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Route 63

Route: Manchester (Arndale) - Quay Street - Regent Road - Weaste - Eccles - Liverpool Road - BROOKHOUSE

Operators

Operator Start date End date Notes
Greater Manchester Buses 26/10/1986 12/12/1993 Dates to be confirmed
Blue Bus 23/06/1991 19/01/1992 Sunday journeys
Eccles Greys 26/01/1992 04/10/1992 Sunday journeys
Stuarts Bus and Coach 21/09/1992 23/01/1993 Supported Monday to Saturday late evening journeys
Midway 05/10/1992 23/01/1994 Brookhouse-Manchester Sunday journeys
North Western 16/11/1992 21/05/1993 Supported Monday to Friday 0517 Brookhouse-Manchester, 0615 Eccles-Manchester journeys
Citibus 06/09/1993 30/10/1995 Supported Manchester-Middleton Monday to Saturday evening journeys. End date to be confirmed.
Rossendale 12/09/1993 31/01/1999 Supported Manchester-Middleton Sunday journeys
Greater Manchester Buses North 13/12/1993 24/03/1996 From GMB. Renamed to GM
Greater Manchester Buses South 07/11/1994 27/01/1996 Supported Monday to Friday early morning and Monday to Saturday evening Brookhouse-Manchester journeys
Blue Bus 30/10/1995 29/11/1996 0834 Eccles College to Manchester, Arndale Bus Station (Schooldays only). Dates to be confirmed
Bee Line Buzz Company 28/01/1996 16/05/1998 Supported Monday to Friday 0517 Brookhouse-Manchester, 0615 Eccles-Manchester journeys
Timeline Travel 28/01/1996 21/11/1998 Supported Monday to Saturday Brookhouse-Manchester late evening journeys, and all Brookhouse-Manchester Sunday journeys
First Greater Manchester - change to FGM 25/03/1996 21/03/1998 Renamed from GMBN then to FM
First Manchester 22/03/1998 16/05/1998 Renamed from FM
Arriva Manchester 17/05/1998 24/08/2001 Supported Monday to Friday 0517 Brookhouse-Manchester, 0551 Manchester-Eccles, 0615 Eccles-Manchester journeys
Stagecoach Ribble 30/08/1998 25/02/2001 Supported Brookhouse-Manchester Sunday journeys
First Manchester 07/09/1998 01/06/2019
Blue Bus 30/01/2005 30/07/2005 Supported evening, Sunday and Public Holiday journeys. Operation sold to Arriva
Arriva Manchester 31/07/2005 23/07/2011 Supported evening, Sunday and Public Holiday journeys. Transferred to Arriva North West licence.
Arriva North West 24/07/2011 28/01/2012 Supported evening, Sunday and Public Holiday journeys. Transferred from Arriva Manchester licence.
Manchester Community Transport 19/07/2015 27/10/2018 Supported evening journeys
Go North West 02/06/2019 24/01/2020

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