Route 98
Route: Bury - Starling - Whitefield - 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 RIB | Bury - Starling - Whitefield - Broughton - Piccadilly | 10/04/1989 | New commercial service partly replacing 137. MS daytime ev30mins plus supported hrly E by RIB, Su GMB | 7952 | 94 96 97 98 | 94 | 6608 | Y | ||
| GMB | 10/04/1989 | G890410 | 91 96 97 98 | 91 | y | |||||
| GMB | BURY - Bolton Rd - Ainsworth Rd - Watling Street - Bury Rd - Higher Ainsworth Rd - RADCLIFFE - Stand Lane - Church Lane - Whitefield - Bury New Rd - Prestwich - Sedgeley Park - Broughton - Great Clowes Street - Broughton Bridge - Manchester (Piccadilly) | 10/04/1989 | Commercial hrly NE. ESu Bury - Whitefield hrly. | G890410 | 91 96 97 98 | 91 | Y | |||
| GMB RIB | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 30/05/1989 | Commercial MS daytime ev30mins by GMB. Supported ESu hrly- E by Ribble, Su by GMB | 8130 | 91 94 96 97 98 | 91 | Y | |||
| GMB RIB | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 17/06/1989 | ESu from Bury now xx05 thus 15mins later throughout. No change from Whitefield Bus Stn | G890617 | 98 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMB RIB | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 24/09/1989 | no change listed | 8603 | 91 94 96 97 98 | 91 | Y | E | ||
| GMB RIB | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 25/11/1989 | no change listed | 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 | ||
| 12/05/1990 | 9630 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | |||||
| GMB RIB | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 12/05/1990 | no change listed: MS hrly, Supported BY- WTFD: E by Ribble, Su hrly by GMB. | 9630 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| GMB RIB | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 24/08/1990 | BEELINE BUZZ PM jnys withdrawn (No replacement) | no tt | 98 | Y | ||||
| GMB RIB | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 01/02/1991 | typed | 97 98 | 97 | 6608 GMB | ||||
| GMB RIB | BURY - Bolton Rd - Ainsworth Rd - Watling St - Bury Rd - Higher Ainsworth Rd - Radcliffe - Stand Lane - Church Lane - Whitefield - Bury New Rd - Prestwich - Sedgley Park - Broughton - Great Clowes St - Broughton Bridge - Manchester (Piccadilly) | 22/04/1991 | ESu operates Bury - Whitefield (See route 137) | ??? | Y | |||||
| GMB RIB | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 22/04/1991 | Operators revised: Supported ESu all by RIB | 10949 | 97 98 | 97 | 6608 | Y | ||
| GMB | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 24/06/1991 | Rerouted in Radcliffe ?? ESu revised: all by GMB | 11250 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| GMB | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 11/11/1991 | no change listed | 11782 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| GMB | 11/11/1991 | 1192 reprint | 13057 | 97 98 | 97 | 1192 reprint | Y | |||
| GMB | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 11/11/1991 | 793 reprint | 13698 | 97 98 | 97 | 793 reprint | Y | E | |
| GMB ROS | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 31/01/1994 | Minor timetable and operator revision.Supported E by ROS | 14186 | 97 98 | 97 | 6608 | Y | E | |
| GMN ROS | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 17/10/1994 | Timetable revised | 15119 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| GMN ROS | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 05/02/1995 | Supported Su service extended from Whitefield to Piccadilly | 15289 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| GMN ROS | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 27/03/1995 | no change listed | 15437 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| GMN ROS | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Piccadilly | 01/04/1996 | minor timetable revision | 16696 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| GM ROS | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield –Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Church St | 30/09/1996 | City Centre route revised : Terminus Church St | 17104 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| GM ROS | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield-Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 16/02/1997 | City centre route revised: terminus Cannon St Supported Su now GMf, E by ROS | 17495 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| GM ROS | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield-Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 16/02/1997 | Replacement | 17575 | 97 98 | 97 | Replacement | Y | E | |
| FM ROS | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield-Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 19/04/1998 | MS E minor timetable revision | 18521 | 97 98 | 97 | E | |||
| FM ROS | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield-Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 30/09/1998 | City Centre route revised | no tt | 97 | Y | ||||
