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Route 278

Route: Service 278

Service changes

Date Change details
Route withdrawn. Replaced by bus 179 between Reddish and Wythenshawe, bus 272 between Wythenshawe and Stretford and bus 84 between Hulme and Manchester.
Urmston - Davyhulme circular
26/10/1986 hrly MS daytime.
Trafford General Hospital - Urmston - Stretford - Old Trafford
24/02/2003 New supported ANW service: linked with 276, each hrly.
Trafford General Hospital - Urmston - Stretford - Lostock
31/08/2003 Diverted to Lostock. No longer serve Old Trafford.
08/09/2003 1718 from Lostock withdrawn
26/04/2004 0745 from URM to Moss Rd & 0820 return withdrawn
Trafford General Hospital - Urmston - Stretford
06/09/2004 0857 from Stretford to TGH withdrawn
06/09/2004 Route changed - no longer to Lostock
31/01/2005 206 reprint
31/01/2005 405 reprint
31/01/2005 minor change to times
04/09/2006 1725 from TGH withdrawn. Now op by Hayton's Coaches
30/04/2007 1107 reprint
30/04/2007 no change listed
01/09/2008 no change listed
07/09/2009 no change listed
31/08/2010 no change listed
03/05/2011 Route changed in Flixton. Curtailed at Stretford Mall no longe serving Moss Rd. All jnys by Goodwins
09/05/2011 divert via Woodsend Rd at Flixton
01/09/2014 no change listed
26/01/2015 Route change in Stretford to /from Mall
03/04/2016 no change listed
Reddish - Withington - Wythenshawe - Sale - Stretford - Manchester
23/04/2017 New supported route, partly replacing buses 178, 260 and 268.
23/04/2017 service withdrawn
24/04/2017 Route withdrawn, Partly replaced by diverted 276
23/07/2017 M-S jnys by Goo no longer via Timperley
03/09/2017 route changed in Newall Green via Firbank Road and Hollyhedge Rd not Tuffley Rd and Greenbrow Rd. Times not changed
08/04/2018 Route changed to run via Ladybarn Lane, Kingswood Road and Kingsway. Times are changed with all journeys now run by Diamond

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