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Route: Service 91

Service changes

Date Change details
Is this a seperate route? Plenty of mentions of it but no timetables. Some entries seem to refer to 92.
26/10/1986 1086 reprint
26/10/1986 1186 reprint
26/10/1986 commercial MF peak withflow ev30mins: 0739 0809 IN, 1610 1640 1710 1740 OUT
26/10/1986 needs further REVIEW: complicated ESu operators and routes
26/10/1986 Occasional Journeys to TRAFFORD PARK
26/01/1987 no apparent change
04/05/1987 GM BUSES ESu introduced between Agecroft and Ordsall (Salford Quays) (4168)
03/08/1987 no apparent change
11/10/1987 no apparent change
10/08/1988 Su now provided by Eccles GREY (Mini) (5663)
30/08/1988 no apparent change
24/10/1988 MS E service added between Bury & Prestwich (See Route No 132)
19/12/1988 no change listed
02/04/1989 Eccles GREY Su withdrawn
10/04/1989 0739 0809 IN 1610 1640 1710 OUT
16/04/1989 GM BUSES Now operate Su service. Also Lower Kersal loop Is omitted & rerouted in Ordsall to run via Robert Hall Street & Ordsall Lane not Phoebe Street
30/05/1989 Timetable revised : MF 0739 0809 IN 1610 1640 1710 1741 OUT. NESSu
24/09/1989 no change listed
22/10/1989 MS E now Eccles GREY & RIBBLE Su Day SHEARINGS Su Evening CROSVILLE (7744) Also Extended back from Agecroft to commence at CARR CLOUGH (via Moor Lane, Kersal Rd , loop via Butterscotch Lane & Lowther Rd RIBBLE (7786) Bury – Hillock MS Evening
03/11/1989 RIBBLE Bury,Hillock, Bury MS evening
25/11/1989 no change listed
28/11/1989 CROSVILLE to NORTH WESTERN (7890)
02/04/1990 Certain MF peak from GM BUSES to CITIBUS
13/04/1990 Sunday SHEARINGS withdrawn Relpaced by Route No 138
12/05/1990 no change listed
19/05/1990 Route extended at both ends MF. Now starts Whitefield (Bus Station) and operates via Prestwich to Carr Clough. From Ordsall extended into TRAFFORD PARK (Tenax Rd ). The Sunday service now terminates at Salford Quays and call at Kersal Flats in both direct
22/10/1990 Additional hourly service introduced between Prestwich and Ordsall MS Ev ening Eccles GREY to GM BUSES Sunday CROSVILLE to GM BUSES
22/04/1991 All afternoon journeys cancelled
22/04/1991 no change listed
27/04/1991 S ev30mins 0840 - 1740 to Arndale; 1810 1840 to Butterstile La
26/05/1991 Eccles GREY Sunday Salford Quays to Carr Clough extended to Prestwich
17/06/1991 Addtl commercial CITIBUS S ev30mins NE. Bury-Un - Arn
24/06/1991 E Bury to Hillock service replaced Route No’s 137 & 138
19/08/1991 Addtl commercial CITIBUS MF jnys as S. ev30mins
25/11/1991 Extended from Ordsall to Stretford (Chapel La) and route revised from Pendleton (Now runs via Robert Hall St & Ordsall La (Not Phoebe St & Trafford Rd (See Route No's 71 & 72)
27/12/1991 Bury to Unsworth section withdrawn, route operates loop in Hillock from Pole Lane via Mersey Drive, Kennedy Drive, Unsworth, Parr Lane, Moss Lane, Ribble Drive (Not serving Unsworth Pole)
23/02/1992 Eccles GREY Su jnys re-routed between Prestwich & Agecroft via Carr Clough (Not Hilton La) and then as GMB 92 route. All Carr Clough to Pendleton MS jnys withdrawn See New Route No 51)
21/03/1992 Extends back to UNSWORTH & Whitefield via Moss Lane MS Day
21/03/1992 Extends back to UNSWORTH & Whitefield via Moss Lane MS Day 3v30mins
19/07/1992
20/07/1992 Eccles GREY Su to GM BUSES on extended route to terminate at Trafford Bridge
20/07/1992 no change listed: commercial M-S daytime hrly by CIT: M-F 0739 0809 from Unsworth Pole; 1610 1640 1710 1740 rtn by GMB
05/10/1992 Repeated info from 25/11/1991. There were changes to 71/72/74 on that date so 25/11/1991 seems more likely
