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Route 70

Route: Clifton - Swinton - Swinton Park - Hope - Pendleton

Service changes

Date Change details
Clifton - Swinton - Hope Hospital - Pendleton
02/04/2002 New commercial M-S daytime hrly NESuPH
30/08/2002 MF 0820 Clifton to PEN withdrawn and all S jnys
02/09/2002 no change listed
30/09/2002 no change listed
16/12/2002 service withdrawn
Clifton - Swinton - Eccles - Pendleton - Manchester
24/11/2003 M-S Day
26/04/2004 RENUMBERED ROUTE No M70
Clifton Junction - Swinton - Eccles - Pendleton - Manchester
25/07/2004
Clifton Junction - Swinton - Eccles - Hope Hospital - Pendleton - Manchester
20/09/2004 Supported M-S daytime jnys by ASHALLS COACHES. MS 0700 0810 0920 hrly 1520 1630 1720 (Replaces withdrawn route M70). Supported ESuPH hrly by FM
31/01/2005 MS daytime now by BlueBus not ASHALLS
31/07/2005 BLUE BUS sold to ARRIVA T/a ARRIVA NORTH WEST
29/01/2006 207 reprint
29/01/2006 Rerouted in City Centre to terminate at Shudehill Interchange. All buses now run by ANW
31/03/2008 MS times changed. E service extended for trial period
Clifton Junction - Swinton - Eccles - Salford Royal Hospital (Sunday and Public Holiday journeys continue to Pendleton and Manchester)
26/10/2008 909 reprint
26/10/2008 E jnys withdrawn (Partly replaced by Local Link door to door)
13/03/2011 times changed
Clifton Junction - Swinton - Eccles - Pendleton - Ordsall - Manchester
29/01/2012 MS daytime jnys withdrawn and partly replaced by new 66
29/04/2012 no change listed
29/10/2012 no change listed
27/01/2013 no change listed
01/09/2013 Rerouted via Chapel St and Oldfield Rd instead of Deansgate and Castlefield. Minor timetable changes.
27/04/2014 Rerouted via Weaste La, Gore Av and Lower Seedley Rd instead of Tootal Dr, Tootal Rd, Liverpool St and Langworthy Rd. Times changed
12/04/2015 0801 from Eccles to Mcr and 1803 from Mcr withdrawn. Supported MS daytime hrly. All other jnys now by SM.
Clifton Junction - Swinton - Eccles - Pendleton - Ordsall - Salford Quays
26/07/2015 Route changed to Clifton Junction - Salford Quays only. Times changed. Supported SuPH hrly. NMS
03/04/2016 hrly SuPH daytimes. Surveys have shown 0859 from Eccles to Salford Quays Average 2 passengers – jny withdrawn: 0840 from Salford Quays-Clifton Average 1.14 passengers – jny withdrawn. 0940 from Salford Quays-Clifton Average nil passengers – curtailed to s
31/10/2016 no change listed
08/04/2018 replacement
08/04/2018 Times changed with some afternoon jnys withdrawn
29/10/2018 no change listed
23/01/2020 no change listed
23/01/2020 TEMPORARY: no change listed
19/04/2020 Run by ANW. All journeys will be run by Diamond. Three journeys each way Su daytime (ev 2hrs 0940-1340)
08/05/2020 PH Su services on supported TfGM services
10/05/2020 SuPH: round trips 0940 1140 1340 from Clifton
24/05/2020 SuPH
14/06/2020 hrly Su daytime services
30/08/2020 SuPH hrly 0940 - 1440
Pendleton - Ellesmere Park - Eccles
25/10/2020 Services re-routed btwn Eccles Interchanges and Pendleton Salford Shopping Centre via Ellesmere Park. Now 7 days a week replacing the revised 65 and withdrawn 73 services.
31/01/2021 minor timetable alterations to improve punctuality or reliability: Hrly M-S daytime; ESuPH ev2hrs
29/08/2021 Timetable changes
Bee Network: Pendleton - Ellesmere Park - Eccles
24/09/2023 Times of most jnys change.

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