Route 52
Route: Old Trafford - Pendleton - Cheetham Hill - Belle Vue - Brooks Bar circ (then various route changes currently Failsworth - The Trafford Centre)
Service changes
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 25/10/1986 | Daily service: Additional journey from OLD TRAFFORD (Selnec Blind) – Cheetham (Queens Rd ) (2202) |
| 26/10/1986 | No info for routes at dereg. Assume they became circulars from that date? |
| 08/12/1986 | MF daytime ev 15mins, E ev30mins, S ev10mins PEN-CH-OT, plus hrly from OT. Su daytime ev15mins QS-OT, ev30mins from OT. Clkws - reverse =53 |
| 02/03/1987 | Addtl shorts MF daytime ev15mins Cheetham Hill to Brooks Bar /Old Trafford |
| 14/03/1988 | Terminus is now CHEETHAM HILL (Queens Rd). MS daytime ev10mins QS-SQ, ev20mins extended to QS : workings to OT extended via Trafford Rd and Clippers Way to SALFORD QUAYS. ESu ev30mins full circle, ev30mins QS-SQ. |
| 18/04/1988 | Supported Su 0645 0715 QS-OT |
| 31/05/1988 | Circular service withdrawn / curtailed. (See New Route No 52) Commercial MS daytime ev15mins, Esu ev30mins. |
| 05/09/1988 | Addtl supported sch jnys: 0843 Mandley Park - Douglas Grn. 1530 rtn. |
| 17/09/1989 | Timetable revised: Supported hrly E jnys, commercial E jnys |
| 27/11/1989 | Cheetham to Cheetham Hill (Crescent Rd) section is withdrawn and from Crescent Rd extended back to commence at North MCR GH or Failsworth (Day Drive) - alternate jnys. Hospital jnys via Crescent Rd (loop Ashtree Rd, Delaunheys Rd. Hospital & Crescent Rd) |
| 12/02/1990 | Addtl supported BEE Su hrly Arndale - CH-Failsworth run as 78 . Supported MS E 52 Failsworth - Cheetham Hill ; Su E OT-Failsworth 52 hrly by CITIBUS |
| 17/06/1990 | Supported Su 78 curtailed Failsworth - Cheetham Hill run as 52. Now run by CIT: |
| 03/09/1990 | ESu revised: Supported CH-Failsworth hrly, commercial NMGH- OT ev30mins |
| 10/10/1990 | BLUEBIRD Failsworth to North Manchester General Hospital Daily |
| 22/04/1991 | Early and late jnys revised: |
| 23/06/1991 | Some Su jnys extended to Mcr - Oldham hrly as 78 Supported CIT. Commercial Su NMGH-OT ev30mins |
| 19/10/1991 | Minor timetable and operator revised. Hospital bus from BLUEBIRD to GMB Failsworth-NMGH |
| 27/12/1991 | CITIBUS ESu jnys (10702) (Replacing Route No 78) |
| 25/01/1992 | start 11/4/92?? S tt: Ev30mins full route plus ev30 min shorts NMGH- OT. E hrly short jnys. |
| 09/02/1992 | MS E CITIBUS to BLUEBIRD (10822). Su CITIBUS to GMB |
| 29/06/1992 | Early jny revised MF 0558 from PEN |
| 21/09/1992 | 0558 Pendleton - Failsworth withdrawn, M-F. 2205 and 2305 Cheetham Hill - Old Trafford will operate at 2215 and 2315, M-S. |
| 21/09/1992 | early jny withdrawn MF 0558 from PEN |
| 16/11/1992 | 0615 from Old Trafford to Failsworth will commence from Pendleton at 0628, M-F. 0631, 0648 Cheetham Hill- Old Trafford withdrawn, M-F. 0638 Cheetham Hill - Old Trafford introduced, M-F. |
| 16/11/1992 | replacement |
| 08/03/1993 | MS Evenings now by BLUEBIRD |
| 28/03/1993 | GMB Su service revised: Supported hrly full route plus hrly CH-OT (12283) |
| 17/05/1993 | Some early E jnys withdrawn |
| 13/12/1993 | GMB to GM SOUTH and GM NORTH |
| 11/04/1994 | Operational Details: MS Day |
| 23/05/1994 | Certain Su jnys operated by GM SOUTH. Rerouted In Manley Park & Cheetham Hill |
| 23/05/1994 | M-S Evenings BLUEBIRD to GM NORTH |
| 07/11/1994 | Late E revised: Irreg MTLM service MS daytime 6bph. GMN ev30mins full route plus ev15mins CH-PEN, ev30 NMGH-OT. Supported E ev30minsby GMS. Commercial Su daytime hrly CH-OT GMS |
| 10/11/1994 | MERSEYBUS to MTL Manchester (14952) |
| 27/12/1994 | MAYNE New Christmas Service:. FAILSWORTH (Day Drive) - NORTH Manchester GH (15144) 27.12.94 and 2.1.95 only |
