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Route 83

Route: Woodhouses - Failsworth - Piccadilly

Service changes

Date Change details
26/10/1986 Limited Stop: MF peak : 0748 0818 IN 1715 1745 OUT
29/03/1987 no changes
21/06/1987 no changes
06/09/1987 no changes
31/05/1988 Rerouted between Oldham & Hollinwood to operate direct via Mcr Rd (Not Ashton Rd & Chadderton Rd)
14/11/1988
29/08/1989 29.8.89 Route revised In City (MetroIInk)
24/09/1989
13/04/1992 MF peak limited stop: 0748 0818 IN; 1715 1745 OUT
11/01/1993 Service runs as 89 : times changed: 0743 0813 IN 1715 1745 OUT
11/01/1993 The morning journeys will now leave Woodhouses at 0743 and 0813. (No change to the evening journeys)
11/01/1993 times changed: 0743 0813 IN
Sholver - Oldham - Hollinwood - Manchester
22/03/1993 New commercial MS daytime ev10mins; ESu ev30mins Sholver- OM replacing 404 405 406 OM-Sholver
22/03/1993 NEW SERVICE, ev 10 mins, M-S daytime. Replaces service 404 btwn Sholver and Oldham. Some jnys to/from Arndale Bus Station, replacing service 170. Services 82 and 83 combine to give a bus ev5 mins btwn Oldham and Mcr, M-S daytime.
03/10/1993 Su morning jnys revised. Supported ev45mins
14/11/1993 ESu revised: extended to Mcr Piccadilly. Ev30mins
21/03/1994 minor timetable revision
09/05/1994 minor timetable and operator revision: Supported 0525 IN by CIT.
08/08/1994 Addtl MTLM service MS daytime ev10mins, E 4 per hr alternate from Mumps-Picc. Early MF gained by CITIBUS (14436)
08/08/1994 Service has two different stops in Manchester (Piccadilly & Lever Street)
12/09/1994 ESu revised:
16/11/1994 16.11.94 Inbound afternoon peak jnys diverted via Dale S1reet, Newton St & Portland St (Not Oldham St & Piccadilly)
09/01/1995 MTLM jnys withdrawn
27/03/1995 minor timetable revision
05/05/1995 GMBUS taken over by GM NORTH (15634)
24/07/1995 Not sure what is withdrawn? MTL definitely from 9/1/1995 as listed above
24/07/1995 WITHDRAWN
29/10/1995 Minor timetable revision. Supported 0525 now by GMN. Early Su now by ROS.
29/04/1996 timetable revised
30/09/1996 timetable revised
28/07/1997 Timetable revised: MS daytime ev15mins plus ev30mins ESu. Supported Su early jnys by ROS Sholver - West St
26/04/1998 Timetables revised: MS daytime ev10mins plus ev30mins ESu
31/05/1998 Su morning jnys revised. Addtl supported jnys by FM.
29/06/1998 699 Reprint
29/06/1998 MS daytime now ev10mins. Services 82 83 provide bus ev5 mins OM-Picc MS daytime. Supported Su morning by FM.
23/04/2000 MF peak times changed. Addtl PH ev30mins daytime. Joint 82 83 ev10mins PH daytime
26/02/2001 jnys finishing at Clegg St extended to new bus station.
13/04/2001 PH extended to E
02/11/2001 1002 reprint
02/11/2001 104 reprint
02/11/2001 1201 reprint
02/11/2001 302 reprint
02/11/2001 604 reprint
02/11/2001 803 reprint
02/11/2001 addtl NIGHT service , PH now run to Su times ev30mins.
31/10/2004 Times changed.
03/04/2005 minor times changed
29/01/2006 1106 reprint
29/01/2006 807 reprint
29/01/2006 ESuPH times changed.
24/07/2006 MF times changed during Summer period to 1 Sept
23/07/2007 MF times changed during Summer period to 31 August
28/10/2007 M-F minor time changes
09/12/2007 408 reprint
09/12/2007 SuPH times changed
07/06/2008 no change listed
19/04/2009 times changed: MS daytime ev30mins. ESu ev30mins
03/08/2009 no change listed
25/10/2010 MF peak jnys revised
08/05/2011 no change listed
04/09/2011 MF 0938 from OM now from Sholver at 0912. Addtl S1750 from Mcr-OM
28/01/2012 Additional journeys introduced
11/03/2012 MS times changed
28/10/2012 Times changed. Addtl jnys partly replacing 82. MD daytime ev10mins plus addtl ev30mins OM-city. ESu ev30mins full route, ev30mins OM-Picc.
27/01/2013 MS times changed. At frequent intervals ne 10mins.
21/07/2013 Times changed during Summer to 31 August 2013
26/01/2014 Times changed.
27/07/2014 Times changed during the Summer to 30 August 2014
