Route 3
Route: Manchester City Centre circular (Metroshuttle / Free Bus)
Service changes
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| MF Peaks | |
| Rerouted to run via Left Bank instead of Gartside St. | |
| 01/09/2005 | no apparent change |
| 29/09/2006 | New service MS 0700-1900 ev10mins |
| 01/11/2010 | Times changed: MF 0700-1900 S 0800-1900 ev10mins |
| 01/02/2011 | no apparent change |
| 01/12/2012 | no apparent change |
| 23/05/2013 | |
| 26/06/2015 | Rerouted to operate between Piccadilly Stn, Deansgate Stn and Museum of Science and Industry during MF peak periods |
| 13/11/2016 | no change listed |
| 01/01/2017 | no change listed |
| 09/01/2017 | Rerouted via Cross St, St Mary’s Gate, Deansgate and John Dalton St, with buses only running via Spinningfields during MF peak periods. |
| 01/01/2018 | ??? |
| 28/10/2018 | |
| 27/04/2019 | |
| Piccadilly Train Station - Deansgate circular (Free Bus) | |
| 27/10/2019 | Run by Go North West. New MS E route running from Piccadilly stn via Piccadilly, Portland St, Princess St, Whitworth St W, Deansgate, Victoria stn, Shudehill Interchange, Church St and Dale St to Piccadilly station. |
| 23/03/2020 | Free Bus 1,2 & 3 will operate as normal : may be subject to changes. |
| 29/03/2020 | Free Bus: continue Normal services |
| 14/04/2020 | services suspended |
| 05/07/2020 | |
| 20/07/2020 | revised Times |
| 20/07/2020 | TfGM Timetable issued |
| 21/09/2020 | |
| 21/09/2020 | Times changed |
| 14/06/2021 | |
| 01/08/2021 | |
| 24/04/2022 | Times changed |
| 13/10/2022 | Due to the one-way closure of Deansgate between Bridge St and Quay St. Buses now operate an anticlockwise loop similar to service 2. No longer serve Cross St. |
| 29/01/2023 | All M-F E now 5 mins earlier throughout to improve spacing with service 2. |
| 16/04/2023 | Change in contract - service withdrawn |