Route 255
Route: Partington - Urmston - Stretford - Manchester
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| Partington - Flixton - Urmston - Stretford - Old Trafford - Manchester | |
| 26/10/1986 | |
| 26/10/1986 | M-S daytime ev30mins. Esu hrly. |
| 05/01/1987 | M-S daytime ev30mins. Esu hrly. |
| 05/04/1987 | 1187 reprint |
| 05/04/1987 | no apparent change |
| 10/01/1988 | no apparent change |
| 07/03/1988 | no apparent change |
| 21/08/1988 | improved route in Partington |
| 12/03/1989 | timetable revised |
| 25/03/1990 | Addtl jnys: Flixton - Mcr ev20mins by NW. NESu |
| 21/04/1990 | Early morning jnys revised |
| 17/06/1990 | Minor timetable revision |
| 03/09/1990 | Minor timetable revision |
| 02/01/1991 | timetable revised |
| 02/04/1991 | commercial MS daytime GMB ev30mins. Su daytime hrly. Supported ESu hrly and first jnys daily. S 0720 Starline.Commercial MF offpeak hrly NW. |
| 02/09/1991 | no change listed |
| 10/11/1991 | no change listed |
| 12/04/1992 | Timetable revised. Early supported jnys now by Cline. |
| 24/08/1992 | commercial NW jnys withdrawn |
| 02/01/1993 | no change listed |
| 08/03/1993 | Minor timetable revision, Early supported jnys by BEE |
| 06/06/1993 | no change listed |
| 27/09/1993 | Minor timetable revision |
| 07/02/1994 | New commercial MTLM service daytime ev30mins |
| 28/02/1994 | Addtl jnys: Partington - Mcr ev30mins by MTL Manchester. NESu |
| 28/02/1994 | New commercial MTLM service daytime ev30mins |
| 09/05/1994 | Minor route and timetable revision. Supported jnys now GMS. |
| 19/09/1994 | Addtl stopping place (?) |
| 05/03/1995 | Minor timetable revision. MTL jnys withdrawn |
| 20/08/1995 | E jnys reintroduced. (following vandalism) Now by STU. |
| 03/12/1995 | Timetable revised: commercial daytime ev30mins. Supported STU hrly E service |
| 03/03/1996 | Timetables revised |
| 31/03/1996 | no change listed |
| 01/09/1996 | Timetables revised |
| 21/10/1996 | minor timetable revisions |
| 27/05/1997 | Timetable revised |
| 27/07/1997 | E services now replaced by 254 (not serving Partington due to vandalism) |
| 01/03/1998 | no change listed |
| 27/04/1998 | Minor timetable and operator revision: Supported early jnys now by TIM |
| 14/06/1998 | timetable revised: supported TIM jny now by ANW |
| 05/09/1998 | no change listed |
| 14/11/1998 | no change listed |
| 29/11/1998 | no change listed |
| 21/02/1999 | no change listed |
| 25/04/1999 | Minor timetable changes |
| 27/06/1999 | Some early jnys withdrawn Addtl late E jnys replacing 254 |
| 28/02/2000 | Addtl MS 1955 from mcr to Flx |
| 26/06/2000 | no change listed |
| 17/09/2000 | Times changed |
| 24/06/2001 | E times changed - now run by UKN |
| 29/04/2002 | Some MS morning jnys now supported JPT. Supported late E MS jnys by UKN. Late E Su jnys by ANW. Separate PH servuce by SM ev30mins NE. |
| 23/09/2002 | MF morning jnys times changed |
| 23/02/2003 | Times changed. Supported MS E jnys now by ANW |
| 03/11/2003 | MF0626 IN withdrawn. 0638 now 0630 |
| 12/01/2004 | early morning jnys IN retimed |
| 14/06/2004 | MF times changed during Summer to 4Sep |
| 05/09/2004 | Route changed in city via Whitworth St West not LMS |
| 25/10/2004 | MF 0550 from Partington retimed: longer jny time. |
| 04/04/2005 | MF 0550 from Partington retimed: now by SM. 0700 from Stretford - P'ton now from Picc at 0643 |
| 13/06/2005 | MF times changed during Summer to 2Sep |
| 29/01/2006 | Times changed |
| 29/01/2006 | 252 253 255 Timetable - 25286 |
| 03/09/2006 | commercial SM ev30mins MS daytime, hrly SuPH. Supported SuPH hrly daytime by SM. MS E hrly Flx-Picc by ANW. SuPH E full route |
| 29/01/2007 | no change listed |
| 29/01/2007 | 253 255 Timetable - 25867 |
| 02/07/2007 | Summer times to 31 Agust 2007 |
| 03/09/2007 | S 1950 from Mcr and 2023 from FLX withdrawn |
| 21/03/2008 | PH times changed |
| 31/03/2008 | Early morning and E times changed |
| 27/04/2008 | 209 reprint |
| 27/04/2008 | MS E jnys extended to Partington. Some early S jnys retimed. |
| 03/05/2008 | 0624 S now run by SM. Supported 0646 0746 S jnys inbound retimed to 0630 0730 |
| 31/08/2008 | 255 Stagecoach web timetable |
| 20/07/2009 to 28/08/2009 | 253 255 Timetable (Summer Times) |
| 30/08/2009 | Some late pm / early E jnys retimed |
| 12/09/2009 | Addtl commercial S 0723 from Mcr to Urmston by JPT |
| 12/04/2010 | Some late pm jnys retimed |
| 26/07/2010 to 03/09/2010 | 253 255 Timetable (Summer Times) |
| 05/09/2010 | Times changed. Jpt jny withdrawn |
