Changes to bus services (12.20pm)

The majority of bus services in Greater Manchester​ are operating normally and the delays experienced earlier due to congestion caused by the weather and incidents on the local motorway network are now easing.

Bus operators have reported the following specific changes to services:

Oldham and Rochdale areas
6 running to Daventry Road to Strand in Kirkholt and return

12 now operating normal

81 omitting Derker and using Huddersfield Road/Ripponden Road to Vulcan Street terminus

81A now operating via normal route

149 omitting Coppice and using Chamber Road instead

402 serving main roads only

403/404 omitting Kendal Drive and using Hillside instead

406 omitting Park Estate (diverting via Burnley Lane to Mills Hill)

410 serving main roads only

411 serving main roads only

425 operating one way around Holts estate and omitting Alt estate

438 omitting Daniel Fold and Lane Head (diverting via Edenfield Road, Sandy Lane and Bury Road)

451 omitting Kiln Lane, Hartshead estate (diverting Milnrow and Dale Street), Peppermint/Two Bridges and Bentgate Street and terminating at Newhey, Gorden Street terminus

452 omitting Kiln Lane and Wildhouse Lane (using Gordon Street terminus), Pennine Drive and Cornfield (diverting via Dale Street)

455 omitting Wardle and Smithy Bridge, diverting via Halifax Road to Littelborough Square

456/8 omitting Wardle (using Halifax Road) and 458 omitting Starring Way (using Halifax Road)

462 omitting Ladyhouse and the Cray Estate, diverting via Rochdale Road and Elizabethen Way

Burnley & Pendle/Lancashire United
X41 unable to Haslingden, diverting via M65

X43 now operating normal route

Checkmate
826 school service will now operate this afternoon

First
Bury area

154 unable to serve Carr Clough, diverting via Butterstile Lane

472/4 now operating normal route

Tameside area

41, 388 and 389 now back on their normal routes

Maytree Travel
559 now operating normal route

570 unable to serve Netherfield Road/Woodvale Avenue, diverting via Lever Edge Lane
714 unable to serve Brazely and Old Lords Estates in Horwich

Rossendale
480 unable to serve Affetside or Harwood, diverting via main A676 road to/from Bradshaw Brow

487 unable to serve Nangreaves, terminating at Walmersley Post Office

Stagecoach Manchester
201 and 237 now back on their normal routes

390 (Glossop) is unable to serve Whitfield

South Lancs Travel
All SLT services are now back to normal.