Route 53
Route: Old Trafford - Brooks Bar - Belle Vue - - Cheetham Hill - Pendleton Circ (various subsequent route changes)
Service changes
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 08/12/1986 | MF daytime ev 15mins, E ev30mins, S ev10mins PEN-CH-OT, plus hrly to OT. Su daytime ev15mins QS-OT, ev30mins to OT. Anti-Clkws - reverse =52 |
| 02/03/1987 | Addtl shorts MF daytime ev15mins Cheetham Hill to Brooks Bar /Old Trafford |
| 14/03/1988 | Terminus now CHEETHAM HILL (Queens Rd). MS daytime ev10mins SQ-QS, ev20mins extended from QS : workings to OT extended via Trafford Rd and Clippers Way to SALFORD QUAYS. ESu ev30mins full circle, ev30mins SQ-QS. |
| 18/04/1988 | Supported Su 0630 0700 OT-QS |
| 31/05/1988 | as above |
| 31/05/1988 | Circular service curtailed: Commercial MS daytime ev10mins plus ev15mins ESu, plus sch and wrks jnys. Supported Su 0650 0720 from QS |
| 07/09/1988 | Most daytime jnys extended to Trafford Centre |
| 31/10/1988 | NORTH WESTERN 1 MF PM journey SELNEC Blind workshop - CHEETHAM HILL (6621) |
| 14/04/1989 | M-S daytime ev10mins; ESu ev15mins |
| 18/09/1989 | Now extended from Queens Rd to HalfWay House, and curtailed at Old Trafford: MS daytimes ev15mins plus ev20mins ESu |
| 25/03/1991 | VALES of Manchester extended to Trafford Park |
| 22/04/1991 | Commercial GMB ESu revised: Now ev30mins . Supported Works jnys by Vale and sch jny by NW |
| 10/11/1991 | Minor timetable revision: MF daytime ev15/12 mins; S daytime ev20/15 mins |
| 28/06/1992 | Su morning revised: supported Su jnys reduced |
| 21/09/1992 | 0500 Cheetham - Old Trafford journey is withdrawn, M-S. |
| 21/09/1992 | Minor timetable and operator revision. Addtl Midway MS jnys MS 0500 to Trafford Park running as 54 jny. No return jny. |
| 16/11/1992 | 0525 and 0555 from Old Trafford to Cheetham Hill are withdrawn, M-F. S 0530 and 0554 from Cheetham Hill to Old Trafford withdrawn. Frequency reduced to every half hour before 0800 on Saturday. |
| 16/11/1992 | Addtl FIN jnys MF daytime 0930-1500 from Stretford Arndale ev30mins. MIDWAY jnys withdrawn. MS GMB ev10mins daytime |
| 02/12/1992 | MS AM Journeys OLD TRAFFORD – CHEETHAM HILL, GM BUSES to NORTH WESTERN (11933) |
| 25/01/1993 | Increased timetable: MF ev15mins peak; MF ev10mins daytime; S daytime ev15mins; E ev20mins; late ESu ev30mins (Full history of Route) |
| 15/02/1993 | MID 0500 reappears as 54 to Trafford Pk. Addtl FIN jnys now 0730 ev30mins 1730. - some SH only. S reverts to ev20/15mins daytime |
| 22/05/1993 | S service revised: ev15mins to 1110 then ev10mins (plus extras at busy times) 1630 and ev15mins |
| 17/09/1993 | Timetable revised: FIN curtailed to operate Miles Platting to Old Trafford MF only . No MID jnys listed |
| 29/11/1993 | Operator revision NW = BEE. |
| 13/12/1993 | GMB to GM NORTH |
| 18/04/1994 | 2 M-S AM jnys Old Trafford to Cheetham Hill NORTH WESTERN to BEELINE BUZZ COMPANY (14280) |
| 18/04/1994 | Says two jnys NW-Bee but 29/11/1993 already has them changed? |
| 30/05/1994 | FIN jnys withdrawn . |
| 30/05/1994 | GM South mentioned in operator codes but not in description |
| 26/06/1994 | Guessing this is GMS to Timeline? |
