Route R2
Route: Service R2
Service changes
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 26/10/1986 | New RE Weaver little bus: MS daytime ev15mins, MF peak ev10mins; ESu ev30mins |
| 26/10/1986 | Rochdale Weaver; daytime ev15mins Esu 2/3 ev30mins |
| 13/07/1987 | Now Little Gem Route: no apparent change |
| 15/02/1988 | Revised timetable: MS ev15mins: E ev30mins: Su hrly |
| 30/08/1988 | LG jnys only. Su by GMB |
| 30/08/1988 | revised timetable: M-S daytime ev15mins. Su hrly |
| 30/08/1988 | Supported ESu revised now hrly by Rossendale |
| 03/04/1989 | |
| 27/08/1989 | Operators revised: M-S daytime ev15mins by GMB: supported ESu hrly by ROS |
| 02/07/1990 | no change. Commecial GMB ev15mins MS daytime. Supported ROS Esu hrly. |
| 03/12/1990 | no change |
| 02/04/1991 | Esu service withdrawn, by this date now ev 30mins MS daytime |
| 05/08/1991 | no change |
| 05/04/1992 | no change |
| 20/07/1992 | no change |
| 14/12/1992 | 1815 from Rochdale will terminate at Shawfield, M-S. |
| 14/12/1992 | minor timetable revision |
| 24/05/1993 | no change |
| 12/09/1993 | no change |
| 12/09/1994 | minor timetable revision |
| 07/11/1994 | minor timetable revision |
| 30/01/1995 | timetables revised: still commercial ev30mins MS daytime |
| 20/02/1995 | Early morning timetable revised |
| 23/10/1995 | WITHDRAWN ( Replaced by Routes 445) |
| Bury - Heywood - Bamford - Norden - Rochdale (formerly 443/461) | |
| 27/10/2019 | 443 and 461 buses to Norden and Bury will become the R2. Buses from Rochdale will run along Cutgate Lane then direct to Norden, and will stop in Shawfield and Elmsfield on their way to Bury. Buses to Rochdale will call at Elmsfield, then Norden, Shawfield |
| 23/03/2020 | Buses run on behalf of TfGM continue to run normal Timetable. |
| 05/04/2020 | ev 2hrs M-S daytime |
| 31/05/2020 | continue to run to its current temporary Timetable |
| 14/06/2020 | Hrly M-S daytime services |
| 29/08/2021 | M-F 0750 from Norden to Bury now 0740 |
| 24/04/2022 | Supported hrly M-S daytime from Rochdale 0912-1612, plus earlier short jnys from Norden arriving in Bury at 0745 and 0829 and departing Bury 0928- 1728. Revised timetable with an extended span of operation with departures from Rochdale 0812-1812, plus an |
| 29/01/2023 | M-S hrly TfGM supported. In connection to changes to service R8, addtl short M-F 1910 Rochdale to Norden: last M-F jny ex Rochdale. No changes to S timetable. No financial implications. |
| Rochdale - Spotland - Cutgate - Elmsfield - Shawfield circular | |
| 16/04/2023 | Route changed to run between Rochdale, Spotland Bridge, Cutgate, Bagslate Moor, Elmsfield and Shawfield only. Replaced by B3 between Norden and Heywood and for jnys to/from Bury and by bus B4 between Heywood and Bury. Times changed. |