Route 408
Route: Oldham - Stalybridge
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 26/10/1986 | 1186 reprint |
| 26/10/1986 | 287 reprint |
| 26/10/1986 | 487 reprint |
| 26/10/1986 | MS hrly daily |
| 06/09/1987 | 408 hrly. 425 426 each ev20mins. MF daytime. |
| 27/09/1987 | 408 hrly. 425 426 each ev30mins. MF daytime. |
| 29/02/1988 | 408 hrly. 425 426 each ev20mins. MF daytime. |
| 06/11/1988 | ESu revised: hrly 2000-2300 to Town Sq only Supported MF 1715 by JPT |
| 06/11/1988 | Hrly daily |
| 06/11/1988 | Hrly daily. ESu operated your little gems |
| 07/01/1990 | Supported ESu now operated by Dennis. Commercial daytime service by GMB |
| 03/03/1991 | Addtl commercial Oldham to Shaw shorts at peak time. Supported services Stalybridge Oldham by Dennis, Oldham - Shaw by GMB. |
| 04/03/1991 | Route revised in Oldham Town Centre |
| 21/04/1991 | jnys TO Shaw rerouted in Oldham via Union Street, Town Square & Lord Street to West Street (Not direct via King Street) Dennis & JPTravel not affected |
| 15/09/1991 | Buses now operate in both directions around Buckstones Estate |
| 10/11/1991 | Minor timetable changes |
| 06/07/1992 | Minor timetable changes |
| 16/09/1992 | New fully accessible service some daytime jnys wheelchair accessible with assistant |
| 22/03/1993 | One part route jny by JPT |
| 03/10/1993 | Minor timetable and operator revision |
| 31/01/1994 | 1/95 reprint |
| 31/01/1994 | Minor timetable revision |
| 30/10/1995 | Minor timetable and operator revision . Supported MS E jnys now by ROSsendale . Su E FM. Sch jny by JPT |
| 30/09/1996 | Minor timetable changes . Assisted jnys revert to standard service |
| 09/10/1997 | Minor timetable changes |
| 27/04/1998 | MS daytime diverted via Thornham but omits Buckstones replaced by 413. timetable revised |
| 31/05/1998 | Easy access on some buses. JPT jny now retimed and op by FM. |
| 29/06/1998 | MS Day service rerouted via Dogford Road, omitting Thornham & via Tameside General Hospital. (Service to Thornham replaced by Routes 413 & 413) |
| 05/09/1999 | Most MS Daytime jnys no longer serve Tameside General Hospital & are rerouted in Shaw. All jnys are rerouted in Oldham |
| 04/10/1999 | 0803 Sch jny from Oldham to Hurst now 0758 |
| 04/10/1999 | 400 reprint |
| 26/02/2001 | MS daytime timetable changed |
| 29/04/2001 | Su jnys now ROSsendale. MF 1659 from Oldham - SB; 1730 SB - OM Peaks now by JP Travel |
| 28/01/2002 | Most jnys now Buckstones - Stalybridge |
| 29/03/2002 | PH jnys introduced to Su timetable |
| 25/05/2003 | Extended from Shaw to Rochdale via Newhey & Milnrow & rerouted MS daytime to Alt serve Alt Replacing Route 57) |
| 27/05/2003 | service 57 withdrawn and partly replaced by 408 413 |
| 29/06/2003 | JP Travel jnys withdrawn MS Evening jnys diverted via Alt and will now be First Manchester |
| 28/07/2003 | MS Day no longer serves Alt Estate (Replaced by Route 425) |
| Stalybridge - Oldham - Royton - Shaw - Buckstones | |
| 25/01/2004 | Buckstones to Rochdale section withdrawn (Replaced by New Route 451) |
| 31/08/2004 | 0711 Stalybridge - Shaw now 0705 |
| 27/06/2005 | Addtl supported jnys Shaw- Oldham MF hrly |
| 27/06/2005 | 408 Timetable - 24942 |
| 30/08/2005 | 0705 from Stalybridge now 0709 from Abbeyhill Rd to Buckstones new 0749 return to Oldham |
| 30/08/2005 | 206 reprint |
| 30/08/2005 | 408 Change Leaflet - 25026 |
| 29/01/2007 | 0709 from Abbeyhill Rd to Buckstones new 0749 return to Oldham now by Bluebird |
| 29/01/2007 | 408 Timetable - 25900 (filename 25889) |
| 15/04/2007 | 0709 from Abbeyhills and 0749 from Buckstones now 5 mins earlier. Minor changes to ESuPH |
| 15/04/2007 | 408 Timetable - 25994 |
| 30/07/2007 | 0704 from Abbeyhills and 0744 from Buckstones now run by JPT not Bluebird |
| 03/09/2007 | Some M-S jnys Buckstones - OM replaced by new 428. M-S daytime hrly. Supported ESu |
| 27/01/2008 | No change listed |
| 27/01/2008 | Replacement : 1009 reprint |
| 27/01/2008 | Replacement : 409 reprint |
| 27/01/2008 | Replacement : 708 reprint |
| 27/01/2008 | Some late E and SuPH morning jnys revised.0704 now operated by JPT not Bluebird |
| 08/10/2010 | 0704 and return now 2 mins earlier |
| 31/01/2011 | MF early morning and peak jnys changed |
| 24/07/2011 | MF 0702 from Abbeyhills to Buckstones withdrawn 0739 from Buckstones now by FM |
| 24/07/2011 | 408 428 Timetable - 28460 |
| 15/04/2012 | SuPH 2145 from STA 2142 2242 from Shaw no longer run via Royal Oldham Hospital grounds |
