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Route 78

Route: Oldham Mumps - Coppice - Hollinwood - Failsworth - Stevenson Sq

Service changes

Date Change details
Oldham - Coppice - Limeside - Failsworth - Manchester
03/10/1993 ESu 76 service withdrawn and replaced by new 78.Sunday service Manchester to Oldham introduced by GMB (13562) (Was Route No 76 with revision) Commercial hrly MS E by CITIBUS. Supported Su hrly by GMB.
04/10/1993 CITIBUS or GMB (13559) MS Evening introduced
22/11/1993 minor route change: Su by Napier St . E via Chamber Rd
22/11/1993 no change listed
13/12/1993 13.12.93 GMB to GM SOUTH
30/12/1993 GMBuses Rerouted away from Coppice (vandalism)
06/03/1994 Su E service rerouted via Chamber Rd & Ashton Rd (Attacks on buses in Coppice)
05/04/1994 no change listed
25/07/1994 no change listed
30/08/1994 Addtl MS daytime service: MS daytime Mcr-Failsworth short workings renumbered 78 & rerouted via Amos Av ev30mins
09/10/1994 9.10.94 BEELINE Evening service to BLUEBIRD
31/10/1994 MS E GMB service 78 withdrawn and replaced by MTLM 76 and 406: M-S E GMBuses withdrawn (PTE replacement Numbered Route No 78)
30/01/1995 service 78 withdrawn
03/04/1995 Supported Su hrly.
Oldham - Hollinwood - Woodhouses - Failsworth - Manchester
24/07/1995 Addtl 78 replacing service 89
25/03/1996 25.3.96 GM SOUTH to SM
01/09/1996 Timetables and operators changed. GMS=SM. supported MS 1936 Picc Wood/2006 Wood - Picc by DEN. Rest by SM
02/09/1996
11/10/1996 Revised to operate: Ashton under Lyne – Woodhouses - Manchester
21/10/1996 no change listed
14/04/1997 MF times revised
05/01/1998 Route Revised
01/03/1998 minor timetable revision
31/05/1998 minor timetable and operator change. Supported ESu hrly all by Bluebird. Sch 0817 by ROS 76X
04/05/1999 Minor route change in City Centre for SM jnys IN via Newton St. Sch 0808 by ASH 76X
27/06/1999 early E jnys divert via Limeside upto 2100
27/09/1999 Times changed: Sch 0805 Ash 76X
16/04/2000 times changed
04/09/2000 no change listed
30/10/2000 no change listed
14/01/2001 Terminus at Oldham now new Central Bus Stn Minor times changed
17/09/2001 1201 reprint
17/09/2001 Daytime buses now ev15mins. Terminus at Oldham Central BusStn. Addtl BH service
17/09/2001 times changed. Sch 0805 now by STO
22/09/2002 City Centre route revised. Inbound via Oldham St not Newton St Minor changes to times
30/06/2003 E jnys retimed
15/09/2003 no change listed
27/10/2003 104 reprint
27/10/2003 Addtl M-S 1932 Hillinwood - Piccadilly
27/10/2003 Addtl supported BBC MS 1932 Hollinwood - Picc.
27/10/2003 Supported BBC Su E service 1916 hrly 2316 from OM 1905 hrly 2305 from Picc
03/04/2005 1005 reprint
03/04/2005 S1835 from OM; MF1843 from Hollinwood withdrawn. Sch 0805 76X by Haytons.
03/04/2005 Supported BBC 1932 from Hollinwood now from OM at 1916. S1835 from OM; MF1843 from Hollinwood withdrawn. Sch 0805 76X by Haytons.
04/09/2006 no change listed
26/12/2006 Addtl BBC PH jnys added 1025 hrly 1725 IN, 1025 - 1725 OUT
29/07/2007 Bluebird – Route revised, all journeys now via Ashton Rd and Chamber Rd
29/07/2007 Route changed with all jnys running via Chamber Rd and Ashton Rd. Times changed. Supported ESu hrly.
03/09/2007 no change listed
30/03/2008 no change listed
05/05/2008 BBC PH jnys withdrawn
25/08/2008 addtl PH jnys by Bluebird hrly 1005 - 1705 OM- Picc
19/04/2009 no change listed
25/01/2010 no change listed
12/04/2010 no change listed
24/10/2010 no change listed
01/05/2011 no change listed
04/09/2011 no change listed
29/01/2012 no change listed
15/04/2012 no change listed
23/07/2012 times changed
02/09/2012 no change listed
27/01/2013 no change listed
03/03/2013 All jnys run by SM having taken over Bluebird. PH times now as Su
22/07/2013 SuPH times revised. SuPH E jnys by JPT
01/09/2013 114 reprint
01/09/2013 no change listed
27/07/2014 MS E jnys divert via Lime Green Rd and extended to MAHDLO youth zone Egerton St. Times changed
31/08/2014 MF 0825 76 from Oldham now from Hollinwood at 0838 and run as 74. 0851 from OM now 0850. Sch 1508 NTh now 1455.
25/01/2015 1115 reprint
25/01/2015 Renumbered 74 and diverted via Amos Ave and Scotland Hall Rd. all run by SM
25/01/2015 Renumbered 74 and rerouted to run via Amos Avenue and Scotland Hall Rd in Newton Heath.
27/10/2019 no change listed

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