Route History

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
And now, Manchester Corporation Transport Department, October 1959:

Depots were at Birchfields Road, Hyde Road, Northenden, Parrs Wood, Princess Road, Queens Road, Rochdale Road (near city centre). Numerous services were jointly operated, and to save time /space, I have used these abbreviations:
Municipals, etc.:
A - Ashton under Lyne
B - Bury
O - Oldham
R - Rochdale
Sa - Salford
SHMD - Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley & Dukinfield
St - Stockport

Plus LUT - Lancashire United Transport.
NW - North Western Road Car.

Route numbers 1 to 99 (numbers 100 & above to follow)

1. Manchester Piccadilly - Gatley via Wilmslow Road, Parrs Wood
2. Manchester Stevenson Square - Royton - New Hey
(Joint with NW, O)
2X. Firswood - Stevenson Sq. - New Moston (peak only)
3. Manchester Cannon St. - Flixton via Stretford
5. Manchester Piccadilly - Flixton via Stretford.
(Joint with NW)
4. Manchester Cannon St. - Heywood / Bamford.
6. Manchester Lower Mosley St. - Glossop via Ashton, Stalybridge.
(Joint with A, NW, SHMD)
7. Brookdale Park - Cheetham Hill Road
8. Manchester Cannon St. - Rochdale (non stop to Middleton, peak only)
(Joint with R)
9. West Didsbury - Reddish
10. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Oldham - Greenfield
(Joint with NW, O)
11 /23. Manchester Piccadilly - Flixton Carrington Rd (11) or Red Lion (23)
(Joint with NW)
12, Manchester Piccadilly - Flixton Carrington Rd. via Stretford
(Joint with NW)
12A. Manchester Lower Mosley St. - Partington
(Joint with NW, peak only)
13. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Uppermill via Scothead
14. diito, via Lees. (Boith joint with NW, O)
15. Manchester Piccadilly - Eccles - Worsley
(Joint with & entirely worked by Sa)
16. Chorlton - Stockport - Stepping Hill.
(Joint with St.)
17. Manchester Cannon St. - Rochdale
(Joint with R)
18. Manchester Chorlton St. - Stockport - Bramhall Moor Lane
(Joint with St)
19. Droylesden - Belle Vue - West Didsbury.
20/20A. Manchester Chorlton St - Stockport - Poynton(20) / Woodford (20A)
(Joint with NW, St)
21. Manchester Chorlton St. - Dukinfield / Stalybridge
(Joint with SHMD)
22/22X. Eccles - Urmston - Stretford - Chorlton (22X) - Levenshulme (22)
(Joint with NW)
24. Manchester - Royton - Rochdale
(Joint with O, R)
25/76. Greenheys - Piccadilly - Newton Heath (25) / Brookdale Park (76)
26. Manchester Cannon St. - Moston Gardeners Arms
27. Manchester Lower Mosley St. - Buxton
28, Manchester Lower Mosley St. - Stockport - Marple
29/30/52/52A. Manchester Chorlton St (29, 52) or Lower Mosley St - Alderley (52)
or Macclesfield (29, 30) or Biddulph (52A).
(Entire operation of 27-30 & 52 by NW)
31. Manchester Chorlton St. - Cheadle - Bramhall
(Joint with NW)
32. Manchester Lower Mosley St. - Higher Poynton / Middlewood.
(Operated by NW)
33. Manchester Chorlton St. - Reddish - Stockport - Greave
(Joint with NW, St)
34. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Oldham (mostly peak hours only)
35. Manchester Cannon Street - Bury
(Joint with B, Sa)
35X. Manchester Albert Square - Guest Road. (peak only)
36/36A. Manchester Chorlton St./ Altrincham - Northwich
37/37A. Manchester Chorlton St. / Altrincham - Warrington
38. Manchester Chorlton St. - Knutsford - Holmes Chapel
39. Manchester Chorlton St. - Knutsford - Congleton.
(36 to 39 all operated by NW)
40. Manchester Albert Sq. - East Didsbury.
41. Manchester Royal Exchange - West Didsbury - Chorlton
42. Manchester Royal Exchange / Piccadilly - Didsbury
43. Manchester Royal Exchange - West Didsbury (peak only)
44/108. Manchester Piccadilly - Baguley (44) / Timperley (108) via Princess Rd
45. Manchester Piccadilly - Benchill via Princess Rd.
46. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Droylesden
47/48. Manchester Piccadilly (47) / St. Mary's Gate (48) - Altrincham
49. Manchester Cannon St. - Crumpsall Green
50. Manchester Piccadilly - Brooklands via West Didsbury
51. Manchester Chorlton St.- Bramhall / Torkington
(Operated by NW)
53. Cheetham Hill Road - Brooks's Bar / Trafford Park.
54. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Middleton Jn - Middleton.
55. Manchester High St. - MostonHolmfield Avenue
56. Bank House Estate - Hollinwood.
57/77. Swinton Church - Piccadilly - Reddish (Thorney Park, 57) or Bull's Head (77)
(Joint with Sa)
58. Stretford Chapel Lane - Swinton Park Road
(entirely operated by Sa)
59. Manchester Cannon St. - Middleton - Oldham - Shaw Wren's Nest
(Joint with O)
60. Manchester Cannon St. - Blackley Estate via Rochdale Rd
61/72. Mersey Bank - Piccadilly - Middleton (61) or Grange Park Rd. (72)
62. Heaton Park - Albert Sq. - Chorltonville
63. Machester Cannon St. - Middleton - Heywood.
63X Cannon St. - Langley Lane (peak only)
64. Manchester - Gatley - Styal.
(Joint with NW)
65/65X. New Moston - Piccadilly (65X) / Trafford Park (65)
66. Manchester King St. - Moss Vale Road
67. Oldham Road - Belle Vue - Fallowfield
(mostly M-F peaks & Sat afternoons)
68/68A - Trafford Park - Flixton
69. Trafford Park - Davyhulme.
(68 & 69 Joint with LUT & NW, peak only)
73. Belle Vue - Ryder Brow Estate.
74. Manchester Chorlton St. - Cheadle - Stockport - portwood
75. Heaton Park - Albert Sq. - Greenheys Platt Lane
78. Hightown - Albert Sq. - Greenheys Wilbraham Rd.
79. Heaton Park -Cannon St. - Wilbraham Road Station
(peak only)
80/88. Chorlton Hardy Lane - Piccadilly - Moston Gardeners Arms (80) / White Moss (88)
81. Hightown - Albert Sq. - Chorlton - Southern Cemetery
82. Chorlton - Piccadilly - Hollinwood.
83. Clayton Bridge - Piccadilly - Firswood Cromwell Rd
85. Manchester Albert Square - Chorlton.
86. Clayton Bridge - Piccadilly - Whalley Range (mostly peak hours only)
89. Manchester Albert Sq. - Stockport St. Peters Sq.
(Joint with St)
90. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Royton - Rochdale
(Limited stop, joint with O & R)
91. Manchester Piccadilly - Ashton on Mersey via Old Trafford (infrequent)
92. Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport - Hazel Grove
(Joint with St)
93/94. Levenshulme Lloyd Rd - Central Station (93) / Southern Cemetery (94)
95/96. East Didsbury - Piccadilly - Whitefield.
97. Manchester Piccadilly - Withington via Yew Tree Rd.
98. Manchester Stevenson Square - Oldham - Waterhead
(probably joint with O, although not listed as such in timetable.)
99. Manchester Piccadilly - Barlow Moor Rd - Sale Temple Rd

(to be continued...)