Route History

[gilesbus1]

RE: Route History
Just to put a foot note to things on the list of routes, despite being joint routes it didn't necessacerily mean that all the operators listed had workings on those services, in some cases yes they did, but on others it mean't that the joint operation was a joint share of revenues.

For example on service 32 Salford and Wigan never operated any journeys and in practice LUT ran them all.
Similarly on service 39 LUT ran all the journeys.

The situation on the 82 is much more interesting the jointness with Bolton was two trolleybuses owned by Bolton Corporation that ran in SLT livery by SLT from Atherton depot and the fact all trolleybuses had to take a fresh set of fares at Four Lane Ends Over Hulton for journeys between there and Bolton with all that section of revenue going to Bolton Corporation all the revenue between Leigh and Four Lane Ends Over Hulton was LUT's although Leigh had working rights, Leigh didn't exercise these till after Trolleybus operation and bought its 6 Dennis Lolines to work its share, although this ended soon aftrer Selnec tookover then in practice LUT ran everything from Atherton on service 82. Also Bolton never ran anything on the 51 Warrington - Bolton but again may have taken the revenue or a share of the revenue between Four Lane Ends, Over Hulton and Bolton.

[gilesbus1]

RE: Route History

(04/11/2012 19:22)Bevan Price Wrote:  

(03/11/2012 12:46)SF07 Wrote:  Amazing to think that some of those routes still survive today, either as a whole or part of a route: the 8, 26, 32, 39 (albeit night bus) and 320 still with the same numbers.

12 the same between Manchester/Salford and Little Hulton, 13 is now 513, 16 is now 516, 54 is now 658, 57 is now 600, 59 is now 559, 60 is now 360, 82 is now 582, 84 is essentially the 685

There are some differences in the routings, though. 57 ran direct from Golborne to Wigan via Abram & Platt Bridge. 32 now deviates round Castle Hill estate in Hindley, etc.
The Ashton - Wigan section of 600 was formerly Wigan Corporation 2/2A. When I get time, I will list Wigan Corporation routes from the late 1960's.

Other similarities include:
10 is now 100, but rerouted via Trafford Centre.
56 is now part of 156, and extended from Blackbrook to St. Helens.
The Ashton - Billinge section of 55 is covered by 256, but extended to Rainford.

The Leigh - Ashton part of the 55 is now the 600 from Deregulation day in 1986 this came into being before that it was the 555 then from 1985 the 655 from Leigh to Billinge Hospital

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
Leigh Corporation Transport routes at January 1964.

Leigh was a joint operator with LUT & other operators on services 5, 16, 18, 26, 37, 39, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 57, 58, 82 and 84. For details see the LUT list in the earlier post. Leigh operated most (possibly all) of 46 and 47, but had little (if any) active participation in many of the other joint services.

Leigh is listed as the sole operator of the following:
1. Leigh - Plank Lane.
2. Leigh - Cemetery / Astley (Higher Green)
3. Leigh - Hindley Green
4. Leigh - Tamar / Dangerous Corner.
4B. Leigh - Briar Grove / Abbey Lane.
6. Leigh - Higher Fold.
7. Leigh - New Henry St. Estate.
8. Leigh - Abram (Crankwood Rd.) (infrequent)
9 /9A. Leigh circulars via Holden Rd.
10 Leigh - Leigh Infirmary. (irregular / infrequent)

Jim Stones now operates some of the equivalent routes.

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
And now, Wigan Corporation Transport Department routes from September 1969. Some infrequent schools / works services are omitted.

