Route R2
Route: Service R2
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMB | Rochdale - Spotland - Elmsfield | 26/10/1986 | Rochdale Weaver; daytime ev15mins Esu 2/3 ev30mins | G861026 | R1 R2 R3 R4 | 459 | Y | |||
| GMB | Rochdale - Spotland - Elmsfield | 26/10/1986 | New RE Weaver little bus: MS daytime ev15mins, MF peak ev10mins; ESu ev30mins | G861026 | R1 R2 R3 R4 | R1 | y | |||
| LG | Rochdale - Spotland - Elmsfield | 13/07/1987 | Now Little Gem Route: no apparent change | LG870713 | R1 R2 R3 | R1 | y | |||
| LG | Rochdale - Spotland - Elmsfield | 15/02/1988 | Revised timetable: MS ev15mins: E ev30mins: Su hrly | LG880215 | R1 R2 R3 | R1 | y | |||
| LG ROS | Rochdale - Spotland - Elmsfield | 30/08/1988 | Supported ESu revised now hrly by Rossendale | 7099 | R1 R2 R3 | R1 | y | |||
| LG ROS | Rochdale - Spotland - Elmsfield | 30/08/1988 | LG jnys only. Su by GMB | LG880830 | R1 R2 R3 | R1 | B&W | y | ||
| LG | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 30/08/1988 | revised timetable: M-S daytime ev15mins. Su hrly | LG880830 | R1 R2 R3 | R1 | B&W | Y | ||
| 03/04/1989 | 7844 | R1 R2 R3 | R1 | N | E | |||||
| GMB ROS | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 27/08/1989 | Operators revised: M-S daytime ev15mins by GMB: supported ESu hrly by ROS | 8414 | 459 R1 R2 R3 | 459 | Y | |||
| GMB ROS | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 02/07/1990 | no change. Commecial GMB ev15mins MS daytime. Supported ROS Esu hrly. | 9707 | 459 R1 R2 R3 | 459 | y | E | ||
| GMB ROS | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 03/12/1990 | no change | 10298 | 459 R1 R2 R3 R4 | 459 | y | E | ||
| GMB | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 02/04/1991 | Esu service withdrawn, by this date now ev 30mins MS daytime | 10864 | 459 461 R1 R2 R3 R4 | 459 | y | |||
| GMB | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 05/08/1991 | no change | 11362 | 459 461 R1 R2 R3 R4 | 459 | y | |||
| GMB | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 05/04/1992 | no change | 12353 | 459 R1 R2 R3 | 459 | y | E | ||
| GMB | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 20/07/1992 | no change | 12675 | 459 R1 R2 R3 | 459 | y | E | ||
| GMB | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 14/12/1992 | minor timetable revision | 13069 | 459 R1 R2 R3 | 459 | y | E | ||
| GMB | Rochdale - Shawfield (Circular) | 14/12/1992 | 1815 from Rochdale will terminate at Shawfield, M-S. | GA921214 | ||||||
| GMB | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 24/05/1993 | no change | 13516 | 459 R1 R2 R3 | 459 | y | |||
| GMB | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 12/09/1993 | no change | 13857 | 459 R1 R2 R3 | 459 | y | E | ||
| GMB | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 12/09/1994 | minor timetable revision | 14837 | 459 R1 R2 R3 | 459 | y | |||
| GMB | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 07/11/1994 | minor timetable revision | 15016 | 459 R1 R2 R3 | 459 | y | E | ||
| GMB | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 30/01/1995 | timetables revised: still commercial ev30mins MS daytime | 15270 | 459 R1 R2 R3 R4 | 459 | y | E | ||
| GMB | Rochdale - Shawfield circ | 20/02/1995 | Early morning timetable revised | 15441 | 459 R1 R2 R3 R4 | 459 | y | |||
| GMN | 23/10/1995 | WITHDRAWN ( Replaced by Routes 445) | ||||||||
| ROS | Bury – Norden - Rochdale | 27/10/2019 | 443 and 461 buses to Norden and Bury will become the R2. Buses from Rochdale will run along Cutgate Lane then direct to Norden, and will stop in Shawfield and Elmsfield on their way to Bury. Buses to Rochdale will call at Elmsfield, then Norden, Shawfield and Cutgate as now. | 19-SC-0420 | R2 | R2 | 266604 | Y | P | View timetable |
| ROS | Bury – Norden - Rochdale | 23/03/2020 | Buses run on behalf of TfGM continue to run normal Timetable. | no tt | ||||||
| ROS | Bury – Norden - Rochdale | 05/04/2020 | ev 2hrs M-S daytime | 265776 | R2 | R2 | Y | |||
| ROS | Bury – Norden - Rochdale | 31/05/2020 | continue to run to its current temporary Timetable | no tt | ||||||
| ROS | Bury – Norden - Rochdale | 14/06/2020 | Hrly M-S daytime services | 266022 | R2 | R2 | Y | |||
| ROS | Bury – Norden - Rochdale | 29/08/2021 | M-F 0750 from Norden to Bury now 0740 | 21-SC-0600 | R2 | R2 | Y | P | View timetable | |
| ROS | Bury - Heywood - Bagslate - Shawfield - Spotland - Rochdale | 24/04/2022 | Supported hrly M-S daytime from Rochdale 0912-1612, plus earlier short jnys from Norden arriving in Bury at 0745 and 0829 and departing Bury 0928- 1728. Revised timetable with an extended span of operation with departures from Rochdale 0812-1812, plus an earlier short jny from Norden arriving in Bury at 0829. Departures from Bury hrly 0728 to 1728. All jnys now run by Rosso | 22-SC-0059 | R2 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| ROS | Bury - Heywood - Bagslate - Shawfield - Spotland - Rochdale | 24/04/2022 | Supported hrly M-S daytime from Rochdale 0912-1612, plus earlier short jnys from Norden arriving in Bury at 0745 and 0829 and departing Bury 0928- 1728. Revised timetable with an extended span of operation with departures from Rochdale 0812-1812, plus an earlier short jny from Norden arriving in Bury at 0829. Departures from Bury hrly 0728 to 1728. All jnys now run by Rosso | 22-SC-0059 | R2 | 284716 | Y | E | View timetable | |
| ROS | Rochdale – Norden – Bamford – Heywood – Bury | 29/01/2023 | M-S hrly TfGM supported. In connection to changes to service R8, addtl short M-F 1910 Rochdale to Norden: last M-F jny ex Rochdale. No changes to S timetable. No financial implications. | 22-SC-0018 | R2 | Y | E | View timetable | ||
| ROS | Rochdale - Spotland - Bagslate - Shawfield - Heywood - Bury | 16/04/2023 | Route changed to run between Rochdale, Spotland Bridge, Cutgate, Bagslate Moor, Elmsfield and Shawfield only. Replaced by B3 between Norden and Heywood and for jnys to/from Bury and by bus B4 between Heywood and Bury. Times changed. | 23-SC-0104 | R2 | Y | E | View timetable |