Route 88
Route: Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
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| VT | ALTRINCHAM - Hale Rd - Halebarns - Airport Veiwing Park - Wilmslow Rd - Morley Green - Wilmslow Rd - Water Lane - WILMSLOW (Bank Square) - Kings Arms - Beddels Lane - Chapel Lane - Moor lane - Brook Lane Corner - Lindow End - Mobberley - KNUTSFORD (Bus Station) | 12/01/2009 | Service 288 renumbered Connect 88. Route and times changed. Now run by Vale Travel. All renumbered 88. Separate leaflet | 27041 | 21 285 286 | 21A | Y | |||
| VT | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 12/01/2009 | Service 288 renumbered Connect 88. Route and times changed. Now run by Vale Travel. Hrly MS daytime NESu. Supported by Cheshire East | 88 | 88 | 88 | 110 reprint | Y | ||
| VT | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 01/01/2010 | no apparent change | 88 | 88 | 88 | Y | |||
| VT | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 01/01/2010 | no apparent change | 88 | 88 | 88 | 810 reprint | Y | E | |
| VT | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 30/08/2010 | Some morning jnys diverted to serve Morley Green | 88 | 88 | 88 | y | E | ||
| VT | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 30/10/2010 | EC | Y | ||||||
| VT | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 18/04/2011 | Some morning jnys revised: First from Knutsford 0700, from Wilmslow 0626. 0815 from Altrincham now 0810 | 88 | 88 | 88 | Y | E | ||
| VT | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 01/10/2012 | no change - reprint | EC | 88 | 88 | y | E | ||
| GHA | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 26/10/2014 | Times changed with additional jnys introduced. | 88 Gold | 88 | 88 | Y | E | ||
| GHA | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 30/08/2015 | Times changed. | Y | E | |||||
| GHA | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 21/12/2015 | GHA gold service: ev30mins alternate via Morley Green Church. New branded E200 buses | 88 Gold | 88 | 88 | Y | E | ||
| ANW | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 18/07/2016 | emergency 90 day timetable on demise of GHA. | A160718 | 88 | 88 | Y | E | ||
| ANW | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 01/08/2016 | emergency 90 day timetable on demise of GHA. | paper | 88 | 88 | 1117 reprint | Y | ||
| D&G | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 23/10/2016 | ANW: Times changed. All jnys will be run by D&G Bus. | 17-1745 | 88 | 88 | Y | View timetable | ||
| D&G | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 24/10/2016 | GHA ceased trading : replaced by D&G. revised times | 17-0770 | 88 | 88 | 810 reprint | Y | E | View timetable |
| D&G | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 24/10/2016 | ANW: Times changed. All jnys will be run by D&G Bus. | paper | 88 | 88 | Y | |||
| D&G | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 30/10/2016 | GHA ceased trading : replaced by D&G. revised times | D161030 | 88 | 88 | 810 reprint | Y | E | |
| D&G | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 01/04/2018 | Times changed with buses running hourly. Generally jnys continue to Macclesfield as bus 88 or Northwich as bus 89. 88A New MF daytime route introduced between Colshaw Farm, Wilmslow, Mobberley and Knutsford. 89 New MS daytime route introduced replacing bus 289 between Knutsford and Northwich with connecting buses running to from Altrincham via Wilmslow as bus 88. From 8 April 288 Times changed. All jnys are now run by D&G Bus. Some jnys are rerouted to serve Airport City or the Runway Viewing Park | 18-0139 | 88 88A 89 288 | 88 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| D&G | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 22/07/2018 | Times revised to improve reliability. Service 88A withdrawn due to low passenger numbers, but service 88 diverted via Longridge to provide an hourly MS service. Some villages not served at peak times. | 18-0974 | 88 89 | 88 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| D&G | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 28/10/2018 | MF times changed | 18-1548 | 88 89 | 88 | y | E | View timetable | |
| D&G | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 28/04/2019 | Supported ESuPH introduced every 2 hours between Altrincham and Wilmslow. (89 not in TfGM area) | 19-0607 | 88 | 88 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| D&G | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 28/04/2019 | Supported ESuPH introduced every 2 hours between Altrincham and Wilmslow. (89 not in TfGM area) | Ches 88 89 188 | 88 | 88 | Y | E | ||
| D&G | Altrincham – Wilmslow | 27/10/2019 | Directly funded TfGM jnys introduced in April 2019 with redeployed resource, demand has been low on later jnys and these jnys now withdrawn to mitigate a tender price increase: From Altrincham 1900 (Su), 2100/2300 (Daily) From Wilmslow 1929/2129 (Daily). 45 pax/week on these jnys with many being able to use service 288 or 283/284 instead. Last jny from Altrincham to Hale Barns now 2200 instead of current 2300 (average 1.3 pax/trip). Su 0746 from Halebarns to Wilmslow withdrawn. 1815 from Macclesfield no longer runs through to Altrincham now terminates at Wilmslow. Altrincham to Wilmslow S 1900 retimed to 1910 and Wilmslow to Altrincham S 1929 retimed to 1939. No cost implications. | Y | ||||||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Macclesfield | 27/10/2019 | M-S hrly; Su ev2hrs ALT - WM | 246600 | 88 188 | 88 | Y | |||
