Route 444
Route: Rochdale circular via Sudden, Castleton, Firgrove, Howarth Cross.
Service changes
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| Rochdale - Dunstereville WITHDRAWN | |
| Some jnys withdrawn (Replaced by extra buses on Route 244) MS Evening jnys now ROSsendale Transport | |
| 15/08/1988 | Commercial ev30mins MS daytime. Maximum fare 25p. Paired with 445 |
| 28/11/1988 | Commercial ev30mins MS daytime. 445 not listed. |
| 28/11/1988 | Times and operators revised: Supported GMB ev30mins NESu |
| 01/04/1989 | Commercial ev30mins MS daytime. 445 not listed. |
| 30/05/1989 | Commercial services 444 445 each ev30mins. NESu. Reverse = 445. MINI Lynx |
| 23/07/1990 | Commercial M-S daytime ev30mins: Reverse = 445 |
| 16/09/1991 | WITHDRAWN |
| 27/03/1995 | New Partly replacing service 420 |
| 23/10/1995 | New service partly replacing R1. Commercial ROS MS ev30mins. NESuPH |
| 23/10/1995 | WITHDRAWN (Renumbered Route 453) |
| 11/12/1995 | commercial MS daytime ev30mins |
| 26/02/1996 | No change listed |
| 08/07/1996 | No change listed |
| 20/10/1996 | Addtl ROS ESu hrly service from 459 (E by BuV, Su by FGM) |
| 20/07/1997 | No change listed |
| 25/04/1998 | Early S morning service reduced. Change Su operator to ROS |
| 20/07/1998 | MF 0623 from Spotland Bridge withdrawn |
| 05/09/1999 | Addtl jnys replaceing 244 MF 0645 from RAW 1845 from RE to/from Norden as 444 |
| 05/09/1999 | MS Evening & Sunday operator revised |
| 05/09/1999 | supported MS E Times changed now run by Universal. Su tt changed |
| 17/07/2000 | minor changes to Times. S1845 from RE now by SM. Addtl commercial BH service by ROS hrly |
| 29/03/2002 | BH now run as supported Su timetable. |
| 01/09/2002 | Some jnys replaced by 244 to Blackburn. Now hrly. MS E now by ROS |
| 18/11/2002 | No change listed |
| 31/03/2003 | MF 0726 from Norden now 0710 from RAW runs as 244. MF 0710 from RE withdrawn. MF1845 244 from RE now curtailed at Norden runs as 444 |
| 23/02/2004 | Times changed |
| 24/10/2004 | Addtl jnys: SuPH 2201 Norden - RE; S 2245 exRE 2301 from Norden to RE |
| 31/01/2005 | Addtl jnys replacing 244. Now ev30mins MS daytime. Supported ESuPH ROS |
| 03/01/2006 | 0811 MF Norden to Rochdale withdrawn |
| 03/01/2006 | 607 reprint ?? |
| 30/08/2009 | Supported Times ESuPH changed |
| 01/11/2009 | Times changed |
| 25/01/2010 | Times changed |
| 30/01/2011 | Addtl 444 jnys. Now ev20mins M-S daytime ESu hrly |
| 30/01/2011 | Some E jnys withdrawn and replaced by Local Link: remaining ESuPH jnys now by BuV |
| 28/08/2011 | SuPH jnys now by Tyrers |
| 15/04/2012 | |
| 07/03/2013 | Run by Tyrer Bus. SuPH jnys will be run by Manchester Community Transport. |
| 08/04/2013 | Times changed. |
| 29/07/2013 | Some MF early morning and peak period jnys are retimed. |
| 26/01/2014 | Times changed. |
| 31/08/2014 | Times changed. |
| 25/01/2015 | Times changed |
| 25/01/2015 | Times changed. |
| 04/09/2016 | MS jnys withdrawn and replaced by buses 442 for jnys between Norden, Bagslate and Rochdale and buses 443 and 467 along Spotland Road. supported SuPH daytime hrly continues. |
| 30/10/2016 | not changed |
| 08/04/2018 | no change listed |
| 22/07/2018 | no change listed |
| 27/01/2019 | No change listed |