| FM ROS | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield-Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 26/04/1999 | no change listed | 19596 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| FM ROS | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield-Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 27/02/2000 | Addtl Su 0815 from Bury. Su 2315 from city curtailed at Whitefield | 20529 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| FM ROS | Bury – Starling - Radcliffe – Whitefield-Prestwich – Lower Broughton - Cannon St | 06/08/2000 | commercial BH jnys added hrly | 21161 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 25/02/2001 | Most 509 jnys withdrawn and partly replaced by 98 along Ainsworth Rd. S | 21717 | 510 509 | 509 | Y | |||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 25/02/2001 | Rerouted 97 to serve Carr Clough & Strangeways. . (Replaced in part by Route No's 98 & 513) | 21753 | 94 97 | 94 | Y | |||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 25/02/2001 | All jnys now via Bolton Rd & Coronation Rd in Radcliffe replacing 485. Timetable revised with addtl jnys. Commercial MS ev10mins, ESu ev30mins | 21755 | 98 | 97 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 25/02/2001 | replacement | 21839 | 94 97 | 94 | replacement | Y | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 27/05/2001 | Some M-S E jnys withdrawn | 22081 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 27/05/2001 | 1001 reprint | 22496 | 98 | 98 | 1001 reprint | Y | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 24/02/2002 | Some daily E jnys withdrawn: hrly. PH shown Su day times . Su E now supported | 22761 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 29/03/2002 | E jnys added to Su times | 23018 | 98 | 98 | ?? | Y | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 13/05/2002 | Rerouted from Manchester via Victoria Station (Not Cross Street) | 23018 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Cannon St | 25/05/2003 | times changed | 23840 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Exchange Bus Stn | 31/08/2003 | City Centre terminus now Exchange Bus Station not Cannon St | 23994 | 98 | 98 | cl | Y | E | |
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Exchange Bus Stn | 29/02/2004 | SuPH 1905 withdrawn | 24199 | 98 | 98 | Y | |||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Exchange Bus Stn | 03/04/2005 | Rerouted in Manchester City Centre: inward via Corporation St | 24824 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Exchange Bus Stn | 25/07/2005 | MF times changed during summer to 2 Sept | 24973 | 98 | 98 | summer | Y | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 29/01/2006 | City route changed to Shudehill Interchange. Times changed. At frequent intervals, Supported Su Ehrly | 25230 | 98 | 98 | Y | |||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 24/07/2006 | MF times changed during summer to 3 Sept. New feeder service: 98L Carr Clough estate - Bury New Rd: MS requent intervals MF 0700 S 0830 - 1830 | 25516 | 98 98L | 98 | summer | Y | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 04/09/2006 | Normal MF times after Summer. 98L no change listed | 25620 | 98 98L | 98 | Y | E | ||
| FM BUV | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 28/01/2007 | 98L service withdrawn. Sch 0800 BuVal. | 25869 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 23/07/2007 | MF times changed during summer to 31 Aug | 26134 | 98 | 98 | Y | |||
| FM BUV | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 28/10/2007 | Addtl MF early am and early E jnys | 26315 | 98 | 98 | Y | |||
| FM BUV | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 28/10/2007 | Replacement | 26406 | 98 | 98 | Replacement | Y | E | |
| FM BUV | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 30/03/2008 | Minor change to M-S times | 26588 | N | E | ||||
| FM BUV | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 20/07/2008 | MS minor times changes | 26768 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | ||
| FM COA | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 19/04/2009 | MS minor times changes. Sch to The Coachmasters | 27228 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | ||
| FM COA | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 25/10/2009 | times changed: MS daytime now ev15mins | 27551 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | ||
| FM COA | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 25/01/2010 | MF mornings times changed | 27666 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | ||
| FM COA | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 17/05/2010 | MF times changed | 27874 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | ||
