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Route 27

Route: Peel Green - Barton - Eccles - Hope Hosp - Liverpool St - Arndale

Service changes and timetables

Date Change details
24.'.11I JP TRAVEL to FIRST Mcr
Rd (Not Adelphi snat)
Withdrawal unknown
13/04/1987 587 reprint
13/04/1987 Supported MS hrly daytime and hrly ESu.
26/10/1987 no apparent changes
23/11/1987 MF commercial 0555 Eccles- Arndale listed
11/04/1988 East Midlands Frontrunner. MS ev30mins 0700-1830 PG-Arndale with peak 0700 0800 1630 extend to Chorlton plus 1938 hrly 2238 Ecc-Arndale. Su hrly Arndale-Ecc 1115 - 2315
11/04/1988 Supported service
10/04/1989 Timetable and operator revised. MS E jnys extended to Westwood Park. Commercial daytime EM, last two supported run by Eccles Greys. Supported Su by GMB
25/11/1989 Route curtailed at Arndale - no longer serving Univ and Chorlton. Main commercial service now by RIBBLE
17/03/1990 Addtl M-S short jnys: BN- Walkden - Peel Green Brookhouse roundabout. 0615 - 0745 to provide buses for M10, the run off 1755 ev10mins 1915. Alternate jnys diverted at Parrin La Worsley Rd via Worsley Rd - Barton Rd . Worsley Brow - Walkden Rd -
17/03/1990 Suggest alternate were diverted to Bolton from this date, description incomplete. Have 15/4/1990 and they certainly were then
15/04/1990 Su service extended Westwood Park. Supported Su by Eccles Greys
26/05/1990 Peak jnys revised
02/02/1991 Peak jnys revised
02/02/1991 Peak jnys revised: Addtl jnys BN - PG M-F 0540 - 0715 OUT 1725-1855 IN. S 0540 - 0935 OUT, 1625 1855 IN
01/06/1991 Description must be incorrect as already going Bolton in April 1990
01/06/1991 Route change - extended hrly Peel Green to Bolton. Addtl E jnys Peel Green- Bolton positioning jnys at peak
07/10/1991 Curtailed at Peel Green - no longer serving Bolton
09/12/1991 minor route and timetable revision. All ESu run as 227.
09/12/1991 minor route and timetable revision. RIB partly supported: MS daytime ev30mins
07/11/1994 Commercial Timetable and route revised ev30mins with supported last two round trips 1615 1645 from BN
05/06/1995 no changes listed
03/07/1995 596 reprint
03/07/1995 Timetable and route revised. No longer serves Eccles and Hope Hosp, now via Bolton Rd
25/11/1996 city centre routes revised: to Cannon St / Chorlton St
28/04/1997 city centre routes revised
05/10/1998 no changes listed
08/03/1999 no changes listed
24/05/1999 no change listed
21/11/1999 Route changed in city centre
04/01/2000 Times changed. MS daytime ev20mins. No longer serves Farnworth Bus Stn, Route in city changed via Bridge St and 25 route
27/03/2000 no changes listed
24/07/2000 MF 0800 from Swinton - BN 5mins earlier
30/10/2000 no changes listed
11/03/2001 no changes listed
26/08/2001 M-S ev30min, running with 25 to give combined 15min services, NSu
28/08/2001 Route change in city and Salford. Times changed. All jnys by Lancashire United
19/11/2001 MF 0745 25 from Mcr replaced by 0745 27 jny
24/02/2002 M9 replaces 25 and 27.
25/02/2002 502 reprint
25/02/2002 Route changed. Now MS daytime hrly by Bluebird Bus and Coach. partly replacing 25
07/10/2002 303 reprint
07/10/2002 no change listed
29/06/2003 1942 Hope Hosp - Lower Broughton WITHDRAWN
31/08/2003 404 reprint
31/08/2003 Route revised in City Centre - terminating at Exchange Bus Station
31/08/2004 S 0718 from Swinton and 0720 from Mcr WITHDRAWN. All other jnys retimed
Royal Bolton Hopsital - Swinton - Hope Hospital - Pendleton - Manchester
31/10/2005 extended to Royal Bolton Hosp and now run by JPT
29/01/2006 Routes changed: now terminate at Shudehill Interchange. Minor change to times
29/01/2006 25 27 Timetable - 25250
Swinton - Hope Hospital - Pendleton - Manchester
24/07/2006 Service curtailed at Swinton - no longer serving Royal Bolton Hosp. Times changed
25/09/2006 507 reprint
25/09/2006 Now run by FM
25/09/2006 25 27 Timetable - 25571
28/10/2007 Service now operated by FM
26/10/2008 no change listed: supported MS hrly from Shudehill Interchange. NESuPH
Swinton - Salford Royal Hospital - Pendleton - Manchester
25/01/2010 All jnys by BuVal. Jnys from city via Blackfriars St not Bridge St
22/02/2010 MF afternoon times changed
22/02/2010 27 Timetable - 27762
26/05/2011 All jnys by Bluebird
30/01/2012 All journeys now operated by FIRST Mcr
30/01/2012 27 Timetable - 11-1185
06/06/2012 Jnys from city via Blackfriars Rd not Chapel St and Adelphi St
03/09/2012 times changed
03/09/2012 27 Timetable - 12-1307
29/10/2012 MF 1750 from Mcr retimed to 1755
08/04/2013 Times changed. Journeys arriving in Mcr city centre before 1045 rerouted to run via St Marys Gate and Corporation St instead of Victoria Station
08/04/2013 27 Timetable - 13-0454
01/09/2013 Rerouted direct via Cromwell Rd instead of Douglas Green. Journeys to Mcr rerouted to run via Blackfriars Rd instead of Adelphi St. Times changed.
01/09/2013 27 Timetable - 13-1435
19/07/2015 Rerouted via Eccles Rd instead of Barton Rd in Swinton. Times changed. All journeys by Diamond Bus.
19/07/2015 27 29 Timetable - 15-0766
14/12/2015 no change listed
14/12/2015 27 29 Timetable - 15-1811
30/10/2016 no change listed
30/10/2016 27 29 Timetable - 16-1186
09/04/2018 Times of some journeys from Mcr to Swinton changed
09/04/2018 27 29 Timetable - 18-0092
11/02/2019 M-F 0642 from Mcr re-timed to 0635. M–F 0746 from Swinton re-timed to 0736 throughout except its arrival time in Mcr which remains unchanged. These changes are to improve punctuality of the above journeys and subsequent early morning journeys on service 2
11/02/2019 27 29 Timetable - 19-0132
28/04/2019 Times changed
28/04/2019 Times changed.
28/04/2019 27 29 Timetable - 19-0451
14/04/2020 Tu-S irreg: Tu-F: 0649 0854 ev2hrs 1454 1710 from Swinton S 0754 ev2hrs 1554
20/04/2020 No changes: M-S irreg: M-F: 0649 0854 ev2hrs 1454 1710 from Swinton S 0754 ev2hrs 1554
08/05/2020 PH Su services on supported TfGM services
10/05/2020 M-S irreg: M-F: 0649 0854 ev2hrs 1454 1710 from Swinton S 0754 ev2hrs 1554
10/05/2020 Timetable is 11/5/2020. No change to previous one
26/05/2020 No changes
14/06/2020 27: hrly M-S daytime services
25/10/2020 Following changes to TfGM contracts, service withdrawn. Partly covered by revised service 29, and passengers in the Lower Broughton area are advised to use ANW services 10 or GNW services 52, 93, 97, 98. Route covered in parts by services 10, 29, 36, 37,

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