Route 197
Route: Stockport - Burnage - Levenshulme - Mcr
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 26/10/1986 | MS daytime ev30mins plus ESu hrly Green End - Albert Sq |
| 26/01/1987 | New commercial via Green End - Levenshulme. M-S daytime ev30mins; Esu hrly . See also 198 |
| 26/10/1987 | |
| 17/07/1988 | 688 reprint |
| 17/07/1988 | MS daytime ev30mins plus ESu hrly Green End - Albert Sq. Supported Su and 2200 MS round trip |
| 10/10/1988 | 1288 reprint |
| 10/10/1988 | Crosville leaflet: also mentions Minilynx 11 |
| 10/10/1988 | Some peak and ev2hrs E jnys extend to Brinnington. Supported Su now Maynes |
| 15/01/1989 | Timetable and route revised. MS daytime now ev20mins |
| 16/01/1989 | Crosville leaflet: revised service: MS daytime ev20mins Ehrly Nsu: also mentions Minilynx 11 |
| 24/09/1989 | Su now operated by GMB. |
| 02/01/1990 | Timetabled revised: MS service by BEE who had takenover Crosville |
| Stockport - Green End - Levenshulme - Longsight - Manchester | |
| 14/05/1990 | No longer serves Brinnington. Addtl daytime GMB service hrly. 4bph |
| 23/07/1990 | Minor timetable revision |
| 17/09/1990 | Addtl daytime hrly duplicated jnys same time by BEE and GMB. 6bph. |
| 12/11/1990 | Some BEE jnys withdrawn: leaving single jnys 5bph |
| 26/11/1990 | Addtl GMB jnys now ev20mins, 6bph. |
| 21/04/1991 | Timetable and minor route and operator revision. Supported S 0659 0707 0740 by Pacerbus |
| 11/11/1991 | Timetable revised: Sch 1740 by FIN. Su now commercial by GMB |
| 12/04/1992 | Timetable revised - minor city centre revision. Su supported again. |
| 22/06/1992 | Operators revised: Supported E service now by GMB ev2hrs |
| 09/11/1992 | Addtl jnys. PACerbus now Red Rider |
| 11/01/1993 | Minor timetable revision |
| 09/08/1993 | Minor timetable revision |
| 21/02/1994 | Minor timetable and city centre route revision |
| 19/09/1994 | 295 reprint |
| 19/09/1994 | Timetable and minor centre route revision. GMS and BEE each 3bph. Su hrly commercial. E supported BEE and TIM |
| 03/12/1995 | Timetable and city centre route revision |
| 01/09/1996 | Minor timetable and operator revision. Supported Su by Bullocks. GMS = SM |
| 02/09/1996 | |
| 11/11/1996 | |
| 11/11/1996 | City centre route revised. |
| 19/01/1997 | no change listed |
| 02/06/1997 | City centre route revised. |
| 13/10/1997 | Minor timetable revision. Su now by TIM |
| 05/01/1998 | Timetable revised. Joint working BEE SM |
| 29/03/1998 | Su service diverted full length Slade Lane. BEE now Arriva |
| 26/07/1998 | Su service in Levenshulme reverts to MS route. Su by ANW |
| 07/09/1998 | 299 reprint |
| 07/09/1998 | All MS jnys now by SM, ev20mins MS daytime. Supported E hrly by SM. Supported hrly Su by BULL. |
| 26/07/1999 | Some early S morning and E jnys revised. |
| 05/09/1999 | Route changed now via Grafton St and Oxford Rd not Upper Brook St. Now ev15mins MS daytime |
| 21/11/1999 | City centre route and times changed. |
| 12/12/1999 | Su service extended to Cannon St |
| 04/09/2000 | S morning times changed |
| 27/11/2000 | MS times changed: revert to ev20mins daytime |
| 26/02/2001 | Times changed |
| 25/02/2002 | Supported E jnys remain with SM |
| 25/02/2002 | Supported E service now by F-Pennine |
| 22/09/2002 | Minor changes to times |
| 27/05/2003 | Minor changes to times |
| 31/08/2003 | City terminus now Corporation St |
| 28/03/2004 | 1004 reprint |
| 28/03/2004 | Times changed |
| 03/04/2005 | Times changed on Su with jnys extended to Stockport |
| 13/06/2005 | MF times changed during Summer to 2 September |
