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Route 89

Route: Piccadilly - Cheetham Hill - White Moss - Moston circ

Service changes

Date Change details
08/03/1993 Limited Stop: M-F 0743 0813 IN to Picc: 1715 1745 out from StevSq
21/02/1994 1715 from Manchester is retimed to start at 1720.
30/09/1994 New Daily See Route No 88 for reverse direction
24/07/1995 Addtl 78 replacing service 89
30/09/1996 New services replacing 88 and parts of 60 and 61
30/09/1996 Timetable and route 88 revised to form new circular services 88 and 89. Commercial MS daytime service 60 61 withdrawn and partly replaced by 88 and 89. MS daytime commercial ev20mins. MS E hrly commercial Picc - WM by BBC. Supported Su E by JPT hrly. Com
07/10/1996 Timetable reissued
09/12/1996 no change listed
17/05/1998 ev30mins daytime full circle Cannon St - Picc ; E BBC WM - Picc. Early Su BBC WM-Picc. Supported Su daytime hrly full circ by GMN; E by JPT. Partly replacing 60 and 61 withdrawn Reverse = 88
14/06/1998 no change listed
30/11/1998 no change listed
28/03/1999 Additional ESu day jnys introduced (replacing Route No 56)
25/04/1999 no change listed
27/06/1999 Su jnys operate in two halves: daytime BBC hrly WM - Picc; Supported E hrly by JPT; Supported ev30mins daytime and hrly E Cannon St - PH. Supported MS E by UNI Cannon St -PH not FM
06/09/1999 no change listed
09/10/1999 addtl irreg UNI jnys MS 1127-1727 sch /sch H
09/10/1999 Operational Details: MS Day
24/12/1999 Some UNI jnys withdrawn
03/01/2000 Not sure UNI withdrawn this date as still listed below
03/01/2000 UNI WITHDRAWN
25/06/2000 All Su E jnys by FM. UNI=SM
04/09/2000 no change listed
25/02/2001 Addtl MS daytime jnys. Now ev10mins daytime. Route changed to serve Bank House and Monsall
27/05/2001
23/09/2001 times changed
25/11/2001 no change listed
10/12/2001 WITHDRAWN
06/05/2002 ESu retimed. Add PH jnys
23/06/2002 ESu slightly retimed: Addtl PH jnys. FM run all HB- Cannon St. E jnys rerouted via Bank House - HB.
01/09/2002 no change listed: Commercial MS FM ev10mins daytime, E & Su daytime WM-Picc ev30mins by BBC: hrly supported / hrly commercial. ESu supported FM Cannon St - CH - Plant Hill ev30mins . Start Cannon St - end Picc circ - reverse = 89
31/08/2003 City route and timetable changes: now starts Stevenson Square (Not Cannon St) -Picc
23/02/2004 replacement: MS E now hrly full circle plus hrly SSq - Plant Hill
23/05/2004 1104 reprint
23/05/2004 E jnys now serve Bank House
31/07/2005 89A BLUE BUS sold to ARRIVA NORTH WEST
24/09/2005 no change listed
29/01/2006 806 reprint
29/01/2006 Route change to serve NMGH and Shudeill interchange not Stevenson Sq. Times changed
28/01/2007 Times changed
12/02/2007 Extra early MF morning jnys
23/07/2007 MF times changed during summer to 31 August
02/09/2007 FIRST Manchester Day jnys extended to White Moss on Sundays & Public Holidays
28/10/2007 MS early E times changed
28/01/2008 MF early am times changed. City terminal now Shudehill Interchange - North Manchester General Hospital now served
31/08/2008 Times changed: some individual commercial BBC jnys MS plus Su ev30mins WM-Picc. Hrly PH WM- Picc
26/10/2008 times changed
19/04/2009 times changed
30/08/2009 times changed MF afternoons
24/01/2010 89A Some early morning and early evening jnys •••• withdrawn
12/04/2010 no change listed
29/09/2010 no change listed: no BBC jnys listed. Some E hrly Shudehill - Plant Hill
01/05/2011 ESuPH now by JPT.
24/07/2011 24107/11 89A WITHDRAWN
04/09/2011 312 reprint
04/09/2011 Times of early MS jnys changed, some addtl FM jnys
30/01/2012 30.1.12 89A WITHDRAWN (Replaced by Route No •• 86 and 79)
22/07/2012 Times changed: ev30mins WM-Picc, 4/hr full circle. SuPH daytime Picc-WM. Sunday & Public Holiday 89A
02/09/2012 Times changed.
27/01/2013 City terminal now Stevenson Square (Metrolink works)
07/04/2013 89A SuBH am-S Day
07/04/2013 Supported hrly daytime SuPH jnys divert via Plant Hill Rd in Bank House as 89A 0925-1825. Minor timetable changes. Hrly 88 continue all SuPH daytime
21/07/2013 Times changed during Summer to 31 August 2013
27/10/2013 M-S daytime FM times changed
27/10/2013 Times changed.
09/03/2014 Rerouted to run from stop B on Oldham St in city centre instead of Stevenson Square
27/04/2014 89A jpt Revised to operate Manchester - Higher Blackley only
27/04/2014 Daytime journeys SuPH revised to operate between Cheetham Hill & Manchester (Piccadilly Gardens) via White Moss & Moston
27/04/2014 SuPH daytime jnys with buses 88 and 89 running between Piccadilly Gardens, Moston, White Moss, Higher Blackley and Cheetham Hill and buses 88A and 89A running between Shudehill Interchange, Cheetham Hill and Higher Blackley.
27/07/2014 Times changed with some MS daytime jnys partly replaced by bus 81. MS E jnys changed to run between Piccadilly Gardens, Moston, White Moss and Cheetham Hill only.
31/08/2014 Times changed: ev15mins full circle MS daytime
26/10/2014 Times changed. Ev20mins daytime
12/04/2015 Route changed with most MS daytime jnys changed to run between NMGH, Higher Blackley, White Moss, Moston, Monsall and Manchester only. All jnys run as 88. Replaced by 42 HB-CH-Mcr. 89A withdrawn

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