Route X63
Route: Bury - Darn Hill - Heywood - Middleton - Blackley - Collyhurst - Manchester
Route history
| Operator | Route | Change date | Change | Leaflet job no. | Routes listed | Envelope code | Licence no./notes | In collection | E-Version | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FM | Heywood – Middleton - Manchester | 03/09/2017 | New M-F peak express route | 17-1161 | 162 163 X63 | View timetable | ||||
| FM | 28/01/2018 | no change listed | 17-1919 | 162 163 X63 | 162 | y | View timetable | |||
| FM | Heywood - Middleton - Manchester | 28/01/2018 | no change listed | 17-1919 | 162 163 X63 | 162 | Y | View timetable | ||
| FM | Heywood - Middleton - Manchester | 08/04/2018 | no change listed | 180623 | 162 163 X63 | 162 | Y | |||
| FM | Norden-Manchester | 22/07/2018 | New entry: Summer timetable M-F until 1/9/2018 | |||||||
| FM | 28/10/2018 | no change listed | 18-1285 | 162 163 X63 | 162 | y | View timetable | |||
| FM | Heywood - Middleton - Manchester | 27/01/2019 | Times changed with the 0814 journey from Heywood to Manchester withdrawn | 18-1820 | View timetable | |||||
| FM | Heywood - Middleton - Manchester | 27/01/2019 | Times changed with 0814 from Heywood to Manchester withdrawn. 1753 1813 from Mcr retimed 1750 1810 | 190112 | X63 | 162 | CL | y | E | |
| GNW | Manchester - Middleton - Heywood | 02/06/2019 | Operator change from FM to Go North West on sale of QS depot. no change listed to timetables or routes. All tickets mutually accepted. | 19-0626 | 162 163 X63 | 162 | y | View timetable | ||
| GNW | Manchester - Middleton - Heywood | 21/07/2019 | Summer service MF changes until 31 August | 19-SC-0118 | 162 163 X63 | 162 | summer | y | View timetable | |
| FM | Heywood - Middleton - Manchester | 01/09/2019 | Normal timetable at end of summer period | 19-SC-0273 | 162 163 X63 | 162 | Y | View timetable | ||
| GNW | Bury - Manchester | 01/09/2019 | Normal timetable at end of summer period | 19-SC-0273 | 162 163 X63 | 162 | y | View timetable | ||
| GNW | Manchester - Middleton - Heywood - Bury | 27/10/2019 | Morning jnys extended to start from Bury Interchange, all but one E jny extended to Bury Interchange. All E jnys to start from Mcr outside the Unicorn on Church St. Minor time changes. (complaints from customers at Heywood and Middleton as the bus is filling up from Bury and leaving regular passengers behind. The service is express from Victoria Ave to Piccadilly. This may change when the joint ticketing between Diamond and GNW ends from 1Jan 2020) | |||||||
| GNW | 27/10/2019 | Extended to Bury via Darn Hill. Minor time changes: N-F 0629 0644 0701 IN;1650 1710 1730 1750 1810 OUT | 19-SC-0344 | 162 163 X63 | 162 | y | View timetable | |||
| GNW | Heywood - Middleton - Manchester | 27/10/2019 | Extended to/from Bury via Darn Hill. Minor changes to times. | 19-SC-0344 | 162 163 X63 | View timetable | ||||
| GNW | Mcr - Middleton - Heywood - Bury | 26/01/2020 | Times changed with Addtl M-F daytime jnys introduced between Heywood and Mcr. Buses will also run nonstop between Middleton and Mcr city centre. New 162, 163, X63 timetable | 19-SC-0563 | 162 163 X63 | 162 | Y | View timetable | ||
| GNW | Bury - Darn Hill - Heywood – Middleton - Manchester | 23/03/2020 | The X63 will revert to running how it did before we made our improvements in January. There will be fast Buses between Bury, Heywood, Middleton and Manchester during the morning and E rush hours, but no services through the daytime. | 265804 | X63 | X63 | Y | |||
| GNW | Bury - Darn Hill - Heywood – Middleton - Manchester | 29/03/2020 | The X63 will unfortunately no longer run for the Times being. | no tt | ||||||
| GNW | Bury - Darn Hill - Heywood – Middleton - Manchester | 15/06/2020 | At the moment, the X63 won't be running, but we'll be keeping an eye on the numbers of people travelling with us to see if there is an increase in demand. | no tt | ||||||
| GNW | Bury - Darn Hill - Heywood – Middleton - Manchester | 26/07/2020 | Peak jnys re-instated: Off-peak jnys withdrawn | no tt | ||||||
| DIA | 30/08/2020 | no changes | 20-SC-0455 | 162 163 X63 | 266472 | Y | View timetable | |||
| GNW | Bury - Darn Hill - Heywood – Middleton - Manchester | 30/08/2020 | TfGM Bus Guide issued | 20-SC-0455 | 162 163 x63 | 162 | 266472 | View timetable | ||
| GNW | Bury - Darn Hill - Heywood – Middleton - Manchester | 01/09/2020 | The X63 is back by popular demand! For the moment, we'll be running FAST Buses between Bury, Heywood and Manchester during the morning and E rush hours. | 266357 | X63 | X63 | Y | |||
| GNW | Bury - Darn Hill - Heywood - Middleton - Blackley - Collyhurst - Manchester | 25/10/2020 | no changes: express: 0629 0644 0701 IN; 1621 1650 1710 1730 1750 1810 OUT | |||||||
| DIA | 25/10/2020 | no changes | 20-SC-0455 | 162 163 X63 | 266684 | Y | View timetable | |||
| GNW | 31/01/2021 | service will be temporarily Supended. | 21-SC-0061 | 162 163 | View timetable | |||||
| GNW | 28/02/2021 | Remains suspended | no tt | 162 163 | ||||||
| GNW | 19/04/2021 | Remains suspended | no tt | 162 163 | ||||||
| GNW | 29/08/2021 | no change | 21-SC-0617 | 162 163 X63 | Y | View timetable | ||||
| GNW | Manchester - Heywood and Bury | 12/12/2021 | will no longer run from Monday 13 December. Please get in touch with our customer services team if you're no longer able to make your journey using our other services and wish to change your ticket. | no tt | ||||||
| GNW | Bury — Heywood — Middleton —Manchester | 24/04/2022 | Commercial service, currently suspended due to COVID related staffing issues, is withdrawn. Diamond service 163 provides alternative facilities. (The pre-COVID frequency was a M-F 20min daytime frequency btwn Heywood and Mcr, with peak time jnys extended to Darn Hill and Bury). | WD | ||||||
| GNW | Bury — Heywood — Middleton —Manchester | 24/04/2022 | Commercial service, currently suspended due to COVID related staffing issues, is withdrawn. Diamond service 163 provides alternative facilities. (The pre-COVID frequency was a M-F 20min daytime frequency btwn Heywood and Mcr, with peak time jnys extended to Darn Hill and Bury). | WD |