1. Wigan - Beech Hill.
2. Wigan - Ashton in Makerfield via Wigan Road
2A. Wigan - Ashton in Makerfield via Old Road.
3. Wigan - Hindley (Castle Hill Estate)
3A. Wigan - Hindley (Whiteside Avenue)
3D. Wigan - Lower Ince
3E. Wigan - Belle Green Lane
4. Wigan - Evan House Farm.
5. Wigan - Standish (Graham Farm)
5A. Wigan - Standish (Pepper Lane)
5B. Wigan - Standish (Bradley Mills) (infrequent)
7. Wigan - Abbey Lakes
8. Wigan - Bleachworks
8A. Wigan - Bleachworks - Red Rock (infrequent)
8B. Occasional peak hour variant of 8.
9. Wigan - Norley Hall.
10. Wigan - Worsley Mesnes - Stubshaw Cross.
10B. Wigan - Hawkley Hall.
10C. Wigan - Worsley Mesnes.
12. Wigan - Abram (Crankwood Road)
13. Wigan - Bickershaw
14. Wigan - New Springs.
15. Wigan - Bolton via Aspull / Wingates.
(Joint with Bolton)
16. Wigan / Blackrod - Horwich
17. Wigan - Blackrod via Haigh.
18. Wigan - Blackrod via Scot Lane.
18A. Blackrod - Horwich.
19. Wigan - Windy Arbour
19A Wigan - New Houses
(joint with Ribble & St. Helens)
20. Standish - Orrell Post / Kitt Green (infrequent)
21. Wigan - Kitt Green via City Road
21C. Wigan - Kitt Green via Bell Lane.
22. Wigan - Marsh Green.
23. Wigan - Worsley Hall.
24. Wigan - Bottling Wood.
25. Wigan - Beech Hill.

Several routes had some journeys that were linked across Wigan Town Centre, changing route numbers at the town centre:
1 with 2/2A;
3/3A with 4;
5/5A with 7;
12 with 22/23;
13 with 23;
14 with 25;

Joint services
With LUT : 32
With LUT & Leigh : X85
With Ribble: 333 /343
With Ribble & St. Helens: 342 /352 /352, plus St. Helens local services 51A, 52, 53 & 55.
With LUT, Ribble & St. Helens : 320

X85. Wigan - Culcheth - Irlam
(rail replacement service for the Wigan Central branch)
320 Wigan - Liverpool
333 / 343 Wigan - Wrightington / High Moor
342 Wigan - Billinge.
352 /362 Wigan - St. Helens.
352 Wigan - St. Helens - Widnes (Su only)

Apart from 320, and (I think) 333 /343, I don't think that Wigan provided any vehicles for these joint services (although it could possibly have provided some duplicates on 352 / 362 when Wigan RLFC were playing at St. Helens).

[gilesbus1]

RE: Route History

(21/11/2012 22:46)Bevan Price Wrote:  And now, Wigan Corporation Transport Department routes from September 1969. Some infrequent schools / works services are omitted.

1. Wigan - Beech Hill.
2. Wigan - Ashton in Makerfield via Wigan Road
2A. Wigan - Ashton in Makerfield via Old Road.
3. Wigan - Hindley (Castle Hill Estate)
3A. Wigan - Hindley (Whiteside Avenue)
3D. Wigan - Lower Ince
3E. Wigan - Belle Green Lane
4. Wigan - Evan House Farm.
5. Wigan - Standish (Graham Farm)
5A. Wigan - Standish (Pepper Lane)
5B. Wigan - Standish (Bradley Mills) (infrequent)
7. Wigan - Abbey Lakes
8. Wigan - Bleachworks
8A. Wigan - Bleachworks - Red Rock (infrequent)
8B. Occasional peak hour variant of 8.
9. Wigan - Norley Hall.
10. Wigan - Worsley Mesnes - Stubshaw Cross.
10B. Wigan - Hawkley Hall.
10C. Wigan - Worsley Mesnes.
12. Wigan - Abram (Crankwood Road)
13. Wigan - Bickershaw
14. Wigan - New Springs.
15. Wigan - Bolton via Aspull / Wingates.
(Joint with Bolton)
16. Wigan / Blackrod - Horwich
17. Wigan - Blackrod via Haigh.
18. Wigan - Blackrod via Scot Lane.
18A. Blackrod - Horwich.
19. Wigan - Windy Arbour
19A Wigan - New Houses
(joint with Ribble & St. Helens)
20. Standish - Orrell Post / Kitt Green (infrequent)
21. Wigan - Kitt Green via City Road
21C. Wigan - Kitt Green via Bell Lane.
22. Wigan - Marsh Green.
23. Wigan - Worsley Hall.
24. Wigan - Bottling Wood.
25. Wigan - Beech Hill.

