Route 55
Route: Peel Green - Monton - Eccles - Hope Hosp - Swinton Park - Duchy Rd - Pendleton
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 26/10/1986 | 1186 reprint |
| 26/10/1986 | MS daytime ev30mins. 0721-1751 SuBH hrly 0840-1740 E 1840-2240 |
| 26/10/1986 | New Daily ERICSWAY T/a LYNTOWN |
| 31/01/1987 | WITHDRAWN |
| 13/04/1987 | Supported MS hrly daytime. Plus 1905 2005 Pen - Ecc and return SuBH 1405 1505 1905 2005 and return |
| 19/09/1987 | Eccles GREY (7513) Pendleton – Eccles Daily |
| 26/10/1987 | 1187 reprint |
| 26/10/1987 | no apparent changes |
| 23/11/1987 | 188 reprint |
| 11/04/1988 | Eccles-Peel Green section withdrawn. Now commercial MS daytime ev30mins by Lyntown Bus Co. Supported E jnys by GMB. Supported Su by Ribble 1345 1905 2005 |
| 11/04/1988 | ERICSWAY T/a LYNTOWN |
| 11/04/1988 | MS 1905 2005 round trips for Hope Hospital |
| 06/06/1988 | Supported 0705 0805 0905 MS jnys added by L YNTOWN - replacing Eccles Grey route A |
| 15/08/1988 | 489 reprint |
| 15/08/1988 | Timetable and operators revised: Commercial M-S hrly day service now by MAYNE. Supported MS peak jnys by ECG. Daily E by GMB. Su 1345 by ECG |
| 16/04/1989 | Su RIBBLE to Eccles GREY (6875) & GMB |
| 15/05/1989 | MS Day journeys from MAYNE to Eccles GREY – MAYNE now operate interpeak |
| 09/04/1990 | Eccles GREY Su PM jny withdrawn (No replacement) MS E to GMB - one round trip only - was two. Su Service to GMB. |
| 19/05/1990 | Some 55 jnys extend to Westwood Park, Wellington Green & Eccles, and two peak jnys extend from Pendleton to Mcr Cannon St . Commercial MS daytime Ecc-Pen by MAY. Supported ESu by GMB. |
| 12/11/1990 | MS daytime MAYNE jnys extended to Mcr (Arndale) via Chapel St & Cannon St |
| 07/05/1991 | M-S service curtailed to operate Eccles - Pendleton only with all jnys by Eccles GREY. GMB ESu |
| 04/11/1991 | Timetable revised: All jnys by ECG. Curtailed to Eccles- PEN hrly plus one peak jny withflow to Cannon St |
| 15/06/1992 | No inbound jny to city, Supported outbound 0753 continues. Two jnys continue to Salford Univ during MF termtime |
| 05/10/1992 | Eccles GREY taken over by MANCUNIAN t/a MIDWAY (11792) SALFORD - Eccles M-S Day |
| Eccles - Ellesmere Park - Swinton Park - Duchy Road - Pendleton | |
| 13/09/1993 | MIDWAY service taken over by GMB (13456). No longer serves city/Westwood Park. Supported MS daytime hrly 0705-1805 |
| 13/12/1993 | GMB to GM NORTH |
| 31/01/1994 | Timetable and operator revised: now by Citibus. |
| 25/07/1994 | Not sure GMN were on route at this date, no mention of them in 31/1/1994 timetable |
| 25/07/1994 | WITHDRAWN (CHECK DETAILS) |
| 30/01/1995 | CITIBUS to VALES (15216) |
| 02/07/1995 | VALES withdrawn and replaced by revised RIBBLE (15788) extended VALES withdrawn and replaced by revised RIBBLE (15766). ???? Supported MS daytime 0905-1705 Service extended from Pendleton - Langworthy Rd - Stowell Spire (end of M602) - Churchi |
| 28/10/1996 | Revised via Ellesmere Park. Curtailed at Pendleton. |
| 26/08/1997 | RIBBLE To VALES (18081): M-S daytime hrly NESu |
| 31/01/2000 | All jnys now by FM. Now via Park Rd not Victoria Rd in Ellesmere Park |
| 25/02/2002 | Route In Eccles town centre revised |
| 07/10/2002 | 203 reprint |
| 07/10/2002 | Addtl morning jnys MF 0705 0805 S 0735 from Eccles Curtailed MF1535 S1635 from Eccles |
| 31/01/2005 | Additl MF peak jnys: MF 0705 S0805-1705 from PEN. All jnys now BLUE BUS |
| 31/01/2005 | 55 Timetable - 24682 |
| 31/07/2005 | BLUE BUS sold to ARRIVA NORTH WEST |
| 31/01/2006 | 906 reprint |
| 31/03/2008 | times changed |
| 31/03/2008 | 55 Timetable - 26632 |
| 30/01/2012 | WITHDRAWN (Replaced by Route No 79 between lrlams o'th' Heights and Pendleton |