Route 97
Route: Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly
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 | 1086 reprint | 5091 | 91 94 95 96 97 | 91 | 1086 reprint | Y | |||
| GMB | 26/10/1986 | 1186 reprint | 5091 | 91 94 95 96 97 | 91 | 1186 reprint | Y | |||
| GMB | Manchester - Broughton Bridge - Sedgley Park - PRESTWICH - Whitefield - Church Lane -Park Lane - Hillingdon Rd - Stand - Ringley Rd - Outwood - Radcliffe - Warth - BURY Evening and Sunday Manchester - Whitefield only | 26/10/1986 | Commercial hrly daily incl E: ESu Mcr - Whitefield only | 5091 | 91 94 95 96 97 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| 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 | 26/01/1987 | no apparent change | 5091 | 91 94 95 96 97 | 91 | 4168 | y | E | ||
| GMB | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 26/01/1987 | no apparent change | 5091 | 91 94 95 96 97 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 26/01/1987 | Addtl 97X Bury - Radcliffe - Whitefield hrly ESu. Connects with 97 at Whitefield | G870126 | 97X | 97 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 03/08/1987 | no apparent change | G870803 | 91 95 96 97 | 91 | 423 | Y | E | |
| GMB | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 11/10/1987 | Sunday service extended from Whitefield to Bury | G871011 | 91 95 96 97 | 91 | 423 | Y | E | |
| GMB | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 30/08/1988 | MS E now two sections: Picc-Whitefield hrly plus Whitefield -Bury hrly. Su E continues hrly full route | G880830 | 91 95 96 97 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | 19/12/1988 | no change listed | G881219 | 91 95 96 97 | 91 | Y | E | |||
| GMB | 19/12/1988 | G881219 | 91 95 96 97 | 91 | N | E | ||||
| GMB | Bury - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Piccadilly | 10/04/1989 | Timetables revised. Daily hrly. MS Evening now operate Manchester - Bury | 7952 | 94 96 97 98 | 94 | 423 | Y | ||
| GMB | 10/04/1989 | G890410 | 91 96 97 98 | 91 | y | |||||
| GMB | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 10/04/1989 | Times changed hrly daily. | G890410 | 91 96 97 98 | 91 | Y | |||
| GMB | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 30/05/1989 | times changed | 8130 | 91 94 96 97 98 | 91 | Y | |||
| GMB CRO | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 24/09/1989 | Su jnys now by CRO | 8603 | 91 94 96 97 98 | 91 | 423 | N | E | |
| GMB CRO | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 01/10/1989 | M-S Evening & Sunday GMB to CROSVlLLE | no tt | 91 | 7966 | Y | |||
| GMB BEE | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 25/11/1989 | Su jnys now by BEE | 8949 | 91 94 96 97 98 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMB | 25/11/1989 | no change listed | 8949 | 91 94 96 97 98 | 91 | 7890 | Y | E | ||
| GMB BEE | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 12/05/1990 | no change listed: MS hrly, Supported Su hrly by BEE. | 9630 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| GMB BEE | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 21/01/1991 | GMB Addtl jny daytime between Manchester & Prestwich | no tt | 91 | Y | ||||
| GMB BEE | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 01/02/1991 | no apparent change | typed | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| GMB BEE | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 22/04/1991 | no change listed | 10949 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| GMB | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 24/06/1991 | Rerouted in Radcliffe ?? : operators revised: all by GMB | 11250 | 97 98 | 97 | N | |||
| GMB | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 30/06/1991 | Sunday CROSVILLE T/a BEELINE BUZZ COMPANY to GM BUSES | no tt | Y | |||||
| GMB | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 11/11/1991 | minor timetable revision | 11782 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| GMB | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 11/11/1991 | 1192 reprint | 13057 | 97 98 | 97 | 1192 reprint | Y | ||
| GMB | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 11/11/1991 | 793 reprint | 13698 | 97 98 | 97 | 793 reprint | Y | P | |
