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Route 72

Route: Clifton Junc - Swinton - Swinton Park - Pendleton - Trafford Road - Stretford

Service changes

Date Change details
26/10/1986 MS daytime ev30mins. ESuBH hrly Clifton - Pendleton.
30/03/1987 Alternate 72 jnys divert via Hope Hospital and are numbered 71 : daily hrly incl E.
28/03/1988 no apparent change
22/08/1988 no apparent change
24/10/1988 no change listed: Supported ESu
28/11/1988 no change listed
20/03/1989 no change listed
25/09/1989 Diverted between Regent Rd and Oldfield Rd, Instead of running full length now runs Goodiers Dr, Phoebe Dr
23/12/1989 no change listed
23/04/1990 MS Day service withdrawn and replaced by enhanced Route No 71 ESu continues to operate but only between Clifton & Pendlebury. Lightoaks Rd covered by Route No 14
22/10/1990 Route amended
11/03/1991 no change listed. Supported E hrly by ECG, Su hrly by GMB
28/03/1991 M-S Evening from GMB to Eccles GREY (9843)
24/11/1991 Route revised: commercial MS daytime hrly. Su hrly Clifton - Pendleton. Route now operates CLIFTON JUNCTION (Clively Avenue) - OLD TRAFFORD (Covers section of route 92 route between Pendleton and Salford Quays via Pheobe Street & Trafford Rd not Robert
25/11/1991 MS daytime introduced partly replacing 23 and replacing 74: commercial MS daytime hrly. Supported E hrly service by ECG, Su hrly Clifton - Pendleton by GMB
22/02/1992 Supported ESu service withdrawn. Replaced by New 74
04/04/1992 Service withdrawn
14/09/1992 MIDWAY to VALES of Manchester (13515) Pendleton - Clifton
21/10/1992 M-S Day
13/09/1993 Main service MS daytime hrly by VALE. Cit sch 0815 from PEN, 0845 return . NESu
13/09/1993 WITHDRAWN
31/01/1994 Minor timetable revision. All jnys by VAL partly supported
25/01/1999 no change listed: works jnys to/from Pilkingtons, Supported diversion round Overdale Est
31/08/1999 Times slightly changed curtailed to PEN - Clifton hrly MS daytime.
31/01/2000 no change listed
30/10/2000 1700 from Clifton to PEN withdrawn
30/10/2000 replacement
11/12/2000 no change listed
26/02/2001 no change listed
25/02/2002 no change listed
02/04/2002 no change listed
30/08/2002 no change listed
02/09/2002 no change listed
16/12/2002 no change listed
01/09/2003 no change listed
01/09/2003 Scruffy 204 reprint
13/09/2003 WITHDRAWN
26/04/2004 Rerouted via M10 Mcr - Eccles and extended to Clifton Junc Pilkingtons. Renumbered M70
25/07/2004 New supported ESuPH service hrly - links with hrly MS E M10 and SuPH 10
31/01/2005 no change listed
21/01/2006 no change listed
24/07/2006 107 reprint
24/07/2006 no change listed
31/03/2008 908 reprint
31/03/2008 no change listed
27/07/2009 27.7.09 All jnys now Maytree Travel
27/07/2009 All jnys now BLUEBIRD
24/01/2010 All journeys now Arriva North West
13/03/2011 times changed
30/01/2012 Service withdrawn and replaced by 79
30/01/2012 service withdrawn Replaced by 66 Clifton - Swinton and 79 Swinton - Pendleton

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