Route 156
Route:
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/06/1989 | 8182 | 156 157 | ||||||||
| GMB | Bank House - Heaton Park - Middleton | 12/03/1990 | New MS hrly service. NESu | G900312 | 156 | 156 | Y | |||
| JPT | Mcr - Blackley - Bank House - Heaton Park - Middleton - Langley | 30/10/2006 | Partly replacing withdrawn 150 | 25742 | 115 150 | |||||
| JPT | Langley - Middleton - Hgh Blackley - Collyhurst - Shudehill | 30/10/2006 | service 56 jnys renumbered 156. ev30mins full route. | 25743 | 56 156 | 56M | Y | |||
| JPT | Langley - Middleton - Hgh Blackley - Collyhurst - Shudehill | 15/01/2007 | Divert via Chapel Lane mot Riverdale Rd and Blackley New Rd | 25825 | 56 156 | 56M | Y | |||
| JPT | Langley - Middleton - Hgh Blackley - Collyhurst - Shudehill | 01/10/2007 | Addtl morning peak jnys | 26172 | 56 156 | 56 | y | |||
| JPT | Mcr - Blackley - Bank House - Heaton Park - Middleton - Langley | 11/04/2008 | Service extended by this date; ev30mins MF commercial; S supported. NESuPH | 26640 | 156 | 156 | Y | |||
| JPT | Mcr - Blackley - Bank House - Heaton Park - Middleton - Langley | 07/09/2009 | Route changed in Langley and Bank House | 27493 | 156 | 156 | Y | |||
| JPT | Mcr - Blackley - Bank House - Heaton Park - Middleton - Langley | 20/11/2009 | First/last journeys revised with some terminating/starting from Bowness Road | J091120 | 156 | 156 | Y | E | ||
| JPT | Mcr - Blackley - Bank House - Heaton Park - Middleton - Langley | 11/04/2010 | Addtl E hrly service | J100411 | 156 | 156 | Y | E | ||
| JPT | Mcr - Blackley - Bank House - Heaton Park - Middleton - Langley | 25/07/2010 | E service withdrawn | J100725 | 156 | 156 | Y | E | ||
| JPT | Mcr - Blackley - Bank House - Heaton Park - Middleton - Langley | 15/05/2011 | Route changed to run full length of Windermere Rd. Times changed with 4bph between Middleton-Langley. MF commercial; S supported. | 28414 | 156 | 156 | Y | E | ||
| JPT | Mcr - Blackley - Bank House - Heaton Park - Middleton - Langley | 25/07/2011 | 212 reprint | 120282 | 156 | 156 | 212 reprint | Y | ||
| jpt | Langley - Middleton - Hgh Blackley - Collyhurst - Shudehill | 25/07/2011 | 1112 reprint | 121556 | 156 | 56M | 1112 reprint | y | ||
| JPT | Mcr - Blackley - Bank House - Heaton Park - Middleton - Langley | 25/07/2011 | 1112 reprint | 121556 | 156 | 156 | 1112 reprint | y | ||
| jpt | Langley - Middleton - Hgh Blackley - Collyhurst - Shudehill | 25/07/2011 | Times changed: MS daytime curtailed Middleton - Mcr only. Ev30mins. Supported S ev30mins. NSuPH | 28466 | 156 | 56M | 611 reprint | y | View timetable | |
| JPT | Mcr - Blackley - Bank House - Heaton Park - Middleton - Langley | 25/07/2011 | Most jnys curtailed to Mcr-Middleton only. Early and lste jnys serve Langley | 28466 | 156 | 156 | Y | View timetable | ||
| JPT | Mcr - Blackley - Bank House - Heaton Park - Middleton - Langley | 30/01/2012 | M-F 1702 from Manchester retimed to 1704 | 156 | ||||||
| JPT | Langley - Middleton - Manchester | 08/04/2013 | Times changed. All jnys extended to/from Langley. Ev30mins. S supported. MF commercial | 13-0389 | 156 157 | 156 | Y | p | View timetable | |
| JPT | Langley - Middleton - Manchester | 29/07/2013 | Most journeys are changed to run between Middleton and Manchester only. Times changed | 131301 | 156 157 | 156 | Y | E | ||
