Route History

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
Manchester October 1959 (Continued)
Route nos. 100 upwards.

100. Manchester Piccadilly - Woodhouse Park (Tuffley Rd)
100X. Manchester Piccadilly - Peel Hall Estate.
101. Manchester Piccadilly - Greenbrow Road (Limited stop)
102. Manchester Exchange - Woodhouse Park (Tuffley Rd.)
103. Manchester Piccadilly - Woodhouse Park (Cornishway; limited stop)
106. Manchester Piccadilly - Peel Hall Estate (Limited stop)
107. Manchester Piccadilly - Woodhouse Park (Minehead Rd.; limited stop)
109. Manchester Victoria - Reddish Houldsworth Square via Hyde Rd
110. Manchester Piccadilly - Benchill.
111. Manchester Piccadilly - Briarwood Avenue.
(110 /111 Mon. Fri peak only; limited stop)
112/113/114. Moston Gardeners Arms - Sale Helsby Rd (112), Sale North Parade (113)
or Manchester Church St. (114)
116/117. Wythenshawe Estate - Northenden St Hilda's Rd. (Sats. only)
121. Manchester Church St. - Langley (Limited stop)
122. Manchester Piccadilly - Langley
123. Manchester Corporation St. - Ardwick Green - Platt Lane
(formerly trolleybus route 213)
125. Manchester Chorlton St. - Glossop via Denton & Hyde
(Joint with NW, SHMD)
126. Greenhill Rd/Cheetham Hill Rd - Holmfield Avenue
128. Benchill - Peel Hall Estate
129. Didsbury - Parrs Wood Road South (Millgate Lane)
130. Manchester Piccadilly - East Didsbury (Limited stop via 95/96 route)
131. Manchester Piccadilly - Gatley. (Limited stop version of 1)
138. Langley (St. Mary's Church) - Middleton.
(Some Mon. - Fri. peak journeys to/from Manchester Cannon St.)
153. Manchester Aytoun St. - Ashton - Stalybridge (Buckton Vale Rd.)
(M-F peak limited stop, introduced with leaflet dated 23 Nov. 1959)
159. Dane Bank - Reddish Lane.
(A few M-F peak journeys extended to Manchester Piccadilly.
160. Denton - Moorfield Estate.

161/162. Piccadilly - Gatley Route 1 renumbered from 19 October 1959; 161 via Cheadle, 162 via Kingsway Extension.
Night services and some factory services with only a handful of journeys have not been included in the list.

Trolley Bus Services
210. Manchester Piccadilly - Hyde - Gee Cross
212. Manchester Aytoun St - Audenshaw Snipe Inn.
212X. Manchester Aytoun St. - Audenshaw Rd. or Fairfield Rd.
215. Manchester Piccadilly - Audenshaw Snipe Inn via Ashton New Rd
215X. Manchester Stevenson Square - Edge Lane
216. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Stalybridge via Ashrton New Rd.
217. Ashton - Denton - Haughton Green.
218. Manchester Piccadilly - Stalybridge via Ashton New Rd & Audenshaw
219. Manchester Piccadilly - Stalybridge via Guide Bridge.
219X. Manchester Piccadilly - Guide Bridge.
(216 / 218 / 219 joint with A, but Manchester provided most of the buses; SHMD had no trolleybuses, but I think was technically a joint operator of 210 - this is not specified in the timetable.)