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Route 345

Route: Denton - Audenshaw - Dukinfield - Ashton

Service changes

Date Change details
Denton - Audenshaw - Dukinfield - Ashton
16/02/1987 commercial MF 0620 0720 MS 0835 hrly 1735
15/02/1988 revised route via Dukinfield: MF 0625 MS 0725 0835 hrly 1735. NESu
24/07/1988 888 reprint
24/07/1988 Supported GMB MS E service and supported DEN Su hrly service 1145 - 2145
25/07/1988 GMB jnys only - no change
23/07/1989 Addtl Su1045 - all GMB. Supported E hrly now East Midland
25/11/1989 Supported MS E hrly by BEE. Su continues GMB.
11/02/1991 Supported MS E hrly by STU. Su continues GMB. Jnys now xx50
21/04/1991 Minor operator Change on Saturdays
21/04/1991 minor timetable change
13/04/1992 timetable revised.
11/01/1993 Timetable and operator revised: early jnys supported and run by Red Rider / Stuarts
18/12/1993 Minor times and operator changes
27/02/1994 Operator revised: Reliance gain 1650 NS from AS and 1621 from DEN. Supported Su service by BEE. Supported MS E RED now PB.
24/09/1994 Addtl commercial MS daytime jnys hrly by DEN. PB now PEN.
28/12/1994 MS Daytime DEN jnys withdrawn. Changes to Supported jnys. Glossopdale replace STU
25/02/1996 Late E service reduced (LB now 2150) and operator revised. Some peak jnys now run by Checkmate not GMB
02/09/1996 Operator revised
01/03/1998 Route revised in Denton: now main service by SM, ESu now Universal buses. Early MF jnys by PEN
03/04/1999 S 0810 from Denton and S 0850 from Ashton now by FP
25/10/1999 some MF peak jnys run earlier
20/12/1999 Operator revised : M-S E jnys now by BuVal not Universal buses.
27/03/2000 supported ESu operator revised. MS E now by DEN not BuVal, Su by UNI.
26/06/2000 0750 from Ashton 0813 Denton retimed 0745 0813. SM run UBS jnys having taken over company.
03/09/2000 MS afternoon times changed.
28/08/2001 MS Evenings now Dennis Coaches
17/09/2001 MS daytime jnys by SM replaced by DEN. Su still by SM also MS pm peak jnys.
25/02/2002 M-F FM jnys retimed: 0713 0813 from Denton; 0745 from Ashton; 0710 from Denton
23/02/2003 MS E peak jnys retimed. ESu now by FM. PH service added at Su times. Easy access on DEN jnys.
10/03/2003 MF 1609 from CP and 1615 from Pendle Rd withdrawn
01/04/2005 MS daytime jnys now 4 mins later and run by SM
24/09/2006 ESuPH jnys now 5mins later
16/04/2007 MF early jnys now by Vale not FM
18/08/2008 MF early jnys now by CHK not Vale
19/04/2009 MS 1815 from Denton to Ashton
12/04/2010 Times changed:
31/01/2011 MS early E jnys times changed
15/04/2012 ESuPH journeys retimed 5 minutes later.
27/07/2014 Early MF morning CHK now run by FM
12/04/2015 Addtl MS pm jnys by SM. ESuPH now run by Manchester Community Transport.
27/07/2015 MF early morning journeys now run by Checkmate not FM. 
30/08/2015 Now run anticlockwise round Circular Rd estate.
03/04/2016 hrly daily daytime service. ln an effort to improve punctuality during the weekday am peak all jnys were revised in Aug 2015 to operate the opposite way round the Pendle Rd and Circular Rd loop. While this change has improved punctuality, this met with st
24/07/2016 MF0710 Denton, 0713 Denton withdrawn. Now run by SM: MF0745 from Denton, 0813 from Denton
23/04/2017 MF peak and some S pm jnys retimed. Run by Stagecoach. Times changed.
03/09/2017 Times changed.
02/09/2018 Normal timetable reintroduced at end of summer
21/07/2019 Summer service MF changes until 31 August
01/09/2019 ESuPH times changed
23/03/2020 M-F hrly NE irreg 0730 - 1811
28/03/2020 hrly daytime : Times changed irreg 0730 - 1753
06/04/2020 M-F E 1944 2144
11/04/2020 M-S ev 2hrs daytime: 0730 0949 ev2hrs 1549 1753
18/04/2020 services cancelled on closure of company
19/04/2020 All journeys run by Stagecoach. Most journeys retimed to run slightly later. ev 2hrs throughout day and E
01/06/2020 M-S ev 2hrs: 0730 0949 ev2hrs 1549 1753 1949 2149
15/06/2020 M-S : daytime irreg hrly: Su daytime 1044 hrly 1744; E 1844 hrly 2144
07/09/2020 Stagecoach tt hrly incl ESuPH
25/10/2020 terminate at Denton Crown Point instead of running a loop around Denton, which will be served by services 335
31/01/2021 Revised ESu service ev2hrs. However, there will still be a bus ev hour btwn Denton, Dukinfield and Ashton providesd by new service 335.
11/04/2021 hrly daytime and E daily. Revised to reduce late ESu daytime service to run ev2hrs. In the South Denton area, an hrly bus will still be providesd, with alternate trips along the 335 and 345 routes. Change of operator to Little Gem.
31/10/2021 Minor ESu timetable changes
24/04/2022 ESuPH 355 jnys curtailed at Crown Point and renumbered as 344. All jnys by Stagecoach
30/10/2022 listed as TfGM Tender expiry. All jnys will be run by Stotts with minor changes to some M-F afternoon jnys.
29/01/2023 Minor changes to the times of M-F afternoon jnys. 
Bee Network: Circular Road - Denton - Audenshaw - Dukinfield - Ashton

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