| GMB HYN | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 31/01/1994 | Minor timetable and operator revision.Supported Su by HYNdburn. | 14186 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| GMN HYN | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 17/10/1994 | Timetable revised | 15119 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| GMN HYN | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 05/02/1995 | no change listed | 15289 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| GMN HYN | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 27/03/1995 | Timetable revised | 15437 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| GMN HYN | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 01/04/1996 | minor timetable revision | 16696 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| GM HYN TIM | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Church St | 30/09/1996 | City Centre route revised : Terminus Church St. Supported E now by TIM | 17104 | 97 98 | 97 | 17372 | Y | E | |
| GM SRIB TIM | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Church St | 03/02/1997 | Operator revised S-Rib not HYN | no tt | 97 | Y | ||||
| GM SRib ROS | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 16/02/1997 | City centre route revised: terminus Cannon St Supported Su now S-Ribble, E by ROS | 17495 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| GM SRib ROS | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 16/02/1997 | Replacement | 17575 | 97 98 | 97 | Replacement | Y | E | |
| FM SRib ROS | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 19/04/1998 | MS E minor timetable revision | 18521 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| FM SRib ROS | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 26/04/1999 | MF 0520 from Whitefield, 0555 from city withdrawn | 19596 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| FM ROS | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 27/02/2000 | Operator revised : Supported Su by FM. Times changed | 20529 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| FM ROS | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 06/08/2000 | no change listed | 21161 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| FM ROS | Bury - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 25/02/2001 | Rerouted to serve Carr Clough & Strangeways. . (Replaced in part by Route No's 98 & 513) . Hrly daytime plus supported ESu hrly BY-Whitefield by ROS | 21753 | 94 97 | 94 | Y | |||
| FM ROS | Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 25/02/2001 | Timetable and route revised - different leaflet | 21755 | 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| FM ROS | Bury - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 25/02/2001 | replacement | 21839 | 94 97 | 94 | replacement | Y | E | |
| FM ROS | Bury - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 15/04/2001 | Addtl MS 1829 Whitefield - BY | 22331 | 94 97 | 94 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Bury - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 24/02/2002 | ESu service withdrawn ROSSENDALE TRANSPORT (17604) | 22755 | 94 97 | 94 | 17604 | Y | E | |
| FM | Bury - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 29/03/2002 | no change listed | 23080 | 94 97 | 94 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Bury - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Pendleton | 25/05/2003 | Route changed to BY-PEN: MS daytime hrly. NESu | 23876 | 94 95 97 | 94 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Bury - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Pendleton | 29/06/2003 | no change listed | 23922 | 94 95 97 | 94 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Bolton - Little Lever - Radcliffe -Prestwich - Exchange Bus Station | 31/08/2003 | 1003 reprint | 24105 | 94 95 97 | 94 | 1003 reprint | Y | E | |
| FM | Bury - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Pendleton | 03/04/2005 | Service withdrawn. Partly replaced by extra 95 jnys | 24804 | 94 95 536 | 94 | Y | |||
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 12/04/2015 | New commercial MS daytime ev20mins, SuPH ev30mins. Linked to 98 ev10mins common route | 15-0482 | 97 98 | 97 | summer | y | E | View timetable |
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 19/07/2015 | MF times changed during Summer to 29 August 2015. | no tt | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 30/08/2015 | Times changed. | 15-1208 | 97 98 | 97 | y | E | View timetable | |
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 24/01/2016 | To help improve timekeeping, jnys towards Manchester will be timed at Prestwich, Longfield Centre. | no tt | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 03/04/2016 | Times changed. | 16-0235 | 97 98 | 97 | Summer | Y | View timetable | |
