First Manchester have confirmed new timetables which take effect from 12 April 2015.  For a large part we have already reported on these changes, which largely affect buses on the Bury New Road corridor, but there are also some other changes which will affect other people:

 

This information is from FIRST MANCHESTER. New timetables are available on their Forthcoming Timetables page.

Service X35 – stand change at Shudehill interchange
Manchester – Bury – Ramsbottom – Edenfield – Walmersley
Afternoon journeys from Shudehill Interchange will depart from stand E.

Service 92 – daytime service withdrawn
Bury – Pilsworth – Unsworth – Prestwich – Carr Clough – Kersal – Manchester
The daytime service will be withdrawn, being replaced by revised service 93, extended service 95 and new service 97.
We’ll continue to run some evening journeys between Bury and Manchester, with support from Transport for Greater Manchester.

Service 93 – revised route and timetable
Bury – Unsworth – Prestwich – Carr Clough – Kersal – Manchester
The daytime service will run between Manchester, Lower Broughton, Lower Kersal, Kersal and Carr Clough. Buses will run four times an hour Monday to Saturday daytime, every 30 minutes Sunday daytime.

Extended service 95 and new service 97 will provide alternative facilities between Carr Clough/Unsworth and Bury.

Between Manchester and Lower Broughton, the timetable will be co-ordinated with service 110 to provide six buses an hour during the day on Mondays to Saturdays.

We’ll continue to run some evening journeys between Bury and Manchester, with support from Transport for Greater Manchester.

View map for services 93, 94, 95, 97 & 98

Service 94 – new route and timetable
Pilsworth – Unsworth – Prestwich – Carr Clough – North Manchester General Hospital
This route will replace service 154, running hourly during the day on Mondays to Saturdays.

View map for services 93, 94, 95, 97 & 98

Service 95 – extended route and new timetable
Bury – Whitefield – Carr Clough – Kersal – Lower Kersal – Salford Shopping Centre

The Monday to Saturday daytime route will be extended from Whitefield to Bury, via Hillock and Sunny Bank. The route will also change between Salford Shopping Centre and Whitefield, with buses serving Carr Clough and Butterstile Lane.

There will be an hourly service to/from Bury, an hourly service to/from Salford Shopping Centre, with two journeys an hour between Prestwich, Carr Clough and Kersal.

View map for services 93, 94, 95, 97 & 98

Service 97 – new route and timetable
Bury – Unsworth – Hillock – Prestwich – Higher Broughton – Manchester

This new service will run every 20 minutes during the day on Mondays to Saturdays and every 30 minutes during the day on Sundays.

Between Prestwich, Higher Broughton and Manchester, the timetable will be co-ordinated with service 98, with buses running up to every 10 minutes during the day on Mondays to Saturdays and up to every 15 minutes during the day on Sundays.

At Shudehill Interchange, this service will depart from stand L.

View map for services 93, 94, 95, 97 & 98

Service 98 – revised timetable
Bury – Radcliffe – Whitefield – Prestwich – Higher Broughton – Manchester

The frequency of this service will be reduced, with buses running every 20 minutes during the day on Mondays to Saturdays.

Between Prestwich, Higher Broughton and Manchester, the timetable will be co-ordinated with new service 97, with buses running up to every 10 minutes during the day on Mondays to Saturdays and up to every 15 minutes during the day on Sundays.

View map for services 93, 94, 95, 97 & 98

Service 135 – improved timetable – more Sunday journeys
Bury – Whitefield – Heaton Park – Cheetham – Manchester
The Sunday service will be improved, with additional jouneys introduced in the morning, late afternoon and early evening.

Service 163 – earlier journeys from Bury Interchange
Bury – Heywood – Middleton – Rochdale Road – Manchester
Morning journeys on Mondays to Saturdays that start from our Bury depot will instead start from Bury Interchange, providing a number of earlier journeys from the interchange towards Manchester.

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