Route 79
Route: Piccadilly - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMB | Manchester (Piccadilly) - Hightown - CHEETHAM HILL - Crumpsall Lane - Crumpsall - Delaunays Rd - BLACKLEY - White Moss - Charlestown Rd - Moston - Moston Lane - Upper Conran Street - Fernclough Rd - Rochdale Rd - Manchester | 26/10/1986 | Daily 0517 MF Early journeys (4020) | 517 4020 | ||||||
| GMB | Piccadilly - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 26/10/1986 | MS commercial ev30mins plus hrly ESu. Addtl Su hrly Piccadilly - WM. Reverse = 81 | 5079 | 79 80 81 87 88 | 79 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Piccadilly - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 26/01/1987 | no apparent change | 5879 | 79 80 81 87 88 | 79 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Piccadilly - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 30/03/1987 | times changed. Su now hrly - shorts not listed | 5939 | 79 80 81 87 88 | 79 | green | Y | ||
| GMB | Piccadilly - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 30/03/1987 | MS daytime ev30mins . ESu hrly | G870330 | 79 80 81 87 88 753 754 772 | 79 | Y | |||
| GMB | Piccadilly - White Moss Circ | 21/06/1987 | MS daytime ev30mins ESu hrly full circle plus hrly to WN via CH. Return as 81 | G870621 | 78 79 81 | 75 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Piccadilly - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 30/08/1987 | Between Manchester and Cheetham Hill operates via Waterloo Rd not Cheetham Hill Rd. MS daytime ev30mins full route plus ev30mins Picc- WhiteMoss. ESuBH hrly full route plus hrly Picc- WM. | G870830 | 78 79 81 | 79 | Y | |||
| GMB | Piccadilly - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 31/05/1988 | Commercial ev30mins MS daytime. E hrly plus hrly shorts Picc-WM. Supported Su as E. | 6806 | 79 81 | 79 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Piccadilly - Cheetham Hill - White Moss circ | 31/05/1988 | MS ev30mins plus ESuBH hrly full route plus hrly Picc-White Moss. Reverse = 81 | G880531 | 78 79 81 | 78 | Y | |||
| GMB | Piccadilly - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 30/08/1988 | revised timetable | 7107 | 79 81 | 79 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Piccadilly - Cheetham Hill - White Moss circ | 30/08/1988 | no apparent change | G880830 | 78 79 81 | 78 | black | Y | ||
| GMB | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 13/02/1989 | Manchester terminus now Arndale | 7623 | 79 81 | 79 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 13/02/1989 | Manchester terminus now Arndale | G890213 | 78 79 81 | 78 | Y | |||
| GMB | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 05/06/1989 | no apparent change | 8474 | 79 81 | 79 | 889 reprint | Y | ||
| GMB | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 15/01/1990 | City centre route revised : reverse = 81. ev30mins daytime: ESu hrly fuly route plus hrly Arndale - Cheetham - White Moss | 10123 | 79 81 | 79 | Y | |||
| GMB CIT | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 24/03/1991 | CITIBUS Sunday (9541) | no tt | 79 | 9541 | N | |||
| GMB CIT | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 22/04/1991 | Timetable revised. MS daytime ev30mins, hrly E. Supported Su E hrly by CITIBUS. Su daytime comercial by CITIBUS hrly plus hrly shorts ARN-WM | 10995 | 79 81 | 79 | Y | |||
| GMB CIT | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 23/06/1991 | Su jnys revised. Short jnys withdrawn. | 11126 | 79 81 | 79 | Y | E | ||
| GMB CIT | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 29/12/1991 | Su jnys revised. All now supported | 12034 | 79 81 | 79 | Y | E | ||
| GMB CIT | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 21/09/1992 | Addtl jnys | 12791 | 79 81 | 79 | Y | E | ||
| GMB CIT BBC | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 16/11/1992 | MS E now runs commercial Blackley- Moston-Collyhurst - Arndale by GMB plus supported hrly BLUEBIRD ARN - WM. 0607 from Hightown is withdrawn, M-F. 0624 from Manchester will commence from Hightown at 0636, M-F. Frequency reduced to every half hour during PM peak, M-F. M-S E service curtailed to operate Blackley - Moston - MCR only | 13027 | 79 81 | 79 | 11887 | Y | E | |
| GMB CIT BBC | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 17/05/1993 | timetable revised | 13520 | 79 81 | 79 | Y | E | ||
| GMB CIT BBC STU | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 27/06/1993 | Supported Su E now by STUARTS (12763) . Early Su now by GMB. Commercial Su daytime by CIT. | 13628 | 79 81 | 79 | 12763 | Y | E | |
| GMB CIT STU | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 29/11/1993 | Supported M-S E BLUEBIRD to GMB | 14132 | 79 81 | 79 | Y | E | ||
| GMB CIT STU | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 13/12/1993 | GMB to GM NORTH | no tt | 79 | 79 | N | |||
| GMN | Liverpool - Croxeth (- Carr Mill - Wigan) | 13/12/1993 | GMB to GM NORTH | no tt | 79 | 79L | 13061 | N | ||
| GMB CIT STU | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 05/05/1994 | CITIBUS taken over by GM NORTH (15012) | no tt | 79 | 79 | 15012 | N | ||
| GMB CIT STU | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 08/06/1994 | One early evening journey now CITIBUS (14437) | no tt | 79 | 79 | 14437 | N | ||
| GMN CIT STU | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 25/07/1994 | timetable revised | 14724 | 79 81 | 79 | Y | E | ||
| GMN CIT STU | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 08/08/1994 | One early evening journey now GMBuses (14437) | no tt | 79 | 79 | 14437 | N | ||