Several routes had some journeys that were linked across Wigan Town Centre, changing route numbers at the town centre:
1 with 2/2A;
3/3A with 4;
5/5A with 7;
12 with 22/23;
13 with 23;
14 with 25;

Joint services
With LUT : 32
With LUT & Leigh : X85
With Ribble: 333 /343
With Ribble & St. Helens: 342 /352 /352, plus St. Helens local services 51A, 52, 53 & 55.
With LUT, Ribble & St. Helens : 320

X85. Wigan - Culcheth - Irlam
(rail replacement service for the Wigan Central branch)
320 Wigan - Liverpool
333 / 343 Wigan - Wrightington / High Moor
342 Wigan - Billinge.
352 /362 Wigan - St. Helens.
352 Wigan - St. Helens - Widnes (Su only)

Apart from 320, and (I think) 333 /343, I don't think that Wigan provided any vehicles for these joint services (although it could possibly have provided some duplicates on 352 / 362 when Wigan RLFC were playing at St. Helens).

They where known to operate at times on X85's, there was an issue of buses from 1972 on Chat Moss that shows a Wigan Titan PD2 on the X85.

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
Widnes Corporation Motor Omnibus Department, as they were called in their July 1970 timetable did not use route numbers, indeed most of their buses could not display route numbers. In the list below, Runcorn refers to Bus Station (Old Town), and Widnes refers to Widnes Town Hall. With several route variants, that makes the network difficult to describe, so I apologise for any errors or omissions. Also, the timetable lists all departures from certain locations, so there may be some duplication in the list.

Runcorn / Widnes - Cronton via Appleton & Black Horse.
Runcorn / Widnes - Farnworth Street or Horns via Peelhouse Lane & Lunts Heath Rd.
Runcorn / Widnes - Bold Heath or Black Horse via Frank St & Dykin Rd.
Widnes - Horns via Fairfield.
Runcorn / Widnes - Horns via Bancroft Rd
Runcorn / Widnes - Rainhill or Whiston Hospital
Runcorn / Widnes - Chorley Lane
Coronation Drive / Deacon Road - Chorley Lane.
Widnes - Hough Green (several variants)
Widnes - Horns circular via Fairfield, Widnes North & Derby Rd.
ditto., in reverse direction to above.
Widnes - Stewards Avenue.

Joint with St. Helens Corporation (only St. Helens Corporation buses could display the route numbers)
35. Widnes - St. Helens via Peelhouse Lane, Black Horse, Sutton Manor, Sutton Leach.
Plus infrequent peak hour variants:
33. Widnes - St. Helens direct via Kingsway, Black Horse, Sutton Manor .
34. Widnes - St. Helens via Everite Works, Sutton Manor
37. Widnes - St. Helens via Everite Works, Sutton Manor, Sutton Leach & St. Helens Junction.

Before the Widnes - Runcorn road bridge was opened, several routes terminated at "Transporter".

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
And whilst the old timetables are temporarily out of the box, Warrington Corporation Transport Department, March 1972. Some of the services were linked across the town centre. The town centre terminals or timing points were usually Central Station or Buttermarket Street, but a few joint services used Arpley Bus Station.

1. Westy - Warrington - Poplars Avenue
2. Dallam - Warrington - Statham Avenue via Fisher Avenue
2A. Ditto, but via Poplars Avenue
3. Westy - Warrington - Penketh.
4. Dallam - Warrington - Padgate Greenwood Crescent
4A. Occasional variant to Padgate Statham Avenue via Poplars Ave.
5. Warrington - Walton Whitefield Rd. via Stockton Heath
5A. Warrington - Bewsey.
6. Warrington - Grappenhall via Stockton Heath.
7. Loushers Lane - Warrington - Alder Lane
8. Warrington - Blackbrook.
11. Warrington - Hatton via Stockton Heath.
12. Warrington - Appleton Thorn or Arley.
13. Warrington - Walton via Chester Road
13A. Warrington - Gainsborough Road
14. Warrington - Walton Stag Inn via Stockton Heath.
15 /16. Westy - Warrington - Great Sankey circular
(15 out via Lingley Green & Meeting Lane; 16 opposite way round Great Sankey loop.)

