Passenger reminder over bus service changes

A major bus timetable change will affect a number of services in the Greater Manchester area from Sunday 28 April. As a result, bus passengers are being urged to plan their journeys in advance and familiarise themselves with the new schedule.

The following services are some of the ones affected:

6 Rochdale - Queensway - Kirkholt circular
Times of some Monday to Friday morning journeys are changed

41 Middleton - North Manchester General Hospital - Manchester - Northenden - Sale
Some daytime journeys on Sundays and public holidays are extended to/from Middleton. Evening journeys are also introduced between Middleton and Manchester throughout the week, run by Stagecoach.

58 Oldham - Shaw - Milnrow - Rochdale
Times are changed.

59 Manchester - Cheetham Hill - Middleton - Oldham - Shaw - Rushcroft
Monday to Saturday daytime times are changed with additional journeys extended to serve Oldham Mumps.

112 Manchester - Collyhurst - Moston - Middleton
Times are changed. An additional journey is also introduced at 0100 from Manchester to Greengate on Monday nights/Tuesday mornings to Saturday nights/Sunday mornings. 

114 Boarshaw - Alkrington - Moston - Collyhurst - Manchester
Times are changed.

129 Middleton - Hollin - Stanycliffe circular
Evening, Sunday and public holiday journeys are withdrawn. Daytime journeys on Sundays and public holidays are partly replaced by bus 12A.

156 Langley - Middleton - Rhodes - Heaton Park - NMGH - Collyhurst - Manchester
Times are changed. 

409 Ashton - Oldham - Royton - Rochdale
Minor timetable changes on Mondays to Fridays. 

412 Middleton - Boarshaw - Mills Hill - Royton - Oldham
Additional journeys are introduced on Mondays to Fridays.

415 Middleton - Alkrington - Chadderton - Oldham
Monday to Saturday daytime journeys will no longer serve Greengate, Hollinwood Avenue, Broadway and Broadgate. Times are also changed. 

The new timetables are available to view online on Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM’s) website:

• www.tfgm.com/public-transport/bus/service-changes

 

On Friday 26 April, members of the Bus Network and Transport for Greater Manchester Services Sub-Committee will be asked to approve funding that will enable some vital services to continue to operate across Greater Manchester. The services in question are the 58, 68, 415, 501, 507 and 561/2 services, which run in Bolton, Middleton, Oldham, Rochdale, Eccles and the Trafford Centre.

While the majority of the city-region’s bus services are run by commercial operators who are free to decide routes, timetables and set fare levels, TfGM spent over £27m last year (2017/18) to financially support those that run at times of the day and in areas where there is a social need.

For information on public transport across Greater Manchester call 0161 244 1000 (7am-8pm, Monday to Friday, and 8am-8pm at weekends and bank holidays) or visit

• www.tfgm.com