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RE: First Manchester
(02/07/2019 20:36)gilesbus1 Wrote: It also seems the training school will also transfer from Bolton to Rusholme or whats left of it.
So this will be the set up of Major Operators in North Manchester
Bolton Depot - Rotala - Town Services, Services between Wigan & Bolton, Leigh & Bolton and Bolton, Bury & Rochdale, Manchester and Bolton and Bury and Manchester via Middleton. Plus Bury town services to Ramsbottom.
Oldham Depot - FirstGroup - Oldham area town services, Rochdale to Ashton, Oldham to Manchester and Huddersfield. Oldham to Middleton.
Rusholme Depot - FirstGroup - Vantage services to Leigh and Atherton from Manchester and Manchester Royal Infirmary plus driver training unit for First Manchester staff only.
Cheetham Hill Depot - Go North West - North Manchester area services, plus services to Sale, Warrington the Trafford Centre,Eccles, Worsley, Caddishead, Rochdale and Bury.
Atherton Depot - Rotala - Services within Wigan and Leigh and services to the Trafford Centre and services between Little Hulton, Swinton and Manchester.
Eccles Depot - Rotala - Services around Sale and Altrincham and to Manchester plus services in Eccles and Worsley and Boothstown.
Wigan Depot - Stagecoach - Services between Wigan and Leigh and Wigan and Bolton and Leigh and Manchester not via the Busway and also town services within Wigan.
Hyde Road Depot and Sharston Depot - Stagecoach - (sub) - North Operations only - Services between Didsbury and Salford Quays via the City Centre
and The City Centre and Little Hulton (Business Park - Amazon Warehouse) via Salford, Swinton and Walkden.
Bolton Depot - Arriva - Town services within Bolton, services between Bolton and Bury, Wigan and Chorley, Bolton and Wigan and services between Glaze Estate - Eccles and Manchester.
St Helens Depot - Arriva - Services from St Helen's to Leigh and Wigan and between Wigan and Warrington, and Wigan and Skelmersdale.
Southport Depot - Arriva - Services from Southport and Skelmersdale to Wigan.
Preston depot and Chorley outstation - Stagecoach - Services between Preston, Chorley and Bolton and Preston and Wigan.
Blackburn Depot - Transdev - Services to Bolton from Blackburn and services to Rochdale and Bury from Blackburn, plus Lancashire Way Services.
Rochdale Depot - Transdev - Services within Rochdale, Middleton and Bury as well as services to Rawtenstall.
Burnley Depot - Transdev - Witchway Services plus services between Burnley and Bury.
Todmorden Outstation and Halifax Depot - FirstGroup - Services from Rochdale to Burnley, Todmorden and Halifax.
Less simple than 1985 when we had
Wigan - Greater Manchester Transport
Wigan - Ribble
Hindley - Greater Manchester Transport
Leigh - Greater Manchester Transport
Atherton - Greater Manchester Transport
Bolton - Greater Manchester Transport
Bury - Greater Manchester Transport
Rochdale - Greater Manchester Transport
Oldham - Greater Manchester Transport
Queens Road - Greater Manchester Transport
Frederick Road - Greater Manchester Transport
Weaste - Greater Manchester Transport
Swinton - Greater Manchester Transport
Also around 1985 not forgetting Birchfields Road (95/96 East Didsbury - Whitefield), Princess Road (76 Fallowfield - Hollinwood, 77 Fallowfield - Moston, 81 Chorlton - Hollinwood, 82 Chorlton - Waterhead, 84 Chorlton - Middleton, 88 Chorlton - White Moss, 112/113 Sale - Moston) and Hyde Road (also 82 and probably some others joint with PS and QS) Garages of Greater Manchester Transport and Burnley depot of Ribble doing the X43/743 and possibly Blackburn depot of Ribble doing the Timesaver services which were later the X1/X2
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