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50 days to go til Christmas and Stagecoach have already posted the details for their services over Christmas and New Year.

Details:
*Christmas Eve/New Years Eve: Weekday holiday timetable until 7-8pm. Nightbus services 43, 86, 142, 143, 192, 201, 203, 216, 219, 256 run on New Years Eve
*Christmas Day: Special timetable on 43, no other services
*Boxing Day/New Years Day: Special timetables. See below
*27, 28 Dec: Weekday holiday timetable until 7-8pm
*29, 30 Dec: Normal timetables
*2 Jan: Normal timetables resume

Boxing Day services:
*22 Bolton-Trafford Centre
*23/23A Stockport-Trafford Centre
*42 Stockport-Manchester and East Didsbury-Manchester
*43 Airport-Manchester and West Didsbury-Manchester
*50 East Didsbury-MediaCityUK
*76 Oldham-Piccadilly
*85/86 Chorlton-Piccadilly
*101 Wythenshawe-Piccadilly
*109 Wythenshawe Hosp-Piccadilly
*192 Hazel Grove-Piccadilly
*201 Hattersley-Piccadilly
*203 Stockport-Piccadilly
*204 Haughton Green-Piccadilly
*216/219 Ashton-Piccadilly
*250/X50 Trafford Centre-Piccadilly
*255 Partington-Piccadilly
*256 Flixton-Piccadilly
*330 Stockport-Ashton

New Years Day services:
*42 East Didsbury-Piccadilly
*43 Airport-Piccadilly
*50 East Didsbury-MediaCityUK
*86 Chorlton-Piccadilly
*101 Wythenshawe-Piccadilly
*192 Hazel Grove-Piccadilly
*201 Hattersley-Piccadilly
*203 Stockport-Piccadilly
*216/219 Ashton-Piccadilly
*250 Trafford Centre-Piccadilly

http://www.stagecoachbus.com/manchesterc...s2012.aspx

So Stockport's basically closed?
What's a 'weekday holiday timetable'?

It tells you what it is on the page! lol

It's a summer holiday style timetable, with peak journey times revised and speeded up to take into account the lower traffic levels.

So unless you work in Manchester City centre or the Trafford centre or the airport your stuffed if you work on boxing day or new years day, but at least many services seem to finish an hour later on Xmas eve/ new years eve this year, I'm sure most finished between 6 and 7 last year.

Noticed tonight that the destinations for the 236/237 still carry the via points for when they ran to Manchester at peak, all the buses I spotted tonight apparently still went via Ashton new road, Droylsden and Audenshaw and even more worringly are still limited stops lol.

Perhaps Nicholas could have a word in the right persons ear

(05/11/2012 21:13)Nicholas Wrote: [ -> ]It tells you what it is on the page! lol

It's a summer holiday style timetable, with peak journey times revised and speeded up to take into account the lower traffic levels.

So you're stuffed if you want to go to either of the Stockport v Hyde derby matches and you haven't got access to a car? No wonder they're both struggling for supporters if people cannot get there on the Bank Holidays[traditionally when there would be bigger attendances].

I wonder if this information will be updated once Wigan services are in Stagecoach hands. If not looks like Bryn won't be doing anything.

First have never ran bus services on Christmas, Boxing or New Years day for as long as I lived there (1988 - 2006) So doubt they would start now.

(05/11/2012 22:34)gilbert Wrote: [ -> ]

(05/11/2012 21:13)Nicholas Wrote: [ -> ]It tells you what it is on the page! lol

It's a summer holiday style timetable, with peak journey times revised and speeded up to take into account the lower traffic levels.

So you're stuffed if you want to go to either of the Stockport v Hyde derby matches and you haven't got access to a car? No wonder they're both struggling for supporters if people cannot get there on the Bank Holidays[traditionally when there would be bigger attendances].

330 is running so you should be ok

(06/11/2012 06:00)ace Wrote: [ -> ]

(05/11/2012 22:34)gilbert Wrote: [ -> ]

(05/11/2012 21:13)Nicholas Wrote: [ -> ]It tells you what it is on the page! lol

It's a summer holiday style timetable, with peak journey times revised and speeded up to take into account the lower traffic levels.

So you're stuffed if you want to go to either of the Stockport v Hyde derby matches and you haven't got access to a car? No wonder they're both struggling for supporters if people cannot get there on the Bank Holidays[traditionally when there would be bigger attendances].

330 is running so you should be ok

It doesn't on New Years Day. But unless the 330 reroutes through Cheadle Hulme it won't do me or many others any good.

(05/11/2012 22:19)Mayneway Wrote: [ -> ]So unless you work in Manchester City centre or the Trafford centre or the airport your stuffed if you work on boxing day or new years day

It's a better service than many other areas get! Don't forget, trains/trams run on New Year's Day. Would be nice if the 42 on NYD ran through to Stockport though.