Hillside views a bus, train or tram ride, or quick walk away Since our original 2014 article, we have decided to create an updated version. In the last seven years, bus routes and operators have come and gone, and your author’s knowledge of the hills has improved since then. Was it really seven years since we first […]
Read More Run to the Hills 2021: A Go Cheapway UpdateAs one hospital link closes, another one opens Renumbered 397 extended to North Manchester General Hospital; Little Gem (Mark II) increases Tameside presence on TfGM tendered routes; 217 reverts to being Ashton-under-Lyne to Manchester route; Timetable changes for Stagecoach routes with cuts to 336, 337 and 389 services. The Spring 2021 changes are a bit […]
Read More Tameside and Glossop Bus Service Changes, 11 April 2021Is the future orange and white or pink with yellow spots? Unless we know different by the end of May, we shall be bracing ourselves for a new era of franchised bus operations by 2025. There will be endless chat on social media and blogs as to what bus routes will change, the fares, the […]
Read More What Colour for Greater Manchester’s BusesMayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham goes for Bus Franchising Scheme Nearly four years after he was elected as Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham stuck to his pledge to reform Greater Manchester’s buses. Following a second consultation, he made his announcement at 1440 beside Stand E of Ashton-under-Lyne Interchange. The Free Trade Experiment with […]
Read More Franchised Buses Get The Green LightWelcome upgrade for local Ashton and Hyde routes For regular readers used to seeing a separate Oldham and Saddleworth bulletin, this edition covers the Oldham, Tameside and Glossop areas due to fewer service changes in Oldham. Sunday journeys added to 335, 342 and 387 routes; 41As partially replaced by Sunday and Bank Holiday 335s; 394 […]
Read More Oldham, Tameside and Glossop Bus Service Changes, 31 January 2021Significant changes to two key routes and early introduction of School Holiday Timetable On Sunday, Stagecoach Greater Manchester’s latest timetable updates will see the retiming of many of its trunk routes to School Holiday schedules, and changes to two trunk routes in the Tameside and Glossop area. To a point, these routes will see their […]
Read More Tameside and Glossop Bus Service Changes Extra (29 November 2020)More lockdown fun for all the family – especially bus enthusiasts At this very moment, England is in its second lockdown. Non-essential retail premises have closed, which has meant only chemists, supermarkets and variety stores can continue trading. Whereas supermarkets are able to sell ‘non-essential’ merchandise, managers have reserved the right to cordon off non-essential […]
Read More Escape To The Pantry: Word Search Puzzles for Greater Manchester Bus GeeksQuite a lot to be honest! Imagine a world without Northern England. It would be a dull place devoid of The Beatles, iconic suspension bridges, daft footballers, and railway lines. Prior to the late 1970s, we were the manufacturing heart of the world. We built bridges, ships, made cutlery and built the world its locomotives […]
Read More What Has the North Done For Us?Welcome restoration of Stalybridge to Hyde route For regular readers used to seeing a separate Oldham and Saddleworth bulletin, this edition covers the Oldham, Tameside and Glossop areas due to the lack of changes in Oldham. Apart from one route that covers the Oldham and Tameside areas. New 387 route bridges Stalyhill gap; Daytime 41As […]
Read More Oldham, Tameside and Glossop Bus Service Changes, 25 October 2020Bank Holiday changes see last minute reprieve for Dane Bank – Denton link 204, 206 and 207 replaced by new 202 service; New Denton – Dane Bank link created – thanks to local campaign; 7 split into three variants (7, 7A and 7B); 205 reverts to being Dane Bank – Piccadilly Gardens bus route; Cuts […]
Read More Tameside and Glossop Bus Service Changes, 30 August 2020
