First Manchester

[Mayneway]

RE: First Manchester

(17/07/2014 18:54)SF07 Wrote:  Some proposed changes for 31 August/1 September listed on the Forthcoming Changes to the Bus Network for next week's TfGM Bus Committee meeting:

*23 - New weekday off-peak service introduced, running hourly between Shaw Wren's Nest and Manchester via Buckstones, Shaw centre, High Crompton, Thornham then as 24 route. This will replace service 428 plus some journeys on service 24.
*24 - Some weekday journeys replaced by service 23.
*41 (Sale-Mcr) - Short journeys between West Didsbury and Manchester are to be extended to Eccles via Pendleton along with some peak-time journeys to/from Sale.
*41 (Tameside) - Service to continue along temporary route between Ashton and Dukinfield only.
*180 - Most Mon-Sat journeys to be re-numbered X80 and run limited stop between Hollinwood and Manchester.
*339 - New service, partly replacing service 419 between Ashton and Crowhill
*419 - Service to revert to former route, running direct along Oldham Road between Ashton and Hathershaw
*428 - Withdrawn and partly replaced by new service 23.
*510/536 - Mon-Sat daytime service to be withdrawn and replaced by service 511.
*511 - New Mon-Sat daytime service introduced, replacing services 510 between Bury and Breightmet and service 536 between Breightmet and Bolton. No changes to eve/Sun 510/536 services

http://www.transportforgreatermanchester...us_network

Interesting regarding the new 339 service. It's basically reverting to the way it was when Stotts ran it as the 337 although its interworked with the 41 for many years. I'm guessing it will now interworked with something else?
Any idea why they have not gone back to using the route number 337?