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 24/07/2016 | Times changed including temporary changes during Summer to 3 September 2016 | 16-0751 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 04/09/2016 | Times changed. | 16-0963 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 30/10/2016 | Times changed. | 16-1214 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 29/01/2017 | Times changed. | 16-1639 | 97 98 | 97 | summer | Y | E | View timetable |
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 23/04/2017 | M-F times changed | 17-0383 | 97 98 | 97 | y | E | View timetable | |
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 23/07/2017 | MF times changed including temporary changes during summer to 2 Sept | 17-0974 | 97 98 | 97 | summer | Y | E | View timetable |
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 03/09/2017 | Normal timetable introduced at the end of the summer period. | 17-1259 | 97 98 | 97 | N | E | View timetable | |
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 12/11/2017 | Some daytime and early E jnys towards Mcr are temporarily rerouted to run direct via Chapel St instead of Blackfriars St, Deansgate and Victoria Bridge St. The change applies from 12 Nov to 24 Dec 2017. | no tt | 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 28/01/2018 | MF times changed | 17-1901 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 08/04/2018 | Times changed with all jnys now run by FM | 18-0369 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 22/07/2018 | Summer timetable M-F until 1/9/2018 | 18-0866 | 97 98 | 97 | E | View timetable | ||
| FM | Bury - Unsworth - Hillock - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 28/10/2018 | Times changed on some M-F SuPH jnys | 18-1350 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM | Manchester - Prestwich - Whitefield - Radcliffe - Unsworth - Bury | 27/01/2019 | Times of peak period and evening jnys changed on M-F | 18-1833 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| GNW | Manchester - Prestwich - Whitefield - Radcliffe - Unsworth - Bury | 02/06/2019 | Operator change from FM to Go North West on sale of QS depot. 17 17A No change to timetables or routes. All tickets mutually accepted. | 19-0624 | 97 98 | 97 | E | View timetable | ||
| GNW | Manchester - Prestwich - Whitefield - Radcliffe - Unsworth - Bury | 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August | 19-SC-0051 | 97 98 | 97 | summer | E | View timetable | |
| GNW | Bury- Unsworth- Hillock- Prestwich- Broughton - Manchester | 01/09/2019 | no tt | Y | ||||||
| GNW | Bury- Unsworth- Hillock- Prestwich- Broughton - Manchester | 23/03/2020 | will run to a Su Timetable, with enhancements during the morning peak. | 265015 | 97 | 97 | Y | |||
| GNW | Bury- Unsworth- Hillock- Prestwich- Broughton - Manchester | 29/03/2020 | will run hrly through the daytime, every day | 265016 | 97 | 97 | Y | |||
| GNW | Bury- Unsworth- Hillock- Prestwich- Broughton - Manchester | 10/04/2020 | Easter PH: hrly | 265017 | 97 | 97 | ||||
| GNW | Bury- Unsworth- Hillock- Prestwich- Broughton - Manchester | 14/04/2020 | will run hrly through the daytime, every day | no tt | Y | |||||
| GNW | Bury- Unsworth- Hillock- Prestwich- Broughton - Manchester | 31/05/2020 | ev30mins, M-S daytime. no changes to Su Times. | 265018 | 97 | 97 | Y | |||
| GNW | Bury- Unsworth- Hillock- Prestwich- Broughton - Manchester | 15/06/2020 | Will continue to run ev30mins, combining with the 98 to create a bus ev15mins between Shudehill and Prestwich | 266012 | 97 | Y | ||||
| GNW | Bury- Unsworth- Hillock- Prestwich- Broughton - Manchester | 01/09/2020 | Returns to normal Times: M-S ev20mins SuPH ev30mins. NE | 20-SC-0439 | 97 98 | 97 | 266846 | Y | View timetable | |
| GNW | Bury- Unsworth- Hillock- Prestwich- Broughton - Manchester | 01/09/2020 | Returns to normal Times: M-S ev20mins SuPH ev30mins. NE | 266351 | 97 | 97 | 266458 | Y | ||
| GNW | To Bury 93/97/98 | 23/09/2020 | Omitting Deansgate / Blackfriars St 15:00 to 20:00 ONLY Normal route to Hunts Bank, Left Victoria St and continue along Chapel Street, At the Lights continue Ahead Chapel Street, Next Lights RIGHT onto Blackfriars Rd to resume normal route. To Manchester - normal route. | no tt | ||||||
