Route 171
Route: Belle Vue - Newton Heath
Service changes
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 26/10/1986 | MS daytime ev2hrs. NESuPH |
| 18/05/1987 | |
| 25/01/1988 | supported service hrly MS daytime |
| 23/05/1988 | supported service extended at both ends: hrly NESu |
| 21/08/1988 | |
| 23/10/1988 | Further extended to Withington Hosp - Chorlton. Now ev30mins Chorllton - Droysden, hrly extn Cheetham Hill. ESu hrly Withington Hosp - Belle Vue |
| 14/11/1988 | Operators revised: MS daytime by East Midlands. ESu by GMB |
| 23/10/1989 | 890 reprint |
| 23/10/1989 | EM replaced by BEE. |
| 15/07/1991 | Minor route revision |
| 09/11/1992 | Timetable and route revised. Some jnys via Belle Vue Mount Rd renumbered 172. Commercial BEE jnys run to/ from Cornbrook depot to Cheetham Hill. Supported MAY jnys MS daytime Withington - Newton Heath. Supported E jnys With - NH hrly by Red Rider. Support |
| 28/02/1993 | Service withdrawn. New supported 170 replacing 171 172 349 ??? |
| 28/02/1993 | timetables revised |
| 05/04/1993 | timetable revised: supported hrly NH - With and hrly shorts NH - Ryder Brow. MS daytime by MAY. Occaisional BEE Cornbrook - Chill.ESu no change |
| 05/09/1993 | minor timetable and route revision. BEE jnys withdrawn |
| 27/09/1993 | Timetable revised replacing service 170. MS daytime ev30mins full route. |
| 17/01/1994 | supported MS E RED jnys replaced by BEE |
| 30/01/1994 | 294 reprint |
| 30/01/1994 | Timetable revised with jnys via Ryder Brow renumbered 172. MS daytime hrly. |
| 30/08/1994 | 1194 reprint |
| 30/08/1994 | minor timetable revision |
| 30/01/1995 | 297 reprint |
| 30/01/1995 | 595 reprint - POOR PRINT |
| 30/01/1995 | 696 reprint |
| 30/01/1995 | Minor timetable revision. All jnys now by Mayne |
| 30/01/1995 | reprint?? |
| 31/08/1997 | Su timetable revised |
| 01/03/1998 | 1298 reprint |
| 01/03/1998 | 699 reprint |
| 01/03/1998 | Timetables revised. 172 extended to Newton Heath |
| 25/06/2000 | All jnys now via Ryder Brow Rd and run as 171 |
| 18/03/2001 | E jnys now Withington - Clayton running as 172 |
| 24/02/2003 | Times changed. E jnys East Didsbury - Clayton partially replacing 172 via Belle Vue not Ryder Brow. MS daytime and ESu hrly. Some peak jnys exyended to Monsall and Phillips Park |
| 27/02/2005 | Route change in Brookdale Park via Assheton Rd not Graver Lane. Minor change to times |
| 19/06/2005 | 1705 SuPH from NH now finishes at East Didsbury 1746, no longer to Withington Hosp |
| 19/06/2005 | MF peak jnys changed in NH and extended to Ashburys. Cavendish Rd and Lapwing La no longer served. Times changed |
| 28/01/2007 | Divert via Millgate Lane. Ashburys and Miles Platting no longer served. Times changed. Daily daytime hrly. E hrly ED-Clayton. |
| 23/04/2007 | MF 1842 from ED now 1830 from With; 1720 from NH extended to With Hosp |
| 02/07/2007 | MF1615 from NH now runs as 172, from NH at 1620 |
| 27/01/2008 | E jnys withdrawn |
| 31/08/2008 | 109 reprint |
| 31/08/2008 | 909 reprint |
| 31/08/2008 | addtl 171 jnys replacing 172 jnys. All operated by SM |
| 01/09/2008 | New MS daytime 195 196 service. Partly replacing 196 East Dids - Burnage circularby new 197 196 diverted 171 |
| 05/09/2010 | 711 reprint |
| 05/09/2010 | SuPH jnys changed to run NH-East Didsbury only. Times changed. Hrly |
| 29/01/2012 | M-F peak period journeys are retimed |
| 02/09/2012 | Route changed in Openshaw. MS jnys no longer serve Millgate Lane. Times changed. |
| 03/09/2012 | Divert 188 via Edge La and North Rd not Greenside St and Clayton La , partially replacing 171 |
| 27/01/2013 | Journeys terminating at Green End are extended to Lane End Road. |
| 21/07/2013 | Times changed during Summer to 31 August 2013 |
| 01/09/2013 | M-F 1757 from Newton Heath retimed 10 mins later. Early morning/early E jnys extended to/from Newton Heath. |
| 20/07/2014 | M-F times changed during Summer to 30 August. |
| 31/08/2014 | Normal timetable following the Summer period. |
| 12/04/2015 | Rerouted to serve Highgate Crescent in Ryder Brow. Times changed. |
| 26/07/2015 | M-F times changed during Summer to 29 August . |
| 30/08/2015 | normal timetable at the end of the Summer period. |
| 04/04/2016 | Some M-F journeys are retimed |
| 24/07/2016 | Times are changed during the Summer period from 24 July to 3 September 2016 |
| 04/09/2016 | Run by Stagecoach. Times are changed on M-F. |
| 30/10/2016 | Some M-S daytime jnys diverted via Parrs Wood Road, Fog Lane and Lapwing Lane to/from Withington Community Hospital and renumbered 172. Remaining bus 171 M-S jnys rerouted via Parrs Wood Road to Millgate Lane in East Didsbury, but no longer serve Elizabe |
| 03/09/2017 | Times changed. |
| 08/04/2018 | 1018 reprint |
| 08/04/2018 | Buses are rerouted from East Didsbury, Millgate La via Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury Village, School La, Parrs Wood Rd, Fog La, Burnage La, Errwood Rd and Albert Rd to Stockport Rd in Levenshulme. Then via current route to Newton Heath, but direct via Hemsworth R |
| 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August |
| 23/03/2020 | M-F hrly. NE |
| 28/03/2020 | 171/172: each hrly daytime: 172 hrly E |
| 11/04/2020 | 171: ev 2hrs daytime |
| 01/06/2020 | 171: Every two hours daytime services |
| 15/06/2020 | 171/172: each hrly daytime: 172 hrly ESu |
| 26/07/2020 | Re-Routed btwn Levenshulme and Didsbury via Ladybarn and Parrs Wood Rd, partly replacing services 44 and 179.M-S hrly daytime NESu |
| 30/08/2020 | Times changed |
| 11/04/2021 | Times of some M-F peak jnys changed. All jnys will be run by Diamond |
| 24/04/2022 | Times changed. All jnys are now run by Stagecoach |
| 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables effective from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 |
| 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: |
| 04/09/2022 | Reverts to pre-summer times |
| 30/10/2022 | no change listed |
| 29/01/2023 | No change listed |
| Bee Network: East Didsbury - Didsbury - Burnage - Levenshulme - Gorton - Newton Heath | |