| FM ANW | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 31/08/2010 | minor changes to times. Sch jny by ANW | 28017 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM ANW | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 15/04/2012 | times changed | 12-0302 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM ANW | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 28/10/2012 | times changed | 12-1430 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM ANW | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 27/01/2013 | times changed: Daytime jnys IN via Chapel St | 12-1977 | 98 | 98 | CL | Y | E | View timetable |
| FM ANW JPT | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 07/04/2013 | Supported SuPH E jnys now by Jpt. 1905 now 1908 from Mcr | 13-0463 | 98 | 98 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM ANW JPT | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 07/04/2013 | 113 reprint | 13-0807 | 98 | 98 | 913 reprint | Y | E | View timetable |
| FM ANW JPT | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 07/04/2013 | 913 reprint | 131664 | 98 | 98 | 113 reprint | Y | ||
| FM ANW JPT | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 07/04/2013 | 114 reprint | 131664 | 98 | 98 | 114 reprint | Y | ||
| FM JPT | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 21/07/2013 | Times changed during Summer to 31 August 2013 | no tt | 98 | 98 | summer | Y | ||
| FM JPT | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 27/07/2014 | MF times changed during Summer to 30 August 2014 | no tt | 98 | 98 | Y | |||
| FM JPT | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 31/08/2014 | MF 0715 from Bury is retimed. Other jnys are retimed following the end of the Summer period. | 14-1253 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 25/01/2015 | MF jnys retimed: 0650 from Manchester, 0727 from Radcliffe to Bury | 141952 | 98 | 98 | Y | E | ||
| FM SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 12/04/2015 | reduced to ev20mins MS daytime. New 97 gives addtl jnys Besses o'th'barn - city. ev10mins common section | 15-0482 | 97 98 | 97 | summer | N | E | View timetable |
| FM SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 19/07/2015 | MF times changed during Summer to 29 August 2015. | no tt | 97 98 | 97 | Y | |||
| FM SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 30/08/2015 | Times changed. | 15-1208 | 97 98 | 97 | N | E | View timetable | |
| FM SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - 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 SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 03/04/2016 | Times changed. Improved E service from city: M-F now 1920 1940 2000 and 2020 – thus an addtl jny. Some E minor timetable changes to improve reliability. | 16-0235 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 24/07/2016 | Times changed including temporary changes during Summer to 3 September 2016 | 16-0751 | 97 98 | 97 | Summer | Y | E | View timetable |
| FM SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 04/09/2016 | Times changed. | 16-0963 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 30/10/2016 | Times changed. | 16-1214 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 29/01/2017 | Times changed. | 16-1639 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 23/04/2017 | MF Times changed. | 17-0383 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - 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 SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 03/09/2017 | Normal timetable introduced at the end of the summer period. | 17-1259 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 12/11/2017 | Some daytime and early E jnys towards MCR 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 SM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Prestwich - Shudehill Interchange | 28/01/2018 | MF times changed | 17-1901 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| FM | 08/04/2018 | Times changed with all jnys now run by FM | 18-0369 | 97 98 | 97 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - 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-Manchester | 22/07/2018 | Summer timetable M-F until 1/9/2018 | 18-0866 | 97 98 | 97 | E | View timetable | ||
| FM | Bury - Starling - Radcliffe - Whitefield - 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 - Starling - 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 | Shudehill - 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 | summer | E | View timetable | |
| GNW | Manchester - Prestwich - Whitefield - Radcliffe - Starling - Bury | 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August | 19-SC-0051 | E | View timetable | ||||
| GNW | Bury - Manchester | 01/09/2019 | Bury | no tt | Y | |||||
| GNW | Manchester - Bury | 23/03/2020 | will run to a Su Timetable, with enhancements during the morning peak. | 265019 | 98 | 98 | Y | |||
| GNW | Bury - Manchester | 29/03/2020 | will run hrly through the daytime, including E | 265020 | 98 | 98 | Y | |||
| GNW | Manchester - Bury | 10/04/2020 | Easter PH | 265021 | 98 | 98 | ||||
