Route 163
Route: Mcr - Middleton - Heywood - Darn Hill
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 26/10/1986 | commercial MS ev30mins daytime paired with 164. ESu ev30mins. |
| 26/01/1987 | times changed |
| 30/03/1987 | |
| 30/03/1987 | no apparent change |
| 30/03/1987 | Supported MF 0450 0520 from DH by Yelloways |
| 30/08/1987 | no apparent change |
| 30/08/1988 | no apparent change |
| 28/05/1989 | no apparent change |
| 30/05/1989 | supported jnys and run by CRO: MF 0507 MS 0520 IN |
| 21/04/1991 | Supported Su by GMB: 0520 0643 0743 2243 2313 IN |
| 28/12/1991 | All jnys by GMB. Supported early and late jnys on Su |
| 05/04/1992 | Timetable revised |
| 29/06/1992 | Supported Su E jnys retimed |
| 10/08/1992 | no apparent change |
| 21/09/1992 | no apparent change |
| 16/11/1992 | timetable revised. MF 0450 from DH now by ROS |
| 22/03/1993 | Minor Timetable revision |
| 17/05/1993 | no change |
| 05/09/1993 | Minor Timetable revision, Supported Su E by CITIBUS |
| 22/11/1993 | Timetable revised |
| 04/01/1994 | no change |
| Bury - Darn Hill - Heywood - Langley - Middleton - Manchester | |
| 25/07/1994 | Timetable and route revised |
| 27/03/1995 | Minor timetable revisions. Most Su jnys now commercial. |
| 05/02/1996 | Supported CIT jnys now run by GMN |
| 30/09/1996 | City centre routes revised |
| 02/12/1996 | 297 reprint |
| 17/05/1998 | Timetable revised. ESu jnys extended to Bury |
| 06/09/1998 | 2320 from Bury curtailled at Middleton. |
| 25/04/1999 | Times some early jnys MS revised and addtl 163 from Bury on Su |
| 05/01/2000 | Addtl sch 0820 from Hopwood |
| 29/05/2000 | Add BH service to Su times - NE. |
| 12/11/2000 | Terminus now Piccadilly |
| 25/02/2001 | Buses 160 163 replace 509 510 RE-Darnhill / Heywood. |
| 25/02/2001 | Diverted via Langley replacing 164. Now ev10mins daytime. |
| 26/02/2001 | |
| 26/02/2001 | Check entry |
| 27/05/2001 | Some E jnys withdrawn: now hrly |
| 27/08/2001 | 1201 reprint |
| 27/08/2001 | Some PH E jnys withdrawn: now hrly as Su |
| 23/09/2001 | |
| 23/09/2001 | Check entry |
| 28/07/2002 | 203 reprint |
| 28/07/2002 | Route changed in city: Out via Church St. |
| 31/08/2003 | times changed |
| 01/03/2004 | addtl MF 1840 1900 from Bury |
| 01/03/2004 | Addtl MF jnys from BY 1840 1900 |
| 27/07/2005 | MF times changed during summer to 2 Sept |
| 29/01/2006 | 306 reprint |
| 29/01/2006 | Times changed: at frequent intervals not more than 10mins |
| 29/01/2006 | 163 Timetable - 25235 |
| 24/07/2006 | M-F peak changes from Bury during Summer to 1 Sep. addtl M-F 1950 from Mcr |
| 04/09/2006 | Times changed |
| 28/01/2007 | SuPH times changed: now 0820 ev30mins 1120 ev20mins 1720 ev30mins 2320 |
| 28/01/2007 | 163 Timetable - 25857 (First 'Overground' style) |
| 15/04/2007 | MS early E times from Manchester |
| 15/04/2007 | 163 Timetable - 25957 (First 'Overground' style) |
| 02/09/2007 | Minor changes to times |
| 27/01/2008 | Minor changes to times |
| 30/03/2008 | Minor changes to times |
| 25/05/2008 | 109 reprint |
| 25/05/2008 | Minor changes to SuPH times |
| 25/05/2008 | Minor changes to SuPH times from Bury |
| 19/04/2009 | 110 reprint |
| 19/04/2009 | Times changed |
| 19/04/2009 | 163 Timetable - 27227 (First 'Overground' style) |
| 31/08/2010 | times changed |
| 12/09/2010 | Addtl commercial hrly E and ev30mins SuPH jnys by JPT |
| 24/10/2010 | Addtl SuPH JPT jnys withdrawn |
| 29/12/2010 | Some early E JPT jnys withdrawn. |
| 29/12/2010 | 163 Timetable - 28196 |
| 04/04/2011 | All JPT jnys withdrawn |
| 04/04/2011 | 163 Change Leaflet - 28306 (version 2) |
| 04/09/2011 | Times from Manchester changed |
| 04/09/2011 | 163 Timetable - 28487 (First 'Overground' style) |
| 29/01/2012 | M-F 1922 from Bury is retimed during jny. |
| 02/04/2012 | Some MF peak jnys retimed |
| 15/04/2012 | Addtl MF 1857 from Mcr. S jnys withdrawn: 0732 1712 from Bury; 0845 from Mcr |
| 15/04/2012 | 163 Timetable - 12-0287 (First 'Overground' style) |
| 03/09/2012 | Some M-F peak jnys rerouted to run between Norden, Bamford, Heywood, Middleton and Mcr and renumbered 162. |
| 03/09/2012 | 162 163 Timetable - 12-1107 |
| 27/01/2013 | Times changed. Freq MS daytime plus hrly full route E and Addtl E jnys hrly Middleton - Mcr. |
| 27/01/2013 | 162 163 Timetable - 12-1968 |
| 01/09/2013 | Times changed. |
| 01/09/2013 | 162 163 Timetable - 13-1501 |