31/08/2014 Normal timetable introduced following the Summer period.
25/01/2015 Times changed.
12/04/2015 MF 0618 from Oldham to Manchester is extended to start from Sholver at 0605.
19/07/2015 Times changed.
25/10/2015 Addtl MF 0410 from Oldham to Manchester, 0450 from Manchester to Oldham. Some other early morning jnys are also retimed.
24/01/2016 To help improve timekeeping, these changes will be made: some MF peak jnys re-timed. Departure times won't change, but additional time added to the timetable. SuPH daytime service re-timed, with addtl jny time added and many jnys inbound five mins later.
24/07/2016 Times changed with some E jnys withdrawn and temporary changes during Summer to 3 September
04/09/2016 Some MF jnys are retimed at end of summrr
29/01/2017 Minor timetable changes.
23/04/2017 Times changed.
23/07/2017 Times changed during Summer to 2 September
03/09/2017 Normal timetable reintroduced at the end of the summer period.
28/01/2018 Times changed on Mondays to Fridays
08/04/2018 no change listed
22/07/2018 Summer timetable M-F until 1/9/2018
27/01/2019 Times of M-F afternoon jnys changed
21/07/2019 Summer service MF changes until 31 August
Oldham - Hollinwood - Newton Heath - Manchester
(Including evening, Sunday and public holiday journeys from/to Sholver)
27/10/2019 M-S daytime service curtailed to Mcr-Oldham Mumps (10min frequency maintained). ESu continue to run through to Sholver. Replaced by new 82 Oldham-Sholver. ESu service 83 continues to serve Sholver. Services 83 and 84 provide a simpler, easy to understa
26/01/2020 Some Addtl M-S E journeys from Mcr extended to serve Oldham Mumps. Addtl M-F1905 from Mcr to Oldham
23/03/2020 S services ev20mins Mcr - OM : Ehrly extn to Sholver
23/03/2020 S services on M-F with some extra morning journeys. M-F ev20mins Mcr - OM : Ehrly extn to Sholver
23/03/2020 S services will be operate on M-Fs on Oldham depot services with some extra morning journeys.
23/03/2020 SuPH: daytime ev15mins OM- Mcr extended to Sholver ev30mins incl E
29/03/2020 ev30 mins Sholver; ev15mins Oldham: Late E hrly
05/04/2020 Daily ev30mins daytime/ E hrly
09/04/2020 daily
19/04/2020 M-S daytime and E ev30mins. Su hrly
03/05/2020 Daily ev30mins. E Hrly
Sholver - Oldham - Hollinwood - Manchester
31/05/2020 ev15mins M-S daytime services; ev30mins Su daytime services; hrly E services
14/06/2020 services 83/84 - Improved services (from Manchester 1900 – 2030), to provides additional capacity: Addtl 1910 Oldham Mumps to Mcr
27/07/2020 some changes to the M - F Timetable of services 59, 83, 84, 181, 182, 350 and 409. The frequency of these services will not be affected. M-F daytime ev15mins; S ev30mins full rte; ev30mins Mcr - OM ; M-S E ev30mins full rte; Su PH ev30mins full rte. SuPH
Oldham - Hollinwood - Newton Heath - Manchester
(Including evening journeys from/to Sholver)
30/08/2020 See 82 for daytime services to Sholver. services 83 still serve Sholver  in the E. Addtl jnys M-S mid E. M-S daytime ev10mins. M-S E ev30mins; SuPH ev30mins daytime Su E hrly
31/01/2021 S daytime service is reduced to ev20mins (from ev10mins) M-F ev10mins; SuPH ev30mins. E hrly
11/04/2021 S daytime services increased to 10 mins
25/07/2021 M-F 1910 from Manchester withdrawn. 1915, 1945 and 2015 from Manchester changed to run five minutes later. 
29/08/2021 Addtl M-S E with later bus times. Last jny 2312 Sholver to Oldham and Mcr; Last jny 2331 Oldham to Mcr; Last jny 2336 Oldham to Sholver; Last jny 0005 Piccadilly to Oldham
03/10/2021 Times of M-F daytime jnys changed with buses running ev15mins. (rather than ev10mins). No change Ssu.
16/01/2022 Times of some Monday to Friday afternoon journeys are changed
24/04/2022 no change listed
30/10/2022 no change listed
Bee Network: Oldham - Hollinwood - Newton Heath - Manchester

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