Greater Manchester's TIF referendum ballot papers are out and the region will be voting on whether to accept the proposals and the associated peak-only congestion charge over the next couple of weeks. While details on improvements to the tram and train networks have been available for a long time now, bus details have been sketchier. Yes, we know about the express bus services and the new cross-town routes, but what about improvements to the wider network?
Now a member on the Travel North West forum reckons he's got the scoop on the proposed changes. One 'faz2105' of Oldham has posted a detailed list of changes and they're certainly interesting. Big changes include extending the 112 (Manchester - Middleton) across the city centre to the Trafford Centre and a regular daytime service from Chorlton Green for the first time in many years.
Here's the list he's posted. Your can see the original thread here. We don't know how accurate (if at all) any of this is but it's worth a look.
Update: 'faz2105' has commented on this post and says he got the
details from the GMFutureTransport site. We hadn't noticed the site
had been updated recently, but yes - there's a wealth of up-to-date
information on the proposals at: http://www.gmfuturetransport.co.uk/consultation/default.aspx
Existing routes:
5 or 38 or new (Altrincham-Warrington): Evening and Sunday service: 60 mins
8
- Extended to Manchester Royal Infirmary. Monday-Saturday daytime
service increased to every 7/8 mins (from every 8 mins). Evening
service increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins). Sunday daytime
service increased to every 10 mins (from every 15 mins)
10 or M10 -
Evening service increased to 30 mins (from 60 mins). Sunday daytime
service increased to 20 mins (from 30 mins). Evening journeys extended
to Brookhouse.
11 - Slightly confusing. Service would run between
Stockport and Altrincham, running every 20 mins and combining with
service 371 between Stockport and Gatley and services 12/12A between
Altrincham and Wythenshawe. Evening journeys between Altrincham and
Wythenshawe introduced on service 11, 12 or 12A.
13 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins. Evening and Sunday journeys increased to 30 mins
15 - Evening and Sunday service increased to every 30 mins (from 60 mins).
16
(Altrincham-Manchester) - Service re-routed to run via Old Trafford and
Hulme to provide a faster link for people in Ashton-upon-Mersey to/from
Manchester. Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins.
Sale-Chorlton section replaced by new service.
17 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 7/8 mins. Evening and Sunday service increased to every 20 mins.
18
- Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from 30
mins). Evenings and Sundays service increased to every 30 mins (from
every 60 mins).
20 (Altrincham) - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins. Evening and Sunday journeys increased to 30 mins
21 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins. Evening and Sunday journeys increased to 30 mins
22 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from 30 mins).
23/23A - Merged into one route, via 23A route. Evening journeys increased to every 30 mins along full route.
26,
32 - Extended to Manchester Royal Infirmary. Monday-Saturday daytime
service increased to every 15 mins (from every 30 mins). Evening and
Sunday service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins).
33
(Worsley-Manchester) - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to
every 10 mins (from 15 mins). Evening and Sunday journeys increased to
every 30 mins (from every 60 mins).
34 - Evening and Sunday service introduced between Leigh and St Helens, running every hour.
38, 39, 331, 332, 333, 393 - Services enchanced to provide feeder services to Ashton-under-Lyne tram stop.
41 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 10 mins.
50 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 5 mins
59 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 7/8 mins. Evening and Sunday service increased to every 20 mins.
68
- Salford Royal Hospital-Manchester section withdrawn with service
running to Trafford Centre via Centenary Bridge. Service reduced to
every 30 mins.
69 - More straightforward route between Eccles,
Salford Royal Hospital, Pendleton and Salford Quays. Route extended to
Trafford General Hospital via Urmston.
70 - Monday-Saturday daytime
service increased to every 20 mins and evening and Sunday journeys
increased to 30 mins between Clifton and Salford Royal Hospital (all
from every 60 mins)
74, 76X (Hollinwood-Manchester) - Extra peak journeys
74,
75 (Pendleton-Agecroft) - Service re-routed to serve Lower Kersal and
Brindle Heath. Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30
mins (from 60 mins).
76 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased
to every 10 mins (from every 20 mins). Evening service increased to
every 30 mins (from every 60 mins). Sunday daytime service increased to
every 20 mins (from every 30 mins). Believed that evening and Sunday
journeys would run to/from Oldham.
81 - Evening service increased to
every 30 mins (from every 60 mins). Sunday daytime service increased to
every 20 mins (from 30 mins).
