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Stagecoach's 102 service has been re-instated as of Monday, only running between Southern Cemetery and Manchester.

https://assets.ctfassets.net/nv7y93idf4j...rsion_.pdf

(12/04/2021 17:46)SF07 Wrote: [ -> ]Looks like the new 17B service between Middleton and Stake Hill has been suspended, due to the GNW strike. Should imagine that once the strike is over (or enough drivers are available for GNW services), we shall see its introduction. Or possibly delayed until July.

Service 17B will start next Monday (19 April), with the timetable showing on both Go North West and TfGM's website.

Go North West making changes to the timetables for most of their services from Monday. Some services will see increases to service levels compared to the strike timetable but still less frequent than pre-pandemic.

• 17: Every 12 minutes weekday daytime; every 15 minutes Saturday daytime; every 30 minutes evenings and Sundays with additional Sunday daytime journeys between Middleton and Manchester
• 17A: Early weekday mornings between Rochdale and Manchester
• 17B: One morning journey between Middleton and Stake Hill
• 18: Every 12 minutes weekday daytime between Langley and Manchester with two per hour continuing to/from MRI; every 15 minutes Saturday daytime between Langley and Manchester with every 30 minutes continuing to/from MRI; every 30 minutes evenings and Sundays
• 33: Every 30 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime; every hour evenings and Sundays
• 33B: One morning journey from Brookhouse
• 34: Every hour evenings
• 41: Every 20 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime between Sale and NMGH with two per hour continuing to/from Middleton; hourly evening and Sunday daytime service between Sale and Middleton with additional hourly Sunday daytime service between Sale and NMGH (every 30 mins combined)
• 52: Every 30 minutes each Monday-Saturday daytime between Trafford Centre and Cheetham Hill and between Eccles and Failsworth (every 15 minutes between Eccles and Cheetham Hill); hourly evening and Sunday service between Trafford Centre and Failsworth with additional hourly Sunday daytime service between Trafford Centre and NMGH (every 30 mins combined)
• 53: Every 30 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime; every hour evenings and Sundays
• 67: Every 20 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime; every 30 minutes evenings and Sundays
• 67A: Early mornings between Cadishead and Manchester
• 92: Normal service levels
• 93: Every 20 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime between Prestwich and Manchester; every 30 minutes Sunday daytime between Carr Clough and Manchester; every hour evenings between Bury and Manchester
• 95: Every hour Monday-Saturday daytime; every two hours evenings and Sundays
• 96: Every hour daily daytime
• 97: Every 30 minutes daily daytime
• 98: Every 30 minutes daily daytime; every hour evenings
• 100: Every 20 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime between Manchester and Trafford Centre with two per hour running to/from Cadishead, one of which continues to/from Warrington; every 30 minutes evenings and Sundays between Manchester and Trafford Centre with one per hour continuing to/from Hollins Green (evenings) or Warrington (Sunday daytime)
• 129: Every hour Monday-Saturday daytime
• 135: Every 10 minutes weekday daytime; every 12 minutes Saturday daytime; every 15 minutes Sunday daytime; every 20 minutes evenings.
• 415: Every hour Monday-Saturday daytime
• X63: Remains suspended
  

https://www.gonorthwest.co.uk/go-north-west-timetables/

Meanwhile, Warrington's Own Buses are changing their timetables too from the 19th April, with the 19, 28 and 28A seeing a reduction to their weekday daytime timetables and service 5, 22A and 28A seeing some reductions to evening journeys.

https://www.warringtonsownbuses.co.uk/ne...april-2021

Maybe worth checking as GNW may keep some to Stike Timetable. Until they are back working out of Queens road.

Selwyns

(26/03/2021 12:21)Mayneway Wrote: [ -> ]‘Their 95 service’ since when did it become theirs??

They will probably be getting the two TFGM Versa’s with Goodwins and id guess more of the batch that were stored at Stockport bus station will be brought back to life.

Or the two TFGM Versas that are now available following the withdrawal of the Bolton Metroshuttle. If they've not already been reallocated to Vision Bus's other tendered routes?

Bit of disruption on service 471 due to roadworks has meant that Diamond are planning to split the route into two at Bury Interchange on a temporary basis on its Monday-Saturday daytime journeys. From 9 May, the service will run every 10 minutes between Bolton and Bury and every 12 minutes between Bury and Rochdale

https://www.diamondbuses.com/news/keepin...roadworks/

Some additional weekday journeys being added on to First Manchester's 59, 83, 84, 350, 409 and V1/V2 services from next Monday (10th May).

https://www.firstbus.co.uk/greater-manch...s-10th-may

Some details of Hulleys' extended X57 service between Sheffield and Manchester, which will run to/from Manchester Airport from this Sunday (16 May).

The new timetable has timing points along Wilmslow Road through Fallowfield and with the route presumably running direct from Northenden via the M56 motorway to the airport, which suggests that Hulleys are looking to capture the student market along with the airport travellers for people from Glossop and South Yorkshire with direct buses to the universities and student accommodation areas.

Apparently, there has been an issue with the timetable, with the original timetable showing the service running via the Trafford Centre. Travel South Yorkshire and Derbyshire County Council's websites now have it going direct to the airport, while bustimes.org still showing it going via Fallowfield and the Trafford Centre (presumably along the 150 route from Fallowfield to the airport, then M60/M56 to the airport).

Not sure if this was an original plan that was abandoned or not. May well have been, given that buses will have a 75 minute waiting time at Manchester Airport. Do wonder whether people from Glossop and Sheffield would prefer to have a bus to the Trafford Centre rather than Manchester Airport at the moment.

https://bustimes.org/services/x57-sheffi...2021-05-16
https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/get...y-2021.pdf
http://www.derbysbus.info/times/timetabl...5 2021.pdf

I look forward to travelling on this some day, hopefully this year.
It does seem to be getting to be a very convoluted route. Surely the airport is well served by public transport and in any case numbers travelling will be very low on this. Unless MAG are offering bus operators some incentive to operate there, which would be the opposite of Heathrow, with the demise the free airport travel zone. My experience of using Manchester Airport buses, though infrequent but since 1997, is that very few airline passengers use the bus and its really only used by airport staff etc.

Go North West submitting changes to timetables from 30th May. States that the 17/18 will revert back to full timetables (pre-Covid), while the X63 looks like it will resume service with a temporary timetable (probably just peak-time journeys). Other temporary changes will be made to all other services except for the 53, 129 and 415.

PC2021320/16 Registered (Short notice)
GO NORTH WEST LIMITED
Route: Manchester to Heywood
Service number: X63 (X63)
Service type: Limited Stop
Effective date: 30 May 2021
Temporary change to timetable due to Corona Virus

PC2021320/1 Registered (Short notice)
GO NORTH WEST LIMITED
Route: Manchester to Rochdale via Middleton
Service number: 17 17A (17A, 17, 17B)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 30 May 2021
Service reverting back to pre-Covid registration

PC2021320/2 Registered (Short notice)
GO NORTH WEST LIMITED
Route: MRI to Langley Circular via Manchester, Middleton
Service number: 18 19 (18)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 30 May 2021
Service reverting back to pre-Covid registration

https://www.vehicle-operator-licensing.s...&limit=100

Stagecoach have posted their service changes for 25 July. Mainly summer timetables introduced on its weekday services plus increases in Saturday daytime services on services 216, 219, 330 and 347 (essentially restoring normal Saturday services).

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and...-july-2021