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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12/09/1994 WITHDRAWN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31/01/2000 Service withdrawn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27/11/2000 Service withdrawn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 Su service withdrawn.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18/04/2006 Some JPT jnys withdrawn: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

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