83 - Monday-Saturday daytime service
increased to every 7/8 mins (from every 10 mins). Evening service
increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins). Sunday daytime service
increased to every 15 mins (from 30 mins).
93 - Monday-Saturday
daytime service increased to every 10 mins (from every 20 mins).
Evening service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins). Sunday
daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from 30 mins).
98 -
Evening service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins). Sunday
daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from 30 mins).
100 -
Warrington-Manchester would run as separate service. Trafford
Centre-Manchester: Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every
10 mins (from 20 mins). Evening service increased to every 30 mins
(from 60 mins). Sunday daytime service increased to every 15 mins (from
3 per hour).
105 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins)
109 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins)
112
- Extended to Trafford Centre. Monday-Saturday daytime service
increased to every 10 mins (from every 20 mins). Evening service
increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins). Sunday daytime service
increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins)
123/124 - Route
extended to Chorlton. Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to
every 7/8 mins. Evening and Sunday service increased to every 20 mins.
126,
132 (Leigh/Wigan-Trafford Centre) - Services re-routed to serve propsed
Tyldesley Interchange to connect with services 26 and 32 and run
combined 30 mins frequency to/from Trafford Centre.
130 - Service
re-routed to run via Wilmslow Road. Monday-Saturday daytime service
increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins).
157 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins).
130/157 - Monday-Saturday daytime service to run every 10 mins between Cheadle Hulme and Manchester.
163
- Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 7/8 mins. Evening
service intrcreased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins). Sunday
daytime journeys extended to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins).
167
- Peak time journeys increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins).
Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins (from every
60 mins). Sunday daytime service increased to every 60 mins (from every
90 mins) with daily evening journeys introduced.
171 - Extended to Central Business Park in Newton Heath with evening and Sunday service introduced running every hour.
173 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 15 mins between Stockport and Manchester (from every 60 mins)
180/184
- Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 7/8 mins (from
every 10 mins) with a bus every 15 mins to/from Greenfield/Uppermill
with two of the 184's to/from Diggle/Huddersfield. Evening and Sunday
service maybe increased to every 15 mins (from every 30 mins).
182 - Sunday daytime service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins)
188 (Ryder Brow-Manchester) - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins between Higher Openshaw and Manchester.
191 (Stockport-Manchester) - Monday-Saturday daytime service introduced running every 20 mins
192 - More journeys to/from Stockport College.
197 - Service re-routed to serve Heaton Road and Parsonage Road.
204
- Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 15 mins (from
every 30 mins) between Hyde and Manchester with service extended to Gee
Cross.
205 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins).
217 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins between Droylsden and Manchester.
245 - Service re-routed around Urmston. Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins).
247 - Service would run between Trafford Centre and Eccles via Centenary Bridge.
255 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every
256 - Evening service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins)
258 - Monday-Saturday daytime service introduced running every 15 mins
266/267 - Services would be replaced by new service running to/from Manchester via Chorlton.
276 - Extended to Trafford via Shetland Way. Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins).
307, 309 - Improvements to services
312 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins).
317 - Extended to Stepping Hill Hospital.
322, 327 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins).
352, 375/385/395 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 10 mins (from every 15 mins).
353/354 - Merged into one single route.
358, 375 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to 2 per hour (from every 60 mins).
362 (Wigan-Chorley) - Evening and Sunday service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins).
368, 369 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins)
371
- Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from
every 30 mins) and combined with service 11 between Stockport and
Gatley.
372 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins).
374 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins)
383/384 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 7/8 mins (from every 15 mins).
387/389 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 10 mins (from every 15 mins) between Ashton and Stalybridge.
390 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 60 mins (from every 120 mins).
394 - Extended to Stockport
403
- Monday-Saturday daytime service increasd to every 20 mins (from every
30 mins). Sunday daytime service introduced running every 30 mins.
Service to be Shaw feeder service for Metrolink.
406 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins)
415
- Monday-Saturday daytime service to run every 10 mins between Oldham
and Chadderton, Sportsmans (20 mins between Oldham and Middleton).
425 - Sunday daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins)
436
- Extended to Elmsfield. Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to
every 30 mins. Evening and Sunday service introduced running every hour.
440
- Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 10 mins (from
every 15 mins). Evening and Sunday service increased to every 30 mins
(from every 60 mins).
