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| 05/04/1992 | some jnys withdrawn |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| 30/01/1995 | Routes revised in Fishpool & Evening jnys withdrawn |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. |