Route 70
Route: Eccles - Weaste - Mcr - Pendleton circ
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 26/10/1986 | 587 reprint |
| 26/10/1986 | MS daytime ev30mins, hrly ESuPH. Reverse = 69 |
| 30/08/1987 | no change listed |
| 18/04/1988 | divert via Salford Enterprise zone: MF 0553 0653 0738 0808 0838 from Eccles. |
| 18/04/1988 | service operates anti-clockwise not as map in G880418 |
| 01/08/1988 | no apparent change |
| 04/09/1988 | Addtl supported Su: 1246 hrly 1946 from Victoria Bridge |
| 29/01/1989 | Addtl supported Su jnys as above. All Su supported |
| 17/04/1989 | Some jnys withdrawn |
| 30/05/1989 | supported M-S E GMB to RIBBLE (6918) or 8918 |
| 27/08/1989 | Su service revised: short jnys withdrawn. |
| 22/10/1989 | M-S Day GMB & ESu RIBBLE diverted between Salford Quays and Weaste to call at Pendleton, returning to Weaste via Langwor1hy Rd. Service now runs Eccles - Weaste - Pendleton loop via Manchester & SALFORD QUAYS |
| 23/04/1990 | Some jnys now 5mins earlier |
| 30/06/1991 | Rerouted btwn Pendleton - Mcr via Cromwell Rd and Lwr Broughton Rd not Frederick Rd and Camp St. Service 70 now via Market St and Arndale Centre, via Dt Bridgewater St, Lwr Mosley St, Albert Sq, Cross St, Cateaton St. Su tender via Strangeways Market 0930 |
| 30/06/1991 | Timetables, routes and operators revised. Route revised between Knott Mill & Broughton Bridge : via Gt Bridgewater St, Lower MosIey St, G-MEX. Albert Sq, Cross St and Cateaton St (Not Deansgate) MS daytimes ev30mins. E supported hrly by SHR. Su supported |
| 01/07/1991 | M-S Evening taken over by SHEARlNGS (9957) |
| 12/01/1992 | SHEARlNGS taken over by TIMELINE (10754) |
| 06/04/1992 | no change listed |
| 28/06/1992 | 69 not withdrawn, just 70 |
| 29/06/1992 | Services 64 70 WITHDRAWN (GM BUSES Replaced by Route No’s 65 & 69 routes) (TIMELINE by Eccles GREY Route No M10) |
| 20/07/1992 | Extended 71 73 via Ordsall La to Mcr replacing 69 70 |
| 28/08/1992 | WITHDRAWN (GMB Replaced by 65 & 69 routes) (TIMELlNE by Eccles GREY Route No M10) |
| 30/01/1994 | 13916 (GM Buses) 13918 (Citibus) |
| 30/01/1994 | New supportedservice replacing 74 and Su 484. Hrly MS E by CIT Clifton - Langley Rd; Su daytime Prestwich - LangleyRd by GMN 1115 1245 1415 1545 1715. Su E by GMN Clifton - Langley Rd |
| 30/01/1995 | DALYBUS (15249) MS Day |
| 30/01/1995 | M-S Day : route curtailed and operators revised. Su daytime GMN hrly curtailed Clifton - Agecroft Cemetry. DALYBUS MS E hrly (15249) Clifton - Langley Rd |
| 19/02/1995 | Curtailed to operate Clifton - Agecroft |
| 13/04/1995 | GM NORTH (15533) |
| 28/01/1996 | E service withdrawn and Su operator now TIMELINE |
| 28/01/1996 | E service withdrawn. Su operators revised. All by TIM |
| 10/03/1996 | PENNINE Sunday journeys now STUARTS COACHES (16610) |
| 25/03/1996 | GM NORTH to FIRST BUS (T/a GREATER Manchester) |
| 09/03/1997 | Sunday STUARTS COACHES to TIMELINE TRAVEL (17738) |
| 26/08/1997 | Su1830 from Clifton withdrawn |
| 12/01/1998 | no change listed |
| 28/01/1998 | GMN E service withdrawn & Sunday now PENNINE |
| 10/03/1998 | PENNINE Sunday jnys now STUARTS COACHES (18810) |
| 22/03/1998 | GREATER Manchester re-named FIRST Manchester |
| 25/03/1998 | 25.3.98 GM NORTH to FIRST BUS (T/a GREATER Manchester) |
| 25/01/1999 | Service withdrawn |
| 25/01/1999 | service withdrawn |