Route 3
Route: Manchester City Centre circular (Metroshuttle / Free Bus)
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PM ROUTE) SALFORD Stn - New Bailey St - Bridge St - John Dalton St - Princess St - Whitworth St - Albert Sq - King St West - Bridge St - New Bailey St - Salford Stn | MF Peaks | 31891 | N | |||||||
| PICCADILLY Stn- Piccadilly - Portland St - Oxford Stn -Peter St - Irwell St - Chapel St - New Bailey Street - Gartside St - Spinningfields Peter St - Albert Square - Princess Street - PICCADILLY Stn | Rerouted to run via Left Bank instead of Gartside St. | no tt | MS 1 2 3 | 1MS | N | |||||
| FM | 01/09/2005 | no apparent change | MS0509 | MS 1 2 3 | 1MS | y | ||||
| FM | Piccadilly Stn - Salford Central Stn circ | 29/09/2006 | New service MS 0700-1900 ev10mins | MS060929 | MS 1 2 3 | 1MS | Y | |||
| FM | Piccadilly Stn - Salford Central Stn circ | 01/11/2010 | Times changed: MF 0700-1900 S 0800-1900 ev10mins | 100964 | MS 1 2 3 | 1MS | Y | |||
| FM | Piccadilly Stn - Salford Central Stn circ | 01/02/2011 | no apparent change | 110068 | MS 1 2 3 | 1MS | Y | E | ||
| FM | Piccadilly Stn - Salford Central Stn circ | 01/12/2012 | no apparent change | 120716 | MS 1 2 3 | 1MS | Y | |||
| FM | 23/05/2013 | 13-0850 | MS 1 2 3 | E | View timetable | |||||
| FM | PICCADILLY Stn - Stn Approach - Piccadilly - Portland St - Oxford St - Peter Street - Quay St - Irwin St - Chapel St - New Bailey St - Gartside St - Quay St - Byron St - Hardman St - Deansgate - Peter St - Mount St - Albert Square - Princess St - Whitworth St - Aytoun St - Stn Approach - PICCADILLY Stn | 26/06/2015 | Rerouted to operate between Piccadilly Stn, Deansgate Stn and Museum of Science and Industry during MF peak periods | 150628 | MS 1 2 3 | 1MS | N | E | ||
| FM | Piccadilly Stn – Deansgate circular | 13/11/2016 | no change listed | 161113 | MS 1 2 3 | 1 MS | Y | E | ||
| FM | Piccadilly Stn – Deansgate circular | 01/01/2017 | no change listed | 170101 | MS 1 2 3 | 1 MS | Y | E | ||
| FM | Piccadilly Stn – Spinningfields circular | 09/01/2017 | Rerouted via Cross St, St Mary’s Gate, Deansgate and John Dalton St, with buses only running via Spinningfields during MF peak periods. | no tt | MS 1 2 3 | 1MS | 42736 | Y | E | |
| FM | 01/01/2018 | ??? | 181928 | FB 1 2 3 | E | |||||
| 28/10/2018 | FB 1 2 3 | E | ||||||||
| 27/04/2019 | 19-0427 | FB 1 2 3 | E | View timetable | ||||||
| GNW | Piccadilly station via Piccadilly, Portland Street, Princess Street, Whitworth Street West, Deansgate, Victoria station, Shudehill Interchange, Church Street and Dale Street to Piccadilly station. | 27/10/2019 | Run by Go North West. New MS E route running from Piccadilly stn via Piccadilly, Portland St, Princess St, Whitworth St W, Deansgate, Victoria stn, Shudehill Interchange, Church St and Dale St to Piccadilly station. | 1 2 3 | N | |||||
| GNW | Piccadilly - Deansgate - Victoria circular | 23/03/2020 | Free Bus 1,2 & 3 will operate as normal : may be subject to changes. | no tt | ||||||
| GNW | Piccadilly - Deansgate - Victoria circular | 29/03/2020 | Free Bus: continue Normal services | no tt | ||||||
| GNW | Piccadilly - Deansgate - Victoria circular | 14/04/2020 | services suspended | 246643 | 1 2 3 | 1 FB | Y | E | ||
| 05/07/2020 | FB 1 2 3 | E | ||||||||
| GNW | Piccadilly - Deansgate - Victoria circular | 20/07/2020 | revised Times | 265678 | 1 2 3 | 1 FB | y | E | ||
| GNW | Piccadilly - Deansgate - Victoria circular | 20/07/2020 | TfGM Timetable issued | 266598 | 1 2 3 | 1 FB | y | |||
| GNW | 21/09/2020 | 200921 | FB 1 2 3 | E | ||||||
| GNW | Piccadilly - Deansgate - Victoria circular | 21/09/2020 | Times changed | 266504 | 3 | 1 FB | Y | E | ||
| 14/06/2021 | 210614 | FB 1 2 3 | E | |||||||
| 01/08/2021 | FB 1 2 3 | E | ||||||||
| GNW | Manchester City Centre - Castlefield - Shudehill circular | 24/04/2022 | Times changed | 22-SC-0287 | 1 2 3 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| GNW | Manchester City Centre - Castlefield - Shudehill circular | 24/04/2022 | Times changed | 22-SC-0287 | 1 2 3 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| GNW | free bus | 13/10/2022 | Due to the one-way closure of Deansgate between Bridge St and Quay St. Buses now operate an anticlockwise loop similar to service 2. No longer serve Cross St. | no tt | ||||||
| GNW | Manchester Free Bus | 29/01/2023 | All M-F E now 5 mins earlier throughout to improve spacing with service 2. | no tt | N | E | ||||
| GNW | 16/04/2023 | Change in contract - service withdrawn | 23-SC-0133 | 1 2 3 | Y | E | View timetable | |||
| GNW | 16/04/2023 | Change in contract - service withdrawn | 23-SC-0133 | 1 2 3 | REPLACEMENT | Y | E | View timetable |