In January 2010, Transport for Greater Manchester (then the GMPTE) started a public consultation about the development of a bus station on Newport Street, replacing the bus station on Moor Lane and the small bus interchange at the railway station.

[1] Plans for the bus station, designed by architects Aedas[2] were submitted to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council in April 2010 and were approved in June 2010.

[6][7] The majority of services that serve Bolton bus station are run by the Bee Network.

There are frequent buses running to Bury, Chorley, Leigh, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Shudehill, Preston, Radcliffe, Rochdale and Wigan, plus several parts of the Bolton area, such as Breightmet, Deane, Harwood, Farnworth, Great Lever, Smithills and Horwich.

Buses also run to Blackburn, Darwen, Rawtenstall and the Trafford Centre.