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Route 406

Route: Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St

Route history

Operator Route Change date Change Leaflet job no. Routes listed Envelope code Licence no./notes In collection E-Version Link
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St 26/10/1986 1086 reprint 5404 404 405 406 404 1086 reprint Y
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St 26/10/1986 187 reprint 5404 404 405 406 404 187 reprint Y
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St 26/10/1986 Each hrly 5404 404 405 406 404 Y
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St 26/10/1986 G861026 404 405 406 404 Y
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St 06/09/1987 No change listed G870906 404 405 406 404 Y
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Chapel Rd 27/09/1987 No change listed G870927 404 405 406 404 N E
GMB 01/08/1988 No change listed G880801 404 405 406 404 N E
GMB 23/10/1988 No change listed G881023 404 405 406 414 404 N E
GMB YEL Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St 24/10/1988 406 ESu revised. Su service now operated by Yelloway 7217 404 405 406 404 Y E
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside 10/11/1988 Fares reduced Sholver - OM now 40p on routes 404 405 406 414 GE881110 404 405 406 414 404 Y
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside 02/01/1989 no apparent change 7547 404 405 406 414 404 N E
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside 02/01/1989 no apparent change G890102 404 405 406 414 404 Y
GMB CROS Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St 30/05/1989 no change listed 8084 404 405 406 404 Y E
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside 05/11/1989 no apparent change G891105 404 405 406 414 404 Y
GMB BEE Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St 25/11/1989 406 CROSville replaced by BeeLine 8851 404 405 406 404 Y E
Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St 22/07/1990 404 405 406 Minor tt changes 9833 404 405 406 404 Y E
GMB TAM BEE Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St 21/04/1991 Sunday service now operated by Tame Valley. New MS Evening service introduced by Beeline.
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St 06/10/1991 Saturday daytime jnys extended to Hills Store
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St 05/04/1992 Extended from Oldham to Sholver (Replacing Route 404)
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Chapel Rd 03/05/1992 Extended from Oldham to Sholver (Replacing Route 404 ??? : Not sure if it has replaced 404 to Sholver: GMB 404 still going there 6/7/1992) ESu services revised 12431 405 406 405 Y E
GMB 09/08/1992 405 ESu Times revised 12678 405 406 405 Y E
GMB Sholver - Oldham - Limeside via Heron St 22/03/1993 Service revised to operate Oldham to Limeside (Replaced by route 83)
GMB Woodhouse - Limeside - Oldham - Fitton Park 20/09/1993 Revised to operate Fitton Park to Woodhouses via Oldham & Limeside (Partly replacing Routes 404,405 & 434)
GMB Woodhouse - Limeside - Oldham - Fitton Park 03/10/1993 ESu 76 405 406 service withdrawn and replaced by new 78 13954 76 78 76 Y
BEE 04/10/1993 E jnys withdrawn (Replaced by Route 78)
GMN Woodhouse - Limeside - Oldham - Fitton Park 22/11/1993 14012 406 406 Y p
GMN Woodhouse - Limeside - Oldham - Chadderton 21/03/1994 Route revised between Limeside & Woodhouses 14450 406 406 Y p
GMN Woodhouse - Limeside - Oldham - Chadderton 06/06/1994 14731 406 406 Y p
GMN Woodhouse - Limeside - Oldham - Chadderton 12/09/1994 Route in Hollinwood & Limeside revised 14927 406 406 Y p
GMN Woodhouse - Limeside - Oldham - Chadderton 17/10/1994 Chadderton - Woodhouses Additional jny introduced
GMN Woodhouse - Limeside - Oldham - Chadderton 31/10/1994 MS Evening service introduced 15071 406 406 Y E
GMN Woodhouse - Limeside - Oldham -Middleton 09/05/1995 Extended to Middleton to partly replace service 51 15534 406 406 Y E
GMN Woodhouse - Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 30/10/1995 Evening jnys between Woodhouses & Oldham withdrawn (Replaced by Route 78) 16213 406 406 Y P
BBC GM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 01/04/1996 Service revised to operate Limeside - Middleton via Oldham Partly replaced by 159 16649 406 406 Y E
GMN ROS Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 05/05/1996 Operator revised 16714 406 406 Y E
BBC ROS Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 30/09/1996 Minor timetable revision 17084 406 406 Y E
BBC GM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 26/10/1997 E jny withdrawn Operator revised 18088 406 406 Y E
BBC GM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton -NMGH 15/12/1997 MS Day service extended to North Manchester General Hospital via Bank House 18198 406 406 Y E
BBC GM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 02/04/1998 406 406 Y
BBC FM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 27/04/1998 Revised to operate Middleton to Limeside. Early AM operator revision 18443 406 406 Y P
