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Route: East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly

Route history

Operator Route Change date Change Leaflet job no. Routes listed Envelope code Licence no./notes In collection E-Version Link
GMB WAL Didsbury - Rusholme - Univ - Piccadilly 26/10/1986 WAL MF Su NIGHT service NEW daily 0030 0130 0230 OUT 4036 42 46 47 50 82 101 etc 40M 899 Y
GMB Didsbury - Rusholme - Univ - Piccadilly 28/01/1987 WAL jnys withdrawn no tt 42 40M 899 Y
GMB East Didsbury - Didsbury - Rusholme - Univ - Piccadilly 25/08/1988 Night service extended to East Didsbury no tt 42 40M 899 Y
GMB Didsbury - Rusholme - Univ - Piccadilly 29/10/1988 Night service curtailed at Didsbury no tt 42 40M 899 Y
NW Christies Hosp - Withington - Rusholme - Piccadilly 09/11/1989 New daytime service ev20mins MS daytime. Not Univ Hols NW891109 A42 343 344 42S Y P
NW East Didsbury - Rusholme - Piccadilly 05/03/1990 New service no tt 42 42E 8718 N
SM East Didsbury - Didsbury - Rusholme - Univ - Piccadilly 09/07/1996 New MS service no tt 42X 40M 16916 Y
SM MAG BUL UKN GLO FIN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 31/01/1999 COMPLICATED TIMETABLES - UNABLE TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS JOURNEYS DUE TO Summary timetables 42 142 157 W2 ev2 - 8 mins daily by SM MAG FIN UKN GLO BUL . Outbound addtl by 40 40R 42R Addtl 42 Su pm and E jnys by UKN 19075 42 142 40R 42A 42R 157 W2 42E Y
BUL SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - AlbertSq 31/01/1999 Summary timetables 42 BUL ev20mins 42A SM ev30mins. : OUT 40 40R 42R 19075 42 142 40R 42A 42R 157 W2 42E Y
SM BUL FIN UKN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 25/04/1999 Times changed: GLO not listed: Summary timetables 42 142 157 W2 ev2 - 8 mins daily by SM MAG FIN UKN BUL . Outbound addtl by 40 40R 42R Addtl 42 Su pm and E jnys by UKN 19597 42 142 40 40R 42A 42R 157 W2 42E Y
SM BUL FIN UKN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 05/09/1999 Times changed 20214 42 142 40 40R 42A 42R 157 W2 42E Y P
SM BUL FIN UKN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 19/09/1999 NIGHT service times changed 20214 42 142 40 40R 42A 42R 157 W2 42E Y p
BUL FIN MAG SM UKN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 21/11/1999 42 Times changed. Summary timetable ev2-10mins by BUL FIN MAG SM UKN. 40R 42R WITHDRAWN and replaced by revised 42A - time and route changed most serve Cross St 20388 42 42A 142 40 45 157 42E Y
UKN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 29/11/1999 Times and routes of UKN jnys changed, Some extended to Cross St 20388 42 42A 142 40 45 157 42E Y
UKN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 06/03/2000 Times and routes of UKN jnys changed 20623 42 42A 142 40 45 157 42E Y
UKN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 27/03/2000 Some UKN jnys WITHDRAWN on M 20623 42 42A 142 40 45 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 16/04/2000 Some early jnys WITHDRAWN or retimed slightly 20623 42 42A 142 40 45 157 42E Y
UKN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 19/06/2000 Times of UKN jnys changed 20962 42 42A 142 40 45 157 42E Y E
BULL FIN MAG SM UKN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 22/09/2000 Summary timetables 42 42A 42B 45A 49 142 157: BULL FIN MAG SM UKN 21439 42 42A 42B 45A 49 142 157 42E Y
MAG BUL East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 11/12/2000 no changes listed 21572 42 42A 49 142 42B 45A 157 42E Y
BULL FIN MAG SM UKN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 17/06/2001 Summary timetables 42 42A 42B 45A 49 142 157: BULL FIN MAG SM UKN 22113 42 42A 42B 45A 49 142 157 42E Y
MAG BUL East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 17/09/2001 42 42A times changed 22433 42 42A 49 142 42B 45A 157 42E Y
MAG BUL East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 23/09/2001 times changed 22433 42 42A 49 142 42B 45A 157 42E Y
MAG SM FIN BUL East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 25/02/2002 42 42A no change listed 22802 42 42A 49 142 42E summary Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 17/06/2002 Addtl jnys from Albert Sq on FS Night jnys. Minor change Night jnys from Picc - EDids 23038 42 42A 142 42B 45A 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 22/07/2002 42 times changed 23038 42 42A 142 42B 45A 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 22/09/2002 42 42A 42B times changed with addtl jnys on 42B replacing withdrawn 49 23377 42 42A 142 42B 45A 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 23/09/2002 42 Times changed; 42A no change listed 23505 42 42A 142 42B 45A 157 42E Y E
