Greater Manchester Service Changes

[Mikeonthebuses]

RE: Greater Manchester Service Changes

(24/03/2021 11:43)knutstransport Wrote:  TfGM saying there are no changes planned in the next month, given a lot of routes are changing operator in April I don't think that's helpful even if the new operator will be retaining the same timetables.
https://tfgm.com/public-transport/bus/service-changes

I have noticed this too, it is very common in Greater Manchester to get about 1 - 2 weeks for service changes when I think it would be great to have 2 months notice period 1 month being consultation period about the proposed changes then the other being notice period of change.

[Mayneway]

RE: Greater Manchester Service Changes

(24/03/2021 11:43)knutstransport Wrote:  TfGM saying there are no changes planned in the next month, given a lot of routes are changing operator in April I don't think that's helpful even if the new operator will be retaining the same timetables.
https://tfgm.com/public-transport/bus/service-changes

They did this last year just a couple of weeks into lockdown and with MCT closing and a lot of changes suddenly announced there would be no changes. Don’t understand who and why they make posts like that.

[Mikeonthebuses]

RE: Greater Manchester Service Changes
Transdev April & Beyond Changes

From 11th April
464 | Accrington to Rochdale via Rawtenstall & Bacup
Back to pre-lockdown timetable
Trax | Bury to Rochdale
back to pre-lockdown timetable
Tottington Line | Bury - Tottington
Will continue to use the current times
Irwell Line | Bury to Blackburn & Burnley via Rawtenstall
Back to pre-lockdown timetable, with a route change in Rawtenstall on Sundays. We’re having difficulties getting through Staghills Road on Sundays, so to make our service more reliable for you we’ll be using Newchurch Road instead. If you usually use the stops on Staghills Road at Brow Edge, Top Barn Lane and Windsor Road, please head to stops on Newchurch Road instead.
Lakeline 458 | Rochdale to Littleborough
Lakeline 458 will run every evening with a bus every hour from Rochdale through Wardle, Smithy Bridge and Hollingworth Lake to Littleborough, Shore and Stansfield. This brings back evening buses to these areas for the first time in many years.
Bury Bolts B1 | Bury to Peel Brow
Will have a slight timetable change on afternoons Monday-Friday to improve reliability.
Bury Bolts B2 & B3 |
Will continue to use current times.
Rochdale Runners
All Rochdale Runners routes, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R7, R8, R9, R13, will continue to use current times.
6 | Rochdale to Kirkholt Evening Service
This service will be branded THE 6 | In the evenings will have a new timetable – with a bus every hour.
273 | Rawtenstall to Bolton
Will continue to use current times
435 | Rochdale to Buckstones via Shaw
Will continue to use current times
480 | Bolton to Bury via Hawkshaw
Will continue to use current times

Most of the Transdev routes will be keeping to the current covid timetables from 11th April.
From 11th April
Witchway | Burnley to Manchester via Rawtenstall
Will see an increase on weekends, giving a bus every 20 minutes on Saturdays and every 30 minutes on Sundays. Monday to Friday times will stay as they are now.

From 16th May
Witchway will go back to the pre-lockdown timetable except for late-night buses (see below).

From 25th June
We’ll be bringing late-night buses back on Witchway to support the reopening of evening venues. These will run on Friday nights as well as Saturday nights as they did before.

[SF07]

RE: Greater Manchester Service Changes
Also mentioned on the Transdev Rosso page that Vision Bus will be running the new 511 evening and Sunday service. Should imagine that this will interwork with the 494 on Sunday daytime.

https://www.transdevbus.co.uk/rosso/gett...metables-0

[SF07]

RE: Greater Manchester Service Changes
Selywyns have registered the 44 (southern half of current 217 route) and the 382 today.

PC0001866/195 Registered (Short notice)
SELWYNS TRAVEL LTD
Route: Woodley Precinct to Stockport Bus Station via Romiley Rail Station
Service number: 382
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 11 Apr 2021

PC0001866/194 Registered (Short notice)
SELWYNS TRAVEL LTD
Route: Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens to Wythenshawe Hospital via Manchester Royal Infirmary, Withington
Service number: 44
Service type: Hail & Ride, Normal Stopping
Effective date: 11 Apr 2021

[M60lad]

RE: Greater Manchester Service Changes
I wonder what Selwyns will use on 44? I could be wrong but i think the Slimline Solo that's currently in use on their 95 service could be one bus but not to sure whether they've got any other minibus/Enviro200s in their fleet.

[Mayneway]

RE: Greater Manchester Service Changes

(26/03/2021 06:56)M60lad Wrote:  I wonder what Selwyns will use on 44? I could be wrong but i think the Slimline Solo that's currently in use on their 95 service could be one bus but not to sure whether they've got any other minibus/Enviro200s in their fleet.

‘Their 95 service’ since when did it become theirs??

They will probably be getting the two TFGM Versa’s with Goodwins and id guess more of the batch that were stored at Stockport bus station will be brought back to life.

