Route 96
Route: Manchester - Broughton Bridge - Sedgeley Park - PRESTWICH - Heywood Road - Polefield - SIMISTER
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMB | 26/10/1986 | commercial MF peak withflow ev30mins: 0739 0809 IN, 1610 1640 1710 1740 OUT | 5091 | 91 94 95 96 97 | 91 | Y | E | |||
| GMB | Manchester - Broughton Bridge - Sedgeley Park - PRESTWICH - Heywood Rd - Polefield - SIMISTER | 26/10/1986 | Commercial SuF daytime ev30mins, S addtl ARN-Bury Old Rd ev30mins, E hrly. | 5091 | 91 94 95 96 97 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | 26/10/1986 | 1186 reprint | 5091 | 91 94 95 96 97 | 91 | 1186 reprint | Y | |||
| GMB | 26/10/1986 | 1086 reprint | 5091 | 91 94 95 96 97 | 91 | 1086 reprint | Y | |||
| GMB | 26/01/1987 | no apparent change | 5091 | 91 94 95 96 97 | 91 | 4168 | y | E | ||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 26/01/1987 | no apparent change | 5091 | 91 94 95 96 97 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 03/08/1987 | no apparent change | G870803 | 91 95 96 97 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 11/10/1987 | no apparent change | G871011 | 91 95 96 97 | 91 | Y | |||
| 11/10/1987 | G871011 | 91 95 96 97 | 91 | 5663 | Y | |||||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 30/08/1988 | no apparent change | G880830 | 91 95 96 97 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | 19/12/1988 | G881219 | 91 95 96 97 | 91 | N | E | ||||
| GMB | 19/12/1988 | no change listed | G881219 | 91 95 96 97 | 91 | Y | E | |||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 10/04/1989 | Timetables revised. Peak commercial, supported daytime ev30mins ESu hrly. Saturday shorts are withdrawn | 7952 | 94 96 97 98 | 94 | Y | |||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 10/04/1989 | Times changed: MS daytime ev30mins. ESu hrly. | G890410 | 91 96 97 98 | 91 | Y | |||
| GMB | 10/04/1989 | G890410 | 91 96 97 98 | 91 | y | |||||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 30/05/1989 | Supported daytime ev30mins ESu hrly. Peak withflow commercial MF 0730 0800 0830 IN 1625 1655 1725 1755 OUT | 8130 | 91 94 96 97 98 | 91 | Y | |||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 24/09/1989 | no change listed | 8603 | 91 94 96 97 98 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 25/11/1989 | no change listed | 8949 | 91 94 96 97 98 | 91 | 8215 | N | E | |
| GMB | 25/11/1989 | no change listed | 8949 | 91 94 96 97 98 | 91 | 7890 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 02/04/1990 | MS Day GM BUSES to BEELINE BUZZ COMPANY (8215) | no tt | 96 | Y | ||||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 12/05/1990 | no change listed | 9591 | 91 95 96 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | 12/05/1990 | no change listed | 9591 | 91 95 96 | 91 | Y | E | |||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 22/04/1991 | Alternate MS daytime jnys divert via Carr clough as 396. MS daytime hrly plus supported ESu hrly. | 10935 | 91 95 96 396 | 91 | Y | |||
| Simister-Manchester | 17/06/1991 | Service 95 appears to have been withdrawn, not 96 | Y | |||||||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 17/06/1991 | service withdrawn | 11164 | 91 96 396 | 91 | ||||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 19/08/1991 | no change listed | 11381 | 91 96 396 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 27/12/1991 | no change listed | 12014 | 91 96 396 | 91 | Y | |||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 21/03/1992 | no change listed | 12305 | 91 96 396 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| 21/03/1992 | 12305 | 91 96 396 | 91 | Y | E | |||||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 20/07/1992 | timetable revised replacing withdrawn 396. Now MS ev30mins daytime Supported ESu hrly. | 12667 | 91 96 | 91 | Y | |||
| GMB | Simister – Sedgley Park - Arndale | 20/07/1992 | Timetable revised: M-S daytime xx31 xx55 from ARN: Supported ESu hrly | 12667 | 91 96 | 91 | Y | |||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 02/11/1992 | no change listed | 12904 | 91 96 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Simister – Sedgley Park - Arndale | 16/11/1992 | Timetable revised: M-S daytime hrly. Supported ESu hrly | 13017 | 91 96 | 91 | Y | |||
| GMB | SIMISTER - Manchester | 16/11/1992 | Service reduced to every hour, M-F daytime and all day Saturday- no change to evening or Sunday service. | GA921116 | Y | |||||
| GMB MAY | Simister - Sedgley Park - Arndale | 29/03/1993 | ESu diverted via Carr Clough replacing 139. Supported ESu GMB to MAYNE to/from Picc Bus Stn | 13416 | 91 96 | 91 | 9971 | Y | ||