| D&G | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 27/10/2019 | Times revised . TfGM funding withdrawn. Altrincham - Wilmslow E service withdrawn, Su0746 HB-Wilm withdrawn. 89 189 not in GM area. | Ches 88 89 188 | 88 | 88 | y | p | ||
| D&G | Altrincham - Hale Barns - Wilmslow - Mobberley - Knutsford | 27/10/2019 | Some ESuPH journeys are withdrawn. | D191027 | 88 | E | ||||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Macclesfield | 20/03/2020 | 88 run to special Timetable - M-S daytime : 0845 ev2hrs 1645 plus posioning jnys from Knutsford: 0730 to AM; 0758 to Macc | 265819 | 88 | 88 | Y | |||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Macclesfield | 25/03/2020 | 88 run to special Timetable | 246898 265819 | 88 | 88 | ||||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Macclesfield | 26/03/2020 | 88 will run to special Timetable | no tt | Y | |||||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Macclesfield | 29/03/2020 | services 88 will run ev 2hrs M-S daytime between Altrincham and Macclesfield via Wilmslow and Knutsford. services 89 extensions to Northwich is withdrawn. services 288 will run ev 2hrs M-S daytime between East Didsbury and Manchester Airport via Altrincham. | 246897 | 88 | 88 | Y | |||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Macclesfield | 29/03/2020 | services 88 will run ev 2hrs M-S daytime between Altrincham and Macclesfield via Wilmslow and Knutsford. services 89 extensions to Northwich are withdrawn. | 246899 | 88 | 88 | 821 | Y | ||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Macclesfield | 04/04/2020 | services 88 will run ev 2hrs M-S daytime between Altrincham and Macclesfield via Wilmslow and Knutsford. Hrly Atrincham - Knutsford: alternate continue ev2hrs as 89 to Northwich | 265820 | 88 188 89 | 88 | ||||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Macclesfield | 10/04/2020 | There will be no services on the 88 and 288 on Good Friday, Easter Su or Easter Monday. | no tt | ||||||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Macclesfield | 08/05/2020 | BH Fri 8th May. No Cheshire East or Greater Manchester services will operate. | no tt | Y | |||||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Macclesfield | 01/06/2020 | 88 M-F two additional Knutsford-Altrincham services in each direction and two additional Wilmslow-Altrincham services in each direction. Sat/Sun/ BH Hrly (M-S) 2 hrly (Su) ???? CEC contract: | 265823 | 88 | 88 | Y | |||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Macclesfield | 08/06/2020 | M-S reverts to 2 hrly services | 266003 | 88 | 88 | ||||
| D&G | Macclesfield — Knutsford — Mobberley — Wilmslow — Altrincham | 15/06/2020 | 88 89 will return to the normal Timetable (Not TfGM jnys | no tt | Y | |||||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Macclesfield | 01/09/2020 | M-S daytime hrly . NESuPH. | 266304 | 88 | 88 | 284074 | Y | ||
| LG D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Knutsford - Henbury - Macclesfield | 11/04/2021 | Times changed. Addtl early S E jnys and daytime jnys on SuPH introduced btwn Wilmslow - Altrincham run by Little Gem. | 21-SC-0140 | 88 89 | 88 | 518 | Y | View timetable | |
| LG | Altrincham — Wilmslow — Mobberley — Knutsford — Macclesfield | 24/04/2022 | Supported Little Gem SuPH jnys Altrincham-Wilmslow withdrawn (5 round trips at 2hrly) due to low average use (less than 2pax/jny btwn Sept 2021 and Jan 2022). Service 288 continues to provide 2hrly Su service along Hale Rd to the M56 junction and 283/284 also link Hale Barns to Altrincham on Su. | 22-SC-0164 | 88 89 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| LG | Altrincham — Wilmslow — Mobberley — Knutsford — Macclesfield | 24/04/2022 | Supported Little Gem SuPH jnys Altrincham-Wilmslow withdrawn (5 round trips at 2hrly) due to low average use (less than 2pax/jny btwn Sept 2021 and Jan 2022). Service 288 continues to provide 2hrly Su service along Hale Rd to the M56 junction and 283/284 also link Hale Barns to Altrincham on Su. | 22-SC-0164 | 88 89 | 284621 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| D&G | Altrincham — Wilmslow — Mobberley — Knutsford — Macclesfield | 24/04/2022 | No change to M-S daytime service operated by D&G. | 22-SC-0164 | 88 89 | 284621 | Y | View timetable | ||
| D&G | Altrincham — Wilmslow — Mobberley — Knutsford — Macclesfield | 24/04/2022 | No change to M-S daytime service operated by D&G. | 22-SC-0164 | 88 89 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| D&G | Altrincham — Wilmslow — Mobberley — Knutsford — Macclesfield | 05/09/2022 | Changes to sch service 188: no change to 88 | D&G220905 | 88 188 | E | ||||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Knutsford - Henbury - Macclesfield | 01/05/2023 | Minor changes to M-S times at Over Peover and Morley Green. | 23-SC-0177 | 88 89 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| D&G | Altrincham - Wilmslow - Knutsford - Henbury - Macclesfield | 01/05/2023 | 23sc0501 | 88 89 | 88 | 518 | E |