Route 73
Route: Rushcroft - Shaw - Oldham - Hollinwood - Piccadilly
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM | Rushcroft - Shaw - Oldham - Hollinwood - Piccadilly | 28/07/1997 | New commercial GMf service replacing BEE 82: MS daytime ev15mins. NESu. | 17888 | 73 82 83 | 73 | 904 | Y | E | |
| FM ROS | Rochdale - New Hey - Shaw - Oldham - Hollinwood - Piccadilly | 26/04/1998 | Extended to Rochdale replacing 56 (Omitting Rushcroft See 58) Supported 58 BuV ESu hrly RE-New Hey. Supported 0547 RE-NH 0600 return by ROS | 18515 | 73 82 83 | 73 | 904 | Y | E | |
| FM ROS | Rochdale - New Hey - Shaw - Oldham - Hollinwood - Piccadilly | 31/05/1998 | no change listed | 18598 | 73 82 83 | 73 | Y | |||
| GM | Rushcroft - Shaw - Oldham - Hollinwood - Piccadilly | 29/06/1998 | Curtailed Rochdale - Hollinwood no longer serves city. Partly replaced by 82 83 to city | 18675 | 73 | 73 | Y | E | ||
| GM | Rushcroft - Shaw - Oldham - Hollinwood - Piccadilly | 29/06/1998 | Curtailed Rochdale - Hollinwood. Separate leaflet | 18686 | 82 83 | 82.1 | Y | |||
| FM ROS UNI | Rochdale - New Hey - Shaw - Oldham | 05/09/1999 | Curtailed RE-OM. M-S E BUVAL to UNIVERSAL BUSES (20783) (Was Route No 58) Commercial MS daytime ev30mins by FM. Supported ESu hrly NH - RE. | 19956 | 73 | 73 | 20763 | Y | E | |
| FM ROS UNI | Rochdale - New Hey - Shaw - Oldham - Chadderton - Middleton | 25/10/1999 | Extended from Oldham via Middleton Rd & Mills Hill to Middleton. MS daytime ev30mins. ESu unchanged | 20154 | 73 | 73 | Y | E | ||
| FM ROS | Rochdale - New Hey - Shaw - Oldham - Chadderton - Middleton | 21/11/1999 | UNIVERSAL BUSES M-S E withdrawn . Replaced by diverted 452 | 20373 | 73 | 73 | Y | E | ||
| FM ROS | Rochdale - New Hey - Shaw - Oldham - Chadderton - Middleton | 27/03/2000 | Some early MF jnys retimed | 20695 | 73 | 73 | CL | Y | E | |
| FM ROS | Rochdale - New Hey - Shaw - Oldham - Chadderton - Middleton | 31/07/2000 | Slight time changes | 21095 | 73 | 73 | Y | E | ||
| FM ROS | Rochdale - New Hey - Shaw - Oldham - Chadderton - Middleton | 25/02/2001 | 57 58 Extended to Rochdale (Replacing 73, 451 & 453) no longer serving Rushcroft - now served by 403 | 217053 ? | 57 58 | 57R | Y | E | ||
| BBC | CHADDERTON (Sportsman) - New Moston - Newton Heath - Manchester (Sackville St) | 07/01/2008 | New MS daytime hrly 0935 - 1735 : variation of service 72: | 26432 | 73 | 20R | CL | Y | ||
| BBC | CHADDERTON (Sportsman) - New Moston - Newton Heath - Manchester (Sackville St) | 20/07/2008 | no change listed | 26762 | 20 24 72 73 181 182 | 20R | Y | |||
| BBC | CHADDERTON (Sportsman) - New Moston - Newton Heath - Manchester (Sackville St) | 01/09/2008 | Service withdrawn - partly placed by 72 | 26872 | 20 24 72 181 182 75 | 20R | Y |