Route 345
Route: Denton - Audenshaw - Dukinfield - Ashton
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMB | Ashton - St Anne's estate - Denton | 16/02/1987 | commercial MF 0620 0720 MS 0835 hrly 1735 | 5926 | 345 | 345 | y | P | ||
| GMB | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 15/02/1988 | revised route via Dukinfield: MF 0625 MS 0725 0835 hrly 1735. NESu | G880215 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| GMB DEN | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 24/07/1988 | Supported GMB MS E service and supported DEN Su hrly service 1145 - 2145 | 6877 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| GMB DEN | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 24/07/1988 | 888 reprint | 7062 | 345 | 345 | 888 reprint | y | p | |
| GMB DEN | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 25/07/1988 | GMB jnys only - no change | G880725 | 345 | 345 | y | p | ||
| GMB EM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 23/07/1989 | Addtl Su1045 - all GMB. Supported E hrly now East Midland | 8209 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| GMB BEE | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 25/11/1989 | Supported MS E hrly by BEE. Su continues GMB. | 8943 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| GMB STU | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 11/02/1991 | Supported MS E hrly by STU. Su continues GMB. Jnys now xx50 | 10587 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| GMB STU | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 21/04/1991 | minor timetable change | 10910 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| FP/SM | ??? | 21/04/1991 | Minor operator Change on Saturdays | 10958 | ??? | |||||
| GMB STU | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 13/04/1992 | timetable revised. | 12322 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| GMB STU RED | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 11/01/1993 | Timetable and operator revised: early jnys supported and run by Red Rider / Stuarts | 13134 | 345 | 345 | y | p | ||
| GMB STU RED | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 18/12/1993 | Minor times and operator changes | 14137 | 345 | 345 | y | p | ||
| GMS BEE PB REL | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 27/02/1994 | Operator revised: Reliance gain 1650 NS from AS and 1621 from DEN. Supported Su service by BEE. Supported MS E RED now PB. | 14432 | 345 | 345 | y | p | ||
| GMS BEE PEN DEN STU | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 24/09/1994 | Addtl commercial MS daytime jnys hrly by DEN. PB now PEN. | 15006 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| GMS BEE PEN Glo | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 28/12/1994 | MS Daytime DEN jnys withdrawn. Changes to Supported jnys. Glossopdale replace STU | 15180 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| GMS BEE PEN CHK Glo | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 25/02/1996 | Late E service reduced (LB now 2150) and operator revised. Some peak jnys now run by Checkmate not GMB | 16515 | 345 | 345 | y | p | ||
| GMB/STU | 02/09/1996 | Operator revised | ||||||||
| PEN UNI SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 01/03/1998 | Route revised in Denton: now main service by SM, ESu now Universal buses. Early MF jnys by PEN | 18324 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| FP UNI SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 03/04/1999 | S 0810 from Denton and S 0850 from Ashton now by FP | 19389 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| FP UNI SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 25/10/1999 | some MF peak jnys run earlier | 20164 | 345 | 345 | CL | y | ||
| BuVAL | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 20/12/1999 | Operator revised : M-S E jnys now by BuVal not Universal buses. | 20458 | 345 | 345 | CL | y | ||
| FP UNI DEN SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 27/03/2000 | supported ESu operator revised. MS E now by DEN not BuVal, Su by UNI. | 20736 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| FP DEN SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 26/06/2000 | 0750 from Ashton 0813 Denton retimed 0745 0813. SM run UBS jnys having taken over company. | 21031 | 345 | 345 | CL | y | ||
| FP DEN SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 03/09/2000 | MS afternoon times changed. | 21262 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| FP DEN SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 28/08/2001 | MS Evenings now Dennis Coaches | 345 | 345 | y | ||||
| FP DEN SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 17/09/2001 | MS daytime jnys by SM replaced by DEN. Su still by SM also MS pm peak jnys. | 22355 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| FM DEN | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 25/02/2002 | M-F FM jnys retimed: 0713 0813 from Denton; 0745 from Ashton; 0710 from Denton | 22860 | 345 | 345 | CL | y | ||
| FM DEN | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 23/02/2003 | MS E peak jnys retimed. ESu now by FM. PH service added at Su times. Easy access on DEN jnys. | 23687 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| FM DEN | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 10/03/2003 | MF 1609 from CP and 1615 from Pendle Rd withdrawn | 23779 | 345 | 345 | CL | y | ||
| FM SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 01/04/2005 | MS daytime jnys now 4 mins later and run by SM | 24869 | 345 | 345 | y | View timetable | ||
| FM SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 24/09/2006 | ESuPH jnys now 5mins later | 25718 | 345 | 345 | y | View timetable | ||
| FM SM VAL | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 16/04/2007 | MF early jnys now by Vale not FM | 25993 | 345 | 345 | y | View timetable | ||