| GMB | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale | 29/03/1993 | ESu diverted via Carr Clough replacing 139. Su GMB to MAYNE (See also Route 135 &139) | 13416 | 91 96 | 91 | Y | |||
| GMB MAY | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale / Piccadilly | 24/05/1993 | Timetable revised: ESu by MAYNES extended to/from Piccadilly | 13505 | 91 96 | 91 | N | N | ||
| GMB | Manchester - SIMISTER | 24/05/1993 | M-S journeys which leave Manchester at 31 minutes past each hour will now leave at 25 minutes past each hour. No Change to times from Simister. | GA930524 | Y | |||||
| GMB MAY | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale / Piccadilly | 06/09/1993 | no change listed | 13815 | 91 96 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMN MAY | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale / Piccadilly | 05/09/1994 | no change listed | 14844 | 91 96 | 91 | Y | |||
| GMN MAY | Simister - Sedgley Park - Arndale | 05/09/1994 | no change listed | 14844 | 91 96 | 91 | Y | |||
| GMN MAY | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale / Piccadilly | 07/11/1994 | no change listed | 15045 | 96 | 96 | Y | |||
| GMN MAY | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale / Piccadilly | 19/06/1995 | Times changed: M-S daytime hrly by GMN; Supported ESu hrly by MAY | 15764 | 96 | 96 | Y | |||
| GMN MAY | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale / Piccadilly | 04/09/1995 | Addtl jny partly replacing 139 | 15951 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| GM MAY | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale / Piccadilly | 01/09/1996 | timetable and route revision | 17015 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| GM MAY | Simister - Higher Broughton - Arndale / Fennel St / Shudehill | 30/09/1996 | Timetable and city route revision: terminus Shudehill daytime / Fennel St ESu | 17118 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| GM | Simister-Manchester | 18/11/1996 | Two entries saying terminus Corporation Street, other being 18/11/1998. Presume one is wrong | Y | ||||||
| GM MAY | Simister - Higher Broughton - Corporation St | 18/11/1996 | Terminus now Corporation Street | no tt | 96 | |||||
| GM MAY | Simister - Higher Broughton - Cannon St | 17/02/1997 | Minor city revision : now Cannon St | 17515 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| FM ROS | Simister - Higher Broughton - Cannon St | 01/03/1998 | Supported ESu MAYNE to ROSSENDALE TRANSPORT ESu. GMf = FM | 18395 | 96 139 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| FM ROS | Simister - Higher Broughton - Cannon St | 30/09/1998 | City Centre route revised. Terminal now Shudehill M-S Day & Fennel St ESu | no tt | 96 | N | ||||
| FM ROS | Simister - Higher Broughton - Cannon St | 18/11/1998 | Terminal now Corporation St | no tt | 96 | Y | ||||
| FM | Simister - Higher Broughton - Cannon St | 01/02/1999 | no change listed | 19304 | 96 139 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| FM ROS | Simister - Carr Clough - Agecroft - Cannon St | 25/04/1999 | Most MS daytime jnys withdrawn and replaced by new 95. commercial MF peak jnys with flow. Supported ESu hrly by ROS | 19541 | 93 95 96 139 | 93 | Y | E | ||
| FM ROS | Simister - Carr Clough - Agecroft - Cannon St | 26/07/1999 | no change listed | 19926 | 93 95 96 139 | 93 | Y | E | ||
| FM ROS | Simister - Carr Clough - Agecroft - Cannon St | 30/10/2000 | no change listed | 21447 | 93 95 96 139 | 93 | Y | |||
| FM | Simister - Carr Clough - Agecroft - Cannon St | 25/02/2001 | M-S Daytime jnys added | 21716 | 93 | 93 | replacement | Y | ||
| BuV FM | Simister - Higher Broughton - Cannon St | 25/02/2001 | Supported new M-S Daytime hrly partly replacing withdrawn 95 139 operated by BUVAL . Supported ESu hrly by FM | 21775 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Simister - Carr Clough - Agecroft - Cannon St | 25/02/2001 | replacement | 21835 | 93 | 93 | Y | |||
| BuV FM | Simister - Higher Broughton - Cannon St | 25/02/2002 | minor time changes | 23075 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| BuV FM JPT | Simister - Higher Broughton - Cannon St | 22/02/2003 | ESu FIRST Manchester to JP TRAVEL. PH jnys withdrawn. Minor MS E times changed | 23698 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| BuV FM JPT | Simister - Higher Broughton - Exchange Bus Stn/Stevenson Sq | 31/08/2003 | M-S Day City terminus now Stevenson Square (Not Cannon St) . ESu terminus Exchange Bus Stn | 23994 | 96 | 96 | Y | |||
