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January changes now listed on the Rosso website:

• 244 - Weekday timetable revised with journeys re-timed, particularly in Blackburn area.
• 431 - Withdrawn following TfGM funding withdrawal
• 435 - Majority of weekday service reduced to hourly
• 443 - Re-routed to run between Rochdale and Elmsfield only running via Bury Road and Bamford, partly replacing the withdrawn 469 journeys from October 2014. Shawfield and Cutgate served by new service 445.
• 444 - Times changed with service reduced to hourly
• 445 - New service introduced, running hourly during weekday off-peak period between Rochdale and Shawfield via Cutgate, partly replacing service 443.
• 446/447 - Rosso takes over the 446 service from Stagecoach. Service re-routed via Bentley Street, partly replacing services 448/449 and extended to Wallbank, partly replacing service 463 (no longer serves Shawclough Way). 447 to run early mornings and evenings to provide more direct service between Healey Corner, Shawclough and Rochdale.
• 448/449 - Service 449 is withdrawn. Service 448 is re-timed and re-routed from Syke to Rochdale via Whitworth Road and Whitehall Street (for Rochdale Infirmary), partly replacing service 463.
• 463 - Withdrawn and partly replaced by services 446, 448 and 464.
• 464 - Minor timetable changes
• 482/483 - Early morning journeys re-timed with buses towards Bury running up to 5 mins earlier.
• 484 - New weekday from Accrington to Bury at 0740. The 0741 Saturday journey from Helmshore to Accrington is withdrawn.
  
  http://rossobus.com/article.shtml?articleid=4203
  

Lots of changes in North Rochdale again. Are these changes due to tenders or are they commercial?

Norden has had many cuts, they have nearly entirely lost their link to Manchester, only have an hourly bus to Bury and now only hourly to Rochdale. Services in this area have halved in the last 3 years.

Most certaintly, eventually the 446, 448 or whatever they are called will be eliminated and even many main roads will have no service.

Rossendalbus services in Rawtenstall were being heavily delayed yesterday due to faulty lights outside the fire station as they coming from Rawtenstall Bus Station/Asda direction they were only letting about 3/4 vehicles through at a time, traffic was backing up along Bank Street and St Mary's Way as a result and this was adding upto about 10mins or more to journey times

223 (ex Reading YN05GXU) has been repainted in the latest Rosso livery with an interior refurbishment. Photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/tyskieman/...otostream/

Changes to some services in the Rawtenstall area from 10 May:

*12 - Sunday service to be operated by Transdev
*244 - Monday-Saturday early mornings and evening journeys to be operated by Pilkington Bus. Sunday journeys to/from Blackburn to be operated by Transdev. Rosso to run short Sunday journeys between Rawtenstall and Haslingden, which continues to/from Bury as service 484.
*473 - Sunday service withdrawn and partly replaced by service 484
*483 - Times changed on Sundays.
*484 - Sunday service introduced between Bury and Haslingden via Ramsbottom and Edenfield, partly replacing service 473. Journeys continue to/from Rawtenstall as service 244.

Rosso tickets will be valid on the LCC-funded 244 journeys operated by Pilkington Bus or Transdev, while a 244 Rider ticket will also be introduced for use on all 244 journeys by all operators on the route.

http://rossobus.com/article.shtml?articleid=4596

Rossobus 204 PO53OBR has been repainted in a variation of the Rosso livery, using the colours of The Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment as part of the Gallipoli 100 commemorations in Bury tday.

The bus is parked near the War Memorial by Bury Parish Church

https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/tyskieman/17086456218/

Info from http://www.rossobus.com/enthusiasts

Bus 143 has been repainted in a blue version of the Rosso livery for a Bury FC sponsorship deal.

Training Bus 400 is now painted in a yellow and red version of the Rosso livery.

10 additional buses are confirmed as 115-124, these are ex-Arriva London VLW class Volvo B7TL's with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodies.

Are Rossendales buses repainted at a Stagecoach Depot ? as theres a Enviro 400 and Stagecoach liveried ALX in the Background?

(15/06/2015 23:35)SLTRegular Wrote: [ -> ]Are Rossendales buses repainted at a Stagecoach Depot ? as theres a Enviro 400 and Stagecoach liveried ALX in the Background?

I think they send them to another company to be painted, possibly the same company Stagecoach use.

Does anyone know what gearbox the B7TL Gemini's (115-124) will have?