Route 156
Route:
Service changes
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 25/06/1989 | |
| 12/03/1990 | New MS hrly service. NESu |
| 30/10/2006 | Partly replacing withdrawn 150 |
| 30/10/2006 | service 56 jnys renumbered 156. ev30mins full route. |
| 15/01/2007 | Divert via Chapel Lane mot Riverdale Rd and Blackley New Rd |
| 01/10/2007 | Addtl morning peak jnys |
| 11/04/2008 | Service extended by this date; ev30mins MF commercial; S supported. NESuPH |
| 07/09/2009 | Route changed in Langley and Bank House |
| 20/11/2009 | First/last journeys revised with some terminating/starting from Bowness Road |
| 11/04/2010 | Addtl E hrly service |
| 25/07/2010 | E service withdrawn |
| 15/05/2011 | Route changed to run full length of Windermere Rd. Times changed with 4bph between Middleton-Langley. MF commercial; S supported. |
| 25/07/2011 | 1112 reprint |
| 25/07/2011 | 212 reprint |
| 25/07/2011 | Most jnys curtailed to Mcr-Middleton only. Early and lste jnys serve Langley |
| 25/07/2011 | Times changed: MS daytime curtailed Middleton - Mcr only. Ev30mins. Supported S ev30mins. NSuPH |
| 30/01/2012 | M-F 1702 from Manchester retimed to 1704 |
| 08/04/2013 | Times changed. All jnys extended to/from Langley. Ev30mins. S supported. MF commercial |
| 29/07/2013 | Most journeys are changed to run between Middleton and Manchester only. Times changed |
| 02/09/2013 | Minor timetable changes. |
| 31/08/2014 | Run by Jpt (Stagecoach Manchester). Times changed. |
| 12/04/2015 | ESuPH journeys introduced between Heaton Park and Manchester replacing bus 165. |
| 12/04/2015 | Replaces 165. |
| 27/07/2015 | MCT M-S 1812 from Manchester is withdrawn. |
| 27/07/2015 | MS 1812 from Mcr to Heaton Pk withdrawn |
| 24/01/2016 | Some MF early and peak jnys retimed |
| 24/07/2016 | ESuPH jnys extended to Hollin via Middleton and renumbered 157. Times are also changed |
| 04/09/2016 | Times changed: no longer serves Langley, MS daytime ev30mins. Supported MS E hrly by MCT. SuPH hrly. |
| 30/10/2016 | Replacement |
| 23/07/2017 | M-F peak ourneys are retimed. Supported E by MCT |
| 03/09/2017 | M-F peak period journeys are retimed. Times are changed. Journeys to/from Langley withdrawn |
| 29/10/2017 | ESuPH jnys changed to run between Middleton and MCR only, and are replaced by bus 129 for journeys between Middleton and Hollin at these times. Addtl early morning jnys introduced. All journeys will be run by Stagecoach. |
| 08/04/2018 | MF 0717 0747 retimed. MS daytime ev30mins. Supported ESu hrly. |
| 02/09/2018 | Run by Stagecoach. Minor timetable changes to some M-S journeys. |
| 28/04/2019 | TfGM Bus Guide issued times changed |
| 21/07/2019 | Summer servcies |
| 23/03/2020 | M-F ev30mins. ?? E hrly |
| 28/03/2020 | 56/156: S services with some additional morning journeys |
| 05/04/2020 | M-S 56 and 156 reduced to hrly services each, running a combined ev30mins services between Mcr and NMGH |
| 11/04/2020 | 156: hrly daytime services, ev 2hrs E |
| 11/04/2020 | 1933 Middleton-MCR/2216 MCR-Middleton 156 appear to have been withdrawn |
| 12/04/2020 | Easter PH |
| 01/06/2020 | 156: ev30mins daytime services; every two hours E |
| 15/06/2020 | 56/156: M-S daytime each ev30mins: 56 NESuPH 156 hrly |
| 15/06/2020 | Looks like some times are changed and the two evening journeys reinstated |
| 29/11/2020 | 156 weekday peak times revised |
| 11/04/2021 | ESuPH times changed |
| 25/07/2021 | Summer timetables on M-F from 25 July to 4 Sept 2021 |
| 29/08/2021 | M-F peak times changed: service revert to pre-summer 25/7/21 |
| 24/04/2022 | half hrly M-S daytime service operated commercially by Stagecoach with an hrly subsidised ESu service also run by Stagecoach. Revised Su times which improves the frequency btwn Shudehill and NMGH to two buses per hour. Addtl ESu jnys btwn NMGH and Shude |
| 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 |
| 04/09/2022 | Revert to times similar to those before the summer holidays: (NO 56 SERVICE) |
| Bee Network: Middleton - Higher Blackley - North Manchester General Hospital - Manchester | |