| 09/01/1995 | replacement |
| 09/01/1995 | timetable revised |
| 09/05/1995 | CITIBUS taken over by GM NORTH |
| 12/06/1995 | WITHDRAWN |
| 19/06/1995 | timetable revised: commercial MS daytime ev30mins full route - ev30mins NMGH-OT. Supported E hrly CH-OT by GMS. Hrly full route by GMN. Commercial Su daytime hrly full route |
| 27/08/1995 | BEELINE BUZZ COMPANY gained Su supported jnys OLD TRAFFORD - CHEETHAM HILL (15999) from GMS |
| 09/10/1995 | Addtl Pendleton - Cheetham Hill (was Route No 62) |
| 28/01/1996 | 696 reprint |
| 28/01/1996 | E service reduced to supported hrly. Supported Su GMS & BEE to GMN. All jnys by GMN. |
| 25/03/1996 | GM NORTH to FIRST BUS (T/A GREATER Manchester) |
| 03/11/1996 | Su service reduced to hrly commercial 1115-1915, supported 2015 2115 2215 |
| 30/06/1997 | Short PEN - CH jnys withdrawn: MS daytime ev30mins full route, ev30mins NMGH-OT |
| 22/03/1998 | GREATER Manchester renamed FIRST Manchester |
| 17/05/1998 | Timetable revised with some jnys now run as new 51. MS daytime ev30mins, plus supported hrly E . Su daytime hrly . Linked to 51. sch 1540 BBC. |
| 07/09/1998 | MS daytime now extend to Trafford Centre. ESu still terminate at OT |
| 07/09/1998 | WITHDRAWN (See New Route No 29) |
| 22/11/1998 | Service 136 withdrawn: see new 52 100 serving Trafford Centre |
| 27/06/1999 | no change listed. Sch 1540 now by ASH |
| 29/05/2000 | Addtl BH jnys hrly. Not E. |
| 25/02/2001 | All jnys curtailed at Trafford Bar - not serving Trafford Centre. Times and route revised in Harpurhey. |
| 03/09/2001 | minor change to times: sch 1535 ASH = HAY |
| 29/03/2002 | PH changed to Su times. |
| 01/09/2002 | extended to Oldham via Limeside replacing 404 405. All jnys serve NMGH |
| 01/12/2002 | times changed. Sch 1537 now by VAL. 1535 by HAY |
| 31/08/2003 | 1203 reprint |
| 01/09/2003 | no change listed |
| 26/07/2004 | no change listed. No sch jnys listed |
| 24/07/2005 | Times changed |
| 24/09/2005 | times changed |
| Pendleton - Cheetham Hill - Moston - Failsworth - Oldham | |
| 29/01/2006 | 0207 reprint |
| 29/01/2006 | 0408 reprint |
| 29/01/2006 | 0707 reprint |
| 29/01/2006 | 0906 reprint |
| 29/01/2006 | Revised to operate Pendleton - Oldham and rerouted via Coppice and Lime Green Rd replacing 406. Replaced by 53 Old Trafford and Pendleton. |
| Failsworth - Moston - Cheetham Hill - Pendleton | |
| 19/04/2009 | 1009 reprint |
| 19/04/2009 | Revised to operate: FAlLSWORTH - Pendleton (Partly replaced by Route No's 149 & 183). Additional jnys operate btwn Pendleton & Cheetham Hill - ev10 mins MS days, ev30mins Fail-Pen. Supported hrly E plus early Su. Su daytime hrly full route plus hrly CH-P |
| 24/01/2010 | replacement |
| 25/01/2010 | MS times changed with addtl early jnys |
| 29/08/2010 | Addtl SuPH morning jnys from QS-Pen 0625 ev30mins 1125 supported 0625-0955 1055, commercial 1025 1125 |
| 30/01/2011 | 312 reprint |
| 30/01/2011 | MF peak times changed |
| 04/09/2011 | no change listed |
| 21/07/2013 | Times changed during Summer to 31 August 2013 |
| 26/01/2014 | Some MF peak period and early E jnys retimed. |
| 27/07/2014 | Times changed. ESuPH jnys changed to/from Failsworth, Tesco. Summer changes to 30August |
| 31/08/2014 | Normal timetable following the Summer period. |
| 25/01/2015 | Times changed. |
| 19/07/2015 | MF times changed during Summer to 29 August 2015. |
| 30/08/2015 | Times changed. |
| Failsworth - Moston - Pendleton - Eccles - Trafford Centre | |
| 25/10/2015 | Some MS daytime jnys extended to/from intu Trafford Centre via Eccles, Salford Royal Hosp partly replacing 110. Times changed. |