Joint services with Crosville:
35. Warrington - Lymm Church via Massey Brook. (M-F only, sparse service)
37. Warrington - Altrincham.
38. Warrington - Altrincham via Statham, Warburton.
40. Warrington - Altrincham - Broadheath.
42. Warrington - Lymm - Warbuton - Urmston.
43 to 46. Warrington - Northwich
43 via Barnton
44 via Acton Bridge & Weaverham.
45 via Lostock.
46 via Antrobus.
The Crosville share had previously been with North Western Road Car.

Joint vith LUT
77. Warrington (Arpley Station) - Fearnhead Cross - Houghton Green
78. Warrington - Fearnhead Parkfields Lane
(some peak hour journeys to/from Sankey (RAF depot)
79. Longford - Warrington - Woolston Runnymede Road.
80. Warrington - Fearnhead cross - padgate Training college.
81. Warrington - Padgate - Woolston Dam Lane.

Joint with Crosville & St. Helens Corporation:
140: Warrington - Bold heath - St. Helens

Of course, the large housing developments around Birchwood came later than 1972.

[gilesbus1]

RE: Route History
Thanks Bevan for these lists here is a list for Salford CityTransport in July 1969.

Salford had two depots the main one on Frederick Road in Pendleton and the second on Eccles New Road in Weaste

