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Route 197

Route: Stockport - Burnage - Levenshulme - Mcr

Service changes

Date Change details
26/10/1986 MS daytime ev30mins plus ESu hrly Green End - Albert Sq
26/01/1987 New commercial via Green End - Levenshulme. M-S daytime ev30mins; Esu hrly . See also 198
26/10/1987
17/07/1988 688 reprint
17/07/1988 MS daytime ev30mins plus ESu hrly Green End - Albert Sq. Supported Su and 2200 MS round trip
10/10/1988 1288 reprint
10/10/1988 Crosville leaflet: also mentions Minilynx 11
10/10/1988 Some peak and ev2hrs E jnys extend to Brinnington. Supported Su now Maynes
15/01/1989 Timetable and route revised. MS daytime now ev20mins
16/01/1989 Crosville leaflet: revised service: MS daytime ev20mins Ehrly Nsu: also mentions Minilynx 11
24/09/1989 Su now operated by GMB.
02/01/1990 Timetabled revised: MS service by BEE who had takenover Crosville
Stockport - Green End - Levenshulme - Longsight - Manchester
14/05/1990 No longer serves Brinnington. Addtl daytime GMB service hrly. 4bph
23/07/1990 Minor timetable revision
17/09/1990 Addtl daytime hrly duplicated jnys same time by BEE and GMB. 6bph.
12/11/1990 Some BEE jnys withdrawn: leaving single jnys 5bph
26/11/1990 Addtl GMB jnys now ev20mins, 6bph.
21/04/1991 Timetable and minor route and operator revision. Supported S 0659 0707 0740 by Pacerbus
11/11/1991 Timetable revised: Sch 1740 by FIN. Su now commercial by GMB
12/04/1992 Timetable revised - minor city centre revision. Su supported again.
22/06/1992 Operators revised: Supported E service now by GMB ev2hrs
09/11/1992 Addtl jnys. PACerbus now Red Rider
11/01/1993 Minor timetable revision
09/08/1993 Minor timetable revision
21/02/1994 Minor timetable and city centre route revision
19/09/1994 295 reprint
19/09/1994 Timetable and minor centre route revision. GMS and BEE each 3bph. Su hrly commercial. E supported BEE and TIM
03/12/1995 Timetable and city centre route revision
01/09/1996 Minor timetable and operator revision. Supported Su by Bullocks. GMS = SM
02/09/1996
11/11/1996
11/11/1996 City centre route revised.
19/01/1997 no change listed
02/06/1997 City centre route revised.
13/10/1997 Minor timetable revision. Su now by TIM
05/01/1998 Timetable revised. Joint working BEE SM
29/03/1998 Su service diverted full length Slade Lane. BEE now Arriva
26/07/1998 Su service in Levenshulme reverts to MS route. Su by ANW
07/09/1998 299 reprint
07/09/1998 All MS jnys now by SM, ev20mins MS daytime. Supported E hrly by SM. Supported hrly Su by BULL.
26/07/1999 Some early S morning and E jnys revised.
05/09/1999 Route changed now via Grafton St and Oxford Rd not Upper Brook St. Now ev15mins MS daytime
21/11/1999 City centre route and times changed.
12/12/1999 Su service extended to Cannon St
04/09/2000 S morning times changed
27/11/2000 MS times changed: revert to ev20mins daytime
26/02/2001 Times changed
25/02/2002 Supported E jnys remain with SM
25/02/2002 Supported E service now by F-Pennine
22/09/2002 Minor changes to times
27/05/2003 Minor changes to times
31/08/2003 City terminus now Corporation St
28/03/2004 1004 reprint
28/03/2004 Times changed
03/04/2005 Times changed on Su with jnys extended to Stockport
13/06/2005 MF times changed during Summer to 2 September
29/01/2006 Route changed in city. Terminus at Spring Gardens and out via King St not Corporation St. Ev20mins daytime. Supported ESu hrly. E to GreenEnd only
03/09/2006 707 reprint
03/09/2006 E extended to/from Stockport. Times changed
02/07/2007 Times changed during Summer period to 31 August
02/09/2007 Times changed after Summer
23/06/2008 MF 0623 retimed to 0620
25/01/2009 times changed
19/07/2009 1110 reprint
19/07/2009 MF times changed MF peak
01/05/2011 City terminus now Albert Sq not Spring Gardens. Suppported SuPH now by FIN
25/07/2011 0620 Stockport to city now 5mins later
29/01/2012 M-S E journeys are retimed.
