Route 256
Route:
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAL | Piccadilly - Flixton - Partington | 26/10/1986 | Supported FS NIGHT: S2330 FS 0105 0230 OUT 0015 0140 IN | 10575 | 10 28 36 42 43 46 47 48 49 50 57 82 106 161 162 164 192 211 216 256 263 705 W42 | Night Owl | y | |||
| 26/10/1986 | 5251 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | ||||||
| GMB | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 26/10/1986 | ev30mins SuF. S 3bph linking in 256 257 259 bus ev10mins. NIGHT service FS 2400 0100 0230 OUT 0145 IN | 5251 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | 1186 reprint | Y | E | |
| STU | Piccadilly - Stretford - Flixton - Partington | 01/01/1987 | Night service : Daily:2330 0100 0230 out: 0015 0045 in | STU87 | 209 212 211 222 256 | 209 | date? | y | ||
| GMB | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 26/01/1987 | no apparent change | 5251 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 05/04/1987 | no apparent change | G870405 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 16/11/1987 | no apparent change | G871116 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | |||
| GMB | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 10/01/1988 | addtl S jny to give 4x256; 2x257 / hr. bus ev10mins. Su now 2x256 1x257 ph. | 6459 | 256 257 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 10/01/1988 | addtl S jny to give 4x256; 2x257 / hr. bus ev10mins. Su now 2x256 1x257 ph. | G880110 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | |||
| GMB | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 21/08/1988 | no apparent change | G880821 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 12/03/1989 | Timetable revised | 7722 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 12/03/1989 | Timetable revised | G890312 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | |||
| GMB | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 17/06/1990 | Timetable revised | 9752 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | |||
| GMB | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 10/12/1990 | no change listed | 10382 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | |||
| TAM | Piccadilly - Flixton | 04/02/1991 | M-F 245 0808 Flx-AM; 1603 749 TPk- AM 256: 1442 Picc-Flx ; Sch 245 1535 URM- Kingsway Park; 245 1655 AM- FLX; | 245 256 749 | 245 | Y | ||||
| GMB Walls | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 24/03/1991 | Timetable revised. S now ev30mins daytime. Supported Night FS service now operated by Walls and extended to Partington. S 2330 FS 0105 FLX 0230 OUT. 0015 IN , 0140 IN from FLX | 10749 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | |||
| GMB Walls | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 28/03/1992 | Minor timetable revision | 13320 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | |||
| GMB Walls | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 28/03/1992 | 293 reprint | 13320 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | 293 reprint | Y | E | |
| GMB Walls | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 12/04/1992 | Su service revised: now hrly | 12247 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| GMB Walls | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 27/04/1992 | minor timetable and operator revision | 12756 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | |||
| GMB Walls | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 06/06/1993 | minor timetable revision | 13553 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| GMB TIM Walls | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 27/06/1993 | minor timetable and operator revision: Supported early Su jnys now by Timeline | 13624 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | |||
| GMB TIM Walls | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 27/09/1993 | minor timetable revision | 13832 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| GMS TIM STU | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 21/02/1994 | minor timetable revision. Supported FS Night service now by STU. | 14300 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| GMS TIM STU | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 18/04/1994 | no change listed | 14520 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| GMS TIM STU | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 19/09/1994 | minor timetable revisions | 14910 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| GMS TIM STU | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 17/12/1995 | minor timetable revision | 16312 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| GMS TIM STU | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 03/03/1996 | minor timetable revision | 16564 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | |||