| 26/06/1994 | Minor operator change GMB to TIMELINE (14447) |
| 07/11/1994 | Curtailed at CHEETHAM Queens Rd . MS 0504 now by JPT. Supported Su 0710 now by TIM |
| 28/11/1994 | 28.11.94 MI.- operator change GM NORTH (15119) |
| 02/04/1995 | Su GMN service revised: Morning ev30mins; afternoon ev20mins, E ev30mins. Supported 0625 by Timeline |
| 02/07/1995 | TIMELINE jnys revert to GM NORTH . GMS=SM now run 0504 54. |
| 25/03/1996 | GM NORTH to FIRST BUS (T/a GREATER Manchester) |
| 22/07/1996 | VALES journey withdrawn |
| 30/09/1996 | Mention of GM South should be SM I think? |
| 30/09/1996 | minor timetable revision: MS ev15/10mins; Su ev30/20; daily E ev30mins. Early journeys BEELINE & GM SOUTH |
| 30/06/1997 | minor timetable revision |
| 01/12/1997 | BEELINE BUZZ COMPANY M-S AM jnys to GM |
| 02/03/1998 | no change listed |
| 22/03/1998 | GM NORTH to FIRST BUS (T/a GREATER Manchester) |
| 22/03/1998 | Think that should be Greater Manchester to First Manchester as change from GM North was 1996? |
| 17/05/1998 | Timetable revised: MF ev10mins daytime. E ev30mins |
| 22/06/1998 | Additional jny from OLD TRAFFORD (Selnec Blind) – Cheetham (Queens Rd ) (2202) |
| 07/09/1998 | Most jnys extended to Trafford Centre. Daytime freq reduced to ev15mins MS, Su ev30mins. |
| 22/11/1998 | Some late E jnys extended to Trafford Centre hrly MS |
| 29/03/1999 | Service reduced btwn Old Trafford & Trafford Centre |
| 25/04/1999 | MS daytime MS ev15mins to OT, ev30mins to TC. All MS E jnys now CH-OT, supported. Su 0655 from OT withdrawn |
| 27/06/1999 | Supported Su 0625 from OT, 0710 from CH now 10mins earlier and run by SM |
| 06/09/1999 | no change listed |
| 21/04/2000 | Add BH service ev30mins QS-TC 0830 - 1800 |
| 25/06/2000 | Some Su morning operator changes |
| 25/06/2000 | Some Su morning operator changes : All run by FM. Early & E supported |
| 25/02/2001 | Revised to operate NORTH Manchester GENERAL HOSPITAL to OLD TRAFFORD . MS daytime ev15mins Esu ev30mins. No longer serve TC |
| 27/05/2001 | Su Cheetham - Old Trafford only. Ev30mins. |
| 23/09/2001 | 1101 reprint |
| 23/09/2001 | Route changed at Old Trafford - generally ev20mins MS daytime |
| 29/04/2002 | no change listed |
| 27/05/2002 | 702 reprint |
| 27/05/2002 | Route In Belle Vue & Longsight revised. Via Mount Rd not Kirkmanshulme La |
| 23/09/2002 | 0710 0725 now 10mins earlier. |
| 24/02/2003 | no change listed |
| 27/05/2003 | Curtailed : CHEETHAM HILL - OLD TRAFFORD |
| 26/01/2004 | 304 reprint |
| 26/01/2004 | Addtl jnys: sch O |
| 06/09/2004 | 0650 from BV now run by BBC not SM |
| 29/08/2005 | Some early morning and early E jnys changed |
| 21/01/2006 | Extended from Old Trafford to Pendleton partially replacing 51 and 52. No longer runs between Cheetham Hill and Cheetham. Divert via Stretford Rd and Oxford Rd MRI not Moss Side. |
| Cheetham - Rusholme - Old Trafford - Pendleton | |
| 01/03/2006 | Now via all Oxford Rd hospitals: M-S ev20mins daytime; ev30mins Esu |
| 20/03/2006 | no change listed |
| 04/09/2006 | 207 reprint |
| 04/09/2006 | no change listed |
| 30/10/2006 | Additional entry for 53: listed under 54 (tt 25778) although no change to 53 |