| FM SM CHK | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 18/08/2008 | MF early jnys now by CHK not Vale | 26886 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| FM SM CHK | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 19/04/2009 | MS 1815 from Denton to Ashton | 27277 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| FM SM CHK | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 12/04/2010 | Times changed: | 27786 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| FM SM CHK | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 31/01/2011 | MS early E jnys times changed | 28259 | 345 | 345 | y | p | View timetable | |
| FM SM CHK | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 15/04/2012 | ESuPH journeys retimed 5 minutes later. | 12-0611 | 345 | 345 | y | View timetable | ||
| FM SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 27/07/2014 | Early MF morning CHK now run by FM | 14-0744 | 345 | 345 | y | View timetable | ||
| FM SM MCT | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 12/04/2015 | Addtl MS pm jnys by SM. ESuPH now run by Manchester Community Transport. | 150350 | 345 | 345 | y | |||
| SM CHK MCT | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 27/07/2015 | MF early morning journeys now run by Checkmate not FM. | 15-0772 | 345 | 345 | y | View timetable | ||
| SM CHK MCT | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 30/08/2015 | Now run anticlockwise round Circular Rd estate. | 15-1283 | 345 | 345 | y | View timetable | ||
| SM CHK MCT | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 03/04/2016 | hrly daily daytime service. ln an effort to improve punctuality during the weekday am peak all jnys were revised in Aug 2015 to operate the opposite way round the Pendle Rd and Circular Rd loop. While this change has improved punctuality, this met with strong local opposition from residents and some inconvenience has been reported from passengers for whom some of the stops are deemed to be less convenient than they were previously. Therefore M-F am peak jnys maintain their current routing but daily daytime and E jnys revised to revert to their original route. | 16-0366 | 345 | 345 | y | View timetable | ||
| SM MCT | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 24/07/2016 | MF0710 Denton, 0713 Denton withdrawn. Now run by SM: MF0745 from Denton, 0813 from Denton | 16-0924 | 345 | 345 | y | View timetable | ||
| SM MCT | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circ | 23/04/2017 | MF peak and some S pm jnys retimed. Run by Stagecoach. Times changed. | 17-0303 | 345 | 345 | y | View timetable | ||
| SM MCT | Denton – Ashton-under-Lyne | 03/09/2017 | Times changed. | 17-1124 | 345 | 345 | Replacement | y | View timetable | |
| SM MCT | Denton – Ashton-under-Lyne | 02/09/2018 | Normal timetable reintroduced at end of summer | 18-1264 | 345 | 345 | y | View timetable | ||
| SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circular | 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August | 19-SC-0041 | summer | View timetable | ||||
| MCT SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circular | 01/09/2019 | ESuPH times changed | 19-SC-0312 | 345 | 345 | 246480 | Y | View timetable | |
| SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circular | 23/03/2020 | M-F hrly NE irreg 0730 - 1811 | 265539 | 345 | 345 | Y | |||
| SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circular | 28/03/2020 | hrly daytime : Times changed irreg 0730 - 1753 | 265538 | 345 | 345 | Y | |||
| MCT | Ashton Bus Station Denton Crown Point | 06/04/2020 | M-F E 1944 2144 | 265536 | 345 | 345 | Y | |||
| SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circular | 11/04/2020 | M-S ev 2hrs daytime: 0730 0949 ev2hrs 1549 1753 | 265535 | 345 | 345 | Y | |||
| MCT | Ashton Bus Station Denton Crown Point | 18/04/2020 | services cancelled on closure of company | no tt | 345 | |||||
| SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circular | 19/04/2020 | All journeys run by Stagecoach. Most journeys retimed to run slightly later. ev 2hrs throughout day and E | 265537 | 345 | 345 | Y | |||
| SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circular | 01/06/2020 | M-S ev 2hrs: 0730 0949 ev2hrs 1549 1753 1949 2149 | 265398 | 345 | 345 | Y | |||
| SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circular | 15/06/2020 | M-S : daytime irreg hrly: Su daytime 1044 hrly 1744; E 1844 hrly 2144 | 266104 | 345 | 345 | Y | |||
| SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circular | 07/09/2020 | Stagecoach tt hrly incl ESuPH | 266545 | 345 | 345 | Y | |||
| SM | 25/10/2020 | terminate at Denton Crown Point instead of running a loop around Denton, which will be served by services 335 | 345 | |||||||
| SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circular | 31/01/2021 | Revised ESu service ev2hrs. However, there will still be a bus ev hour btwn Denton, Dukinfield and Ashton providesd by new service 335. | 20-SC-0767 | 345 | 345 | 266912 | Y | View timetable | |
| LG STO SM | 345 Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshaw - Denton circular | 11/04/2021 | hrly daytime and E daily. Revised to reduce late ESu daytime service to run ev2hrs. In the South Denton area, an hrly bus will still be providesd, with alternate trips along the 335 and 345 routes. Change of operator to Little Gem. | 21-SC-0152 | 345 | 345 | 284113 | Y | View timetable | |
| LG | Ashton-under-Lyne - Denton - Dukinfield circular | 31/10/2021 | Minor ESu timetable changes | 21-SC-0737 | 345 | Y | View timetable | |||
| SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshawe - Denton Pendle Rd | 24/04/2022 | ESuPH 355 jnys curtailed at Crown Point and renumbered as 344. All jnys by Stagecoach | 22-SC-0292 | 344 345 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| SM | Ashton - Dukinfield - Audenshawe - Denton Pendle Rd | 24/04/2022 | ESuPH 355 jnys curtailed at Crown Point and renumbered as 344. All jnys by Stagecoach | 22-SC-0292 | 344 345 | 284661 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| STO | Ashton-under-Lyne - Denton - Dukinfield circular | 30/10/2022 | listed as TfGM Tender expiry. All jnys will be run by Stotts with minor changes to some M-F afternoon jnys. | 22-SC-0566 | 344 345 | E | View timetable | |||
| STO | Ashton-under-Lyne - Denton - Dukinfield circular | 29/01/2023 | Minor changes to the times of M-F afternoon jnys. | 22-SC-0680 | 344 345 | Y | E | View timetable |