Route 56
Route: Oldham - Shaw - Rushcroft
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 23/07/1990 | Is this entry correct? No mention at all of 65 on that timetable |
| 23/07/1990 | not listed |
| 22/03/1993 | New commercial service replacing service 18: M-S daytime ev30mins, plus peak ev30mins giving bus ev15mins. NESu. ESu by 59 |
| 11/07/1994 | Timetable re-issued: M-S daytime ev30mins. No addtl peak jnys |
| 25/07/1994 | New service MS Day |
| 12/09/1994 | WITHDRAWN |
| 17/07/1999 | new commercial service MS daytime ev30mins. NESu |
| 06/09/1999 | M-F times changed: Commercial M-F daytime ev30 mins plus addtl S Sch and Sch Hol jnys. NESu |
| 09/10/1999 | no change listed |
| 31/01/2000 | Service withdrawn |
| 07/08/2000 | New commercial service ev 15mins NESu |
| 07/08/2000 | Replacement |
| 27/11/2000 | Service withdrawn |
| 26/02/2001 | New supported hrly daytime partly replaces 65. |
| 30/04/2001 | times changed 0710-1810 hrly |
| 21/04/2002 | addtl jnys: ev30mins 0754 -1756 |
| 27/10/2002 | Service extended to HOLLIN (Part replacement for 131). MS ev30mins 0630-1800. New SuPH: 0930 hrly 1630 |
| 28/10/2002 | Service extended from Middleton to Hollin replacing 131 |
| 31/08/2003 | City centre route revised - now terminates at Stevenson Sq: ev30mins daytime NESuPH |
| 26/07/2004 | Route and times changed: curtailed at Middleton reduced to supported hrly (Middleton to HoIlin section replaced by Route 128). New commercial hrly Heaton Park - StevSq by Bluebird. NESu. |
| 31/08/2004 | Rerouted via Chapel St (Not Blackley New Rd & Riverdale Rd) |
| 28/09/2004 | Commercial JPT extended from Middleton via Heywood to BURY with addtl jnys: now ev15mins - one supported, three commercial. Su ev30mins daytime. all via Chapel La (Not Riverdale Rd) BBC unchanged hrly. |
| 24/10/2004 | Times changed: JPT reduced to hrly commercial, hrly supported. |
| 10/04/2005 | Curtailed to Hollin - Mcr. Times changed. Su service withdrawn. |
| 13/06/2005 | JPT route revised to Cross St not Stevenson Sq. Times changed |
| 05/09/2005 | JPT route revert to Stevenson Sq. Minor times changed |
| 14/11/2005 | Addtl MF jnys |
| 29/01/2006 | JPT now terminate Shudehill Interchange. Bus 129 replaces 56 round Hollin. Bluebird times changed. |
| 29/01/2006 | The part about 129 replacing in Hollin may be wrong as that's listed on 5/6/2006 |
| 29/01/2006 | 56 Timetable - 25319 |
| 18/04/2006 | Some JPT jnys withdrawn: |
| 05/06/2006 | JPT jnys curtailed Middleton - Mcr. Replaced by 129 at Hollin. Minor times changes |
| 05/06/2006 | Revised to operate Middleton to Manchester. Service partially replaced by revised 129 |
| 19/06/2006 | Addtl JPT jnys partly replacing 57: now 3 per hr. |
| 30/10/2006 | JPT jnys withdrawn.- replaced by new 156. (No change to BLUEBIRD) |
| 15/01/2007 | no change listed |
| 15/01/2007 | 56 156 Timetable - 25825 |
| 05/09/2007 | BLUEBIRD - Revised to operate MF peak only |
| 01/10/2007 | Addtl MF 0750 0845: Middleton - Mcr (JP EXECUTIVE) |
| 28/01/2008 | Revised to terminate SHUDEHILL INTERCHANGE Instead of Stevenson Square Route No 128 replaces bus 56 ALONG Hopwood Rd |
| 04/04/2008 | Bluebird jnys withdrawn. JPT jnys withdrawn |
| 11/04/2008 | JPT Withdrawn |
| 05/08/2008 | Incorrect entry? JPT 56 to Middleton already shown withdrawn and BBC last listed as being to Haton Park peak only |
| 05/08/2008 | Revised to operate Middleton to Manchester only |
| 28/10/2008 | Incorrect entry? No date shown for withdrawal of BBC service |
| 28/10/2008 | JPT Withdrawn (Replaced by Route 156) (No change to BLUEBIRD) |
| 04/09/2016 | New circ 56 57 M-S daytime ev30mins each. ESuPH 56A 57A each hrly MS E by MCT, Su by SM replaces 64 at these times |
| 04/09/2016 | 56 56A 57 57A 156 Timetable - 16-1044 |
| 04/09/2016 | 56 56A 57 57A 156 Replacement - 16-1150 (Replacement ) |
| 30/10/2016 | Replacement |
| 23/07/2017 | 56 56A no change listed |
| 23/07/2017 | 56 56A 57 57A 156 Timetable - 17-0954 |
| 03/09/2017 | Some SM M-F peak 56 jnys retimed. |
| 03/09/2017 | 56 56A 57 57A 156 Timetable - 17-1145 |
| 29/10/2017 | SM 0635 56 from Mcr retimed 5 mins earlier. Minor changes to some other peak period jnys. 56A 57A withdrawn |
| 29/10/2017 | 56 57 156 Timetable - 17-1565 |
| 08/04/2018 | Curtailed to Higher Blackley, NMGH and Mcr only, no longer serving Harpurhey. MS daytime ev30mins. NESuPH. |
| 22/07/2018 | New entry (you have tt, 18-0810-G56-web only-0618) Summer tt M-F until 1/9/2018 |
| 02/09/2018 | Minor changes to times. |
| 28/04/2019 | Times changed on Saturdays. |
| 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August |
| 01/09/2019 | |
| 23/03/2020 | M-F ev30mins. NE |
| 28/03/2020 | 56/156: S services with some additional morning journeys |
| 06/04/2020 | M-S 56 and 156 reduced to hrly services each, running a combined ev30mins services between Mcr and NMGH |
| 11/04/2020 | 56: hrly daytime services |
| 12/04/2020 | Easter SuPH: 156: hrly ; 56 no service |
| 01/06/2020 | 56: ev30mins daytime services |
| 15/06/2020 | 56/156: M-S daytime each ev30mins: 56 NESuPH 156 hrly |
| 11/04/2021 | no change listed |
| 25/07/2021 | Summer timetables on M-F from 25 July to 4 Sept 2021 |
| 05/09/2021 | M-F peak times changed: service revert to pre-summer 25/7/21 |
| Bee Network: Manchester - North Manchester General Hospital - Higher Blackley circular | |
| 24/03/2024 | 56 156 Timetable - 24-SC-0029 |