Route X43
Route: Chorley - Horwich - Chorlton St
Service changes and timetables
| Date | Change details |
|---|---|
| 10/08/1985 | Timesaver: M-S addtl hrly shorts Mcr - Burnley |
| 20/06/1987 | Timesaver: M-S daytime hrly NESu: Linked to 743 |
| 07/08/1987 | Linked 135 X43 703 743: M-S daytime hrly. NESuPH |
| 30/08/1987 | Daily hrly daytime incl E. Linked 743. NSu |
| 06/09/1987 | |
| 31/03/1988 | M-S daytime hrly plus X43 hrly. E hrly to 1940 from Earby / 2315 from Airport. Nsu |
| 11/06/1988 | Daily hrly daytime incl ESu. Linked x43 Su to Airport |
| 05/11/1988 | Curtailed to Colne - Mcr hrly |
| 31/10/1992 | M-S ev30mins daytime . NESu |
| 05/10/1993 | Summer extension to Grassington withdrawn |
| 28/03/1994 | |
| 28/03/1994 | New buses - extra jnys: M-S ev15mins daytime . 743 ESu hrly. |
| 11/04/1994 | addtl jnys introduced |
| 06/06/1994 | improved service: last coach now 1815 from Mcr; 1930 from Nelson. Now 60mins Burnley-Mcr; 99p return fares continue. M-S daytime 0710 0805 ev30mins1635 1715 45 1815 from Mcr. 0700 ev30mins 1930 from Nelson. |
| 01/09/1994 | Sept reprint |
| 14/11/1994 | Stopping places revised |
| 20/11/1994 | addtl jnys introduced on Sundays |
| 09/01/1995 | no apparent change |
| 30/05/1995 | Addtl peak jnys, Minor route revision |
| 04/09/1995 | Now ev15mins from Nelson - Mcr |
| 26/11/1995 | NEW: Colne - Manchester |
| 22/06/1997 | Replaces 743: all stops BURN- RAW. ESu hrly |
| 19/10/1997 | Southbound jnys no longer call at Rawtenstall Bus Stn |
| 26/10/1997 | Some jnys extended from Colne to Barnoldswick & Keighley |
| 04/01/1998 | Route & Stops revised |
| 10/09/1998 | Leaflet reprint incl ammendments |
| 10/09/1998 | One jny/hr extended to Trafford Centre: MS daytime ev20mins Colne - Mcr; hrly to Trafford Centre: hrly to K / B / Colne. Su hrly Nelson - Trafford centre |
| 06/11/1998 | no change listed |
| 15/02/1999 | no change listed |
| 24/07/1999 | no change listed: MS daytime ev20mins Colne - Mcr; hrly to Trafford Centre: hrly to K / B / Colne. Su hrly Nelson - Trafford centre |
| 16/12/1999 | Limited Stop. hrly from Keighley / Barnoldswick / Colne / Trafford Centre. ev20mins daytime Colne- Mcr. Su hrly Nelson - Trafford Centre daytime |
| 16/12/1999 | Su times changed |
| 30/04/2000 | Leaflet reprint incl ammendments |
| 30/04/2000 | Service revised to operate Colne to Mcr only |
| 02/12/2000 | addtl Christmas jnys introduced |
| 01/04/2001 | Revised to terminate at Lever St Bus Stn (Temporary closure of Chorlton St Coach Stn). Some jnys operating via Edenfield renumbered Route X44 |
| 27/01/2002 | jnys to Trawden withdrawn |
| 24/03/2002 | All jnys terminate at Chorlton St Coach Station |
| 25/08/2002 | Reissued |
| 01/12/2002 | addtl jnys between Burnley and Manchester on Sundays during December. |
| 27/04/2003 | Some jnys diverted to serve Edenfield and renumbered X44. Stops in Mcr city centre changed. |
| 04/05/2003 | One jny in each direction extended to/from the Yorkshire Dales National Park on SuPH. |
| 27/07/2003 | SuPH 0847 from Mcr extended to Grassington; 1700 rtn to 28Sept 03 |
| 05/10/2003 | Extension of some SuPH jnys to Grassington withdrawn. |
| 26/10/2003 | Some services extended to the Trafford Centre: 0753 . Su enhanced ev30mins Burnley - Mcr plus 5 jnys extnd TC. |
| 27/10/2003 | Some jnys extended to the Trafford Centre. |
| The Witch Way: Nelson - Burnley - Rawtenstall - Prestwich - Manchester | |