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 27/04/2003 42 Times changed 23674 42 42A 142 42B 45A 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 14/09/2003 Su times changed 24081 42 42A 142 42B 45A 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 22/09/2003 42 Times changed 24081 42 42A 142 42B 45A 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 15/12/2003 Addtl 42 MTuS NIGHT jnys: by UKN 0116 ev15mins 0231 24136 42 42E cl Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 24/01/2004 42 Times changed with some late night jnys withdrawn 24174 42 42A 142 42B 45A 157 42E Y p
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 14/06/2004 Buses 42 42A 42B 45A 142 SM MF times changed during summer to 4 Sept. 42B timetable: Daily daytime hrly, plus E hrly 42A. 24385 42 42A 42B 142 45A 157 42E Y E
UKN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 14/06/2004 Some UKN 42 jnys WITHDRAWN 24385 42 42A 42B 142 45A 157 42E Y E
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 14/06/2004 Buses 42 42A 42B 45A 142 SM MF times changed during summer to 4 Sept. 42B timetable: Daily daytime hrly, plus E hrly 42A. 24385 42 42A 42B 142 45A 157 42E Y E
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 06/09/2004 SM times revert after Summer: 42 42A 42B 142 24531 42 42A 42B 142 45A 157 42E Y
UKN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 20/09/2004 Times of 42 UKN jnys revised 24531 42 42A 42B 142 45 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 21/02/2005 42 Times changed 24834 42 42A 42B 142 45 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 07/03/2005 42 Times changed: addtl jnys 24834 42 42A 42B 142 45 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 03/04/2005 42 42A Times changed. 42B service WITHDRAWN 24834 42 42A 142 45 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 13/06/2005 Summer times to 160705: 42 42A 45 142 24930 42 142 42A 45 157 42E summer Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 17/07/2005 Further summer period to 3 Sept: FIN 42 times changed 24943 42 142 42A 45 157 42E summer Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 05/09/2005 42 times changed with addtl jnys 25081 42 141 142 42A 45 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 16/09/2005 42 times changed 25081 42 141 142 42A 45 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 23/09/2005 42 Times changed 25081 42 141 142 42A 45 157 42E Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 29/01/2006 no change listed 25307 42 141 142 42E Y E View timetable
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 20/03/2006 Addtl Night jnysCorporation St - East Didsbury; jnys from 21 Piccadilly withdrawn 25307 42 141 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
SM GM2 UKN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 26/06/2006 GMBuses jnys withdrawn. UKN jnys times changed. SM unchanged 25505 42 142 42E summary Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 03/09/2006 Times changed 25712 42 141 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 11/09/2006 Times changed 25712 42 141 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 18/09/2006 no change listed 25712 42 141 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 16/02/2007 GM2 and UKN jnys withdrawn, SM no change listed 25949 42 141 142 42E summary Y E
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 02/07/2007 Summer changes to 31Aug for jnys from Millgate La 26068 42 42E CL Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 02/09/2007 Times changed with addtl early jnys 26244 42 141 142 42E summary Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 02/09/2007 Summary timetable : 508 reprint 26706 42 141 142 42E 508 reprint Y
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 08/09/2008 no change listed 26920 42 142 42E summary Y E
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 01/09/2009 no change listed 27487 42 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 06/09/2010 times changed 28113 42 142 42E summary Y