| JPT | Langley - Middleton - Manchester | 02/09/2013 | Minor timetable changes. | 13-1374 | 156 | 156 | Y | View timetable | ||
| JPT | Langley - Middleton - Manchester | 31/08/2014 | Run by Jpt (Stagecoach Manchester). Times changed. | 14-1182 | 156 | 156 | Y | View timetable | ||
| 12/04/2015 | Replaces 165. | 15-0167 | 64 164 | 64H | Y | View timetable | ||||
| MCT SM | Langley - Middleton - Manchester | 12/04/2015 | ESuPH journeys introduced between Heaton Park and Manchester replacing bus 165. | 15-0464 | 156 | 156 | Y | View timetable | ||
| MCT SM | Langley - Middleton - Heaton Park - Manchester | 27/07/2015 | MCT M-S 1812 from Manchester is withdrawn. | 15-0977 | 156 | 156 | Y | View timetable | ||
| jpt | Langley - Middleton - Hgh Blackley - Collyhurst - Shudehill | 27/07/2015 | MS 1812 from Mcr to Heaton Pk withdrawn | 15-0977 | 156 | 56M | y | View timetable | ||
| MCT SM | Langley - Middleton - Heaton Park - Manchester | 24/01/2016 | Some MF early and peak jnys retimed | 16-0001 | 156 | 156 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Langley - Middleton - Heaton Park - Manchester | 24/07/2016 | ESuPH jnys extended to Hollin via Middleton and renumbered 157. Times are also changed | 16-0788 | 156 157 | 156 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM MCT | Shudehill - NMGH - Higher Blackley - Middleton | 04/09/2016 | Times changed: no longer serves Langley, MS daytime ev30mins. Supported MS E hrly by MCT. SuPH hrly. | 16-1044 | 56 56A 57 57A 156 | 56 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM MCT | Shudehill - NMGH - Higher Blackley - Middleton | 30/10/2016 | Replacement | 16-1150 | 56 56A 57 57A 156 | 56 | Replacement | Y | View timetable | |
| SM MCT | Shudehill – Higher Blackley - Middleton | 23/07/2017 | M-F peak ourneys are retimed. Supported E by MCT | 17-0954 | 56 56A 57 57A 156 | 56M | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM MCT | Shudehill – Higher Blackley - Middleton | 03/09/2017 | M-F peak period journeys are retimed. Times are changed. Journeys to/from Langley withdrawn | 17-1145 | 56 56A 57 57A 156 | 56M | Y | View timetable | ||
| MCT SM | Hollin/Middleton – Manchester | 29/10/2017 | ESuPH jnys changed to run between Middleton and MCR only, and are replaced by bus 129 for journeys between Middleton and Hollin at these times. Addtl early morning jnys introduced. All journeys will be run by Stagecoach. | 17-1565 | 56 57 156 | 56M | Y | E | View timetable | |
| SM | Shudehill - NMGH - Higher Blackley - Middleton | 08/04/2018 | MF 0717 0747 retimed. MS daytime ev30mins. Supported ESu hrly. | 18-0280 | 56 156 | 56 | Y | View timetable | ||
| Langley - Middleton - Rhodes - Heaton Park - NMGH - Collyhurst - Manchester | 02/09/2018 | Run by Stagecoach. Minor timetable changes to some M-S journeys. | 18-1053 | 56 | y | View timetable | ||||
| SM | Manchester - Middleton | 28/04/2019 | TfGM Bus Guide issued times changed | 19-0556 | 56 156 | 56 | 246220 | Y | E | View timetable |
| SM | 21/07/2019 | Summer servcies | 18-0810 | 56 | N | E | View timetable | |||
| SM | Manchester - Middleton | 23/03/2020 | M-F ev30mins. ?? E hrly | 265090 | 56 156 | 56 | Y | |||
