 377 is new from Tuesday 1 September, and the council describes it as the Garden Village’s first direct link to the town centre.

If you travel between Stockport and Manchester at night, the useful date is Thursday 3 September, and it applies only to Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. On Sunday to Wednesday nights the current timetable still stands, and it stops for a few hours before dawn.

Fares are not affected. The Bee Bus single “hopper” ticket is £2 for adults and £1 for children, and it lets you travel on other Bee Network buses at no extra cost within 60 minutes, so a journey that needs two buses does not cost twice as much. (Bus tickets, Bee Network)

If you are pairing bus and rail, our page on Stockport train times to London has the direct services and current fares, and Stockport roadworks and travel tracks the closures that push buses off their normal routes.