Route 218
Route: Manchester - Ashton - Smallshaw
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 26/10/1986 | 1186 reprint |
| 26/10/1986 | hrly MS daytime. NESu. City terminal Victoria Rail Stn |
| 26/10/1986 | no apparent change |
| 06/03/1988 | no obvious changes |
| 03/05/1988 | |
| 03/05/1988 | Supported MF 1608 from Victoria now run by EM |
| 04/07/1988 | Addtl ESu service Ashton - Hurst Cross - Smallshaw - Hartshead circ ev2hrs |
| 13/11/1988 | no obvious changes |
| 05/12/1988 | Commercial MS E jnys by Crosville added hrly Mcr- AS. |
| 26/06/1989 | Timetable revised: supported BBC S 0540 from GML, MS 0544 from SB, 0505 MF from Picc |
| 17/09/1989 | Timetable revised: Crosville jnys withdrawn |
| 08/01/1990 | E jnys withdrawn: Smallshaw- AS |
| 04/09/1990 | addtl sch jny by NW |
| 30/12/1990 | no change listed |
| 02/06/1991 | no obvious changes |
| 03/01/1992 | no change listed: commercial hrly MS dayime plus hrly MF. NESu. Continue to Mcr |
| 27/02/1994 | no change listed: Commercial PB ev20mins NESu. |
| 01/08/1994 | no change listed |
| 30/08/1994 | All day service daytime 218 ev20mins MF 0725-1745 S 0905- 1705; E 332 2010 hrly 2310 |
| 07/11/1994 | no change listed: ev20mins MS daytime. NESu |
| 30/01/1995 | no change listed |
| 20/05/1995 | Area guide: no change |
| 23/10/1995 | no change listed |
| 25/02/1996 | no change listed |
| 01/04/1997 | 218 no change listedd. 56 replaced by service 422 |
| 01/03/1998 | no change listed |
| Tameside General Hospital - Stalybridge - Dukinfield - Droylsden - Manchester | |
| 25/07/2004 | New MS daytime hrly service partly replacing 220 |
| 06/09/2004 | no change listed |
| 31/01/2005 | Route changed with RidgeHill and Sunnyside Rd no longer served. Times changed |
| 03/04/2005 | no change listed |
| 03/04/2005 | 217 218 220 221 Timetable - 24832 |
| 13/06/2005 | no change listed |
| 03/09/2006 | no change listed |
| 03/09/2006 | 217 218 220 221 Timetable - 25624 |
| 10/12/2006 | no change listed |
| 02/07/2007 | no change listed |
| 02/01/2008 | no change listed |
| 02/01/2008 | 217 218 220 221 Timetable - 26458 |
| Manchester - Clayton - Droylsden - Stalybridge - Mossley Circular | |
| 26/10/2008 | Service extended to Mossley, Micklehurst and Brushes est replacing 232 233 234 235. SM Hrly full route MS daytime. |
| 25/01/2009 | Route changed in Ancoats: now via Butler St and Oldham Road not Pollard St or Gt Ancoats St |
| 25/10/2009 | no change listed |
| 26/07/2010 | Daytime jnys extended in city to serve Shudehill Interchange. Diverted via Old Mill St and Gt Ancoats St not Butler St and Oldham St. Times changed |
| 24/10/2010 | SuPH daytime jnys now run bu JPT |
| 04/09/2011 | times changed |
| 04/09/2011 | 217 218 Timetable - 28566 |
| 29/01/2012 | Times changed |
| 29/01/2012 | 217 218 Timetable - 12-0016 |
| 17/06/2012 to 01/09/2012 | 217 218 Timetable (Summer Edition) |
| 02/09/2012 | Minor timetable changes. |
| 02/09/2012 | 217 218 Timetable - 12-1313 |
| 27/04/2014 | changed to run between Ashton-Manchester only, with all journeys numbered 217. Replaced by extended bus 408 between Stalybridge, Dukinfield, Audenshaw and Droylsden and buses 343 and 344 rerouted to serve Brushes Estate. Daytime journeys run by S and S Tr |