[Mikeonthebuses]

RE: Greater Manchester Service Changes
11th of April Changes have dropped on TFGM Service Changes section of there site

I will publish the list in a bit

[SF07]

RE: Greater Manchester Service Changes

(26/03/2021 16:39)Mikeonthebuses Wrote:  11th of April Changes have dropped on TFGM Service Changes section of there site

I will publish the list in a bit

Only goes to service 262 at the moment. Changes so far that haven't been previously mentioned/confirmed are:

• 15 (Diamond/Stagecoach): All journeys run by Stagecoach
• 41 (Go North West/Stagecoach): All journeys run by Go North West
• 51 (Stagecoach): Service re-instated
• 88 (Little Gem): Saturday evening and Sunday daytime service introduced between Altrincham and Wilmslow (not sure if weekday evening service will be introduced)
• 94 (Stotts) and 492 (Tyrers): Service 94, which is being extended to Bury, replacing service 492, will now be run by Tyrers.
• 171/172 (Stagecoach): Taken over by Diamond
• 184 (First): Evening and Sunday service confirmed to run by First between Grotton and Oldham, partly replacing service 80.
• 248 (Little Gem): Withdrawn
  

Stagecoach also changing a lot of their Saturday timetables, increasing back towards normal levels.

[SF07]

RE: Greater Manchester Service Changes

(26/03/2021 17:18)SF07 Wrote:  Only goes to service 262 at the moment. Changes so far that haven't been previously mentioned/confirmed are:

• 15 (Diamond/Stagecoach): All journeys run by Stagecoach
• 41 (Go North West/Stagecoach): All journeys run by Go North West
• 51 (Stagecoach): Service re-instated
• 88 (Little Gem): Saturday evening and Sunday daytime service introduced between Altrincham and Wilmslow (not sure if weekday evening service will be introduced)
• 94 (Stotts) and 492 (Tyrers): Service 94, which is being extended to Bury, replacing service 492, will now be run by Tyrers.
• 171/172 (Stagecoach): Taken over by Diamond
• 184 (First): Evening and Sunday service confirmed to run by First between Grotton and Oldham, partly replacing service 80.
• 248 (Little Gem): Withdrawn
  

Stagecoach also changing a lot of their Saturday timetables, increasing back towards normal levels.

The rest of the changes now showing. The significant changes are in the Bolton area:

• 281 (Diamond/Little Gem): All journeys operated by Little Gem
• 282 (Diamond/Little Gem): All journeys operated by Little Gem
• 283/284 (Diamond/Little Gem): All journeys operated by Little Gem
• 285/286 (Diamond/Little Gem): All journeys operated by Little Gem
• 287 (Diamond/Little Gem): All journeys operated by Little Gem
• 288 (D&G/Little Gem): All journeys operated by Little Gem with evening and Sunday journeys between Altrincham and Manchester Airport re-instated.
• 335 (Little Gem/Stagecoach/Stotts): All journeys operated by Little Gem
• 339 (Little Gem/Stotts): Evening and Sunday journeys operated by Little Gem
• 340/343 (Stotts): The 0740 journey on service 340 is replaced by a journey on service 343.
• 345 (Little Gem/Stagecoach): Evening and Sunday journeys taken over by Little Gem.
• 375 Stockport (Little Gem/Stagecoach): All journeys taken over by Little Gem.
• 382 (Little Gem/Selwyns): All journeys taken over by Selwyns.
• 396 (Little Gem/Stagecoach): Evening and Sunday journeys taken over by Little Gem.
• 494 (Arriva/Selwyns/Vision Bus): Early weekday morning journeys re-timed with additional journeys introduced. Sunday journeys taken over by Vision Bus.
• 500 (Vision Bus): Withdrawn.
• 501 (Arriva/Diamond/Vision Bus): Evening journeys taken over by Diamond and Vision Bus.
• 507 (Arriva/Diamond): Evening journeys taken over by Diamond.
• 510 (Arriva/Rosso), 511 (Diamond/Vision Bus) and 536 (Vision Bus): Times changed on service 511 with evening and Sunday journeys on services 510 and 536 replaced by new journeys on service 511, which are operated by Vision Bus.
• 520 (Diamond/Vision Bus): Early Monday-Saturday morning journeys taken over by Diamond
• 521 (Little Gem/Vision Bus): All journeys taken over by Vision Bus with service re-routed to serve Logistics North and additional early morning, Monday-Saturday evening and Sunday daytime journeys introduced between Farnworth and Westhoughton.
• 533 (Diamond/Vision Bus): All journeys taken over by Diamond
• 541 (Vision Bus): New evening and Sunday daytime service introduced, operated by Vision Bus
• 557 (Tyrers/Vision Bus): All journeys taken over by Vision Bus.
• 561/562 (Arriva/Diamond): Evening journeys taken over by Diamond.
• 571/572 (Diamond/Vision Bus): Monday-Saturday evening journeys to be operated by Diamond with additional late evening journeys introduced by Vision Bus.
• 575 (Diamond): Some Sunday journeys are extended from Horwich to Lever Park/Rivington.
• X5 (Diamond/Little Gem): Service taken over by Little Gem
• X57 (Hulleys): Early evening and Sunday journeys re-instated.