Route 162
Route: Piccadilly - Blackley - Middleton - Langley - Heywood - Rochdale
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 07/02/1987 | Commercial Daily Nights: 0050 0235 OUT 2355 0140 IN |
| 26/02/2001 | Check entry |
| 23/09/2001 | Check entry |
| 23/05/2004 | (Mis print??) MS daytime 0935 hrly 1735. |
| 26/07/2004 | Times and route changed. Now serves NMGH, but Rhodes and Broadmoss Drive no longer served. Now run by BLUEBIRD |
| 01/09/2008 | service withdrawn and partly replaced by revised 115 |
| Norden - Bamford - Heywood - Langley - Middleton - Manchester | |
| 03/09/2012 | New peak 162 partially replacing 167: M-F 0646 0708 0736 IN: 1645 ev30mins 1815 OUT |
| 03/09/2012 | 162 163 Timetable - 12-1107 |
| 27/01/2013 | Times changed: 0646 0706 0736 IN; 1645 ev30mins 1815 OUT |
| 27/01/2013 | 162 163 Timetable - 12-1968 |
| 01/09/2013 | no change |
| 01/09/2013 | 162 163 Timetable - 13-1501 |
| 26/01/2014 | no change |
| 26/01/2014 | 162 163 Timetable - 14-0006 |
| 27/07/2014 | M-F times changed during Summer to 30 August 2014 |
| 27/07/2014 to 30/08/2014 | 162 163 Timetable (Summer Times) - 14-0923 (Web only) |
| 31/08/2014 | Normal timetable following the Summer period. |
| 26/10/2014 | 162 163 Timetable - 14-1696 (Web only) |
| 25/01/2015 | Some M-F early E jnys from Manchester retimed. |
| 12/04/2015 | 162 163 Timetable - 15-0568 (Web only) |
| 19/07/2015 | M-F times changed during Summer to 29 August |
| 30/08/2015 | normal timetable at the end of the Summer period. |
| 30/08/2015 | 162 163 Timetable - 15-1210 |
| 25/10/2015 | 162 163 Timetable - 15-1519 (Web) |
| 03/04/2016 | Times changed |
| 03/04/2016 | times changed: 0631 0651 0721 IN; 1645 ev30mins 1815 OUT |
| 03/04/2016 | 162 163 Timetable - 16-0246 |
| 24/07/2016 | Times changed including temporary changes during Summer to 3 September 2016 |
| 24/07/2016 to 03/09/2016 | 162 163 Timetable - 16-0739 |
| 04/09/2016 | Times changed: 0635 0655 0725 IN 1645 ev30mins 1815 OUT |
| 04/09/2016 | 162 163 Timetable - 16-0992 |
| 30/10/2016 | Times changed: 0635 0655 0720 IN 1645 ev30mins 1815 OUT |
| 30/10/2016 | 162 163 Timetable - 16-1243 |
| 29/01/2017 | no change |
| 29/01/2017 | 162 163 Timetable - 16-1636 |
| 23/04/2017 | Times changed: 0638 0655 0722 IN 1645 ev30mins 1815 OUT |
| 23/04/2017 | 162 163 Timetable - 17-0384 |
| 23/07/2017 | New entry: Summer timetable M-F until 2/9/2017 |
| 23/07/2017 to 02/09/2017 | 162 163 Timetable (Summer Times) - 17-0961 (Web only) |
| 03/09/2017 | Normal timetable at end of the summer period. |
| 03/09/2017 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 17-1161 |
| 28/01/2018 | no change listed |
| 28/01/2018 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 17-1919 |
| 08/04/2018 | Times changed |
| 08/04/2018 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 18-0263 |
| 22/07/2018 | New entry: Summer timetable M-F until 1/9/2018 |
| 22/07/2018 to 01/09/2018 | 162 163 X63 Timetable (Summer Times) - 18-0849 (web only) |
| 28/10/2018 | no change listed |
| 28/10/2018 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 18-1285 |
| 27/01/2019 | no change |
| 27/01/2019 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 18-1820 (Web only) |
| 02/06/2019 | no change listed |
| 02/06/2019 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 19-0626 |
| 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August |
| 21/07/2019 to 31/08/2019 | 162 163 X63 Timetable (Summer Times) - 19-SC-0118 (Web) |
| 11/08/2019 | Service now operated by Diamond on sale of FM Bolton depot |
| 01/09/2019 | Normal timetable at end of summer period |
| 01/09/2019 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 19-SC-0273 |
| 27/10/2019 | Times of some MF jnys are changed. |
| 27/10/2019 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 19-SC-0344 |
| 26/01/2020 | Some early M-F times changed |
| 26/01/2020 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 19-SC-0563 |
| 23/03/2020 | 162 to run 2 per hour at peak-Times on M-Fs. |
| 28/03/2020 | All journeys are suspended temporarily: |
| 14/04/2020 | All journeys are suspended temporarily: |
| 10/05/2020 | All journeys are suspended temporarily: |
| 26/05/2020 | services restored. M-F peak: 0638 0702 0726 inbound: 1641 1717 1741 outbound |
| 14/06/2020 | Peak: 0638 0702 0726 inbound; 1641 1717 1741 from Picc; |
| 26/07/2020 | Minor timing changes: Peak services 0642 0702 0722 IN: 1643 1713 out; |
| 30/08/2020 | TfGM Bus Guide issued: times changed |
| 30/08/2020 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 20-SC-0455 |
| 31/08/2020 | Minor timing changes: Peak services 0631 0655 0722 IN: 1645 1715 1745 out; |
| 25/10/2020 | no changes |
| 25/10/2020 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 20-SC-0605 (shown as 20-SC-0455) |
| 31/01/2021 | Service 162 will run 2 /hr at peak-times (from ev30mins). |
| 31/01/2021 | 162 163 Timetable - 21-SC-0061 (corrected) |
| 28/02/2021 | NO CHANGE LISTED |
| 11/04/2021 | Times changed. |
| 11/04/2021 | 162 163 Timetable - 21-SC-0136 |
| 30/05/2021 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 21-SC-0393 |
| 29/08/2021 | Timetable changes |
| 29/08/2021 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 21-SC-0617 |
| 29/08/2021 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 21-SC-0617 (2nd version) |
| 12/12/2021 | 162 163 Timetable - 21-SC-0790 |
| 30/01/2022 | Times of some journeys on service 162 are slightly adjusted. |
| 30/01/2022 | 162 163 Timetable - 21-SC-0803 |
| 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 |
| 24/07/2022 to 03/09/2022 | 162 163 Timetable (Summer Times) - 22-SC-0423 |
| 04/09/2022 | Returns to normal after Summer Reductions |
| 04/09/2022 | Reverts to pre-summer times |
| 29/01/2023 | Route withdrawn and partly replaced by addtl 163 jnys between Heywood and Manchester and bus 17 for jnys from Norden and Bamford to Middleton, Blackley, Harpurhey, Collyhurst and Manchester. Customers at Norden are advised to use either revised service 17 |