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Route 42

Route: East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly

Service changes

Date Change details
26/10/1986 WAL MF Su NIGHT service NEW daily 0030 0130 0230 OUT
28/01/1987 WAL jnys withdrawn
25/08/1988 Night service extended to East Didsbury
29/10/1988 Night service curtailed at Didsbury
09/11/1989 New daytime service ev20mins MS daytime. Not Univ Hols
05/03/1990 New service
09/07/1996 New MS service
31/01/1999 COMPLICATED TIMETABLES - UNABLE TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS JOURNEYS DUE TO Summary timetables 42 142 157 W2 ev2 - 8 mins daily by SM MAG FIN UKN GLO BUL . Outbound addtl by 40 40R 42R Addtl 42 Su pm and E jnys by UKN
31/01/1999 Summary timetables 42 BUL ev20mins 42A SM ev30mins. : OUT 40 40R 42R
25/04/1999 Times changed: GLO not listed: Summary timetables 42 142 157 W2 ev2 - 8 mins daily by SM MAG FIN UKN BUL . Outbound addtl by 40 40R 42R Addtl 42 Su pm and E jnys by UKN
05/09/1999 Times changed
19/09/1999 NIGHT service times changed
21/11/1999 42 Times changed. Summary timetable ev2-10mins by BUL FIN MAG SM UKN. 40R 42R WITHDRAWN and replaced by revised 42A - time and route changed most serve Cross St
29/11/1999 Times and routes of UKN jnys changed, Some extended to Cross St
06/03/2000 Times and routes of UKN jnys changed
27/03/2000 Some UKN jnys WITHDRAWN on M
16/04/2000 Some early jnys WITHDRAWN or retimed slightly
19/06/2000 Times of UKN jnys changed
22/09/2000 Summary timetables 42 42A 42B 45A 49 142 157: BULL FIN MAG SM UKN
11/12/2000 no changes listed
17/06/2001 Summary timetables 42 42A 42B 45A 49 142 157: BULL FIN MAG SM UKN
17/09/2001 42 42A times changed
23/09/2001 times changed
25/02/2002 42 42A no change listed
17/06/2002 Addtl jnys from Albert Sq on FS Night jnys. Minor change Night jnys from Picc - EDids
22/07/2002 42 times changed
22/09/2002 42 42A 42B times changed with addtl jnys on 42B replacing withdrawn 49
23/09/2002 42 Times changed; 42A no change listed
27/04/2003 42 Times changed
14/09/2003 Su times changed
22/09/2003 42 Times changed
15/12/2003 Addtl 42 MTuS NIGHT jnys: by UKN 0116 ev15mins 0231
24/01/2004 42 Times changed with some late night jnys withdrawn
14/06/2004 Buses 42 42A 42B 45A 142 SM MF times changed during summer to 4 Sept. 42B timetable: Daily daytime hrly, plus E hrly 42A.
14/06/2004 Some UKN 42 jnys WITHDRAWN
06/09/2004 SM times revert after Summer: 42 42A 42B 142
20/09/2004 Times of 42 UKN jnys revised
21/02/2005 42 Times changed
07/03/2005 42 Times changed: addtl jnys
03/04/2005 42 42A Times changed. 42B service WITHDRAWN
13/06/2005 Summer times to 160705: 42 42A 45 142
17/07/2005 Further summer period to 3 Sept: FIN 42 times changed
05/09/2005 42 times changed with addtl jnys
16/09/2005 42 times changed
23/09/2005 42 Times changed
29/01/2006 no change listed
20/03/2006 Addtl Night jnysCorporation St - East Didsbury; jnys from 21 Piccadilly withdrawn
26/06/2006 GMBuses jnys withdrawn. UKN jnys times changed. SM unchanged
03/09/2006 Times changed
11/09/2006 Times changed
18/09/2006 no change listed
16/02/2007 GM2 and UKN jnys withdrawn, SM no change listed
02/07/2007 Summer changes to 31Aug for jnys from Millgate La
02/09/2007 Summary timetable : 508 reprint
02/09/2007 Times changed with addtl early jnys
08/09/2008 no change listed
01/09/2009 no change listed
06/09/2010 times changed
09/05/2011 times changed
04/09/2011 no change listed
20/02/2012 FIN Times changed with some jnys withdrawn
03/09/2012 FIN Times changed.
07/01/2013 Fin times changed - now ev20mins: ESuPH jnys withdrawn. SM jnys unchanged
27/01/2013 no change listed
01/09/2013 no change listed
09/02/2014 FIN jnys now run by FM having taken over company. Times not changed
27/04/2014 Times changed between East Didsbury and Mcr with addtl jnys.  Addtl jnys by First Mcr between East Didsbury, Mcr and North Mcr General Hosp.
09/06/2014 FM Times changed with late night journeys WITHDRAWN during University holidays.
31/08/2014 FM jnys M-F retimed
26/10/2014 Some FM jnys withdrawn during Univ hols. Minor SuPH changes
19/07/2015 Times changed including temporary changes during Summer to 29 August 2015.
30/08/2015 FM jnys retimed incl changes to Night jnys. SM normal timetable is introduced at the end of the Summer period.
24/07/2016 Times changed with late night journeys WITHDRAWN
30/10/2016 no changes listed
08/01/2017 Times changed temporarily due to roadworks on Brook St. Jnys to/from Middleton are also temporarily changed  to run between Middleton and Mcr, Chorlton St only.
29/01/2017 Times changed with some SM 42 jnys replaced by 42A 42B
23/04/2017 42/42A/42B times changed M-S
23/07/2017 MF times changed during summer to 2 Sept
03/09/2017 Times changed
28/01/2018 Times changed
04/03/2018 no change listed
04/03/2018 times of FM jnys changed with some withdrawn. SM no change listed
22/07/2018 Summer tt until 1/9/18
02/09/2018 no change listed
28/10/2018 FM jnys withdrawn

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