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Route 246

Route: Service 246

Service changes

Date Change details
Hrly daytime with addtl hrly TF jnys. 0905 -1405. MS E hrly.
26/10/1986 MS daytme ev30mins alternate via Davyhulme Rd or Broadway. MS E hrly Bowdon Vale - AM, Su 1520 1950 from URM. FS 2305 NH- AM. Reverse = 245
05/01/1987
05/01/1987 387 reprint
05/01/1987 no obvious change
08/06/1987 Addtl jnys AM-BV. Now ev30mins MS day plus hrly E.
03/08/1987 no obvious change
26/10/1987 no obvious change
11/01/1988 Commercial MS daytime ev30mins plus supported hrly E service all by GMB.
11/01/1988 Not listed - replaced by revised 245.
11/01/1988 Printed as A21 - apparently runs as 246??
11/04/1988 no apparent change
20/06/1988 MS daytime ev30mins plus supported hrly E jnys
14/11/1988
14/11/1988 Hrly daytime with addtl hrly TF jnys. MS E hrly.
14/11/1988 timetable revised: Hrly MS daytime plus addtl hrly TFS service. Supported E jnys hrly. NSu
03/01/1989 889 reprint
03/01/1989 Timetable and operators revised, Supported E service by Bluebird
09/01/1989 no obvious change
22/10/1989 addtl Supported Su jnys: running as 245.
02/04/1990 MS E service withdrawn and replaced by extended 245
29/07/1991 operators revised. Supported MF daytime jnys now operated by Starline
10/11/1991 Supported Esu hrly service reintroduced replacing 245. However 245 timetable states 24/11 replaced to Bowden Vale and GM Buses timetable (see below) suggests this date too
24/11/1991 GMB timetable. Date of 24th correlates to 245 timetable unlike GMPTE 246 timetable above
12/04/1992 Minor timetable and operator revision. Main daytime service now supported by Starline, Supported Esu service
29/06/1992 Actual changes are 0705 (subsidised) retimed to 0716 and 0816 now by GM Buses instead of Star Line
29/06/1992 Timetable and operators revised. MS daytime ev30mins service commercial by StarLine, Supported Esu hrly service by GMB. Occaisional peak commercial jnys by GMB
15/11/1992 Operators revised. Supported MS daytime by StarLine and hrly Esu now by North Western
04/05/1993 MS daytime Timetable and route revised at Bowdon Vale loop via BowGreen Rd Vicarage Lane anti clockwise. Return to Altrincham via South Downs Drive and Ashley Rd Hale MS daytime commercial daytime by Starline, Supported Esu hrly by NW
05/09/1993 694 reprint
05/09/1993 Supported Esu hrly service revised. Now via daytime route at Bowdon and via Hale, MS E by GMB, Su by Timeline. Commercial ev30mins MS daytime.
05/09/1994 Supported Esu service revised with addtl jnys now ev30mins. MS E now by GMS. Su by StarLine
04/09/1995 Revised Esu route not via Hale.
Altrincham - Bowdon Vale
07/01/1996 Replacement: Loop at Bowdon Vale reinstated.
07/01/1996 Timetable and route revised. No longer via loop at Bowdon Vale or return via Hale.
24/02/1997 MS E service revised. Now hrly
26/07/1997 Timetable revised. MS E StarLine jnys replaced by BeeLine.
28/03/1999 Supported Su service now by SM. Reduced to hrly and Esu runs direct to Bowdon Vale via Vicarage Lane. A-Mcr runs all BEE jnys.
26/09/1999 Su jnys now by ANW Some peak jnys now supported and run by ANW
25/04/2000 All jnys by ANW
25/04/2000 Supported M-S E jnys by ANW
26/05/2002 no change listed
Altrincham - Bowdon Vale circular
25/01/2009 New route replacing service 20. All jnys supported. MS daytime ev30mins. Esu hrly all by daytime loop.
19/04/2009 0738 MS from Altrincham now 0728
25/10/2009 MS times changed.
31/10/2011 All jnys now by Mtravel.
14/07/2013 Times changed
26/10/2014 1015 reprint
26/10/2014 Times changed. All journeys will be run by Belle Vue.
03/04/2016 Times are changed with MS daytime now hrly. All journeys will be run by Go Goodwins
23/04/2017 Service renumbered 287. Times are also changed.

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