Route 56
Route: Oldham - Shaw - Rushcroft
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 22/03/1993 | NEW SERVICE, replacing service 18 between Oldham, Shaw and Rushcroft. M-S daytime ev30mins - ev15 mins during M-F peaks |
| 20/09/1993 | following M-F journeys are withdrawn: 0733, 1537, 1603, 1633, 1703, 1733, 1803 Oldham - Rushcroft. 0731, 0801, 0831, 1601, 1631, 1701, 1731 Rushcroft - Oldham. |
| 13/12/1993 | GMB to GMB North |
| 05/09/1994 | Off peak journeys extended from West Street via Rochdale Rd , Featherstall Rd North & West Hulme Street to Oldham ROYAL HOSPITAL |
| 07/11/1994 | Oldham Royal Hospital extension withdrawn. Rerouted to serve Egerton Rd and extended from Oldham to ASHTON (Trafalgar Square) via Glodwick, Abbeyhills Rd , Holts, Lees New Rd , Hartshead Estate & Broad oak (Replaces Route No 332) |
| 30/01/1995 | Some jnys hrly rerouted via Hurst Cross and renumbered 55. |
| 25/03/1995 | GM NORTH to FIRST BUS (T/a GREATER Manchester) |
| 07/08/1995 | Curtailed to terminate at ASHTON (Prince of Orange) (Outside Bus Station) |
| 23/10/1995 | Former 55 jnys curtailed to operate Rushcroft - Oldham. Hrly full route continues |
| 25/02/1996 | no change listed |
| 01/04/1997 | WITHDRAWN |
| 26/04/1998 | Extended 73 to Rochdale replacing 56 |
| 17/05/1998 | New MS Daytime replacing Replaces Route No's 59,60,61 and 65: Services 60 and 61 withdrawn and partly replaced by 56 64 65 88 89 |
| 17/05/1998 | New service: commercial ev30mins MS daytime, Supported ESu hrly Victoria Av-Cannon St |
| 28/06/1998 | MAYNE Su Manchester - Higher Blackley CIRCULAR (19159) |
| 30/11/1998 | added to leaflet: commercial MS daytime ev30mins by FM. Supported E hrly Plant hill - Cannon St by FM. Supported Su hrly Plant Hill - Cannon St |
| 01/01/1999 | |
| 28/03/1999 | 28.3.99 WITHDRAWN (See Route No'. 57,88,89 & 149) |
| 27/06/1999 | 27.6.99 WITHDRAWN |
| 25/10/2009 | new commercial service. Ev30mins MS daytime. NESuPH |
| 30/01/2010 | no change listed |
| 17/05/2010 | 1010 reprint |
| 17/05/2010 | 511 reprint |
| 17/05/2010 | Times changed with some jnys withdrawn. MF 0734-1619 ev30mins. S withdrawn |
| 24/07/2011 | Service withdrawn, replaced by 58 RE-MID |