| BuV FM JPT | Simister - Higher Broughton - Exchange Bus Stn/Stevenson Sq | 29/09/2003 | BuVal - City Centre route revised, terminus Chapel St outside Exchange BStn not StevSq | 24082 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| BuV JPT | Simister - Higher Broughton - Exchange Bus Stn | 24/10/2004 | FM MS E service withdrawn | 24427 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| BuV | Simister - Higher Broughton - Exchange Bus Stn | 27/02/2005 | JPT replaced by BuV. Route changed . Su now serving Prestwich not Carr Clough. Su E withdrawn. Addtl day jnys on PH to Su times | 24770 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| BuV | Simister - Higher Broughton - Exchange Bus Stn | 24/07/2005 | Times changed with SuPH now terminus at Urbis | 25013 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| BuV | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill Interchange | 29/01/2006 | Terminus now Shudehill interchange | 25305 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| BuV | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 23/04/2006 | Some early E jnys withdrawn | 25420 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| BuV | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 04/09/2006 | Jnys from city 2 mins later | 25725 | 96 | 96 | Y | |||
| BuV | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 04/09/2006 | 607 reprint | 26173 | 96 | 96 | 607 reprint | Y | E | |
| BuV | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 04/09/2006 | 1007 reprint | 26368 | 96 | 96 | 1007 reprint | Y | ||
| BuV | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 04/09/2006 | 109 reprint | 27158 | 96 | 96 | 109 reprint | Y | ||
| TMT | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 24/01/2010 | Rerouted via Victoria Station approach in both directions. All jnys now Travel Master | 27665 | 96 | 96 | 711 reprint | Y | P | |
| TMT | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 24/01/2010 | 711 reprint | 28481 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | ||
| TMT | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 15/04/2012 | daily 1255 from Simister, 1327 from city withdrawn | 12-0501 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| TMT | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 15/04/2012 | 1012 reprint | 121437 | 96 | 96 | 1012 reprint | Y | ||
| MTV | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 27/01/2013 | Times changed. All jnys run by Maytree Travel. | 12-1986 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| MTV | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 07/04/2013 | MS 1746 from city retimed | 13-0391 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| SM | Manchester - Simister | 08/04/2013 | Emergency 90 day MS daytimes contract awarded to SM after Maytree Travel suddenly ceased trading. Times unchanged, | 13-0391 | 96 | 96 | E | View timetable | ||
| SM | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 21/07/2013 | Times changed. | 13-1120 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| SM | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 21/07/2013 | 514 reprint | 14-0545 | 96 | 96 | 514 reprint | Y | E | View timetable |
| SM | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 13/04/2015 | Addtl MS 1827 from Simister, 1857 from city. Some early morning and late afternoon jnys retimed | 15-0155 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| SM | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 23/07/2017 | SSuPH times changed | 17-0794 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| MCT | Simister - Higher Broughton - Shudehill | 08/04/2018 | Times changed. No longer via Prestwich town centre on SuPH. All jnys by Manchester Community Transport | 18-0118 | 96 | 96 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| MCT | Farmer's Arms, Simister Lane, Simister Sedgley Park Higher Broughton Shudehill Interchanges | 06/04/2020 | M-S daytime hrly. NESu | 265013 | 96 | 96 | ||||
| MCT | Simister - Manchester | 18/04/2020 | services cancelled on closure of company | no tt | 266457 | Y | ||||
| GNW | Manchester - Higher Broughton - Sedgley Park - Prestwich - Simister | 19/04/2020 | Run by MCT. All journeys Run by Go North West. M-S daytime ev2hrs | 20-SC-0041 | 96 | 96 | Y | View timetable | ||
| GNW | Manchester - Higher Broughton - Sedgley Park - Prestwich - Simister | 20/04/2020 | Run by MCT. All journeys will be run by Go North West. M-S daytime ev2hrs | 265014 | 96 | 96 | ||||
| GNW | Manchester - Higher Broughton - Sedgley Park - Prestwich - Simister | 31/05/2020 | no changes to Times | no tt | Y | |||||