This is what they operated at the time:-

1 Weaste - Pendleton - Mandley Park (Bristol Street)
2 Manchester (Bridge Street) - Trafford Bridge - Pendleton Church - Kersal Vale - Kersal Bar
3 Salford (Greengate) - Langworthy Road - Weaste Lane
4 Simister - Prestwich (Clifton Road) - Prestwich (Gardner Market)
5 Victoria Bus Station- Weaste Lane - Eccles (Library) - Peel Green (Harrison Street)
6 Eccles Bus Station - Monton Green - Swinton Church - Windmill Hotel - Smithy Brow - Agecroft Bridage - Bury New Road - St Margarets - Besses Junction - Radcliffe (Bus Station) JOINT WITH BURY CORPORATION.
8 Victoria Bus Station - Pendleton Church - Pendlebury (Windmill Hotel) - Farnworth (Black Horse) - Bolton (Moor Lane Bus Station) JOINT WITH BOLTON CORPORATION AND LANCASHIRE UNITED.
9 Victoria Bridge Street - Pendleton Church - half Edge Lane - Monton Green - Winton Library - Worsley (Court House) - Walkden (Centre) JOINT WITH LANCASHIRE UNITED
10 Salford (Greengate) - Eccles (Bus Station) - Patricroft (Bridgewater Hotel) - Addison Road - Irlam (Clarendon Road) - Cadishead (Coach and Horses) - Hollins Green (Black Swan) - Martinscroft (Methodist Church) - Warrington (Bridge Foot) JOINT WITH LANCASHIRE UNITED
12 Salford (Greengate) - Moorside Road (Worsley Road) - Worsley Station - Roe Green (Post Office) - Walkden (Centre) - Little Hulton (Dun Mare Inn) - Edge Fold - Daubhill Station - Bolton (Soho Street) JOINT WITH BOLTON CORPORATION AND LANCASHIRE UNITED
13 Victoria Bus Station - Cromwell Bridge - Agecroft
14 Victoria Bus Station - Cromwell Bridge - Lower Kersal (Kersal Way)
15 Manchester Piccadilly - Weaste Depot - Eccles Bus Station - Monton Green - Winton (Library) - Worsley (Court House) JOINT WITH MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT
25 Victoria Bus Station - Weaste - Lancaster Road (Swinton Park Road) - Pendleton Church - Victoria Bus Station
26 Salford (Greengate) - Moorside Road - Worsley (Court House) - Boothstown (Simpson Road) - Astley (Straits) - Leigh Cemetery - Leigh (Bus Station)JOINT WITH LANCASHIRE UNITED AND LEIGH CORPORATION
27 Victoria BUs Station - Weaste Depot - Eccles Bus Station - Monton Green - Swinton Market Place - Pendleton Church - Victoria Bus Station
28 Victoria Bus Station - Pendleton Church - Swinton Market Place - Monton Green - Eccles (Albert Street) - Weaste Depot - Victoria Bus Station
30 Victoria Bus Station - Pendleton Church - Lancaster Road (Swinton Park Road) - Weaste - Victoria Bus Station
31 Salford (Greengate) - Pendleton Church - Claremont Road - Moorside Road - Rydal Crescent (Birch Road) - Walkden Centre - Mount Skip (Eastham Way/West Way) JOINT WITH LANCASHIRE UNITED.
33 Victoria Bus Station - Kings Road - Polefield (Parrenthorn Road)
34 Pendleton Church (Broughton Road) - Gerald Road - Langley Road (Abram Street)
35 Cannon Street - Queens Road - Scholes Lane - Whitefield Bus Station - Bury (Market Street) JOINT WITH MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT AND BURY CORPORATION
37 Mandley Park (Bristol Street) - Trafford Park (Third Avenue) - Trafford Park (Mosley Road/ Trafford Park (Third Avenue) - Mandley Park (Bristol Street) JOINT WITH MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT
40 Victoria Bus Station - Kings Road - Carr Clough (Cawley Avenue)
41 Eccles (Bus Station) - Weaste Depot - Cross Lane Junction - Old Trafford Bar (Joint with MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT)
42 Victoria Bus Station - Pendleton Church - Swinton Park Road
43 Lancaster Road (Swinton Park Road) - Claremont Road - Trafford Park (Third Avenue) JOINT WITH MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT.
44 Kings Street West - Cross Lane (Regent Road) - Weaste Depot - Clarendon Crescent - Eccles (Regent Cinema)
45 Salford (Greengate) - Eccles (Bus Station) -Patricroft (Bridgewater Hotel) - Addison Road - Irlam (Clarendon Road) - Cadishead (Coach and Horses) - Hollins Green (Black Swan) JOINT WITH LANCASHIRE UNITED
49 Whitefield Bus Station - Prestwich (Tower Buildings) - Broughton Lane (Tower) - Trafford Park (Third Avenue) JOINT WITH MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT
50 King Street West - Pendleton Church - Duchy Road (Turning Circle)
51 Victoria Bus Station - Kings Road - Prsetwich (Tower Buildings) - Hillock Estate (Calder Crescent)
52 Cross Lane (Broad Street) - Trafford Park Entrance - Tenax Road JOINT WITH MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT
54 King Street West - Cross Street (Regent Road) - Weaste Depot - Eccles (Bus Station)
56 Swinton Church - Irlams o'th Height - Pendleton Church - Bridge Street - Piccadilly (Bus Station)
57 Swinton Church - Pendlebury (Windmill) - Irlams-o-th'-Height - Pendleton Church - Bridge Street - Piccadilly (Bus Station)
58 Swinton Park Road - Claremont Road - Pendleton Church - Trafford Park Entrance - Stretford (Chapel Lane) JOINT WITH MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT
62 Littleton Road (Moor Lane) - Trafford Park (Third Avenue) JOINT WITH MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT
64 Victoria Bridge Street - Pendleton Church - Eccles Station - Peel Green (New Lane)
66 Victoria Bridge Street - Pendleton Church - Eccles Station - Monton Green - Winton Library - Peel Green (New Lane)
67 Bridge Street - Cross Lane (Regent Road) - Weaste Depot - Eccles Bus Station - Peel Green (Brookhouse)
70 Docks (Trafford Bridge) - Cross Lane (Regent Road) - Frederick Road Depot - Broughton Lane - Deansgate (Liverpool Road) - Cross Lane (Regent Road) - Docks (Trafford Bridge)
71 Docks (Trafford Bridge) - Cross Lane (Regent Road) - Deansgate (Blackfriars Street) - Broughton Lane - Frederick Road Depot - Cross Lane (Regent Road) - Docks (Trafford Bridge)
73 Victoria Bus Station - Half Way House - Heaton Park Station - Whitefield Bus Station
84 King Street West - Cross Lane (Regent Road) - Trafford Park Entrance - Third Avenue - Tenax Road JOINT WITH MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT
90 Salford (Greengate) - Pendleton Church - Swinton Church - Walkden (Centre) - Little Hulton (Lancastrian Hotel) JOINT WITH LANCVASHIRE UNITED
91 Salford (Greengate) - Pendleton Church - Claremont Road - Moorside Road - Rydal Crescent (Birch Road) - Walkden Centre - Coniston Avenue (West Way) - Little HUlton (Captain Fold Road/Upland Drive) JOINT WITH LANCASHIRE UNITED
92 Trafford Bridge - Pendleton Church - Lower Kersal (Kersal Way)
95 East Didsbury - West Point - Ardwick Green - Piccadilly - Victoria Bus Station - Kings Road - Prestwich (Tower Buildings) - Whitefield Bus Station JOINT WITH MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT
96 East Didsbury - West Point - Ardwick Green - Piccadilly - Victoria Bus Station - Kings Road - Prestwich (Tower Buildings) - Whitefield Bus Station JOINT WITH MANCHESTER CITY TRANSPORT