| 15/04/2012 | 408 428 Timetable - 12-0613 |
| 03/09/2012 | Times changed with some jnys withdrawn. |
| 03/09/2012 | 408 428 Timetable - 12-1142 |
| 08/04/2013 | 408 428 Timetable - 13-0325 |
| 26/01/2014 | Some MF daytime jnys are retimed. |
| 26/01/2014 | 408 428 Timetable - 13-2150 |
| Droylsden - Stalybridge - Oldham - Royton - Buckstones - Shaw | |
| 27/04/2014 | Daytime jnys are extended to serve Dukinfield, Audenshaw and Droylsden, partly replacing buses 217 and 218. |
| 27/04/2014 | 408 428 Timetable - 14-0492 |
| 27/07/2014 | ESuPH jnys are rerouted to run via Waterloo Street in Glodwick but will no longer run via Alt Estate. Bus 425 evening, SuPH jnys are rerouted to serve Alt Estate. |
| 27/07/2014 | Partly replacing ESuPH 149 Alt - Oldham |
| 27/07/2014 | 408 428 Timetable - 14-0897 |
| 31/08/2014 | No change listed |
| 31/08/2014 | 408 Timetable - 14-1173 |
| Stalybridge - Oldham - Royton - Shaw - Buckstones | |
| 12/04/2015 | |
| 12/04/2015 | Route changed to run between Stalybridge or Oldham and Shaw or Buckstones only. Times changed. ESuPH jnys will no longer serve Royal Oldham Hospital grounds. MS evening jnys will be run by Manchester Community Transport and SuPH jnys by Stagecoach Manche |
| 19/07/2015 | Rerouted to run via a circular route between Shaw and Buckstones. Times changed with additional jnys introduced. |
| 19/07/2015 | 408 Timetable - 15-0900 |
| 03/04/2016 | comm. hrly daytime link between Shaw and Oldham with weekday peak and tendered ESu services extending to Stalybridge. Comm M-S off peak daytime service by F-GM between Oldham and Shaw withdrawn These jnys provide a unique bus link to Oldham centre for res |
| 03/04/2016 | 408 Timetable - 16-0406 |
| 04/09/2016 | Run by First Manchester/ROSso. Times changed. ROSso jnys towards Shaw are rerouted to run via Buckstones. |
| 04/09/2016 | 408 Timetable - 16-0950 |
| 29/01/2017 | MF jnys at 0658 from Shaw and 0804 from Stalybridge are retimed to run 10 minutes earlier. |
| 29/01/2017 | 408 Timetable - 16-1649 (web only) |
| 29/01/2017 | 408 Change Leaflet - 16-1655 |
| 23/04/2017 | Times changed on SuPH with some jnys withdrawn. |
| 23/04/2017 | 408 Timetable - 17-0305 |
| 03/09/2017 | FM jnys withdrawn. |
| 03/09/2017 | 408 Timetable - 17-1176 |
| 28/01/2018 | Jnys from OM divert via Milnrow Rd in Shaw not via Buckstones. M-S daytime now run by MCT instead of ROS. Times changed: M-S daytime hrly. E hrly All by MCT: Su ev2hrs by Stagecoach. Sch jny by STO |
| 28/01/2018 | 408 Timetable - 17-1960 |
| 08/04/2018 | SuPH now run by MCT not SM. Times unchanged |
| 08/04/2018 | 408 Timetable - 18-0130 |
| Shaw - Buckstones - Royton - Oldham | |
| 28/04/2019 | M-F peak jnys introduced between Shaw and Oldham. ESuPH jnys will run between Shaw and Oldham only. |
| 28/04/2019 | 408 Timetable - 19-0427 |
| 06/04/2020 | M-S ev2hrs incl E |
| 18/04/2020 | services cancelled on closure of company |
| 19/04/2020 | Daily daytime ev 2hrs NSuE |
| 19/04/2020 | Most Journeys will be operated by FM to an emergency Timetable – Daily every 2 hours |
| 03/05/2020 | Daily ev2hrs daytime. M-S E ev 2hrs NSuE |
| 31/05/2020 | 2hrly M-F daytime, ESu daytime services; hrly Saturday daytime and E services |
| 15/06/2020 | services will be running hrly according to information recieved from TfGM: |
| 27/06/2020 | Hrly daily daytime and M-S E. |
| 28/06/2020 | Hrly daily daytime and M-S E. (M-F and Su daytime increased from ev 2hrs) |
| 30/08/2020 | Times changed : FM main service daily hrly; M-S E hrly; single jnys by ROS Stotts |
| 30/08/2020 | 408 Timetable - 20-SC-0432 |
| Rochdale - Milnrow - Shaw - Royton - Oldham | |
| 31/01/2021 | Extended to Rochdale via Newhey and Milnrow replacing 182. New addtl Su E service btwn Rochdale and Oldham, ev2hrs |
| 31/01/2021 | REPLACEMENT |
| 31/01/2021 | 408 Timetable - 21-SC-0040 (Amendment) |
| 25/07/2021 | M-F 1720 and 1820 from Oldham run two minutes earlier. |
| 25/07/2021 | 408 Timetable - 21-SC-0498 |
| 29/08/2021 | Daytime jnys retimed at the request of TfGM: No change to the frequency of services |
| 29/08/2021 | 408 Timetable - 21-SC-0586 |
| 03/10/2021 | M-F 1655 1755 from Oldham now 3 mins later. |
| 03/10/2021 | 408 Timetable - 21-SC-0717 |
| 24/04/2022 | TfGM funded service withdrawn. TfGM have made changes to other services including: - The extension of service 402 to/from Buckstones and Shaw. - New services R9/R10 btwn Shaw, Buckstones, Newhey, Milnrow and Rochdale. These services are not operated by F |