| 14/08/2005 | Witchway: Curtailed to Nelson- Manchester: Extra jmys: Now MS daytime ev20mins. E hrly. SuPH daytime hrly from Nelson plus hrly from Burnley. |
| 03/01/2006 | Minor change to stopping places. Minor changes to times |
| 01/04/2006 | X43 X44 Transdev Timetable |
| 30/07/2006 | Extra 5 M-S daytime jnys rerouted to run as X44 via Edenfield. |
| 30/07/2006 | X43 X44 Transdev Timetable |
| 29/07/2007 | Times adjusted, early M-F service to Nelson from Rawtenstall introduced |
| 11/04/2010 | Extra jnys via Edenfield - Shuttleworth |
| 05/07/2010 | MF 1633 from Nelson retimed 1635 to improve connections at Burnley 1704 |
| 09/01/2011 | Some MF E jnys extend to Queensgate depot |
| 30/10/2011 | Addtl jnys: now M-S ev15mins daytime. M-S E now ev30mins. All jnys run as X43 |
| 30/10/2011 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 15/04/2012 | M-S 2230 from Mcr now via Shuttleworth and Edenfield |
| 15/04/2012 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 02/09/2012 | Minor timetable changes. |
| 02/09/2012 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 28/10/2012 | M-S 2230 from Mcr no longer run via Edenfield. |
| 28/10/2012 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 31/03/2013 | Times changed. SuPH daytime jnys run as bus 872 between Nelson and Burnley, also running to/from Grassington and Skipton. |
| 07/04/2013 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 21/07/2013 | Times changed during Summer to 31 August 2013 |
| 22/07/2013 to 31/08/2013 | X43 Transdev Timetable (Summer Timetable) |
| 07/09/2013 | 15 new buses. |
| 27/07/2014 | M-F times changed during Summer to 30 Aug 2014 |
| 31/08/2014 | Normal timetable following the Summer period. |
| 26/07/2015 | Night buses to Burnley until 3am, times adjusted until 30/08/2015 |
| 26/07/2015 | Times changed with addtl late night jnys introduced. Temporary changes during Summer to 29 August 2015. jnys from Mcr rerouted via Peter St instead of Albert Sq |
| 26/07/2015 to 28/08/2015 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 30/08/2015 | normal timetable at the end of Summer period. |
| 30/08/2015 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| The Witch Way: Skipton - Colne - Burnley - Rawtenstall - Prestwich - Manchester | |
| 01/05/2016 | Most M-S daytime jnys running to/from Nelson rerouted to/from Skipton via Colne. MS daytime ev30mins, plus ev30mins Burnley-Mcr. Some M-F peak jnys now diverted via junc20 M60 and Rochdale Rd, non-stop Rawtenstall-Manchester. SuPH jnys to Grassington numb |
| 01/05/2016 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 04/09/2016 | Later buses to Manchester from Burnley on Saturdays |
| 21/05/2017 | jnys from Mcr rerouted via Princess St and John Dalton St in Mcr city centre instead of Oxford St and Peter St. |
| 21/05/2017 | Late buses between Mcr and Burnley on Saturdays |
| 21/05/2017 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 28/10/2018 | Late buses between Mcr and Burnley on Saturdays |
| 28/10/2018 | Times changed on SuPH with buses no longer running to/from Grassington. This section of route is replaced by bus 72. |
| 28/10/2018 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 01/09/2019 | TImes changed. |
| 01/09/2019 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 21/03/2020 | Witchway won’t be running the usual night Buses on a S, starting from S 21 March. The last Buses M-S will be as follows: Rawtenstall to Mcr – 10.13pm; Mcr to Rawtenstall – 11.10pm The Witchway and Red express will also take their Route through Prestwich i |
