Bee Network Route 17 | Manchester to Rochdale via Middleton | Full Journey 4K

A complete journey on Bee Network Route 17 from Manchester Shudehill to Rochdale, recorded on Saturday 26 September 2026. This is a straightforward full-route recording rather than part of one of my longer bus challenges: Manchester to Rochdale aboard one of Bee Network's electric double-deckers, travelling north through Collyhurst, Harpurhey, Blackley, Alkrington and Middleton before continuing through Hopwood Hall, Castleton and Sudden into Rochdale. The journey was operated for the Bee Network by Stagecoach Manchester aboard BYD/ADL Enviro400EV 84215 (LF24 YZO). The route also passes a few interesting pieces of Greater Manchester along the way, including the World Famous Embassy Club in Harpurhey, Middleton town centre, the more open stretch around Hopwood Hall, Castleton railway station and Milkstone Road before finishing at Rochdale Interchange. Route: Bee Network 17 Journey: Manchester Shudehill → Rochdale Interchange Via: Collyhurst • Harpurhey • Blackley • Alkrington • Middleton • Hopwood Hall • Castleton • Sudden Operator: Bee Network – Stagecoach Manchester Vehicle: BYD D8UR-DD / ADL Enviro400EV Fleet number: 84215 Registration: LF24 YZO Date: Saturday 26 September 2026 Departure: 07:20 Arrival: 08:07 Journey time: approx. 47 minutes Filmed: 4K / 30fps Apart from the opening route graphic and map animation, this is essentially the journey as it happened. Stops, traffic lights, timing-point waits and the ordinary pauses of the service have been left in rather than edited out. CHAPTERS 00:00 Route overview 00:08 Route map – Manchester to Rochdale 00:34 Shudehill Interchange – Route 17 departs 09:14 Harpurhey – World Famous Embassy Club 19:48 Middleton 19:52 Middleton Bus Station – departure 32:52 Rochdale approach 36:30 Castleton – railway station 43:27 Highfield Hospital 45:34 Milkstone Road 46:47 Rochdale Interchange #BeeNetwork #Route17 #Manchester #Rochdale #Middleton #StagecoachManchester #BusJourney #UKBuses #4K #PublicTransport #GreaterManchester