BBC FM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 27/07/1998 M-S 1810 1910 from MID TO OM and 1835 from OM jnys withdrawn 18790 406 406 Y E
BBC FM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 05/09/1999 M-S daytime from Midleton now 5 mins earlier Oldham 20035 406 406 Y E
FM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 31/07/2000 MF 0618 OM-MID withdrawn 21126 406 406 Y E
FM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 28/01/2001 Divert via Westwood B&Q and Elk Mill. Su now Oldham - Middleton. Times changed 21800 406 406 Y E
FM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 26/11/2001 Rerouted to serve Boarshaw 22583 406 406 Y E
FM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 27/05/2002 Extended to serve Hollinwood & Greengate, Broadgate & Whitegate Employment areas. (Boarshaw no longer served) 22994 406 406 Y
FM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 27/05/2002 Timetable and route revised. Route now serves Hollinwood, greengate, Whitegate employments areas but no longer serves Boarshaw. Partly funded by GMPTE with govt Urban Bus grant and run by first. 23982 406 406 yellow cover: 703 reprint Y E
FM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 25/07/2004 Addtl SuPH jnys 24487 406 406 Y E
FM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 24/10/2004 Curtailed to Hollinwood - Oldham - Middleton 24606 406 406 Y E
FM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 13/12/2004 Curtailment deffered to 131204 as per 250704 tt 24661 406 406 Y E
FM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 29/01/2006 M-S jnys withdrawn 25234 406 406 Y E View timetable
FM Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 29/01/2006 Revised 52 to operate Pendleton - Oldham and rerouted via Coppice and Lime Green Rd replacing 406. 25323 52 52 Y
VAL JPT Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 27/02/2006 M-S jnys introduced Chadderton - Oldham by Vale 25354 406 406 Y E View timetable
VAL JPT Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 23/04/2006 Su times changed now run by JPT PH jnys withdrawn 25405 406 406 Y E
VAL JPT Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 05/06/2006 Times changed: Supported M-S daytime hrly by Vale. NE. Su daytime hrly by JPT 25500 406 406 Y
FM JPT Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 04/09/2006 M-S now Mills Hill - Oldham only. 25665 406 406 Y E
FM MAY Limeside - Oldham - Middleton 04/12/2006 M-S now by Maynes 25810 406 406 Y E View timetable
JPT Oldham - Fitton Hill - Mills Hill - Middleton 30/07/2007 Most MS jnys divert via Royal Oldham Hosp. Times changed 26194 406 406 Y E
JPT Oldham - Fitton Hill - Mills Hill - Middleton 28/01/2008 M-S daytime now by JPT. No change to times 26537 406 406 Y E
JPT Oldham - Fitton Hill - Mills Hill - Middleton 07/09/2009 M-S extended to/from Middleton op by JPT 27492 406 406 Y E
BuV JPT Oldham - Fitton Hill - Mills Hill - Middleton 24/01/2010 M-S jnys curtailed Oldham to Mills hill and run by BuVal 27708 406 406 Y E
BuV JPT Oldham - Fitton Hill - Mills Hill - Middleton 11/04/2010 SuPH 0817 Mills hill - oldham and 1943 Oldham to Mills hill withdrawn 27832 406 406 Y E
BuV JPT Oldham - Fitton Hill - Mills Hill - Middleton 29/05/2011 PH jnys withdrawn 28416 406 406 Y E
FM Oldham - Fitton Park - Firwood Park - Mlls Hill SuPH to Middleton 29/01/2012 MS jnys extended to serve Firwood Park. Some jnys are withdrawn on Su. PH jnys added to Su Times. All jnys will be run by First Manchester. 12-0012 406 406 Y View timetable
FM Oldham - Fitton Park - Firwood Park - Mlls Hill SuPH to Middleton 29/01/2012 513 reprint 13-0823 406 406 513 reprint Y View timetable
FM Middleton - Oldham 27/10/2013 Times changed on SuPH.
FM Middleton /Mills Hill – Oldham 27/04/2014 Changed to run between Mills Hill and Oldham only on SuPH. Times changed. 14-0423 406 406 Y View timetable
SM Mills Hill – Oldham 12/04/2015 All jnys will be run by Stagecoach Manchester. 150157 406 406 Y E
SM MTV Oldham – Park Estate – (Mills Hill) 03/04/2016 MS jnys will be run by M Travel. SuPHs jnys are changed to run between Chadderton Park and Oldham only. Times changed. S-Mcr Su daytime hrly service. Service curtailed to Oldham- Park Estate only which enables the service to be interworked with 425, therefore containing contract costs. Recent surveys show on average less than 0.5 pax/trip travelling between Mills Hill and Park Estate. Tendered 412 continues to provide an hrly Su daytime service between Mills Hill and Chadderton Park. One pair of stops on Burnley Lane become unserved on Su daytime. M-S jnys now run by M Travel. SuPH jnys continue by Stagecoach. Times changed. 16-0174 406 406 Y View timetable
SM MTV Mills Hill – Oldham  23/04/2017 0925/1625/1725 ex Oldham, 0938/1638/1738 ex Chadderton Park withdrawn SUN 17-0388 406 View timetable
SM MTV Mills Hill – Oldham 22/07/2018 Su/BH times revised 18-0791 406 N E View timetable
SM Mills Hill – Oldham  28/04/2019 Run by M Travel/Stagecoach. Route withdrawn. Replaced by bus 149 between Chadderton, Park Avenue and Oldham.

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