| SM TIM STU | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 13/04/1996 | no change listed | 16669 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| SM TIM STU | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 29/04/1996 | no change listed | 16727 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| SM TIM STU | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 01/09/1996 | Timetables revised | 17022 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| SM TIM STU | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 21/10/1996 | no change listed | 17147 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| SM TIM | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 06/01/1997 | Night service withdrawn | 17364 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| SM TIM | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 27/05/1997 | Routes in Hulme revised. Via City Rd - Royce rd - Stretford rd - Princess Rd. | 17674 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| SM TIM | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 27/04/1998 | Early Su jnys revised. Operators changed. Supported Sch jnys by FM GOO. Daily E jnys MF 0640 0621 S by Timeline. S 0644 0744 Su 0728 0844 by ANW. 0944 1044 1144 by TIM | 18491 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| SM TIM | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 14/06/1998 | Timetable revised | 18613 | 251 256 257 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| SM ANW | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 07/09/1998 | Times changed. Daily E now by ANW | 18808 | 250 251 256 257 258 259 | 251 | Y | E | ||
| SM ANW | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 21/09/1998 | no changed listed | 19036 | 250 251 256 257 258 259 | 251 | Y | |||
| SM ANW GOO FM | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 25/04/1999 | Minor timetable changes . Now via Princess Rd and Stretford Rd in Hulme. Sch jnys by GOO FM. | 19547 | 256 257 258 259 | 256 | Y | P | ||
| SM GOO FM | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 27/06/1999 | Addtl Su morning jnys. Supported E and early jnys now by SM not Amcr | 19687 | 256 257 258 259 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM GOO FM | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 22/11/1999 | Supported E jnys by ANW not SM | 20313 | 256 257 258 259 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM GOO FM | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 21/04/2000 | BH service added | 20716 | 256 257 258 259 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM GOO FM | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 17/09/2000 | minor times changes | 21317 | 256 257 258 259 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM GOO FM | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 27/11/2000 | divert via City Rd, Chorlton Rd not Royce Rd | 21510 | 256 257 259 | 256 | CL | Y | P | |
| SM ANW BBC GOO | Flixton Townsgate - Stretford - Piccadilly | 27/05/2001 | Times changed with buses running M-S daytime ev10mins patially replacing withdrawn 257 | 22060 | 256 257 258 | 256 | Y | |||
| SM ANW BBC GOO | Flixton Townsgate - Stretford - Piccadilly | 16/09/2001 | extended to/from Towns Gate. Times changed. Sch by Bluebird, Goodwins, ANW. | 22391 | 256 257 258 | 256 | Y | |||
| SM ANW BBC GOO | Flixton Townsgate - Stretford - Piccadilly | 16/09/2001 | extended to/from Towns Gate. Times changed. Sch by Bluebird, Goodwins, ANW. | 22391 | 256 257 258 | 256 | Y | |||
| SM ANW BBC GOO | Flixton Townsgate - Stretford - Piccadilly | 16/09/2001 | extended to/from Towns Gate. Times changed. Sch by Bluebird, Goodwins, ANW. | 22391 | 256 257 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM ANW BBC GOO JPT | Flixton Townsgate - Stretford - Piccadilly | 29/04/2002 | MF 0642 from Picc now by JPT | 22838 | 256 257 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM ANW BBC GOO JPT | Flixton Townsgate - Stretford - Piccadilly | 03/06/2002 | Addtl supported PH E jnys | 23081 | 256 257 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM ANW BBC GOO JPT | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 01/09/2002 | E jnys run as 256. Minor time changes | 23310 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM ANW BBC GOO JPT | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 22/09/2002 | times changed. All jnys listed as 256. Ev 10mins daytime, Su ev30mins. Sch 257 remains by ANW | 23310 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM ANW GOO JPT | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 24/02/2003 | times changed, | 23638 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | |||
