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Route: Service R1

Service changes

Date Change details
26/10/1986 New RE Weaver little bus: MS daytime ev15mins, MF peak ev10mins; ESu ev30mins
13/07/1987 Now Little Gem Route: no apparent change
15/02/1988 Revised timetable: MS ev15mins: NESu
30/08/1988 LG jnys only
30/08/1988 no change listed
30/08/1988 revised timetable: M-S daytime ev15mins
03/04/1989
27/08/1989 no change listed: M-S daytime ev15mins
02/07/1990 Timetable and route revised. Commercial ev15mins MS daytime. NESuPH
03/12/1990 no change
02/04/1991 no change: by this date now ev 30mins MS daytime
05/08/1991 no change
05/04/1992 no change
20/07/1992 service diverted via Spotland Rd
14/12/1992 Minor changes to the early morning and evening timetables In addition, some peak period journeys will be operated by double deck vehicles instead of minibuses, to provide extra capacity.
24/05/1993 S 0730 from Rochdale is withdrawn; S 0800 from Rochdale now start from Norden Way at 0813
12/09/1993 no change
12/09/1994 no change
07/11/1994 no change
30/01/1995 timetables revised: still commercial ev30mins MS daytime
20/02/1995 Early morning timetable revised
03/09/1995
23/10/1995 WITHDRAWN (partly replaced by Routes 240 & 444)
Syke - Rochdale (formerly 440)
27/10/2019 was 440. Supported M-S daytime hrly by Burnley Bus Co. ESuPH hrly by Rosso 1845-2145 Su 1045-2145
23/03/2020 Buses run on behalf of TfGM continue to run normal Timetable.
29/03/2020 ev 2hrs M-S daytime NESu
05/04/2020 ev 2hrs M-S daytime plus E
31/05/2020 continue to run to its current temporary Timetable: ev2hrs M-S daytime and E
14/06/2020 Hrly daily daytime and E services
29/08/2021 Subsidised hrly M-S daytime and E. Times of early morning jnys changed on M-F with additional jnys introduced.  The morning timetable changes with extra buses from Syke at 6:36am and 7:50am in partnership with TfGM.0709 from Rochdale and return 0722 fro
24/04/2022 Times changed (hrly daily) with addtl early S morning jnys and addtl M-S 2245 from Rochdale. All jnys are now run by Rosso 
04/05/2022 The R1/R8, R9/R10 and 457 bus services in Rochdale from 4 May 2022 are being replaced in the evenings by a Local Link service. For more information, please visit the Local Link webpage.
24/07/2022 E jnys reintroduced replacing Rochdale E Local Link temporarily reintroduced in May. E buses to Syke resume until 10:45pm and R8 to Norden until 10:10pm
16/04/2023 Minor time changes throughout the day on all jnys

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