| GNW | Manchester - Higher Broughton - Sedgley Park - Prestwich - Simister | 15/06/2020 | Will now run up to every hour | 266133 | 96 | 96 | ||||
| GNW | Manchester - Higher Broughton - Sedgley Park - Prestwich - Simister | 01/09/2020 | There will be no changes to Times on the 96, as this Route is already running to its normal Timetable (150620 ???) | no tt | 266674 | Y | ||||
| GNW | Manchester - Higher Broughton - Sedgley Park - Prestwich - Simister | 25/10/2020 | Rerouted via services to operate via Heys Rd , Farifax Rd , Bury New Rd to maintain the link between Simister to Prestwich due to the withdrawal of Tyrers 90 IN Prestwich town centre, with minor changes to Times. | 20-SC-0518 | 96 | 96 | 266845 | Y | View timetable | |
| GNW | Mcr - Higher Broughton - Sedgley Park - Prestwich - Simister | 31/01/2021 | Times changed. Daily hrly | 20-SC-0731 | 96 | 96 | View timetable | |||
| GNW | 28/02/2021 | STRIKE TT: Normal service | 20-SC-0731 | 96 | Y | View timetable | ||||
| GNW | Mcr - Higher Broughton - Sedgley Park - Prestwich - Simister | 28/02/2021 | STRIKE TT: Normal service | 266985 | 96 | 96 | Y | |||
| GNW | Prestwich - Simister | 31/10/2021 | This new service will operate along the same route as 96 between Simister and Prestwich, Fairfax Rd . It will then serve Prestwich Tesco, offering new shopping opportunities to customers. The service will operate in the middle of the day on weekdays, with additional journeys in the early morning and late afternoon on Saturdays and Sundays. | 21-SC-0734 | 96 96A | 96A | View timetable | |||
| GNW | Shudehill - Higher Broughton - Prestwich - Simister | 31/10/2021 | We will be introducing a revised timetable to improve service reliability. Buses will generally operate around every 90 minutes. Customers between Simister and Prestwich can also use new service 96A. | 21-SC-0734 | 96 96A | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| GNW | Simister — Prestwich —Higher Broughton —Manchester | 24/04/2022 | approx hrly from Simister to Prestwich btwn 0656-1808 (M-F); 0824-1824 (Ss) and 1024-1724 (Sus), with the peak time jnys and alternate off-peak jnys extended to Manchester city centre via Bury New Rd, a timetable that was introduced in October 2021 to address the punctuality issues that have been evident for some time. The service has been operated by Go North West since April 2020 and the published timetable requires one bus, with, in the off peak period a round trip time of one hour. To maintain an hrly service over the full route would require a second vehicle, which would effectively double the cost. "The 96 and 96A will no longer run from 24 April. It will be replaced by the 90 btwn Simister and Prestwich, with connections for Manchester available at Prestwich."Withdrawn and partly replaced by service 90 btwn Prestwich and Simister. Prestwich to Manchester covered by services X41 and X43 and connections with Metrolink at Prestwich station.It is that the service is withdrawn and replaced by new service 90 which would link Simister to Prestwich for interchange to Metrolink or other bus services for jnys to Manchester city centre. On Bury New Rd, service X41 provides an alternative for the section btwn Knoll Street and Waterloo Rd. | WD | 422 | Y | ||||
| GNW | Simister — Prestwich —Higher Broughton —Manchester | 24/04/2022 | approx hrly from Simister to Prestwich btwn 0656-1808 (M-F); 0824-1824 (Ss) and 1024-1724 (Sus), with the peak time jnys and alternate off-peak jnys extended to Manchester city centre via Bury New Rd, a timetable that was introduced in October 2021 to address the punctuality issues that have been evident for some time. The service has been operated by Go North West since April 2020 and the published timetable requires one bus, with, in the off peak period a round trip time of one hour. To maintain an hrly service over the full route would require a second vehicle, which would effectively double the cost. "The 96 and 96A will no longer run from 24 April. It will be replaced by the 90 btwn Simister and Prestwich, with connections for Manchester available at Prestwich."Withdrawn and partly replaced by service 90 btwn Prestwich and Simister. Prestwich to Manchester covered by services X41 and X43 and connections with Metrolink at Prestwich station.It is that the service is withdrawn and replaced by new service 90 which would link Simister to Prestwich for interchange to Metrolink or other bus services for jnys to Manchester city centre. On Bury New Rd, service X41 provides an alternative for the section btwn Knoll Street and Waterloo Rd. | WD |