Night Services

24 Victoria Bus Station - Kings Road - Prestwich (Tower Buildings) - Whitefield Bus Station
29 Victoria Bus Station - Pendleton Church - Claremont Road - Swinton Church - Pendlebury (Windmill Hotel)
68 Victoria Bus Station - Weaste Depot - Eccles Bus Station - Peel Green (New Lane) - Winton Library

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
And now, Manchester Corporation Transport Department, October 1959:

Depots were at Birchfields Road, Hyde Road, Northenden, Parrs Wood, Princess Road, Queens Road, Rochdale Road (near city centre). Numerous services were jointly operated, and to save time /space, I have used these abbreviations:
Municipals, etc.:
A - Ashton under Lyne
B - Bury
O - Oldham
R - Rochdale
Sa - Salford
SHMD - Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley & Dukinfield
St - Stockport

Plus LUT - Lancashire United Transport.
NW - North Western Road Car.

Route numbers 1 to 99 (numbers 100 & above to follow)

1. Manchester Piccadilly - Gatley via Wilmslow Road, Parrs Wood
2. Manchester Stevenson Square - Royton - New Hey
(Joint with NW, O)
2X. Firswood - Stevenson Sq. - New Moston (peak only)
3. Manchester Cannon St. - Flixton via Stretford
5. Manchester Piccadilly - Flixton via Stretford.
(Joint with NW)
4. Manchester Cannon St. - Heywood / Bamford.
6. Manchester Lower Mosley St. - Glossop via Ashton, Stalybridge.
(Joint with A, NW, SHMD)
7. Brookdale Park - Cheetham Hill Road
8. Manchester Cannon St. - Rochdale (non stop to Middleton, peak only)
(Joint with R)
9. West Didsbury - Reddish
10. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Oldham - Greenfield
(Joint with NW, O)
11 /23. Manchester Piccadilly - Flixton Carrington Rd (11) or Red Lion (23)
(Joint with NW)
12, Manchester Piccadilly - Flixton Carrington Rd. via Stretford
(Joint with NW)
12A. Manchester Lower Mosley St. - Partington
(Joint with NW, peak only)
13. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Uppermill via Scothead
14. diito, via Lees. (Boith joint with NW, O)
15. Manchester Piccadilly - Eccles - Worsley
(Joint with & entirely worked by Sa)
16. Chorlton - Stockport - Stepping Hill.
(Joint with St.)
17. Manchester Cannon St. - Rochdale
(Joint with R)
18. Manchester Chorlton St. - Stockport - Bramhall Moor Lane
(Joint with St)
19. Droylesden - Belle Vue - West Didsbury.
20/20A. Manchester Chorlton St - Stockport - Poynton(20) / Woodford (20A)
(Joint with NW, St)
21. Manchester Chorlton St. - Dukinfield / Stalybridge
(Joint with SHMD)
22/22X. Eccles - Urmston - Stretford - Chorlton (22X) - Levenshulme (22)
(Joint with NW)
24. Manchester - Royton - Rochdale
(Joint with O, R)
25/76. Greenheys - Piccadilly - Newton Heath (25) / Brookdale Park (76)
26. Manchester Cannon St. - Moston Gardeners Arms
27. Manchester Lower Mosley St. - Buxton
28, Manchester Lower Mosley St. - Stockport - Marple
29/30/52/52A. Manchester Chorlton St (29, 52) or Lower Mosley St - Alderley (52)
or Macclesfield (29, 30) or Biddulph (52A).
(Entire operation of 27-30 & 52 by NW)
31. Manchester Chorlton St. - Cheadle - Bramhall
(Joint with NW)
32. Manchester Lower Mosley St. - Higher Poynton / Middlewood.
(Operated by NW)
33. Manchester Chorlton St. - Reddish - Stockport - Greave
(Joint with NW, St)
34. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Oldham (mostly peak hours only)
35. Manchester Cannon Street - Bury
