Route 178
Route: Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury - Northenden - Wythenshawe - Hospital
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIB | Levenshulme - Ladybarn - Burnage circ | 26/10/1986 | hrly MS daytime, MF ev30mins peak, hrly ESu. Reverse = 179 | 5178 | 178 179 | 178 | 1186 reprint | Y | ||
| RIB | Levenshulme - Withington - Didsbury circ anti | 26/04/1987 | Supported service extended via Palatine Rd to Withington - West Dids and Parrs Wood. Times changed | 6072 | 178 179 | 178 | Y | P | ||
| RIB | Levenshulme - Withington - Didsbury circ anti | 26/04/1987 | Supported service extended via Palatine Rd to Withington - West Dids and Parrs Wood. Times changed | 6720 | 178 179 | 178 | 688 reprint | Y | P | |
| EM STU | Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury - East Didsbury | 23/10/1988 | Rerouted via ESR and Barlow Moor Rd. no longer links East Dids - Levenshulme direct. revised timetables / operators. 0805 from Lev by STU rest East Mids | 7232 | 178 179 | 178 | Y | P | ||
| EM STU | Levenshulme - Withington - Didsbury circ anti | 23/10/1988 | Supported service diverted. Times changed: 178 hrly M-S 0645 Su0745 - 2245; 179 M-S 0715-1715 hrly. NESu | 7452 | 178 179 | 178 | Y | P | ||
| EM STU | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury - East Didsbury | 23/10/1989 | Extended to Reddish. Timetable revised. Addtl ESu hrly Lloyd Rd - Withington Hosp. | 8748 | 178 179 | 178 | Y | |||
| BEE | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury -Southern Cemetry. | 22/04/1991 | Route and timetable revised. Diverted to Southern Cemetry - no longer serve East Didsbury. ESu extended to Southern Cemetry. | 10941 | 178 179 | 178 | Y | |||
| GMB RED | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury - Northenden - Wythenshawe - Hospital | 20/10/1991 | Route and timetable revised. Extended to Wythenshawe Hospital via Northenden. Daily hrly to 1940 round trip. GMB MS and Red Rider Su. | 11703 | 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| GMB RED | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury - Northenden - Wythenshawe - Hospital | 20/10/1991 | Route and timetable revised. Extended to Wythenshawe Hospital via Northenden. Daily hrly to 1940 round trip. GMB MS and Red Rider Su. | 11862 | 178 | 178 | rpt?? | Y | ||
| TIM WAL | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury - Northenden - Wythenshawe - Hospital | 26/10/1992 | Operators revised. MS now Timeline; Walls on Su | 12987 | 178 | 178 | 1092 print | Y | ||
| TIM WAL | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury - Northenden - Wythenshawe - Hospital | 26/10/1992 | Operators revised. MS now Timeline; Walls on Su | 13053 | 178 | 178 | reprint?? | Y | ||
| GMB | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury - Northenden - Wythenshawe - Hospital | 01/11/1993 | All now by GMB | 13988 | 178 | 178 | Y | P | ||
| GMS | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Benchill - Wythenshawe - Hospital | 28/11/1994 | Supported service continues: Hrly MS daytime. Nsu | 15153 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | E | ||
| GMS | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Benchill - Wythenshawe - Hospital | 28/12/1994 | no change | 15293 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | E | ||
| STA | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 03/03/1996 | Minor timetable and route revision via Brownley Rd - Hollyhedge Rd - Crossacres Rd - Benchill - Bowland Rd - Hospital. Operator revised | 16545 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| BEE | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 01/09/1997 | operator change | 18046 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| BEE | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 01/12/1997 | no change | 18155 | 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| NOV SM | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 25/04/1999 | Route change in Wythenshawe via Brownley Rd not Hollyhedge rd and Crossacres Rd. MS1940 from Hosp curtailed at Levenshulme. Operator now MS by Nova Scotia and Su by Stagecoach | 19583 | 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| NOV SM | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 06/09/1999 | MS jnys now 10mins later | 20107 | 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| ANW SM | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 06/12/1999 | MS now by ANW. | 20342 | 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| ANW | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 23/04/2000 | Su now by ANW: times changed: Daily daytime hrly plus visiting time around 2000 | 20761 | 178 | 178 | Y | E | ||
| ANW | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - West Didsbury - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 27/05/2001 | no change listed: Daily daytime hrly . NPH | 22055 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| ANW | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 26/05/2002 | 1910 from Reddish curtailed at Wyth Hosp. Addtl PH service to Su times | 22995 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| ANW | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 24/11/2002 | No longer serves Maternity hosp. | 23547 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| ANW | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 24/11/2002 | 1003 reprint | 24105 | 177 178 | 178 | 1003 reprint | Y | ||
| ANW | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 24/11/2002 | 604 reprint | 24105 | 177 178 | 178 | 604 reprint | Y | ||
| ANW | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 29/01/2006 | Diverted via Withington Community Hosp. Burton Rd | 25306 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | View timetable | ||
| LAC | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 23/04/2006 | All jnys by LA Coaches. PH jnys withdrawn | 25760 | 177 178 | 178 | 1006 reprint | y | ||
| LAC | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 23/04/2006 | 307 reprint | 25971 | 177 178 | 178 | 307 reprint | y | ||
| LAC | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 05/11/2007 | Times changed | 26418 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | View timetable | ||
| ANW | Gatley - Wythenshawe - Hosp - Altrincham | 16/06/2008 | Now run by ANW. Times changed: Daily hrly 0751-1551, 1705 Su1805 NSu1810 2010 | 26786 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| MCT | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 25/01/2009 | All jnys by MCT . PH jnys withdrawn | 27298 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| MCT | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 12/04/2010 | Some afternoon jnys retimed | 27794 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| MCT | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital | 25/10/2010 | Some morning jnys retimed | 28145 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | View timetable | ||
| MCT | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital - Timperley - Grange | 14/05/2012 | MS jnys extended to Timperley - Grange replacing withdrawn 25 | 12-0629 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | View timetable | ||
| MCT | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital - Timperley - Grange | 29/10/2012 | 1655 from Reddish now 5mins later | 13-0006 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | View timetable | ||
| MCT | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital - Timperley - Grange | 26/05/2013 | times changed | 13-0657 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | View timetable | ||
| MCT | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital - Timperley - Grange | 26/10/2014 | no change | 14-1361 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | View timetable | ||
| MCT | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital - Timperley - Grange | 15/02/2015 | MF mornings times changed | 150124 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | |||
| MCT | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital - Timperley - Grange | 05/05/2015 | 0811 MF from Timperley retimed en route | 150545 | 177 178 | 178 | cl | Y | ||
| MCT | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital - Timperley - Grange | 29/07/2015 | Times changed. Divert via new Wythenshawe interchange | 15-1080 | 177 178 | 178 | Y | View timetable | ||
| ANW | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital - Timperley - Grange | 03/04/2016 | Times changed with some early E, S morning and all Su jnys withdrawn. All journeys will be run by Arriva North West | 16-0110 | 178 | 178 | Y | View timetable | ||
| ANW | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital - Timperley - Grange | 31/10/2016 | Times changed | 16-1408 | 178 | 178 | Y | View timetable | ||
| ANW | Reddish - Levenshulme - Withington - Northenden - Sharston - Wythenshawe - Benchill - Hospital - Timperley - Grange | 23/04/2017 | Route withdrawn and partly replaced by bus 278 between Reddish, Wythenshawe Hospital and Timperley and buses 285 and 286 between Timperley Grange and Timperley. | 178 |