| 29/01/2006 | Route changed in city. Terminus at Spring Gardens and out via King St not Corporation St. Ev20mins daytime. Supported ESu hrly. E to GreenEnd only |
| 29/01/2006 | 197 Timetable - 25257 |
| 03/09/2006 | 707 reprint |
| 03/09/2006 | E extended to/from Stockport. Times changed |
| 03/09/2006 | 197 Timetable - 25661 |
| 03/09/2006 | 197 Stagecoach web timetable (revised) |
| 02/07/2007 | Times changed during Summer period to 31 August |
| 02/09/2007 | Times changed after Summer |
| 23/06/2008 | MF 0623 retimed to 0620 |
| 25/01/2009 | times changed |
| 25/01/2009 | 197 Stagecoach web timetable |
| 19/07/2009 | 1110 reprint |
| 19/07/2009 | MF times changed MF peak |
| 20/07/2009 to 28/08/2009 | 197 Timetable (Summer Times) |
| 26/07/2010 to 03/09/2010 | 197 Timetable (Summer Times) |
| 01/05/2011 | City terminus now Albert Sq not Spring Gardens. Suppported SuPH now by FIN |
| 01/05/2011 | 197 Timetable - 28331 |
| 25/07/2011 | 0620 Stockport to city now 5mins later |
| 25/07/2011 | 197 Change Leaflet - 28467 |
| 29/01/2012 | M-S E journeys are retimed. |
| 29/01/2012 | 197 Timetable - 11-1248 |
| 17/06/2012 | Temporary Summer timetable until 1 Sept 2012. |
| 17/06/2012 to 01/09/2012 | 197 Timetable (Summer Edition) |
| 02/09/2012 | Times changed. |
| 02/09/2012 | 197 Timetable - 12-1247 |
| 27/01/2013 | M-F morning peak period journeys retimed. |
| 27/01/2013 | 197 Timetable - 13-0060-G197 (filename 12-1247) |
| 07/04/2013 | 114 reprint |
| 07/04/2013 | 115 reprint |
| 07/04/2013 | 814 reprint |
| 07/04/2013 | 815 reprint |
| 07/04/2013 | SuPH jnys by MCT not FIN |
| 07/04/2013 | 197 Timetable - 13-0853 |
| 21/07/2013 | Times changed during Summer to 31 August 2013 |
| 01/09/2013 | Run by Stagecoach Manchester. The M-F journeys at 0615 from Stockport is retimed slightly. |
| 01/09/2013 | 197 Timetable - 13-1563 (Web only) |
| 20/07/2014 | M-F times changed during Summer to 30 Aug 2014. |
| 20/07/2014 to 30/08/2014 | 197 Timetable (Summer Times) - 14-0793 (Web only) |
| 31/08/2014 | Journeys towards Stockport are rerouted to run via Heaton Lane and Mersey Square. The normal timetable is also introduced following the Summer period. |
| 26/07/2015 | M-F times changed during Summer to 29 Aug 2015. |
| 30/08/2015 | normal timetable at the end of the Summer period. |
| 25/01/2016 | Times are changed. |
| 25/01/2016 | 197 Timetable - 15-1816 |
| 03/04/2016 | Times changed. Journeys from city rerouted via Cross, St, King St, New York St and Portland St instead of Princess St |
| 03/04/2016 | 197 Timetable - 16-0287 |
| 24/07/2016 | Times changed including temporary changes during Summer to 3 September 2016 |
| 24/07/2016 to 03/09/2016 | 197 Timetable - 16-0753 (Web only) |
| 04/09/2016 | Normal timetable at the end of the summer period. |
| 04/09/2016 | 197 Timetable - 16-0981 |
| 03/01/2017 | City route in via peter St, Deansgate and John Dalton St. OUT via Princess St not King St, York St, Portland St |
| 29/01/2017 | M-F 1553 and 1615 from Manchester retimed. |
| 29/01/2017 | 197 Timetable - 16-1704 (web only) |
| 29/01/2017 | 197 Change Leaflet - 16-1705 |
| 23/04/2017 | Times are changed on Saturday mornings. |
| 23/04/2017 | 197 Timetable - 17-0441 |
| 23/07/2017 to 02/09/2017 | 197 Timetable (Summer Times) - 17-0907 |
| 03/09/2017 | Normal timetable at end of the summer period. |
| 03/09/2017 | 197 Timetable - 17-1157 |
| 08/04/2018 | ESuPH times changed. Late MS E journeys will be run by MCT. |
| 08/04/2018 | Times changed. Late MS E journeys will be run by MCT. |
| 08/04/2018 | 197 Timetable - 18-0416 |
| 22/07/2018 to 01/09/2018 | 197 Timetable (Summer Times) - 18-0839 (web only) |