| SM | Manchester - Middleton | 28/03/2020 | 56/156: S services with some additional morning journeys | 265092 | 56 156 | 56 | Y | |||
| SM | Manchester - Middleton | 05/04/2020 | M-S 56 and 156 reduced to hrly services each, running a combined ev30mins services between Mcr and NMGH | 265093 | 56 156 | 56 | Y | |||
| SM | Middleton | 11/04/2020 | 1933 Middleton-MCR/2216 MCR-Middleton 156 appear to have been withdrawn | 56 156 | ||||||
| SM | Manchester - Middleton | 11/04/2020 | 156: hrly daytime services, ev 2hrs E | 265094 | 56 156 | 56 | Y | |||
| SM | Manchester - Middleton | 12/04/2020 | Easter PH | 265095 | 156 | 56 | Y | |||
| SM | Manchester - Middleton | 01/06/2020 | 156: ev30mins daytime services; every two hours E | 265329 | 56 156 | 56 | Y | |||
| SM | Middleton | 15/06/2020 | Looks like some times are changed and the two evening journeys reinstated | 56 156 | ||||||
| SM | Manchester - Middleton | 15/06/2020 | 56/156: M-S daytime each ev30mins: 56 NESuPH 156 hrly | 266051 | 56 156 | 56 | Y | |||
| SM | Middleton | 29/11/2020 | 156 weekday peak times revised | 20-SC-0715 | 56 156 | View timetable | ||||
| SM | Middleton - Rhodes - Higher Blackley - Blackley - Shudehill | 11/04/2021 | ESuPH times changed | 21-SC-0315 | 56 156 | 56 | 284067 | Y | View timetable | |
| SM | Shudehill - Blackley - Higher Blackley - Rhodes - Middleton | 25/07/2021 | Summer timetables on M-F from 25 July to 4 Sept 2021 | 21-SC-0445 | 56 156 | Summer | y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Shudehill - Blackley - Higher Blackley - Rhodes - Middleton | 29/08/2021 | M-F peak times changed: service revert to pre-summer 25/7/21 | 21-SC-0554 | 56 156 | y | View timetable | |||
| SM | Shudehill - Blackley - Higher Blackley - Rhodes - Middleton | 29/08/2021 | M-F peak times changed: service revert to pre-summer 25/7/21 | 21-SC-0554 | 56 156 | View timetable | ||||
| SM | Middleton - Rhodes - Higher Blackley - Blackley - Shudehill | 24/04/2022 | half hrly M-S daytime service operated commercially by Stagecoach with an hrly subsidised ESu service also run by Stagecoach. Revised Su times which improves the frequency btwn Shudehill and NMGH to two buses per hour. Addtl ESu jnys btwn NMGH and Shudehill to form a roughly 20-40 min frequency (xx03 and xx19 from NMGH, xx25, xx43 from Shudehill). Links with service 56 | 22-SC-0071 | 56 156 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| SM | Middleton - Rhodes - Higher Blackley - Blackley - Shudehill | 24/04/2022 | half hrly M-S daytime service operated commercially by Stagecoach with an hrly subsidised ESu service also run by Stagecoach. Revised Su times which improves the frequency btwn Shudehill and NMGH to two buses per hour. Addtl ESu jnys btwn NMGH and Shudehill to form a roughly 20-40 min frequency (xx03 and xx19 from NMGH, xx25, xx43 from Shudehill). Links with service 56 | 22-SC-0071 | 56 156 | 284613 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| SM | Shudehill - Blackley - Higher Blackley - Rhodes - Middleton | 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 | 22-SC-0437 | 156 | E | View timetable | |||
| SM | Shudehill - Blackley - Higher Blackley - Rhodes - Middleton | 04/09/2022 | Revert to times similar to those before the summer holidays: (NO 56 SERVICE) | 22-SC-0510 | 156 | REVERT | E | View timetable |