| 01/05/2011 | Times changed. E jnys extended to/from Oak Rd. All jnys now by SM |
| 04/09/2011 | MF 0615 0636 inbound retimed. Addtl match day service Picc to MUFC at frequent times from 90 mins to 20mins before kick off; and return from 10 to 30 mins after final whistle. On match days and other events, buses divert via Talbot Rd not Chester Rd from |
| 29/01/2012 | Some MF early morning and peak period journeys are retimed. |
| 29/01/2012 | 253 255 Timetable - 11-1258 |
| 17/06/2012 | Temporary Summer timetable introduced running until 1 September 2012. |
| 17/06/2012 to 01/09/2012 | 253 255 Timetable (Summer Edition) |
| 02/09/2012 | MF peak period times changed. |
| 02/09/2012 | 253 255 Timetable - 12-1260 |
| 27/01/2013 | MF 0740 from Mcr and 0821 from Partington retimed |
| 27/01/2013 | 253 255 Timetable - 13-0065 (filename 12-1260) |
| 21/07/2013 | Times changed during the Summer period from 21 July to 31 August 2013 |
| 01/09/2013 | 815 reprint |
| 01/09/2013 | inbound MF 0826 0851 0916 0941 now 5mins later |
| 01/09/2013 | 253 255 Timetable - 13-1406 |
| 01/09/2013 | 253 255 Timetable - 15-0229 (February 2015 reprint) |
| 20/07/2014 | MF times are changed during the Summer period from 20 July to 30 August 2014. |
| 20/07/2014 to 30/08/2014 | X5 Timetable (Summer Times) - 14-0834 (Web only) |
| 31/08/2014 | Normal timetable introduced following the Summer period. |
| 26/07/2015 | MF times changed during the Summer period from 26 July to 29 August 2015. |
| 30/08/2015 | The normal timetable is introduced at the end of the Summer period. |
| 03/04/2016 | Some MF peak period and early E jnys retimed |
| 03/04/2016 | 253 255 Timetable - 16-0205 |
| 24/07/2016 | Times are changed during the Summer period from 24 July to 3 September 2016 |
| 24/07/2016 to 03/09/2016 | 253 255 Timetable - 16-0757 |
| 04/09/2016 | minor timetable changes |
| 04/09/2016 | 253 255 Timetable - 16-1048 |
| 23/07/2017 to 02/09/2017 | 253 255 Timetable (Summer Times) - 17-0942 |
| 03/09/2017 | Some M-F peak period journeys are retimed. |
| 03/09/2017 | 253 255 Timetable - 17-1194 |
| 29/10/2017 | Early morning journeys from Manchester are retimed on Mondays to Saturdays. |
| 29/10/2017 | no change listed |
| 29/10/2017 | 253 255 Timetable - 17-1531 |
| 08/04/2018 | Times of early morning and E jnys changed with addtl early morning jnys throughout the week |
| 08/04/2018 | Times of early morning and evening journeys are changed with extra early morning journeys introduced throughout the week |
| 08/04/2018 | 253 255 Timetable - 18-0319 |
| 28/04/2019 | Times of M-F peak jnys changed. S0735 from Manchester now ten minutes later. |
| 28/04/2019 | 253 255 Timetable - 19-0429 |
| 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August |
| 21/07/2019 to 31/08/2019 | 253 255 Timetable (Summer Times) - 19-SC-0062 (summer) |
| 01/09/2019 | M-F peak times changed |
| 01/09/2019 | 253 255 Timetable - 19-SC-0147 (246467) |
| 22/03/2020 | M-F: ev30mins daytime; hrly E |
| 28/03/2020 | hrly services throughout the day and E |
| 05/04/2020 | Su 5th: hrly daytime and E |
| 11/04/2020 | hrly services throughout day and E |
| 12/04/2020 | Easter SuPH: hrly daytime; E 2hrly |
| 19/04/2020 | Some M-F times changed |
| 19/04/2020 | 253 255 Timetable - 20-SC-0153 |
| 01/06/2020 | ev30mins daytime services; every two hours E services |
| 15/06/2020 | Daily daytime ev30mins; E hrly |
| 29/11/2020 | 253 255 Timetable - 20-SC-0687 |
| 25/07/2021 | Summer timetables on M-F from 25 July to 4 Sept 2021 |
| 25/07/2021 to 04/09/2021 | 253 255 Timetable (Summer Times) - 21-SC-0447 |
| 05/09/2021 | Times changed: service revert to pre-summer 25/7/21 |
| 05/09/2021 | 253 255 Timetable - 21-SC-0576 |
| 05/09/2021 | 253 255 Timetable - 21-SC-0576 (amended) |
| 05/09/2021 | 253 255 Timetable - 21-SC-0576 (amendment) |
| 05/09/2021 | 253 255 Timetable - 23-SC-0298 (May 2023 reprint) |
| 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 |
| 24/07/2022 to 03/09/2022 | 253 255 Timetable (Summer Times) - 22-SC-0392 |
| 04/09/2022 | Reverts to pre-summer times |
| 30/10/2022 | Minor timetable changes to some early morning and evening jnys. Peak frequency reduction - direct award |
| 30/10/2022 | 253 255 Timetable - 22-SC-0534 |
| 23/07/2023 to 02/09/2023 | 253 255 Timetable (Summer Times) - 23-SC-0256 |
| 21/07/2024 to 31/08/2024 | 253 255 Timetable (Summer Times) - 24-SC-0330 |
| Bee Network: Partington - Flixton - Urmston - Stretford - Old Trafford - Manchester | |
| 05/01/2025 | 253 255 Timetable - 24-SC-0633 |