| 30/04/2007 | 1007 reprint |
| 30/04/2007 | 908 reprint |
| 30/04/2007 | no change listed |
| Cheetham Hill - Harpurhey - Gorton - Rusholme - Old Trafford - Pendleton | |
| 19/04/2009 | Divert to serve Cheetham Hill - NMGH - Harpurhey and via Gorton Shopping Centre. Times changed. Commercial MS ev30mins plus supported ESuPH ev30mins. |
| 25/01/2010 | times changed: supported ESu now hrly |
| 12/04/2010 | no change listed |
| 21/08/2010 | Revised to terminate at Cheetham Hill (Crescent Rd) (Not Tesco) |
| 30/01/2011 | 0412 reprint |
| 30/01/2011 | 0413 reprint |
| 30/01/2011 | 1011 reprint |
| 30/01/2011 | 1013 reprint |
| 30/01/2011 | 1112 reprint |
| 30/01/2011 | MF afternoon peak times changed |
| 21/07/2013 | Times changed during the Summer period from 21 July to 31 August 2013 |
| 21/10/2013 | You have tt (13-1938-Web only-1013): Times changed temproarily due to sewer works in Collyhurst |
| 27/07/2014 | Rerouted to serve Salford Quays /Media City UK. Temporary MF time changes during Summer period to 30 Aug |
| 31/08/2014 | Normal timetable after summer. Supported E jnys now by SM |
| 26/10/2014 | 1015 reprint |
| 26/10/2014 | 515 reprint |
| 26/10/2014 | Rerouted permanently via Alan Turing Way not Grey Mare Lane in Beswick . Times unchanged |
| 26/10/2014 | Rerouted via Alan Turing Way not Grey Mare Lane in Beswick . Times unchanged |
| 23/04/2017 | MS times changed |
| 23/07/2017 | New entry (you have tt 17-0823-G53-7000-0617): Times changed |
| 29/10/2017 | Early morning, ESuPH times changed. All jnys run by First Manchester. |
| 28/10/2018 | Some MF SuPH jnys times changed |
| 27/01/2019 | A revised timetable following change to working from Manchester depot and closure of Rusholme depot |
| 02/06/2019 | Operator change from FM to Go North West on sale of QS depot. 17 17A No change to timetables or routes. All tickets mutually accepted. |
| 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August |
| 27/10/2019 | Times changed. |
| 23/03/2020 | No change at all between this and 29/3/2020 timetable, concur with the entry for 29/3/2020: hourly all day |
| 23/03/2020 | will run to a Su Timetable, with enhancements during the morning peak. |
| 29/03/2020 | will run hrly, every day and into the E |
| 10/04/2020 | Easter PH |
| 14/04/2020 | will run hrly, every day and into the E |
| 31/05/2020 | Buses will increase to run ev30mins on M-Fs, and hrly at other Times. |
| 15/06/2020 | Now ev30mins, M-F, and every hr on E s, Sat and Su |
| 30/08/2020 | TfGM Bus Guide issued |
| 01/09/2020 | Returns to normal Times: M-S ev30mins; ESu hrly |
| 28/02/2021 | STRIKE TT: Hrly (full route) M-S daytime; ev30mins (Cheetham Hill-MRI) M-S daytime service ; Normal ESu service |
| 19/04/2021 | ev30mins M-S daytime; hrly ESu |
| 08/10/2021 | Due to heavy congestion in Rusholme causing lengthy delays to our services, we will be on diversion every FSSu E from 19:00 until the end of service. This will remain in place until further notice. From Dickenson Rd, RIGHT Anson Rd, AHEAD Upper Brook St, |
| Bee Network: Cheetham Hill - Harpurhey - Gorton - Rusholme - Old Trafford - Pendleton | |