| GNW | Manchester - Bury | 14/04/2020 | will run hrly through the daytime, including E | no tt | Y | |||||
| GNW | Manchester - Bury | 04/05/2020 | Revised 98 services from 4th May – hrly daytime and E | 265022 | 98 | 98 | Y | |||
| GNW | Manchester - Bury | 31/05/2020 | The 98 will run ev30mins, M-S daytime. There will be no changes to Su Times. | 265023 | 98 | 98 | Y | |||
| GNW | Manchester - Bury | 15/06/2020 | Now ev30mins, M-S daytime | 266005 | 98 | 98 | Y | |||
| GNW | Bury - Manchester | 01/08/2020 | M-S ev30mins ESu hrly | 266237 | 98 | 98 | Y | |||
| GNW | Bury - Manchester | 01/09/2020 | Returns to normal Times: M-S ev20mins SuPH ev30mins. E hrly | 20-SC-0439 | 97 98 | 97 | 266846 | Y | View timetable | |
| GNW | Manchester - Bury | 01/09/2020 | Returns to normal Times: M-S ev20mins SuPH ev30mins. E hrly | 266352 | 98 | 98 | 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. | |||||||
| 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 | 266988 | 98 | 98 | 284077 | Y | |||
| GNW | 19/04/2021 | ev30mins daily daytime; hrly E | 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 | 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 | ||||||
| GNW | Bury - Elton - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Salford - Shudehill | 30/01/2022 | Times are changed. | 21-SC-0811 | 97 98 | E | View timetable | |||
| GNW | Bury - Elton - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Salford - Shudehill | 24/04/2022 | Commercial revised timetable with the daytime frequency btwn Bury and Manchester reduced from ev20mins to ev30mins. Times are changed, with 2 buses per hour running btwn Bury and Manchester and 4 buses per hour btwn Prestwich and Manchester on M-S daytime Additional short workings will run btwn Prestwich Tesco and Manchester which will maintain a 10 minute combined daytime frequency btwn Prestwich and Manchester across both services 97 and 98. 97/98 (Go North West): M-S daytime jnys reduced to half-hrly each btwn Bury and Manchester with additional jnys btwn Prestwich and Manchester to maintain a 10 minute frequency. New evening service introduced on service 97, partly replacing services 92/93. | 22-SC-0090 | 97 98 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| GNW | Bury - Elton - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Salford - Shudehill | 24/04/2022 | Commercial revised timetable with the daytime frequency btwn Bury and Manchester reduced from ev20mins to ev30mins. Times are changed, with 2 buses per hour running btwn Bury and Manchester and 4 buses per hour btwn Prestwich and Manchester on M-S daytime Additional short workings will run btwn Prestwich Tesco and Manchester which will maintain a 10 minute combined daytime frequency btwn Prestwich and Manchester across both services 97 and 98. 97/98 (Go North West): M-S daytime jnys reduced to half-hrly each btwn Bury and Manchester with additional jnys btwn Prestwich and Manchester to maintain a 10 minute frequency. New evening service introduced on service 97, partly replacing services 92/93. | 22-SC-0090 | 97 98 | 284626 | 2152 | Y | View timetable | |
| GNW | Bury - Elton - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Salford - Shudehill | 24/04/2022 | Commercial revised timetable with the daytime frequency btwn Bury and Manchester reduced from ev20mins to ev30mins. Times changed, with 2 buses per hour running btwn Bury and Manchester and 4 buses per hour btwn Prestwich and Manchester on M-S daytime Additional short workings will run btwn Prestwich Tesco and Manchester which will maintain a 10 minute combined daytime frequency btwn Prestwich and Manchester across both services 97 and 98. 97/98 (Go North West): M-S daytime jnys reduced to half-hrly each btwn Bury and Manchester with additional jnys btwn Prestwich and Manchester to maintain a 10 minute frequency. New evening service introduced on service 97, partly replacing services 92/93. | 22-SC-0090 | 97 98 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| GNW | Shudehill - Salford - Whitefield - Radcliffe - Elton - Bury | 24/07/2022 | Summer timetables effective from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 | |||||||
| GNW | Shudehill - Salford - Whitefield - Radcliffe - Elton - 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 be some minor timing changes for trips departing Manchester on S mornings to improve service reliability. M-F 06:45 from Manchester will also operate at revised times. | 22-SC-0440 | 97 98 | y | E | View timetable | ||
| GNW | Shudehill - Salford - Whitefield - Radcliffe - Elton - Bury | 31/07/2022 | Route changed in Manchester city centre now direct via Chapel St instead of Deansgate and Blackfriars St. Minor changes to M-S times. | 22-SC-0440 | 97 98 | 284772 | y | E | View timetable | |
| GNW | Bury - Elton - Radcliffe - Whitefield - Salford - Shudehill | 29/01/2023 | Some minor changes to the daily timetable to improve timekeeping. | 22-SC-0677 | 97 98 | Y | E | View timetable |