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 UpdateArriva UK bus sells West Yorkshire operator to Transdev Blazefield This Summer, there will be a change of ownership for Yorkshire Tiger. It was announced today [Thursday 15 April 2021] that Arriva UK Bus have decided to sell their Yorkshire Tiger operation to Transdev Blazefield. The sale includes its two depots in Elland and Waterloo […]
Read More Transdev Takes Over Yorkshire TigerThis month’s reopened window on the shop windows For the second time this year, our window on the Tameside shop windows has been delayed. There is a good reason for this, we have deferred this month’s edition to tie in with this coming Monday’s events. Confused? Well you shouldn’t be, because on Monday 12 April […]
Read More Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, April 2021: The Ashton Review of ShopsForthcoming service changes for Oldham and Saddleworth bus passengers For Oldham’s bus passengers, there is little to report in April’s changes compared with Tameside’s changes. Stagecoach’s mere tinkering around the edges only affects one route.
Read More Oldham and Saddleworth Bus Service Changes, 11 April 2021As 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 LightThis month’s semi-reopened window on the shop windows This month will see some sense of normality returning to our High Streets – or at least plans pointing us towards a sense of normality. The first part of this post-pandemic ‘reopening’ will begin with our schools. According to the Government’s Roadmap, non-essential retail businesses will be […]
Read More Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, March 2021: The Ashton Review of ShopsThis month’s semi-reopened (AND SLIGHTLY LATE RUNNING) window on the shop windows As we speak, we are now into the second month of what is our third lockdown in England. Once again, non-essential retail premises remain closed, as do our public houses. With recent good news on the COVID-19 vaccines and a drop in the […]
Read More Retail Comings and Goings in Tameside, February 2021: The Ashton Review of ShopsWelcome 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 2021