| GNW | 31/01/2021 | M-S daytime service is reduced to ev30mins (from ev20mins) . Sun No change | 21-SC-0045 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | View timetable | |||
| GNW | 28/02/2021 | STRIKE TT: As existing temporary timetable | 266987 | 97 | 97 | 284077 | Y | |||
| GNW | 19/04/2021 | ev30mins daily daytime | 21-SC-0354 | 97 98 | 97 | View timetable | ||||
| GNW | 30/05/2021 | Times changed - now ev20mins daytime | 21-SC-0396 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | View timetable | |||
| GNW | 30/05/2021 | Times changed - now ev20mins daytime | 21-SC-0396 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | P | View timetable | ||
| GNW | 23/09/2021 | Omitting Deansgate / Blackfriars St 15:00 to 20:00 ONLY To Bury 93/97/98 Normal route to Hunts Bank, Left Victoria St and continue along Chapel Street, At the Lights continue Ahead Chapel Street, Next Lights RIGHT onto Blackfriars Rd to resume normal route. To Manchester - normal route. | no tt | Y | E | |||||
| GNW | Bury - Hollins - Lower Broughton - Salford - Shudehill | 30/01/2022 | Times are changed. | 21-SC-0811 | 97 98 | E | View timetable | |||
| GNW | Manchester – Carr Clough – Prestwich – Unsworth – Bury | 24/04/2022 | Commercial revised timetable with the M-S daytime frequency btwn Bury and Manchester reduced from ev20mins to ev30mins. The Su daytime service remains at half hrly. This service currently runs tendered hrly daily Es, in the daytime the commercial service runs only btwn Manchester and Prestwich, although this is being amended to run to Carr Clough only from April as reported above. In order to provide a simpler offer to customers, it is to replicate the daytime network with service 93 tendered jnys amended to run btwn Manchester and Carr Clough. Carr Clough to Prestwich and Bury will be served by service 95 and Prestwich, Unsworth and Bury will be served by additional E jnys on services 94 and 97. The 97 will run every 30 mins btwn Manchester and Bury on M-S daytimes, with a new hrly service running during the evenings to replace buses on the 92 & 93." Times are changed, with additional evening jnys introduced partly replacing buses 92 and 93 | 22-SC-0090 | 97 98 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| GNW | Manchester – Carr Clough – Prestwich – Unsworth – Bury | 24/04/2022 | Commercial revised timetable with the M-S daytime frequency btwn Bury and Manchester reduced from ev20mins to ev30mins. The Su daytime service remains at half hrly. This service currently runs tendered hrly daily Es, in the daytime the commercial service runs only btwn Manchester and Prestwich, although this is being amended to run to Carr Clough only from April as reported above. In order to provide a simpler offer to customers, it is to replicate the daytime network with service 93 tendered jnys amended to run btwn Manchester and Carr Clough. Carr Clough to Prestwich and Bury will be served by service 95 and Prestwich, Unsworth and Bury will be served by additional E jnys on services 94 and 97. The 97 will run every 30 mins btwn Manchester and Bury on M-S daytimes, with a new hrly service running during the evenings to replace buses on the 92 & 93." Times are changed, with additional evening jnys introduced partly replacing buses 92 and 93 | 22-SC-0090 | 97 98 | 284626 | 423 | Y | E | View timetable |
| GNW | Shudehill - Salford - Lower Broughton - Hollins - Bury | 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables effective from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 | |||||||
| GNW | Shudehill - Salford - Lower Broughton - Hollins - Bury | 31/07/2022 | From Victoria Stn, these services will now operate along Chapel St, meeting up with the current route by Trinity Church. Buses leaving Manchester will now call at the following stops: Victoria Stn (Stop NY); Victoria St (Stop NI) - new stop, handy for Deansgate and Mcr Cathedral; Blackfriars Rd, Trinity Church (Stop NE) There will also be some minor timing changes for trips departing Manchester on Saturday mornings to improve service reliability. | 22-SC-0440 | y | E | View timetable | |||
| GNW | Shudehill - Salford - Lower Broughton - Hollins - Bury | 31/07/2022 | Route changed in Manchester city centre now direct via Chapel St instead of Deansgate and Blackfriars St. | 22-SC-0440 | 97 98 | 284772 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| GNW | Bury - Hollins - Lower Broughton - Salford - Shudehill | 29/01/2023 | Some minor changes to the daily timetable to improve timekeeping. | 22-SC-0677 | 97 98 | Y | E | View timetable |