456 - Extended to Littleborough. Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins.
469 - Monday-Saturday daytime service to run every 10 mins full route.
471 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 7/8 mins.
475
- Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins (from
every 60 mins). Sunday service introduced running every hour.
482/483 - Evening journeys introduced, running every hour.
484
(Prestwich-Eccles) - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every
30 mins (from every 60 mins). Evening and Sunday service introduced.
495 - More journeys introduced (to provide better connection with Simister and Prestwich tram stop).
505
- Monday-Saturday daytime service between Horwich and Bolton, via
Middlebrook increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins)
524 - Sunday daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from every 30 mins)
540
- Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 7/8 mins (from 10
mins). Sunday daytime service increased to every 20 mins (from 30 mins)
551/553 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins and run between Bolton and Leigh
589 (Leigh-Lowton) - Evening and Sunday service introduced, running every hour.
592 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 15 mins (from every 30 mins) between Hag Fold and Leigh.
615 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins)
630 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins)
638/639 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins)
640/641 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins (from every 60 mins)
652
- Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 7/8 mins (from 15
mins). Evening service introduced running every 30 mins and Sunday
daytime service introducing running to every 20 mins.
664/674 -
Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 30 mins (from 60
mins). Evening and Sunday service introduced running every 60 mins.
681 - Monday-Saturday daytime service increased to every 15 mins (from every 60 mins).
X34 - Service re-routed to serve Boothstown.
Rochdale-Littleborough
(454, 457, 528, 589, 590) - Additional evening and Sunday journey.
(Listed as having 8 buses per hour Mon-Sat daytime and 3 buses per hour
evening and Sundays running direct along Halifax Road)
Stretford-Manchester - Monday-Saturday daytime service to run every 5 mins (possible retiming of services 256 and 263).
Aspull - Routes simplified on services 576, 615 and 715 plus new routes.
New routes:
12/12A - Altrincham-Wythenshawe Hospital-Newall Green-Woodhouse Park-Wythenshawe-Airport
45 - Chorlton Green-Barlow Moor Road-Christies-Manchester Royal Infirmary-Manchester: Monday-Saturday daytime: 15 mins
170 - Manchester-Longsight-Didsbury-Heald Green-Airport - every hour serviceX20
Manchester-Ashton Old Road-Openshaw-Audenshaw-Snipe Retail Park-Ashton (Was orginally numbered 218): Frequent
X20
- Stalybridge-Dukinfield-Audenshaw-Manchester (Express route of 220):
Mon-Sat daytime: 20 mins; Evenings and Sundays: 60 mins
Circular Routes (Probably a merge of service 53 and part of service 51)
Oldham-Lees-Mossley-Stalybridge-Ashton: Every hour along 343 route between Oldham and Stalybridge
Bolton-Middlebrook: Evening and Sunday service. (Possibly 576)
Stubbins-Ramsbottom-Bury: Mon-Sat daytime: 15 mins; Evenings and Sundays: 60 mins
Bury-Heap Bridge-Pilsworth-Unsworth-Prestwich-Manchester: Mon-Sat daytime: 30 mins; Sundays: 60 mins
Bury-Fairfield General Hospital: Mon-Sat daytime: 15 mins; Evenings and Sundays: 60 mins (483? or new service)
Bury-Whitefield-Stand: Mon-Sat daytime: 30 mins; Evenings and Sundays: 60 mins
Fern
Grove-Bury direct (and possibily onto Radcliffe, Whitefield and
Farnworth (512/513 extended?)): Mon-Sat daytime: Unknown. Evenings: 60
mins
Rochdale-Rochdale Train Station-Kingsway Business Park: Mon-Fri daytime: 20 mins
Middleton-Alkrington-Moston-Manchester: Mon-Sat daytime: 20 mins; Evenings: 60 mins; Sunday daytime: 30 mins
Salford Crescent-Pendleton-Salford Quays-Manchester: Mon-Sat daytime: 20 mins; Evenings and Sundays: 30 mins
Eccles-Westwood Park-Claremount-Pendleton-Ordsall: Mon-Sun daytime: 20 mins; Evenings: 30 mins
Altrincham-Timperley-Brooklands-Sale-Stretford-Chorlton-Manchester
(Combined 16, 266 and 267): Mon-Sun daytime: 30 mins; Evenings and
Sundays: 60 mins
Standish-Haigh-Aspull-Hindley: Details unknown.