(Joint with B, Sa)
35X. Manchester Albert Square - Guest Road. (peak only)
36/36A. Manchester Chorlton St./ Altrincham - Northwich
37/37A. Manchester Chorlton St. / Altrincham - Warrington
38. Manchester Chorlton St. - Knutsford - Holmes Chapel
39. Manchester Chorlton St. - Knutsford - Congleton.
(36 to 39 all operated by NW)
40. Manchester Albert Sq. - East Didsbury.
41. Manchester Royal Exchange - West Didsbury - Chorlton
42. Manchester Royal Exchange / Piccadilly - Didsbury
43. Manchester Royal Exchange - West Didsbury (peak only)
44/108. Manchester Piccadilly - Baguley (44) / Timperley (108) via Princess Rd
45. Manchester Piccadilly - Benchill via Princess Rd.
46. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Droylesden
47/48. Manchester Piccadilly (47) / St. Mary's Gate (48) - Altrincham
49. Manchester Cannon St. - Crumpsall Green
50. Manchester Piccadilly - Brooklands via West Didsbury
51. Manchester Chorlton St.- Bramhall / Torkington
(Operated by NW)
53. Cheetham Hill Road - Brooks's Bar / Trafford Park.
54. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Middleton Jn - Middleton.
55. Manchester High St. - MostonHolmfield Avenue
56. Bank House Estate - Hollinwood.
57/77. Swinton Church - Piccadilly - Reddish (Thorney Park, 57) or Bull's Head (77)
(Joint with Sa)
58. Stretford Chapel Lane - Swinton Park Road
(entirely operated by Sa)
59. Manchester Cannon St. - Middleton - Oldham - Shaw Wren's Nest
(Joint with O)
60. Manchester Cannon St. - Blackley Estate via Rochdale Rd
61/72. Mersey Bank - Piccadilly - Middleton (61) or Grange Park Rd. (72)
62. Heaton Park - Albert Sq. - Chorltonville
63. Machester Cannon St. - Middleton - Heywood.
63X Cannon St. - Langley Lane (peak only)
64. Manchester - Gatley - Styal.
(Joint with NW)
65/65X. New Moston - Piccadilly (65X) / Trafford Park (65)
66. Manchester King St. - Moss Vale Road
67. Oldham Road - Belle Vue - Fallowfield
(mostly M-F peaks & Sat afternoons)
68/68A - Trafford Park - Flixton
69. Trafford Park - Davyhulme.
(68 & 69 Joint with LUT & NW, peak only)
73. Belle Vue - Ryder Brow Estate.
74. Manchester Chorlton St. - Cheadle - Stockport - portwood
75. Heaton Park - Albert Sq. - Greenheys Platt Lane
78. Hightown - Albert Sq. - Greenheys Wilbraham Rd.
79. Heaton Park -Cannon St. - Wilbraham Road Station
(peak only)
80/88. Chorlton Hardy Lane - Piccadilly - Moston Gardeners Arms (80) / White Moss (88)
81. Hightown - Albert Sq. - Chorlton - Southern Cemetery
82. Chorlton - Piccadilly - Hollinwood.
83. Clayton Bridge - Piccadilly - Firswood Cromwell Rd
85. Manchester Albert Square - Chorlton.
86. Clayton Bridge - Piccadilly - Whalley Range (mostly peak hours only)
89. Manchester Albert Sq. - Stockport St. Peters Sq.
(Joint with St)
90. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Royton - Rochdale
(Limited stop, joint with O & R)
91. Manchester Piccadilly - Ashton on Mersey via Old Trafford (infrequent)
92. Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport - Hazel Grove
(Joint with St)
93/94. Levenshulme Lloyd Rd - Central Station (93) / Southern Cemetery (94)
95/96. East Didsbury - Piccadilly - Whitefield.
97. Manchester Piccadilly - Withington via Yew Tree Rd.
98. Manchester Stevenson Square - Oldham - Waterhead
(probably joint with O, although not listed as such in timetable.)
99. Manchester Piccadilly - Barlow Moor Rd - Sale Temple Rd

