Private company

Manchester Community Transport

Defunct bus operator

Manchester Community Transport was a bus operator in Greater Manchester, based in Oldham.2 It is part of HCT Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1980Founded1
Manchester Community Transport bus (YX60 DYB), 16 February 2013
Photo: Mikey from Wythenshawe, Manchester, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Manchester Community Transport was a bus operator in Greater Manchester, based in Oldham.2

Corporate structure

Manchester Community Transport sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Manchester Community Transport was established as Wythenshawe Mobile in 1980, under the Urban Aid Funding scheme. In 2005 it was rebranded Manchester Community Transport. The company provided community bus services across the Manchester area as well as Transport for Greater Manchester contracted bus services.

On 1 March 2013, Manchester Community Transport acquired Maytree Travel. However, on 4 April 2013, Maytree Travel ceased trading with services suspended.

On 7 April 2013, Manchester Community Transport commenced operating additional services under contract to Transport for Greater Manchester. As at April 2016, it operated services on 38 routes,

In 2018, MCT was acquired by the HCT Group.

MCT ceased operations in April 2020. Many of its services were taken over by Diamond North West, Go North West, First Manchester, Stagecoach Manchester, Go Goodwins, Stotts Tours and Nexus Move

From Wikipedia’s article on Manchester Community Transport, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • HCT Group

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1980Founded Founded1