SM FIN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 09/05/2011 times changed 28431 42 142 42E summary Y E
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 04/09/2011 no change listed 28580 42 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
FIN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 20/02/2012 FIN Times changed with some jnys withdrawn 12-0151 42 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
FIN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 03/09/2012 FIN Times changed. 12-1353 42 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
FIN East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 07/01/2013 Fin times changed - now ev20mins: ESuPH jnys withdrawn. SM jnys unchanged 12-1887 42 42E CL Y View timetable
East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 27/01/2013 no change listed 13-0103 42 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 01/09/2013 no change listed 13-1481 42 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
SM FM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 09/02/2014 FIN jnys now run by FM having taken over company. Times not changed 140214 42 142 42E summary Y E
FM SM Stockport/East Didsbury – Mcr 27/04/2014 Times changed between East Didsbury and Mcr with addtl jnys.  Addtl jnys by First Mcr between East Didsbury, Mcr and North Mcr General Hosp. 14-0555 42 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
FM SM East Didsbury - Mcr/North Mcr General Hosp 09/06/2014 FM Times changed with late night journeys WITHDRAWN during University holidays. 14-0674 42 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
FM SM East Didsbury – Piccadilly 31/08/2014 FM jnys M-F retimed 141334 42 142 42E summary Y E
FM SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 26/10/2014 Some FM jnys withdrawn during Univ hols. Minor SuPH changes 14-1548 42 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
FM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 19/07/2015 Times changed including temporary changes during Summer to 29 August 2015. no tt 42 42E summer N
FM SM East Didsbury - Piccadilly 30/08/2015 FM jnys retimed incl changes to Night jnys. SM normal timetable is introduced at the end of the Summer period. 15-1309 42 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 24/07/2016 Times changed with late night journeys WITHDRAWN 16-0738 42 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
FM SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 30/10/2016 no changes listed 16-1426 42 142 42E summary Y E View timetable
FM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 08/01/2017 Times changed temporarily due to roadworks on Brook St. Jnys to/from Middleton are also temporarily changed  to run between Middleton and Mcr, Chorlton St only. no tt 42 42E N
SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 29/01/2017 Times changed with some SM 42 jnys replaced by 42A 42B 17-0135 42 142 42A 42B 42E summary Y E View timetable
East Didsbury 23/04/2017 42/42A/42B times changed M-S 17-0554 42 142 42E N E View timetable
FM SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 23/07/2017 MF times changed during summer to 2 Sept 17-1042 42 142 42A 42B 42E summary Y E View timetable
FM SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 03/09/2017 Times changed 17-1340 42 142 42A 42B 42E summary Y E View timetable
FM SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 28/01/2018 Times changed 18-0004 42 142 42A 42B 42E summary Y E View timetable
FM SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 04/03/2018 times of FM jnys changed with some withdrawn. SM no change listed 18-0061 42 142 42A 42B 42E summary Y E View timetable
FM SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 04/03/2018 no change listed 18-0061 42 142 42A 42B 42E summary Y E View timetable
SM East Didsbury 22/07/2018 Summer tt until 1/9/18 18-1008 42 142 42A 42B 42E summary N E View timetable
FM SM East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 02/09/2018 no change listed 18-1199 42 142 42A 42B 42E summary Y E View timetable
MAG East Didsbury -Rusholme - Piccadilly 28/10/2018 FM jnys withdrawn 18-1405 42 142 42E summary Y View timetable

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