17/06/2012 Temporary Summer timetable until 1 Sept 2012.
02/09/2012 Times changed.
27/01/2013 M-F morning peak period journeys retimed.
07/04/2013 114 reprint
07/04/2013 115 reprint
07/04/2013 814 reprint
07/04/2013 815 reprint
07/04/2013 SuPH jnys by MCT not FIN
21/07/2013 Times changed during Summer to 31 August 2013
01/09/2013 Run by Stagecoach Manchester. The M-F journeys at 0615 from Stockport is retimed slightly.
20/07/2014 M-F times changed during Summer to 30 Aug 2014.
31/08/2014 Journeys towards Stockport are rerouted to run via Heaton Lane and Mersey Square. The normal timetable is also introduced following the Summer period.
26/07/2015 M-F times changed during Summer to 29 Aug 2015.
30/08/2015 normal timetable at the end of the Summer period.
25/01/2016 Times are changed.
03/04/2016 Times changed. Journeys from city rerouted via Cross, St, King St, New York St and Portland St instead of Princess St
24/07/2016 Times changed including temporary changes during Summer to 3 September 2016
04/09/2016 Normal timetable at the end of the summer period.
03/01/2017 City route in via peter St, Deansgate and John Dalton St. OUT via Princess St not King St, York St, Portland St
29/01/2017 M-F 1553 and 1615 from Manchester retimed.
23/04/2017 Times are changed on Saturday mornings.
03/09/2017 Normal timetable at end of the summer period.
08/04/2018 ESuPH times changed. Late MS E journeys will be run by MCT. 
08/04/2018 Times changed. Late MS E journeys will be run by MCT. 
02/09/2018 Some M-S times changed
27/01/2019 Times of afternoon peak period journeys are changed on Mondays to Fridays
28/04/2019 Times are changed on M-F. New 197 timetable
21/07/2019 Summer service MF changes until 31 August
01/09/2019 M-F peak and S daytime times changed
23/03/2020 M-F ev20mins. E hrly
28/03/2020 hrly daytime services
05/04/2020 M-S hrly daytime. NESu
06/04/2020 M-F E 2115 2315 from Stockport: Albert Sq 2201 only
11/04/2020 197: hrly daytime services
18/04/2020 services cancelled on closure of company: See Diamond
19/04/2020 Run by MCT. ESuPH journeys will be run by Diamond. ev 2hrs ESu
08/05/2020 PH Su services on supported TfGM services
10/05/2020 197 Stockport to Manchester - Temporary Timetable in place
24/05/2020 Daily ev2hrs ESu
01/06/2020 hrly daytime services
14/06/2020 hrly ESu services
15/06/2020 M-S hrly daytime. NESu (version one: each jny duplicated)
15/06/2020 M-S hrly daytime: (version two correcting V1)
26/07/2020 Diamond ESu services taken over by Stagecoach with some late night and early morning journeys withdrawn.
30/08/2020 Timetable changes including addtl M-F junys. M-F now ev20mins. S ev30mins . Supported ESu hrly. TfGM Bus Guide issued
29/11/2020 M-F daytime services revised to run ev30mins.
01/02/2021 M-F reduced frequency due to covid. M-F ev30mins. No change SSu.
11/04/2021 Times changed
25/07/2021 Summer timetables on M-F from 25 July to 4 Sept 2021
29/08/2021 Route changed in Stockport due to rebuild of bus station
05/09/2021 M-F peak times changed: service revert to pre-summer 25/7/21
24/07/2022 Summer timetables from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 M-F ev30mins
04/09/2022 M-F every 20 minutes
04/09/2022 Reverts after Summer period M-F ev20mins
13/10/2022 Deansgate from Blackfriars Rd to Quay St will be made one-way in the southbound direction only permanently. 191 and 197 are unable to access their Albert Sq/ Princess St terminus. Services divert from Oxford St to terminate permanently at Stop EV, on Ch
13/10/2022 Route changed via Portland St to Chorlton St, no longer serving Peter St, Deansgate, John Dalton St, Albert Sq and part of Princess St
30/10/2022 M-F early mornings deregistered - direct award. Reduction in the number of jnys before 7am
06/11/2022 Times of some M-F journeys from Mcr changed
Bee Network: Stockport - Green End - Levenshulme - Longsight - Manchester

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