| 03/04/2016 | M-S daytime jnys extend beyond Salford Shopping Centre to Eccles and the Trafford Centre ev30mins. All service 52 jnys now extended from Salford Shopping Centre to Eccles. Between Cheetham Hill and Eccles, now be up to six buses per hour serving Salford S |
| 30/10/2016 | Minor timetable changes. |
| 29/01/2017 | Times changed |
| 23/07/2017 | Summer timetable M-F until 2/9/17 |
| 03/09/2017 | MS times changed. |
| 28/01/2018 | early S jnys from CH retimed : 0510 0605 0640 |
| 08/04/2018 | Times changed. |
| 22/07/2018 | Summer timetable M-F until 1/9/18 |
| 02/09/2018 | Times of some M-F peak period jnys changed. |
| 02/06/2019 | Operator change from FM to Go North West on sale of QS depot. No change to timetables or routes. All tickets mutually accepted. |
| 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August |
| 27/10/2019 | Service enhanced to operate an ESu service, with hrly jnys extended to the Intu Trafford Centre – at present jnys terminate/start at Salford Shopping Centre and Eccles. (not shown on first dated tt - Replacement tt issued to show enhanced service with tim |
| 27/10/2019 | Times of some M-F peak jnys changed. Some ESuPH jnys extended to/from intu Trafford Centre |
| 23/03/2020 | The 52 will run later into the E from the intu Trafford Centre to ensure that you'll still be able to get home from work. |
| 29/03/2020 | Will run up to ev30mins, daily. Buses will run hrly between Failsworth and Salford, and hrly between NMGH and intu Trafford Centre, combining to create a bus ev30mins between NMGH and Salford. Buses will run hrly E between Failsworth and Salford only |
| 05/04/2020 | will run hrly on Su, with journeys to/from Failsworth retimed. Some early journeys will be removed, but there'll be an extra jny to Eccles for Salford Royal. Late E journeys removed all week, Some changes to Times on early M-F journeys |
| 06/04/2020 | Due to government funding, services changes only lasted SSu, then reverted to previous Timetable |
| 10/04/2020 | Easter PH |
| 14/04/2020 | Will run up to ev30mins, daily. Buses will run hrly between Failsworth and Salford, and hrly between NMGH and intu Trafford Centre, combining to create a bus ev30mins between NMGH and Salford. Buses will run hrly E between Failsworth and Salford only. |
| 31/05/2020 | There'll be Buses ev15mins through the daytime, M-S between Eccles and Cheetham Hill, with extensions ev30mins to intu Trafford Centre and Failsworth. Buses will continue to run hrly during the E. On Su, the 52 will run ev30mins between Salford and Cheeth |
| 15/06/2020 | Now ev15mins between Eccles and Cheetham Hill, with extensions ev30mins to Failsworth and intu Trafford Centre |
| 01/09/2020 | Returns to a similar pre-Covid Timetable, with some ESu changes: M-S ev30mins ECC-Fails; Traff Cen - Chill; ECC - Chill; SuPH Traff Cen - Fails; Traff Cen NMGH; E hrly PEN - Fails |
| 01/09/2020 | TfGM Bus Guide issued |
| 31/01/2021 | M-S daytime jnys btwn Eccles and Cheetham Hill reduced to ev15mins (from ev10mins). ev30mins extensions to Trafford Centre or Failsworth continues. No ESu changes |
| 28/02/2021 | STRIKE TT: ev15mins (Eccles-Cheetham Hill) M-S daytime; ev30mins (Trafford Centre-Cheetham Hill and Eccles-NMGH) M-S daytime service; hrly (Eccles-Failsworth) M-S daytime service; Normal ESu service |
| 19/04/2021 | ev30mins each M-S daytime btwn Trafford Centre - Cheetham Hill and btwn Eccles - Failsworth (ev15mins btwn Eccles - Cheetham Hill); hrly ESu service btwn Trafford Centre - Failsworth with addtl hrly Su daytime service btwn Trafford Centre - NMGH (ev30mins |
| 29/08/2021 | Times of M-F peak period jnys changed. |
| Bee Network: Failsworth - Moston - Pendleton - Eccles - The Trafford Centre | |