| 24/03/2020 | Will run up to ev30mins daily from Manchester starting at 6.10am until 11pm and from Skipton up to hrly at 7am until 7.45pm. |
| 29/03/2020 | X43 will run hrly between Manchester and Burnley with two-hrly extensions to Skipton. |
| 02/04/2020 | M-S hrly, Mbr - Burnley - ev2hrs onto Skipton; Su hrly Mcr- Bur |
| 05/04/2020 | Su hrly between Burnley and Manchester only. No services between Burnley and Skipton. DELAYED |
| 09/04/2020 | The Witchway bus from Rawtenstall Bus Station to Manchester at 6.46am will be changed to 6.51am. The changes givE better connections for customers changing from The464 from Bacup and Waterfoot, in rEponse to feedback from key workers. |
| 19/04/2020 | More seats on rush hour #Witchway Buses from Manchester to Burnley DELETED?? Links don’t work |
| 16/05/2020 | From Saturday 16 May for the foreseeable future part of Deansgate will be closed. While this closure is in place, the Witchway and Red express are not able to reach the normal stop on Deansgate. If this is your usual stop we'll be using the St Mary's Gate |
| The Witch Way: Nelson - Burnley - Rawtenstall - Manchester | |
| 31/05/2020 | X43: ev20mins M-F daytime services; ev30mins Saturday daytime services; hrly ESu daytime services; Fast services via Rochdale Road resume. |
| 12/06/2020 | Red express and Witchway are no longer able to pick customers up on Deansgate, Following the recent closure of part of Deansgate by Manchester City Council we have had to use a diversion via Blackfrairs Street. Unfortunately Salford City Council are now m |
| 14/06/2020 | No changes |
| 30/08/2020 | The late Buses will not be running for the Times being, including the 12midnight, 1am, 2am and 3am from Manchester and the 10.45pm and 11.45pm from Burnley. M-S daytime ev15mins ESuPH ev30mins. Transdev tt |
| 10/09/2020 | Transdev Timetable |
| 10/09/2020 | X43 Transdev Timetable (version 1) |
| 10/09/2020 | X43 Transdev Timetable (version 2) |
| 10/01/2021 | M-F ev20mins daytime E hrly; S: ev30mins Su: hrly |
| 10/01/2021 | X43 Transdev Timetable (Temporary Timetable) |
| 11/04/2021 | will see an increase on weekends, giving a bus ev20 mins on S and ev30 mins on Su. M-F times unchanged |
| 11/04/2021 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 29/08/2021 | Witchway - Our night buses back – with new jnys on Friday nights too! Our late night timetable which will now run on Friday nights as well as Saturdays with buses from Manchester at 1200 midnight, 1am, 2am and 3am. Run by The Burnley Bus Co. Times chang |
| 29/08/2021 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 21/11/2021 | FS night 2240 2340 from Burnley and 2400 0100 0200 0300 from Mcr. Withdrawn temproarily |
| 21/11/2021 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 04/09/2022 | The Burnley Bus Company. There will be an overall change to the timetable to improve our timekeeping, with more buses added at rush hour Mon-Fri during mornings and late afternoons.Night buses are back every Friday and Saturday night until 3am from Manch |
| 04/09/2022 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 26/11/2023 | X43 Transdev Timetable (version 1) |
| 26/11/2023 | X43 Transdev Timetable (version 2) |
| 01/09/2024 | X43 Transdev Timetable |
| 16/11/2024 to 22/12/2024 | X43 Transdev Timetable (Extra journeys during the Manchester Christmas Markets) |