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Route R5

Route: Service R5

Service changes

Date Change details
15/02/1988 New Little Gem route MS daytime ev20 mins ESu ev40mins. Reverse = R4
15/02/1988 New service R4 R5: M-S each ev20mins daytime: ESu ev40mins , Reverse = R4
28/11/1988 Withdrawn and replaced by new service 437
Peppermint Bridge - Newhey - Milnrow - Rochdale (formerly 451)
27/10/2019 Run by Manchester Community Transport. Renumbered R5. Daytime journeys on SuPH are withdrawn. Times changed on Mondays to Saturdays with all journeys now run by The Burnley Bus Company. New R4 R5 timetable
27/10/2019 TfGM Bus Guide issued
27/10/2019 The R5 to Peppermint Bridge replaces the 451, which we'll be running from 27 October.
27/10/2019 was 451. Supported M-S daytime ev2hrs All by Burnley Bus Co. Linked to R4 to hrly service on common section
23/03/2020 Buses run on behalf of TfGM continue to run normal Timetable.
05/04/2020 R4/R5: services will be combined into one Route, running as services R4 to Newhey and services R5 to Rochdale. services to run ev 2hrs M-S daytime.
31/05/2020 continue to run to its current temporary Timetable
14/06/2020 R5: Ev2hrs M-S daytime services to Rochdale from Newhey; arrives as R4.
05/07/2020 Ev2hrs M-S daytime services from Rochdale to Newhey; returns as R5. Timetable shows all run as R4
29/08/2021 Subsidised service ev2hrs M-S daytime Re-timed 35mins later : M-F: 0905, 1105, 1305, 1510 & 1720 from Rochdale: 0836, 0936, 1136, 1336, 1541 & 1751 from Peppermint Bridge S: 0905, 1105, 1305, 1505 & 1705 from Rochdale: 0936, 1136, 1336, 1536 & 1736 from P
Littleborough - Smithy Bridge - Milnrow - Rochdale
24/04/2022 new hrly M-S daytime service from Rochdale via Rochdale Rd to Milnrow, then via Wellington St, Hursted Rd, Wild House La, Milnbrow Rd to Smithy Bridge, (old 452 route) Smithy Bridge Rd, New Rd, the Stubley loop via Starring Way and Featherstall Rd to Lit
16/04/2023 Renumbered 455 and extended to Shore and Stansfield replacing 458. No longer via Starring Way, Laburnum Way and Lime Grove - replaced by buses 456 and 458

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