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Route 494

Route: Bury - Fern Grove circular

Service changes

Date Change details
Bury - Fern Grove circular
19/12/1988 M-S ev30mins daytime NESu by GMB Little Gem competing with Ribble minilink 491
19/12/1988 New ev30mins daytime NESu by GMB Little Gem competing with Ribble minilink 490
06/03/1989 M-S ev20mins NESu
06/03/1989 route out via Spring st - Heywood st not via Rochdale Rd
24/09/1989 no change listed
17/03/1990 no change listed
02/02/1991 no change listed
21/04/1991 no change listed
24/06/1991 Replacement
24/06/1991 Reverse of 490. commercial ev20 mins. Plus supported hrly ESu
05/04/1992 some jnys withdrawn
29/06/1992 Route revised
19/07/1992 Timetable revised
06/02/1994 Su service revised replacing 491
03/10/1994 Supported E hrly service introduced by ROS
07/11/1994 494 commercial daytime service now operated by GMN. Supported ESu 494 operated by ROSsendale
14/11/1994 Alternate Supported 494 ESu jnys divert to Topping Fold as 493
30/01/1995 494 daytime route by GMN revised via Bond St Bell Lane not Wash Lane Willow St.
30/01/1995 Routes revised in Fishpool & Evening jnys withdrawn
07/08/1995 Timetable revised: Commercial MS daytime ev30mins by GMN. Supported ESu ROS hrly service. Linked to 493
23/10/1995 timetable and operator revised. Now all jnys by ROSsendale . Commercial MS daytime ev30 mins. supported hrly ESu.
02/03/1997 No change listed: hrly supported ESu .
19/04/1998 Route revised on Sundays via Willow St. Commercialev30 mins. Supported Su daytime hrly.
04/09/2000 Commercial MS daytime jnys now First Manchester. Supported Su daytime unchanged. By ROSsendale
25/02/2001 MS jnys no longer serve Fishpool (Replaced by Route 481). Sunday jnys no longer serve Wash Lane & Willow Street & operated by JP Travel
07/01/2002 Now via Fishpool (Replaces FM jnys on Route 494)
24/02/2002 Sunday Times changed.
23/02/2003 Supported Su service now ROSsendale Transport. Now Su PH service. All jnys by ROS
30/08/2005 Afternoon jnys retimed
23/04/2006 1007 reprint
23/04/2006 Times changed SuPH
19/04/2009 Times changed MS. easy ride branded
29/08/2010 Minor timetable changes
Ferngrove - Fishpool - Bury
31/01/2011 Times changed
05/09/2011 early MS times changed
15/04/2012 SuPH jnys will be run by Arriva North West.
29/07/2012 Minor timetable changes Dicky Bird bus.
29/07/2013 Times changed.
19/07/2015 MS Times changed. 
29/01/2017 MS Times changed
04/09/2017 Some M-F afternoon jnys are retimed.
01/09/2019 M-F 0733 now 0751 from Ferngrove
27/10/2019 Renumbered B3. Minor changes to Times. MS daytime jnys will be run by The Burnley Bus Company.
23/03/2020 M-S No services: Su 1045 - 1745 ev60mins
25/10/2020 services B3 will be taken over by Tyrers during M-S daytime and re-numbered 494. Probable that Arriva's Sunday services will be re-numbered back to 494
Ferngrove - Fishpool - Bury
31/01/2021 Hrly Su O
11/04/2021 Run by ANW/Tyrers. Early morning times changed on M-F with extra jnys introduced. Daytime jnys on SuPH will be run by Vision Bus. 
24/04/2022 hrly daily daytime service with Su hrly daytime service. Service withdrawn. Replaced by changes to services B4 and 94.

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