| 02/09/2018 | Some M-S times changed |
| 02/09/2018 | 197 Timetable - 18-1044 |
| 27/01/2019 | Times of afternoon peak period journeys are changed on Mondays to Fridays |
| 27/01/2019 | 197 Timetable - 18-1829 |
| 28/04/2019 | Times are changed on M-F. New 197 timetable |
| 28/04/2019 | 197 Timetable - 19-0448 |
| 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August |
| 21/07/2019 to 31/08/2019 | 197 Timetable (Summer Times) - 19-SC-0064 (web) |
| 01/09/2019 | M-F peak and S daytime times changed |
| 01/09/2019 | 197 Timetable - 19-SC-0155 (246456) |
| 23/03/2020 | M-F ev20mins. E hrly |
| 28/03/2020 | hrly daytime services |
| 05/04/2020 | M-S hrly daytime. NESu |
| 06/04/2020 | M-F E 2115 2315 from Stockport: Albert Sq 2201 only |
| 11/04/2020 | 197: hrly daytime services |
| 18/04/2020 | services cancelled on closure of company: See Diamond |
| 19/04/2020 | Run by MCT. ESuPH journeys will be run by Diamond. ev 2hrs ESu |
| 08/05/2020 | PH Su services on supported TfGM services |
| 10/05/2020 | 197 Stockport to Manchester - Temporary Timetable in place |
| 24/05/2020 | Daily ev2hrs ESu |
| 01/06/2020 | hrly daytime services |
| 14/06/2020 | hrly ESu services |
| 15/06/2020 | M-S hrly daytime. NESu (version one: each jny duplicated) |
| 15/06/2020 | M-S hrly daytime: (version two correcting V1) |
| 26/07/2020 | Diamond ESu services taken over by Stagecoach with some late night and early morning journeys withdrawn. |
| 26/07/2020 | 197 Timetable - 20-SC-0255 |
| 30/08/2020 | Timetable changes including addtl M-F junys. M-F now ev20mins. S ev30mins . Supported ESu hrly. TfGM Bus Guide issued |
| 30/08/2020 | 197 Timetable - 20-SC-0353 |
| 29/11/2020 | M-F daytime services revised to run ev30mins. |
| 29/11/2020 | 197 Timetable - 20-SC-0709 |
| 01/02/2021 | M-F reduced frequency due to covid. M-F ev30mins. No change SSu. |
| 11/04/2021 | Times changed |
| 11/04/2021 | 197 Timetable - 21-SC-0248 |
| 25/07/2021 | Summer timetables on M-F from 25 July to 4 Sept 2021 |
| 25/07/2021 to 04/09/2021 | 197 Timetable (Summer Times) - 21-SC-0462 |
| 29/08/2021 | Route changed in Stockport due to rebuild of bus station |
| 29/08/2021 | 197 Timetable - 21-SC-0564 |
| 05/09/2021 | M-F peak times changed: service revert to pre-summer 25/7/21 |
| 05/09/2021 | 197 Timetable - 21-SC-0564 (Repeated job number) |
| 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 M-F ev30mins |
| 24/07/2022 to 03/09/2022 | 197 Timetable (Summer Times) - 22-SC-0422 |
| 04/09/2022 | M-F every 20 minutes |
| 04/09/2022 | Reverts after Summer period M-F ev20mins |
| 13/10/2022 | Deansgate from Blackfriars Rd to Quay St will be made one-way in the southbound direction only permanently. 191 and 197 are unable to access their Albert Sq/ Princess St terminus. Services divert from Oxford St to terminate permanently at Stop EV, on Ch |
| 13/10/2022 | Route changed via Portland St to Chorlton St, no longer serving Peter St, Deansgate, John Dalton St, Albert Sq and part of Princess St |
| 30/10/2022 | M-F early mornings deregistered - direct award. Reduction in the number of jnys before 7am |
| 06/11/2022 | Times of some M-F journeys from Mcr changed |
| 06/11/2022 | 197 Timetable - 22-SC-0664 |
| 23/07/2023 to 02/09/2023 | 197 Timetable (Summer Times) - 23-SC-0283 |
| 17/03/2024 | 197 Timetable - 24-SC-0105 |
| 17/03/2024 | 197 Timetable - 24-SC-0105 (amended) |
| 21/07/2024 to 31/08/2024 | 197 Timetable (Summer Times) - 24-SC-0308 |
| 01/09/2024 | 197 Timetable - 24-SC-0390 |
| Bee Network: Stockport - Green End - Levenshulme - Longsight - Manchester | |
| 05/01/2025 | 197 Timetable - 24-SC-0594 |