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Route 173

Route: Service 173

Service changes

Date Change details
26/10/1986
26/10/1986 MS peak service ev20mins. ESu hrly
21/04/1987
18/05/1987 no apparent change
10/01/1988 NO CHANGE LISTED M-F peak ev20mins: ESu hrly
21/08/1988 no apparent change
26/11/1990 New supported service partly replacing 158 227 228. MS daytime hrly.
21/10/1991 Timetable, operator, route revised via Ancoats by Red Rider
01/09/1992 Timetable revised.
19/10/1992 Minor route in Reddish and operator revised by CLine
14/11/1992 MF peak jnys diverted, direct via Gt Ancoats St and Hyde Rd in Longsight
29/11/1993 Route revised in Heaton Chapel. Now by BEE
07/02/1994 City terminus now Newton St not Piccadilly Bstn
Stepping Hill - Stockport - Reddish - Levenshulme - Ancoats - Manchester
05/04/1994 795 reprint
05/04/1994 Extended Stepping Hill via Dialstone La
30/10/1995 697 reprint
30/10/1995 Minor route revision. Now by Timeline
01/01/1996 Now by Arriva - date unknown
26/10/1998 Now op by Vale of Manchester
26/10/1998 replacement
14/06/1999 0805MF now from Stepping hill hosp at 0816
14/06/1999 500 reprint
08/01/2001 times changed
26/08/2002 804 reprint
26/08/2002 Route changed in city via Shudehill and Church St. No longer serve Stockport Bus Station. Times changed
31/10/2005 MF 1725 from Stepping Hill runs 13mins earlier
02/05/2006 Times changed. Some jnys withdrawn. Route change in city to terminus at Piccadilly. All jnys by VAL
02/10/2006 Times from Stepping Hill changed.
30/07/2007 All jnys by MCT. Times unchanged
Stepping Hill - Stockport - Reddish - Levenshulme - Longsight - Manchester
05/01/2009 Route changed between Longsight and city: via Upper Brook St, Ancoats not served. 1615 from city curtailed at Reddish
20/04/2009 times changed
31/08/2010 times changed
30/01/2012 Rerouted via Middle Hillgate, Higher Hillgate, Hempshaw Lane, Windermere Road and Nangreave Road. Replaced by buses 307 and 308 along Wellington St, Spring Gardens, Hall St and Banks Lane. Minor time changes.
30/07/2012 Route changed in Reddish - Harrogate Rd no longer served. All journeys will be run by Bluebird.
03/03/2013 All journeys will be run by Stagecoach Manchester.
01/09/2013 M-F peak jnys retimed.
01/09/2014 Rerouted direct via Broadstone Rd in Heaton Chapel, with Nelstrop Rd, Marbury Rd, Crowthorn Rd, Springside, Carnforth Rd and Keswick Rd no longer served. Times  changed.
30/08/2015 Times changed.
29/01/2017 0518 reprint
29/01/2017 Times changed.
29/01/2019 times changed

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