(to be continued...)

[Bevan Price]

RE: Route History
Manchester October 1959 (Continued)
Route nos. 100 upwards.

100. Manchester Piccadilly - Woodhouse Park (Tuffley Rd)
100X. Manchester Piccadilly - Peel Hall Estate.
101. Manchester Piccadilly - Greenbrow Road (Limited stop)
102. Manchester Exchange - Woodhouse Park (Tuffley Rd.)
103. Manchester Piccadilly - Woodhouse Park (Cornishway; limited stop)
106. Manchester Piccadilly - Peel Hall Estate (Limited stop)
107. Manchester Piccadilly - Woodhouse Park (Minehead Rd.; limited stop)
109. Manchester Victoria - Reddish Houldsworth Square via Hyde Rd
110. Manchester Piccadilly - Benchill.
111. Manchester Piccadilly - Briarwood Avenue.
(110 /111 Mon. Fri peak only; limited stop)
112/113/114. Moston Gardeners Arms - Sale Helsby Rd (112), Sale North Parade (113)
or Manchester Church St. (114)
116/117. Wythenshawe Estate - Northenden St Hilda's Rd. (Sats. only)
121. Manchester Church St. - Langley (Limited stop)
122. Manchester Piccadilly - Langley
123. Manchester Corporation St. - Ardwick Green - Platt Lane
(formerly trolleybus route 213)
125. Manchester Chorlton St. - Glossop via Denton & Hyde
(Joint with NW, SHMD)
126. Greenhill Rd/Cheetham Hill Rd - Holmfield Avenue
128. Benchill - Peel Hall Estate
129. Didsbury - Parrs Wood Road South (Millgate Lane)
130. Manchester Piccadilly - East Didsbury (Limited stop via 95/96 route)
131. Manchester Piccadilly - Gatley. (Limited stop version of 1)
138. Langley (St. Mary's Church) - Middleton.
(Some Mon. - Fri. peak journeys to/from Manchester Cannon St.)
153. Manchester Aytoun St. - Ashton - Stalybridge (Buckton Vale Rd.)
(M-F peak limited stop, introduced with leaflet dated 23 Nov. 1959)
159. Dane Bank - Reddish Lane.
(A few M-F peak journeys extended to Manchester Piccadilly.
160. Denton - Moorfield Estate.

161/162. Piccadilly - Gatley Route 1 renumbered from 19 October 1959; 161 via Cheadle, 162 via Kingsway Extension.
Night services and some factory services with only a handful of journeys have not been included in the list.

Trolley Bus Services
210. Manchester Piccadilly - Hyde - Gee Cross
212. Manchester Aytoun St - Audenshaw Snipe Inn.
212X. Manchester Aytoun St. - Audenshaw Rd. or Fairfield Rd.
215. Manchester Piccadilly - Audenshaw Snipe Inn via Ashton New Rd
215X. Manchester Stevenson Square - Edge Lane
216. Manchester Stevenson Sq. - Stalybridge via Ashrton New Rd.
217. Ashton - Denton - Haughton Green.
218. Manchester Piccadilly - Stalybridge via Ashton New Rd & Audenshaw
219. Manchester Piccadilly - Stalybridge via Guide Bridge.
219X. Manchester Piccadilly - Guide Bridge.
(216 / 218 / 219 joint with A, but Manchester provided most of the buses; SHMD had no trolleybuses, but I think was technically a joint operator of 210 - this is not specified in the timetable.)