05/10/1992 Stretford to Salford Quays section withdrawn (See Eccles GREY Route No 72)
10/10/1992 One Saturday PM journeyTrafford Park to Agecroft GM BUSES to BEELINE BUZZ COMPANY (13922)
19/10/1992 Daily evening service GM BUSES to NORTH WESTERN. ccasional works journeys by MIDWAY & BEELINE. NORTH WESTERN journeys omit Ordsall District Centre, running via Ordsall Lane, Oldfield Rd & Regent Rd
02/11/1992 City terminus moved from Arndale BS to Piccadilly BS (Inward only)
16/11/1992 no change listed
02/12/1992 NORTH WESTERN (11931) Prestwich – Salford Quays Daily Evening
14/12/1992 GM BUSES Unsworth Pole to Salford Quays
30/01/1993 BEELINE BUZZ withdrawn MS (11832)
15/02/1993 Service between Salford Quays & Stretford reinstated
29/03/1993 Timetable and route revised: CITIBUS jnys extended to Bury via Unsworth. No change MF peak by GMB
04/04/1993 (SUNDAY M/CR Whitefield) Extended to BURY via Sunnybank
31/05/1993 Withdrawn
01/06/1993 CANCELLED
01/06/1993 CITIBUS jnys withdrawn. GMB jnys unchanged
06/09/1993 operator change: Supported 1610 now by CITIBUS
13/12/1993 GMB to GM NORTH
30/01/1994 MS Evenings & Sunday To CITIBUS Prestwich – Salford Quays (13922)
30/01/1994 M-S Evenings & Sunday To GMB Prestwich - Salford Quays (13122)
05/04/1994 Su service diverted to operate via Salford Quays
05/09/1994 1610 from Mcr withdrawn
05/09/1994 GM NORTH Link from Pendleton to Stretford lost (This direction) following reduced running times
07/11/1994 service withdrawn
12/12/1994 12.12.14 GMB North ESu service introduced between Prestwich & Bury
12/12/1994 GM NORTH Evening & Sunday service introduced between Prestwich & Bury
30/01/1995 New commercial service partly replacing revised 92. ev30mins full route plus ev30mins PEN-ORD. NESu
05/05/1995 CITIBUS taken over by GM NORTH (15632) MS Evening & Sunday
07/08/1995 Timetable revised: M-S daytime ev30mins. NESu.
23/10/1995 MS Evening & Sunday journeys linked to form Bury to Salford Quays
23/10/1995 Service WITHDRAWN
18/03/1996 Route revised in Pendleton & Ordsall
09/12/1996 Curtailed to operate SALFORD QUAYS to BURY (See Route No M11)
07/09/1998 Most Monday to Saturday daytime journeys extended to Trafford Centre
25/04/1999 Route revised
25/02/2001 MS Daytime journeys replaced by New Route No’s 91 & 93
25/02/2001 New MS daytime ev20mins Part replacement for Route No 92
17/10/2001 Curtailed to Ordsall (Regent Rd) Sainburys only. Times changed
29/03/2002 no change listed
25/05/2003 Service withdrawn (Partly replaced by Route No's 95 & 97)
25/07/2004 Revised to operate BURY - Prestwich - Pendleton - Manchester. (Pendleton to Ordsall replaced by Route No 70)
24/07/2005 Withdrawn Replaced by Route No 93)
Simister - Prestwich - Whitefield - Radcliffe - Bury
19/07/2015 1015 reprint
19/07/2015 New MS daytime route partly replacing bus 486 and 495. M-S daytime hrly, combined 30min freq with 90.
Radcliffe - Bradley Fold - Ainsworth - Bury
24/01/2016 ev30mins M-S daytimes. This service was former 486 Bury – Radcliffe, re-numbered and extended via Whitefield, Prestwich to Simister in July 2015 to provide a 30min frequency between Prestwich and Simister. This revision was intended to improve reliability
23/04/2017 MF jnys retimed to run 10 minutes earlier: 1410 and 1620 from Bury,1444 and 1654 from Radcliffe
23/07/2018 Times changed
27/01/2019 Times changed on some M-S jnys from Bury
23/03/2020 Buses run on behalf of TfGM continue to run normal Timetable.
05/04/2020 91: ev 2hrs M-S daytime
14/06/2020 Hrly M-S daytime services
25/10/2020 services replaced by the 512 (Farnworth to Bury)

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