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Route 42B

Route: Service 42B

Service changes

Date Change details
22/09/2000 Summary timetables 42 42A 42B 45A 49 142 157: BULL FIN MAG SM UKN
02/12/2000 S 1814 from Cross St withdrawn
17/06/2001 Summary timetables 42 42A 42B 45A 49 142 157: BULL FIN MAG SM UKN
16/09/2001 42B no change listed.
25/02/2002 42B no change listed
22/09/2002 42B times changed
27/04/2003 42 42B: E jnys from Millgate La replaced by diverted 42A
31/08/2003 42B: Route in city changed: terminate Corporation St
14/09/2003 42: jnys from Millgate La retimed. 42B Su 1747 now runs as 42 not via Parrs Wood Rd or Millgate Lane
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.
Woodford - Bramhall - Cheadle - Didsbury - Manchester
29/01/2017 New daily service replacing X57. Commercial daytime ev30mins full route. Supported Su daytime hrly full route; E hrly MCT Woodford - Parrs Wood. Buses serve all stops between East Didsbury and Mcr.
23/04/2017 E jnys WITHDRAWN. M-S daytime jnys retimed
23/07/2017 M-F times changed for summer until 2/9/2017
03/09/2017 M-S daytime journeys retimed. Supported ESu not listed
03/09/2017 Times changed
28/01/2018 M-F peak times changed: S0819 1856 from city retimed
28/01/2018 Times changed
22/07/2018 M-F times changed for summer until 1/9/18
02/09/2018 Times of some M-F peak jnys changed.
27/01/2019 Times of some 42B M-F peak jnys changed
28/04/2019 Times of 42B early morning and M-F peak jnys changed.
21/07/2019 Summer service MF changes until 31 August
01/09/2019 Times of some MF peak jnys changed
26/01/2020 Minor timetable changes.
23/03/2020 42B M-F hrly. NE
28/03/2020 42/42A/42B: hrly services each daytime from Stockport (42), Reddish (42A) or Woodford (42B), combining to run ev20mins between East Didsbury and Manchester. ev30mins 42 services between Stockport and Manchester
05/04/2020 42B Su 5th: hrly NE
11/04/2020 42B M-S hrly daytime services, NE
12/04/2020 42B: Easter SuPH: hrly NE
01/06/2020 42B: M-S hrly daytime services
15/06/2020 42B: M-S daytime ev30mins ; NE; SuPH daytime hrly
26/07/2020 42B Alternate M-S daytime jnys divert to Handforth Dean and Heald Green as 42C: no longer serving Woodford - Branhall - Cheadle Hulme. Times changed.  M-S hrly daytime plus peak. Supported SuPH hrly NE TfGM Bus Guide
26/07/2020 Full SM 42 42A 42B 42C print
30/08/2020 42B M-F Times changed. Addtl M-S E jnys hrly Mcr - Cheadle . TfGM Bus Guide issued
30/08/2020 Stagecoach tt Times changed
29/11/2020 M-F Peak times changed
25/07/2021 Summer timetables on M-F from 25 July to 4 Sept 2021
05/09/2021 M-F times changed: service revert to pre-summer 25/7/21
08/10/2021 On Fri/Sat 8/9 15/16 22/23/29/30 October & 5/6 12/13 19/20 26/27 Nov Wilmslow Rd services will divert between 20:00/01:00hrs All services heading outbound Normal route then (Left) Hathersage Rd (Right) Upper Brook Street/Anson Rd (Right) Dickenson Rd res
24/07/2022 42B Summer timetables from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022
04/09/2022 Reverts to pre-summer times
30/10/2022 Deregistered and direct award:
Bee Network: Woodford - Bramhall - Cheadle - Didsbury - Manchester

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