Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester
Documents for TfGM's Bus Commitee meeting next Friday now online and a few significant changes mentioned for early September involving Stagecoach with re-routing of the 80 and extra weekday journeys on the 32 and X34.

*32 - The 1805 weekday journey from Wigan to Tyldesley is to be extended to Manchester with an additional weekday journey from Manchester at 1945 to Wigan.
*50 - The Mon-Sat journeys at 2239 and 2309 from East Didsbury to Salford Central are extended to Salford Quays. The 2358 Mon-Sat journey from Salford Central to East Didsbury is extended to start from Salford Quays at 2341. The 2250 Sunday journey from East Didsbury to Salford Central is extended to Salford Quays.
*80 - Re-routed from Moston Ben Brierley via White Moss, Victoria Avenue East and Manchester New Road instead of Lightbourne Road, Moston Gardeners Arms and Middleton Junction.
*151 - Proposed: To improve reliability, service to get new timetable with additional running time, while the short journeys between Mandley Park and Newton Heath will be curtailed to run between Monsall Metrolink stop and Newton Heath only.
*256 - Evening journeys to be operated by Stagecoach instead of JPT with Sunday evening journeys proposed to be operated hourly.
*X34 - Additional weekday journeys at 1855 from Leigh to Manchester and 2002 from Manchester to Lowton. Also, all weekday morning journeys to Manchester will start from Lowton, in addition to current 0727 journey plus First journeys.
*X57 - Sunday evening service introduced, replacing Finglands's service 157.

http://www.transportforgreatermanchester...us_network

Also been reported that the following changes will also take place from September:
*112 - Increased from every 20 mins to every 10 mins.
*171 - Transferred from Hyde Road to Middleton depot
*192 - Additional journeys at 0020 and 0035 from Manchester to Stockport on Mondays-Wednesdays nights.
*291 - Transferred from Middleton to Hyde Road depot
*X5 - Transferred from Middleton to Stockport depot
*X50 - Additional stop on Chester Road at Hulme Hall Road
*X57 - Sunday evening journeys to be operated by Stockport depot

The 80 and 112 changes will be interesting as it will give First and JPT more competition between Moston/White Moss and Manchster against the 81/81A, 88/89, 118 plus JPT's 112 service.