Route 88
Route: Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| Knutsford - Mobberley - Wilmslow - Altrincham | |
| 12/01/2009 | Service 288 renumbered Connect 88. Route and times changed. Now run by Vale Travel. Hrly MS daytime NESu. Supported by Cheshire East |
| 12/01/2009 | Service 288 renumbered Connect 88. Route and times changed. Now run by Vale Travel. All renumbered 88. Separate leaflet |
| 01/01/2010 | no apparent change |
| 30/08/2010 | Some morning jnys diverted to serve Morley Green |
| 30/10/2010 | |
| 18/04/2011 | Some morning jnys revised: First from Knutsford 0700, from Wilmslow 0626. 0815 from Altrincham now 0810 |
| 01/10/2012 | no change - reprint |
| 26/10/2014 | Times changed with additional jnys introduced. |
| 30/08/2015 | Times changed. |
| 21/12/2015 | GHA gold service: ev30mins alternate via Morley Green Church. New branded E200 buses |
| 18/07/2016 | emergency 90 day timetable on demise of GHA. |
| 01/08/2016 | emergency 90 day timetable on demise of GHA. |
| 23/10/2016 | ANW: Times changed. All jnys will be run by D&G Bus. |
| 24/10/2016 | ANW: Times changed. All jnys will be run by D&G Bus. |
| 24/10/2016 | GHA ceased trading : replaced by D&G. revised times |
| 24/10/2016 | 88 Timetable - 17-0770 |
| 24/10/2016 | 88 Timetable - 17-1745 (November 2017 reprint) |
| 30/10/2016 | GHA ceased trading : replaced by D&G. revised times |
| Macclesfield - Knutsford - Mobberley - Wilmslow - Altrincham | |
| 01/04/2018 | Times changed with buses running hourly. Generally jnys continue to Macclesfield as bus 88 or Northwich as bus 89. 88A New MF daytime route introduced between Colshaw Farm, Wilmslow, Mobberley and Knutsford. 89 New MS daytime route introduced replacing bu |
| 01/04/2018 | 88 88A 89 288 Timetable - 18-0139 |
| 22/07/2018 | Times revised to improve reliability. Service 88A withdrawn due to low passenger numbers, but service 88 diverted via Longridge to provide an hourly MS service. Some villages not served at peak times. |
| 22/07/2018 | 88 89 Timetable - 18-0974 |
| 28/10/2018 | MF times changed |
| 28/10/2018 | 88 89 Timetable - 18-1548 |
| 28/04/2019 | Supported ESuPH introduced every 2 hours between Altrincham and Wilmslow. (89 not in TfGM area) |
| 28/04/2019 | 88 Timetable - 19-0607 |
| 27/10/2019 | Directly funded TfGM jnys introduced in April 2019 with redeployed resource, demand has been low on later jnys and these jnys now withdrawn to mitigate a tender price increase: From Altrincham 1900 (Su), 2100/2300 (Daily) From Wilmslow 1929/2129 (Daily). |
| 27/10/2019 | M-S hrly; Su ev2hrs ALT - WM |
| 27/10/2019 | Some ESuPH journeys are withdrawn. |
| 27/10/2019 | Times revised . TfGM funding withdrawn. Altrincham - Wilmslow E service withdrawn, Su0746 HB-Wilm withdrawn. 89 189 not in GM area. |
| 27/10/2019 | 88 188 D&G Bus Timetable |
| 20/03/2020 | 88 run to special Timetable - M-S daytime : 0845 ev2hrs 1645 plus posioning jnys from Knutsford: 0730 to AM; 0758 to Macc |
| 25/03/2020 | 88 run to special Timetable |
| 26/03/2020 | 88 will run to special Timetable |
| 29/03/2020 | services 88 will run ev 2hrs M-S daytime between Altrincham and Macclesfield via Wilmslow and Knutsford. services 89 extensions to Northwich are withdrawn. |
| 29/03/2020 | services 88 will run ev 2hrs M-S daytime between Altrincham and Macclesfield via Wilmslow and Knutsford. services 89 extensions to Northwich is withdrawn. services 288 will run ev 2hrs M-S daytime between East Didsbury and Manchester Airport via Altrincha |
| 04/04/2020 | services 88 will run ev 2hrs M-S daytime between Altrincham and Macclesfield via Wilmslow and Knutsford. Hrly Atrincham - Knutsford: alternate continue ev2hrs as 89 to Northwich |
| 10/04/2020 | There will be no services on the 88 and 288 on Good Friday, Easter Su or Easter Monday. |
| 08/05/2020 | BH Fri 8th May. No Cheshire East or Greater Manchester services will operate. |
| 01/06/2020 | 88 M-F two additional Knutsford-Altrincham services in each direction and two additional Wilmslow-Altrincham services in each direction. Sat/Sun/ BH Hrly (M-S) 2 hrly (Su) ???? CEC contract: |
| 08/06/2020 | M-S reverts to 2 hrly services |
| 15/06/2020 | 88 89 will return to the normal Timetable (Not TfGM jnys |
| 01/09/2020 | M-S daytime hrly . NESuPH. |
| 01/09/2020 | 88 188 D&G Bus Timetable |
| 11/04/2021 | Times changed. Addtl early S E jnys and daytime jnys on SuPH introduced btwn Wilmslow - Altrincham run by Little Gem. |
| 11/04/2021 | 88 89 Timetable - 21-SC-0140 (Web) |
| 24/04/2022 | No change to M-S daytime service operated by D&G. |
| 24/04/2022 | Supported Little Gem SuPH jnys Altrincham-Wilmslow withdrawn (5 round trips at 2hrly) due to low average use (less than 2pax/jny btwn Sept 2021 and Jan 2022). Service 288 continues to provide 2hrly Su service along Hale Rd to the M56 junction and 283/284 |
| 24/04/2022 | 88 89 Timetable - 22-SC-0164 |
| 05/09/2022 | Changes to sch service 188: no change to 88 |
| 01/05/2023 | |
| 01/05/2023 | Minor changes to M-S times at Over Peover and Morley Green. |
| 01/05/2023 | 88 89 Timetable - 23-SC-0177 |
| 23/07/2023 | 88 Timetable - 23-SC-0345 (filename 23-SC-0177) |
| 04/09/2023 | 88 Timetable - 23-SC-0505 |
| 20/11/2023 | 88 Timetable - 23-SC-0600 |
| 22/01/2024 | 88 188 D&G Bus Timetable |
| 01/09/2024 | 88 D&G Bus Timetable |
| 01/09/2024 | 88 Timetable - 24-SC-0484 |
| Knutsford - Mobberley - Wilmslow - Altrincham | |
| 30/03/2025 | 88 Timetable - 25-SC-0089 |
| 31/03/2025 | 87 88 D&G Bus Timetable |