| SM ANW GOO JPT | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 24/02/2003 | 503 reprint | 23866 | 256 258 | 256 | 503 reprint | Y | E | |
| SM ANW GOO JPT | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 07/11/2003 | New SM supported Late FS NIGHT jnys: 0010 0120 0230. OUT: no returns | 24126 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM ANW GOO JPT | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 14/06/2004 | MF times changed during Summer to 4Sept. | 24372 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM ANW GOO JPT | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 05/09/2004 | times changed | 24512 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | |||
| SM | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 02/01/2005 | Addt commercial matchday jnys: OUT at frequent intervals from 90 to 20mins before KO and at frequent intervals from 10 to 30mins after final whistle | 24656 | 256 | 256 | CL | Y | ||
| SM ANW GOO | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 29/01/2005 | Some MF morning jnys retimed. JPT jnys revert to SM | 25242 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| SM ANW GOO | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 04/04/2005 | MF 0642 from Picc now by SM. | 24785 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM ANW GOO | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 13/06/2005 | MF times changed during Summer to 2 Sept. | 24925 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | |||
| SM ANW GOO | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 29/01/2006 | Leaflet dated 29/5/05 should read 29/1/06 | 25314 | 256 258 | 256 | CL | Y | ||
| SM ANW GOO | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 28/04/2006 | Late night buses in city centre route revised | 25379 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM ANW GOO | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 03/09/2006 | Times changed | 25631 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| ANW SM GOO | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 29/01/2007 | MF morning times changed. | 25842 | 256 258 257 | 256 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| SM ANW GOO | Flixton Red Lion - Stretford - Piccadilly | 02/07/2007 | MF times changed during Summer to 31 August | 26089 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM GOO | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 27/01/2008 | 0644S from Mcr now retimed and run by SM not ANW. Late E jnys now by SM. Some E jnys withdrawn. PH now at Su times. | 26463 | 256 258 257 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 30/03/2008 | times changed: | 26607 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 25/01/2009 | times changed: | 27121 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 29/03/2010 | Late FS Night jnys following standard route.not via Oxford Rd. Addtl commercial MS 1736 Stretford-Picc | 27869 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 05/09/2010 | Times changed | 28088 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 31/01/2011 | no change listed | 28214 | 256 258 | 256 | Y | E | ||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 21/02/2011 | Addtl MF 0504 0534 from Flx. 0614 now 0604. | 28272 | 256 | 256 | CL | Y | E | |
| SM JPT | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 01/05/2011 | 112 reprint | 120021 | 256 X58 | 256 | 112 reprint | Y | E | |
| SM JPT | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 01/05/2011 | Late E supported jnys now by JPT | 28329 | 256 X58 | 256 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 17/06/2012 | Temporary Summer timetable until 1 Sept | no tt | ||||||
| SM JPT | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 02/09/2012 | Minor timetable changes. Football and match day jnys now run as 255. Football and event day Jnys divert via Talbot Rd not Chester Rd btwn 45mins before and 45mins after match. | 12-1259 | 256 X58 | 256 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM JPT | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 02/09/2012 | 413 reprint | 130445 | 256 X58 | 256 | 413 reprint | Y | ||
| SM JPT | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 21/07/2013 | Times changed during the Summer period to 31 Aug | no tt | 256 X58 | 256 | Y | |||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 01/09/2013 | MF0634 now 0629 from Flx. Times changed with some late E journeys withdrawn. All by Stagecoach Mcr | 13-1350 | 256 X58 | 256 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 27/04/2014 | Times changed. | 14-0453 | 256 X58 | 256 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 20/07/2014 | MF times are changed during Summer to 30 August | no tt | 256 X58 | 256 | n | |||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 31/08/2014 | Normal timetable following the Summer period. | no tt | 256 X58 | 256 | n | |||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 12/04/2015 | Late night journeys on FS NIGHTS withdrawn. | 15-0442 | 256 X58 | 256 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 24/07/2016 | Times are changed | 16-0767 | 256 X58 | 256 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 29/01/2017 | Some early morning MF jnys OUT retimed | 17-0010 | 256 X58 | 256 | CL | Y | E | View timetable |