| 26/01/2014 | Times changed. |
| 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 | S 1922 from Bury now 1917, MF 1922 from Bury retimed on jny |
| 26/10/2014 | 162 163 Timetable - 14-1696 (Web only) |
| 25/01/2015 | no change |
| 12/04/2015 | Some early MS jnys from BY depot now extended to start from Bury Interchange. |
| 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 | Minor changes to S times |
| 30/08/2015 | 162 163 Timetable - 15-1210 |
| 25/10/2015 | Addtl daily 2352 from Manchester to Middleton. |
| 25/10/2015 | 162 163 Timetable - 15-1519 (Web) |
| 03/04/2016 | MF morning peak times changed BY to city. Daily 2322 from Bury curtailed at Middleton |
| 03/04/2016 | M-F peak period journeys retimed. Daily 2322 from Bury will only run to Middleton |
| 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 are changed on M-F. |
| 04/09/2016 | 162 163 Timetable - 16-0992 |
| 30/10/2016 | Some M-F journeys are retimed. |
| 30/10/2016 | 162 163 Timetable - 16-1243 |
| 29/01/2017 | Times are changed. |
| 29/01/2017 | 162 163 Timetable - 16-1636 |
| 23/04/2017 | Some M-S morning journeys are retimed. |
| 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 is introduced at the end of the summer period. |
| 03/09/2017 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 17-1161 |
| 28/01/2018 | minor timetable changes |
| 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 | M-F times changed |
| 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 | services will changes from ev10min frequency to ev12 mins M-F daytime and ev15mins Sat daytime. |
| 28/03/2020 | SSuPH: Every half hour daytime, hrly E |
| 30/03/2020 | Daily daytime ev30mins E hrly |
| 10/04/2020 | Good Friday hrly services throughout day and E |
| 14/04/2020 | Tu-S daytime ev30mins E hrly |
| 19/04/2020 | Daily daytime ev30mins E hrly |
| 25/04/2020 | Addtl M-F 163 between Langley Lane and Piccadilly to provides a services ev15 mins |
| 08/05/2020 | May PH daytime and E hrly |
| 10/05/2020 | M-F ev15mins Mcr - Langley; ev30mins to Bury. Peak ev15mins full Route; SSu ev30mins full Route; daily E hrly |
| 26/05/2020 | 163: ev12mins M-F daytime; ev30mins M-F E. (Weekend Timetable missing/not updated - presumably similar levels to services 8 or 471) |
| 14/06/2020 | 163: ev12mins M-F daytime; ev15mins S daytime; ev30mins ESu |
| 26/07/2020 | Extra M-F morning jnys: up to ev10mins all day. S ev15mins : ESu ev30mins |
| 30/08/2020 | services back to normal Timetable, with a NEW enhanced early E & Su daytime Timetable up to ev15mins. M-S daytime ev10mins |
| 30/08/2020 | TIMES CHANGED |
| 30/08/2020 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 20-SC-0455 |
| 31/08/2020 | PH: 0820 ev30mins 1050 ev15mins 1620 ev30mins 1850 1923 hrly 2323 |
| 25/10/2020 | Addtl SuPH E jnys . Minor Timetable changes at other Times. |
| 25/10/2020 | 162 163 X63 Timetable - 20-SC-0605 (shown as 20-SC-0455) |
| 31/01/2021 | To reflect quieter traffic conditions and fewer people travelling, M-S daytime service is reduced to ev12mins (from ev10mins) |
| 31/01/2021 | 162 163 Timetable - 21-SC-0061 (corrected) |
| 28/02/2021 | ADDTL DUPLICATES during GNW strike. All M-S jnys duplicated Mcr-Middleton - normal service continues to Bury |
| 11/04/2021 | Daytime service increased to ev10 mins. |
| 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 | Due to COVID related driver shortages, reduced from ev10mins to ev12mins during M-S daytimes. Early mornings, ESu unchanged. |
| 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 | M-F times changed with addtl jnys partly replacing bus 162. |
| 29/01/2023 | 163 Timetable - 22-SC-0728 |
| 16/04/2023 | ev12mins M-S daytime, ev15mins Su daytime and ev30mins daily E. Deregistered M-F 0431 from Langley Lane, M-F 1855/ S1858 & M-S 2328 from Bury, M-F 0513 & M-S 2008 from Mcr withdrawn. Su daytime frequency reduced from ev15mins to 30 mins. Su short working |
| 16/04/2023 | 163 Timetable - 23-SC-0075 |
| Bee Network: Bury - Darn Hill - Heywood - Langley - Middleton - Manchester | |
| 24/09/2023 | Route replaced by TfGM Franchising - operated by Go North West |
| 24/09/2023 | Times change with M-S daytime jnys increased to run ev12mins (was ev15mins). |
| 24/09/2023 | 163 Timetable - 23-SC-0509 |
| 07/04/2024 | 163 Timetable - 24-SC-0197 |
| 27/04/2025 | 163 Timetable - 25-SC-0133 |