Route 173
Route: Service 173
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMB | Belle Vue - Ryder Brow circ | 26/10/1986 | MS peak service ev20mins. ESu hrly | 5169 | 169 170 173 174 | 169 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | 26/10/1986 | 5169 | 169 170 173 174 | 169 | 1188 reprint | Y | ||||
| GMB | Belle Vue - Ryder Brow circ | 21/04/1987 | LG870421 | 169 170 173 174 | ||||||
| GMB | Belle Vue - Ryder Brow circ | 18/05/1987 | no apparent change | G870518 | 169 170 173 174 | 169 | Y | |||
| GMB | Belle Vue - Ryder Brow circ | 10/01/1988 | NO CHANGE LISTED M-F peak ev20mins: ESu hrly | G880110 | 169 173 174 | 169 | N | E | ||
| GMB | Belle Vue - Ryder Brow circ | 21/08/1988 | no apparent change | G880821 | 169 173 174 | 169 | Y | E | ||
| BEE | Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 26/11/1990 | New supported service partly replacing 158 227 228. MS daytime hrly. | 10227 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| RED | Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 21/10/1991 | Timetable, operator, route revised via Ancoats by Red Rider | 11626 | 173 | 173 | 697 reprint | Y | ||
| RED | Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 01/09/1992 | Timetable revised. | 12781 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| CL | Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 19/10/1992 | Minor route in Reddish and operator revised by CLine | 12975 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| CL | Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 14/11/1992 | MF peak jnys diverted, direct via Gt Ancoats St and Hyde Rd in Longsight | 13091 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| BEE | Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 29/11/1993 | Route revised in Heaton Chapel. Now by BEE | 14156 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| BEE | Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 07/02/1994 | City terminus now Newton St not Piccadilly Bstn | 14379 | 173 | 173 | Y | P | ||
| BEE | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 05/04/1994 | Extended Stepping Hill via Dialstone La | 14476 | 173 | 173 | Y | E | ||
| BEE | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 05/04/1994 | 795 reprint | 15899 | 173 | 173 | 795 reprint | Y | P | |
| TIM | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 30/10/1995 | Minor route revision. Now by Timeline | 16217 | 173 | 173 | Y | P | ||
| RED | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 30/10/1995 | 697 reprint | 17832 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| ANW | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 01/01/1996 | Now by Arriva - date unknown | 173 | 173 | |||||
| VAL | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 26/10/1998 | Now op by Vale of Manchester | 19010 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| VAL | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 26/10/1998 | replacement | 19301 | 173 | 173 | replacement | Y | ||
| VAL | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 14/06/1999 | 0805MF now from Stepping hill hosp at 0816 | 19861 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| VAL | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 14/06/1999 | 500 reprint | 20977 | 173 | 173 | 500 reprint | Y | ||
| VAL | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 08/01/2001 | times changed | 21638 | 173 | 173 | Y | E | ||
| JPT | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 26/08/2002 | Route changed in city via Shudehill and Church St. No longer serve Stockport Bus Station. Times changed | 23193 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| JPT | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 26/08/2002 | 804 reprint | 24494/35 | 173 | 173 | 804 reprint | Y | View timetable | |
| JPT | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 31/10/2005 | MF 1725 from Stepping Hill runs 13mins earlier | 25125 | 173 | 173 | Y | View timetable | ||
| VAL | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 02/05/2006 | Times changed. Some jnys withdrawn. Route change in city to terminus at Piccadilly. All jnys by VAL | 25428 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| VAL | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 02/10/2006 | Times from Stepping Hill changed. | 25748 | 173 | 173 | Y | View timetable | ||
| MCT | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 30/07/2007 | All jnys by MCT. Times unchanged | 26243 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| MCT | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 05/01/2009 | Route changed between Longsight and city: via Upper Brook St, Ancoats not served. 1615 from city curtailed at Reddish | 27148 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| MCT | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 20/04/2009 | times changed | 27235 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| MCT | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 31/08/2010 | times changed | 28023 | 173 | 173 | Y | p | View timetable | |
| MCT | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 30/01/2012 | Rerouted via Middle Hillgate, Higher Hillgate, Hempshaw Lane, Windermere Road and Nangreave Road. Replaced by buses 307 and 308 along Wellington St, Spring Gardens, Hall St and Banks Lane. Minor time changes. | 12-0010 | 173 | 173 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| BBC | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 30/07/2012 | Route changed in Reddish - Harrogate Rd no longer served. All journeys will be run by Bluebird. | 12-1012 | 173 | 173 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| SM | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 03/03/2013 | All journeys will be run by Stagecoach Manchester. | 130361 | 173 | 173 | Y | |||
| SM | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 01/09/2013 | M-F peak jnys retimed. | 13-1335 | 173 | 173 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 01/09/2014 | Rerouted direct via Broadstone Rd in Heaton Chapel, with Nelstrop Rd, Marbury Rd, Crowthorn Rd, Springside, Carnforth Rd and Keswick Rd no longer served. Times changed. | 14-1276 | 173 | 173 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 30/08/2015 | Times changed. | 15-1160 | 173 | 173 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 29/01/2017 | Times changed. | 17-0034 | 173 | 173 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 29/01/2017 | 0518 reprint | 18-0708 | 173 | 173 | 518 reprint | Y | View timetable | |
| SM | Stepping Hill - Stockport - Heatons - Reddish - Longsight - Mcr | 29/01/2019 | times changed | 173 | 173 | Y |