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 23/04/2017 | Some MF peak period journeys retimed between Trafford General Hospital and Flixton. | 17-0459 | 256 X58 | 256 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 03/09/2017 | Times are changed. | 17-1120 | 256 X58 | 256 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 29/10/2017 | Times are changed on SuPH. | 17-1542 | 256 X58 | 256 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Manchester | 08/04/2018 | Times are changed with additional early morning and late evening journeys introduced | 18-0315 | 256 X58 | 256 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Flixton - Davyhulme - Stretford - Hulme - Manchester | 02/09/2018 | 0030 from Manchester is extended to Flixton on Fri nights/Sat mornings and Sat nights/Sun mornings. Normal M-F timetable is also introduced on other M-F journeys at the end of the Summer period. | 18-1129 | 256 X58 | 256 | y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Manchester - Hulme - Stretford - Davyhulme - Flixton | 28/04/2019 | Times are changed. | 19-0423 | 256 X58 | 256 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Manchester - Hulme - Stretford - Davyhulme - Flixton | 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August | 19-SC-0066 | summer | View timetable | ||||
| SM | Manchester - Flixton | 01/09/2019 | TIMES CHANGED | 19-SC-0141 | 256 X58 | 256 | Y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Manchester - Flixton | 22/03/2020 | M-F: ev10mins daytime; hrly E | 265211 | 256 | 256 | Y | |||
| SM | Manchester - Flixton | 28/03/2020 | ev30mins daytime services, hrly E | 265212 | 256 | 256 | Y | |||
| SM | Manchester - Flixton | 05/04/2020 | Su 5th: M-S ev30mins daytime hrly E | 265213 | 256 | 256 | Y | |||
| SM | Manchester - Flixton | 11/04/2020 | hrly services throughout day and E | 265214 | 256 | 256 | Y | |||
| SM | Manchester - Flixton | 12/04/2020 | Easter SuPH: hrly daytime and E | 265215 | 256 | 256 | Y | |||
| SM | Manchester - Flixton | 19/04/2020 | TfGM Bus Guide issued | 20-SC-0152 | 256 X58 | 256 | 266510 | Y | View timetable | |
| SM | Manchester - Flixton | 01/06/2020 | ev20mins daytime services; every two hours E services | 265381 | 256 | 256 | Y | |||
| SM | Manchester - Flixton | 15/06/2020 | M-S daytime ev15mins; ESu ev30mins; | 266090 | 256 X58 | 256 | SM all jnys | Y | ||
| SM | Flixton - Manchester | 29/11/2020 | M-S daytime services revised to run ev15mins. | 256 | ||||||
| SM | Piccadilly - Hulme - Stretford - Lostock - Flixton | 01/02/2021 | M-F reduced frequency due to covid. From ev 10 mins to ev15mins No change SSu. | 20-SC-0021 | 256 X58 | 256 | 266897 | Y | View timetable | |
| SM | Piccadilly - Hulme - Stretford - Lostock - Flixton | 20/02/2021 | S timetables changed: reduced to ev15mins. M-F & Su services no change | 284019 | 256 X58 | 256 | SM all jnys | Y | ||
| SM | Piccadilly - Hulme - Stretford - Lostock - Flixton | 08/03/2021 | Times changed M-F ev15mins | 21-SC-0187 | 256 X58 | 256 | 266898 | Y | View timetable | |
| SM | Piccadilly - Hulme - Stretford - Lostock - Flixton | 11/04/2021 | Times changed on M-S. | 21-SC-0233 | 256 X58 | 256 | 284100 | Y | View timetable | |
| SM | Piccadilly - Hulme - Stretford - Lostock - Flixton | 25/07/2021 | Summer timetables on M-F from 25 July to 4 Sept 2021 | 21-SC-0438 | 256 X58 | Summer | View timetable | |||
| SM | 05/09/2021 | Times changed: service revert to pre-summer 25/7/21 | 21-SC-0673 | 237 | Y | View timetable | ||||
| SM | Piccadilly Gardens - Hulme - Stretford - Lostock - Flixton | 31/10/2021 | Times changed with M-S daytime frequency reduced to ev12mins - was freq service not more than ev10mins | 21-SC-0744 | 256 X58 | Y | View timetable | |||
| SM | Piccadilly - Hulme - Stretford - Lostock - Flixton | 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022. M-S ev15mins | 22-SC-0391 | 256 X58 | E | View timetable | |||
| SM | Piccadilly - Hulme - Stretford - Lostock - Flixton | 04/09/2022 | M-S ev12mins | |||||||
| SM | Piccadilly Gardens - Hulme - Stretford - Lostock - Flixton | 30/10/2022 | M-S daytime frequency reduced from ev12mins to ev 15 mins. Frequency reduced - direct award | 22-SC-0565 | 256 | y | E | View timetable |