| GMN CIT STU | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 30/01/1995 | timetable revised | 15240 | 79 81 | 79 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | White Moss | 06/05/1995 | Not sure correct? Entry for service 81 mentions GMB taken over by GMN Sundays. Suspect it is transfer of Citibus (owned by GMN) journeys to GMN proper? | 79 | ||||||
| GMN CIT STU | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 06/05/1995 | GMBuses taken over by GM NORTH (15012) ????? | no tt | 79 | 79 | 15012 | N | ||
| GMN CIT STU | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 30/09/1996 | City Centre route revised | 15240 | 79 81 | 79 | N | |||
| GM | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 02/12/1996 | City centre route revised: Terminus Cannon St via Victoria Stn. All jnys by GM (First) | 17376 | 79 81 | 79 | Y | E | ||
| GMN CIT STU | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 22/03/1998 | GM NORTH to FIRST Manchester | |||||||
| GMN CIT STU | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 17/05/1998 | Service withdrawn and partly replaced by new 51 &57 | 18570 | 51 52 | 51 | Y | |||
| GMN CIT STU | Arndale - Cheetham Hill - Blackley - White Moss circ | 30/09/1998 | 30.9.98 City Centre route revised | ??? | ||||||
| BBC FM | Oldham - Chadderton - Moston - Collyhurst - Piccadilly / Cannon St | 06/09/1999 | New commercial route replacing 404 405 OM-Moston. MS daytime ev30mins. NESu . Services before 0900 to Piccadilly - rest to Cannon St. BBC FM | 19992 | 79 81 423 | 79.2 | 20524 | Y | E | |
| FM | Oldham - Chadderton - Moston - Collyhurst - Piccadilly / Cannon St | 25/10/1999 | no change listed | 20122 | 79 81 423 | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Oldham - Chadderton - Moston - Collyhurst - Piccadilly / Cannon St | 30/01/2000 | no change listed | 20503 | 79 81 423 | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Oldham - Chadderton - Moston - Collyhurst - Piccadilly / Cannon St | 30/07/2000 | no change listed | 21426 | 79 81 423 | 79.2 | 1000 reprint | Y | ||
| FM | Oldham - Chadderton - Moston - Collyhurst - Piccadilly / Cannon St | 25/02/2001 | service 79 withdrawn: replaced by addtl 81 and 415 | 21721 | 81 | 81 | 20524 | Y | E | |
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 27/05/2002 | New jnys Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston MF0530 0630. Runs as route 81 to Broad way, then via Middleton Junc and Greengate | 23013 | 79 | 79.2 | CL | Y | E | |
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 01/09/2002 | no change listed | 23185 | 79 81 | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 01/09/2002 | no change listed | 23400 | 79 81 | 79.2 | 1002 reprint | Y | ||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 31/08/2003 | no change listed | 23994 | 79 81 | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| BBC | Manchester (Cross Street) - King Street - High Street - Shude Hill - Rochdale Rd - Fernclough Rd - Upper Conran Street - Moston - Moston Lane - Charlestown Rd - White Moss | 31/08/2003 | New commercial E peak outbound only: 1637 1707 1737. | 24080 | 79 112 113 | 79.2 | 30 | Y | E | |
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 31/08/2003 | 1004 reprint | 24194/21 | 79 81 | 79.2 | 1004 reprint | Y | ||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 31/08/2003 | 104 reprint | 24194/21 | 79 81 | 79.2 | 104 reprint | Y | P | |
| BBC | King St / High St - Collyhurst - White Moss | 26/01/2004 | 1737 now from King St. | 24246 | 79 112 113 | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| BBC | King St / High St - Collyhurst - White Moss | 27/02/2005 | service withdrawn - partly replaced by extra 77 jnys | 24734 | 112 113 | 112 | 30 | Y | ||
| JPT | Cross St - King St - Collyhurst - White Moss | 28/02/2005 | now run by JPT no timetable change | 24795 | 79 | 79.2 | 58 | Y | E | |
| JPT | Cross St - King St - Collyhurst - White Moss | 09/05/2005 | times changed: 1630 1707 from Cross St, 1745 from King St | 24867 | 79 | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 24/07/2005 | MF 0530 from Oldham withdrawn. 0630 remains | 24948 | 79 81 | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| JPT | White Moss | 01/01/2006 | Can't see a withdrawal date for this 79 | 79 | ||||||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 29/01/2006 | no change listed | 25315 | 79 81 | 79.2 | 58 | Y | E | |
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 29/01/2006 | 606 reprint | 25507 /13 | 79 81 | 79.2 | 58 | Y | ||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 15/04/2007 | no change listed | 25970 | 79 81 | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 28/10/2007 | no change listed | 26311 | 79 81 | 79.2 | Y | |||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 27/01/2008 | no change listed | 26472 | 79 81 | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 20/07/2008 | no change listed | 26766 | 79 81 | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 19/04/2009 | no change listed | 27244 | 79 81 81A | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 30/08/2009 | no change listed | 27479 | 79 81 81A | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 25/01/2010 | no change listed | 27664 | 79 81 81A | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 11/04/2010 | no change listed | 27836 | 79 81 81A | 79.2 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Oldham - Werneth - Broad gate Employment Area - Moston | 26/07/2010 | service withdrawn - one jny MF0630 | 27963 | 79 | 79.2 | CL | Y | E | |
| DIA | Pendleton - Ordsall - Old Trafford - Gorse Hill - Stretford | 24/09/2023 | Route replaced by TfGM Franchising - operated by Diamond Bus North West |