Rochdale Infirmary

For buses serving Rochdale Infirmary, see:

Rochdale Infirmary | Bee Network | tfgm.com/public-transport/hospitals/rochdale-infirmary

Services 440 and 447 serve Whitehall Street Stops A & B outside the Infirmary, providing a half hourly service to and from Rochdale Interchange. The hospital is between a 5 to 15 minute bus ride from Rochdale Interchange, where further connections to services from other areas and also the Metrolink are available. In addition, service 464 between Rochdale and Accrington operates along Whitworth Road a short walk away.

Bus stops surrounding the hospital have information posted and are letter coded.

Possible Disruption to bus services Friday 19th September 2025 to Monday 22nd September 2025

Staff at Stagecoach, Metroline, and First – who operate services on the Bee Network – have announced that they plan to strike from Friday 19 to Monday 22 September (inclusive). This will significantly disrupt bus services across Manchester, Oldham,Tameside, Trafford, and Stockport. Due to the timing of the industrial action, late-night services on Thursday 18 September and early morning services on Tuesday 23 September may also be affected. A full list of impacted services is available here: www.beenetwork.com/bus-industrial-action. Services in Bolton and Wigan will run as normal, as well as some routes in North Manchester and Salford, plus the free bus in Manchester city centre. Local Link and Ring and Ride services will also operate as usual. 

Travel advice includes: 

• Plan ahead and check your journey using the Bee Network app or website. 
• Bus passengers with seven, 28-day or annual passes, as well as those with concessionary passes – including our pass - will be able to use their tickets and passes on all Metrolink trams and some Northern and TransPennine Express Trains on strike days.  
• Local Link and Ring and Ride services will run as usual. 
• Tram and train services may be busier than normal – avoid peak times where possible (7am-9am and 4pm-6pm). 
• Roads and hire bike demand may also be busier. 

TfGM will have extra staff at key locations to assist passengers and will extend the Bee Network contact centre hours to ensure people can get in touch with any questions. 

For full details of bus services that are not expected to run, where people can use existing tickets and other travel advice, please visit - www.beenetwork.com/bus-industrial-action.

The nearest Metrolink station is Rochdale Town Centre, approximately 3/4 of a mile from Rochdale Infirmary. To view walking routes from the Metrolink stop to Rochdale Infirmary, click here.  Alternatively use the 440, 447 or 464 bus services to/ from Rochdale Interchange to reach the Infirmary. 

Metrolink Engineering Works, Rochdale line on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21 September 2025

No tram services will operate between Freehold and Rochdale Town Centre on the above days. A bus replacement will operate between these locations serving all affected stops. Further information pertaining to these works can be found on tfgm.com/tram-improvement-works/rochdale-line-works-september.

The hospital is located off Whitehall Street, with the nearest main roads being the A671 Whitworth Road, using Howard Street, or the A680 Spotland Road, using the B6377 Sheriff St/Falinge Road and Howard Street, turning onto Whitehall Street at the mini-roundabout.

Visit the Car Parking page for more informnation on where to park and charges.

Taxis are permitted to drop off and collect patients and visitors at all hospital entrances and locations signed or marked as drop off/ pick up areas.

Active ways of travelling (walking and cycling) are great ways of incorporating physical activity into all or part of a journey.  For those who are able to do so, encouraging active travel such as cycling and walking is part of our commitment to improve the health and wellbeing of our wider community and also help to deliver a net zero emissions National Health Service.  For further information in relation to walking and cycling in Greater Manchester, please see Home | TfGM Active Travel.

Travel is a useful journey planner to find bike routes which avoid busy roads, or for planning a walking route, try Walk it.

The Urgent Care Centre (UCC) and main entrance are accessed off Whitehall Street. The main parking area, plus blue badge parking, is located around the entrance road. Drop off/pick up areas and some further small areas of patient and visitor parking, are located at the rear of the hospital buildings and also at a further entrance accessed off Quarry Street. Please note that there is no A&E at Rochdale Infirmary. The UCC treats minor injury and illness.

Please visit our car parking information page for details of parking arrangements at our hospitals.

For public transport information and journey planning, including walking or cycling, visit www.tfgm.com (Transport for Greater Manchester).  Alternatively, contact Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 (10p per minute from BT landlines) for public transport information across the North West.  Google maps will also allow you to plan journeys by car, public transport, walking or cycling.

A number of door to door demand responsive transport services (Local Links) also provide journeys to/from our hospital sites. For further details please visit tfgm.com/locallink (external website) or contact the TfGM contact centre on 0161 244 1000.

For those less able to use conventional public transport, a door to door (Ring and Ride) service operates across Greater Manchester. For more details including how to register, visit tfgm.com/ringandride (external website), or contact the TfGM contact centre on 0161 244 1000.

In a medical emergency, where the need is critical, or life-threatening, patients or their carers should dial 999 for a paramedic-led ambulance response. NHS Choices states that ‘it will generally be obvious if the patient, or someone else, is seriously ill, or injured, and will need emergency care’. A medical professional may also call for an ambulance on your behalf where this is appropriate.For non emergencies, other use of ambulance transport is based on agreed eligibility criteria, according to the medical needs of the patient.

If you need to arrange patient transport for an appointment, please contact the NWAS transport service, direct on 0800 032 3240.

You may be able to claim a refund under the ‘Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme’ (HTCS) of the cost of travelling to hospital or other NHS premises for NHS-funded treatment or diagnostic test arranged by a doctor or dentist, if you are in receipt of certain allowances or benefits.
To obtain a HTCS refund you will need to complete a HC5 (T) form, available from the Cashier’s or General Office at each hospital site. More information on the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme can be found on the NHS Choices website.