Route History

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RE: Route History

(09/10/2012 22:03)P528LND Wrote:  Greater Manchester - Oldham - 425

Started out as 425 and 426 Circulars from the history I've read, alternating between Park Road and Glodwick Road/Mumps.

425 changed to run by Glodwick Road/Mumps both directions, 426 down Waterloo Street, and extended to Moston (care to help anyone?)

425 extended to Ashton-Under-Lyne from Holts Estate, to Fitton Hill from Oldham.

Other routes introduced, 421-6 all different service numbers serving generally the same areas.

426 cancelled, replaced by other routes, same for 421, 422, 423 and 424.

425 curtailed between Holts and Fitton Hill. 425 used to terminate at the Community Centre on Fir Tree Avenue.

425 now does a circular sort of route in Fitton Hill.

Curtailed to run every 12 minutes from previously every 10 minutes.

Trying to remember the routes around Fitton Hill and Holts. Think the 425 extension to Ashton was a replacement for the 56, which ran from Rushcroft to Ashton via Shaw, Higginshaw, Oldham Lord Street (via Egerton St), Oldham Mumps, Glodwick, Holts and Smallshaw. Remember doing the route from one end to the other and back during the school holiday one year (mid-90s).

If I remember correctly, at one time you had 421 Moston-Oldham-Fitton Hill, 425 Fitton Hill-Oldham-Holts and 426 Moston-Oldham-Holts. 423 ran evenings and Sundays from Moston to Oldham and then to Fitton Hill (I think).

That was back in the day when there was lots of 4xxs in Oldham.

At various times in 90s and 00s you had:
400 Bolton-Bury-Rochdale-Oldham-Ashton-Stockport
401 (Wigan)-Bolton-Bury-Middleton-Oldham-Ashton-Stockport
402 Royton-Oldham-Glodwick (combination of current 402 and 410/411 route)
403 Shaw circular
404 Moston-Oldham-Limeside
405 (Moston)-Oldham-Limeside
406 Middleton-Chadderton Park-Oldham-Limeside(-Hollinwood-Middleton Junction)
407 Oldham-Denshaw
408 (Rochdale-)Buckstones-Shaw-High Crompton-Royton-Oldham-Abbeyhills-Stalybridge
409 as current
410 Ashton-Hathershaw-Oldham-Royton-Thornham
411 ?
412 Derker-Oldham-Royton-Boarshaw-Middleton
413 Sholver-Oldham-Royton-Thornham-High Crompton-Shaw-Buckstones
414 Sholver-Oldham-Royton-Thornham-High Crompton-Shaw-Buckstones
415 as current
416 Hollinwood-Limeside-Oldham-Waterhead-Lees-Oldham-Werneth-Hollinwood
417 Hollinwood-Werneth-Oldham-Lees-Waterhead-Oldham-Limeside-Hollinwood
418 Chadderton-Oldham-Lees-Waterhead
419 as current
420 Shaw-Royton-Royal Oldham Hospital-Werneth-Hollinwood-Moston
421 Moston-Werneth-Oldham-Fitton Hill
422 Oldham-Coppice-Butler Green-South Chadderton
423 Moston-Werneth-Oldham-Fitton Hill
424 Ashton-Hathershaw-Fitton Hill-Limeside-Failsworth-Newton Heath-Manchester
425 as current (not via Alt)
426 Moston/Fitton Hill-Oldham-Holts
427 Diggle-Uppermill-Grotton-Lees-Oldham-Hollinwood(-Failsworth-Manchester)
428 Ashton-Hathershaw-Hollinwood-Failsworth-New Moston-Newton Heath(-Manchester)
429 Greenfield-Grotton-Lees-Oldham-Hollinwood(-Failsworth-Manchester)
434 (Rochdale-Kirkholt-)Rushcroft-Shaw-Higginshaw-Oldham-Alt